As we all know, the world is divided up into three groups of people; those that can add up and those that can’t.
I’m sorry, I’ll read that again.
The world is divided up into two groups of people; those that believe the world can be divided up neatly into two groups of people and those that think that this sort of stereotyping and categorising is overly-simplistic, naive and just plain silly.
Nonetheless, psychological profiling, used in many parts of corporate life, recruitment and personal analysis, is now forming a large part of areas like pre-draft testing to assess profiles, attitudes and reactions and give an insight into how a person should or could be managed.
Often, these tests ask people for a preference, usually between two options, occasionally both favourable but sometimes both unpalatable or difficult choices.
To assess the Almanac’s psychological profile and those of individual Almanackers, please see below a set of questions for your consideration.
There are no wrong answers, only your preference. (Actually, that’s not strictly right. For some, there are definitely wrong answers!)
Ginger or Mary Anne
Watts or Scully
The Godfather 1 or 2
Obama or Josiah Bartlett
Judd at West Coast or Judd at Carlton
Dim Sims Steamed or Fried
Life of Brian or Holy Grail
Lions 2001-2004 or Cats 2007 – 2011
Billy Ray or Miley
Cahill or Kewell
Oasis or Blur
Leggies or offies
Pacman or Space Invaders
Bruce or Dennis
Pete or Dud
JD Fortune or Jon Stevens
Chicken or Beef
Bill or Hillary
Turf or Matting
Pink Floyd pre-Wall or post-Wall
Prost or Senna
Springsteen or Dylan
ODI or Twenty20
Leno or Letterman
Pavlich or Nick Reiwoldt
Blackadder or Fawlty Towers
Led Zep or The Who
Corbett or Barker
Cake or Death
Nirvana or Foo Fighters
Mayweather or Pacquiao
Dickens or Twain
Saints ‘66 or Bulldogs ‘54
Clooney or Pitt
The Beatles or The Stones
Stewart or Colbert
Manning or Brady
James Brayshaw or Brian Taylor
Bill or Ted
Roger or Rafa
David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar
Tiger or Phil
Clarke or Smith
Gronkowski or JJ Watt
Stone Roses or Happy Mondays
Man U or Man City
Cherry Ripe or Bounty
Bush Senior or Junior
Ablett Senior or Junior
Billy Bragg or Wilco
Flake Battered or Grilled
Murray or Henman
Judd or Hodge
Sgt Peppers or Revolver
City or Victory
Affleck or Damon
BBQ Sauce or Tomato
Tambling or Buddy
Scott or Norman
Lyon at Freo or Lyon at St Kilda
Burger with Beetroot or no Beetroot
Joy Division or New Order
Tuck or Bartlett
Tarantino or not
Slats or Heals
Rogers or Any other opening partner for Warner this Ashes series
Kobe or LeBron
Hawaiian or Capricciosa
Liam or Noel
Asteroids or Galaga
Ayers or Langford
The Bends or OK Computer
Giants or Suns
Colonel Blake or Colonel Potter
Hewitt or Rafter
Steve Waugh or Mark Waugh
Crowe or Jackman
Eddie Izzard or Louis CK
Dal Santo or Hayes
Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones
Rose Byrne or Cate Blanchett
Kanye or Jay Z
Heal or Gaze
BJ or Trapper
Chappell I or Chappell G
Mets or Yankees
Ingles or Exum
The G or Etihad
Dermie or Dunstall
Klay Thompson or Stephen Curry
Maccas or HJs
Perkins or Hackett
Bogut or Longley
Tomic or The Poo
Rabbitohs or Roosters
The Office UK or US
Woody Allen or not
Ponting or Steve Waugh
Red or White
Warner or Watson
About Sean Curtain
"He was born with a gift of laughter, and a sense that the world was mad". First line of 'Scaramouche' by Sabatini, always liked that.
Ginger (and twice on Sundays), Scully, Godfather 1, Jed Bartlett, Juddy WCE, Fried Dim Sims, Life of Brian, Cats 07-11, Billy-Ray, Kewell, Oasis, Leggies, Space Invaders, Dennis, Pete, Jon Stevens, Chicken, Bill – the original Big Dog, turf, pre-Wall Pink Floyd, Senna, Springsteen, ODI, Letterman, Riewoldt, Blackadder, Led Zep, Barker, Cake, Nirvana, Pacquiao, Twain, Bulldogs ’54, Clooney, Beatles, Colbert, Archie Manning every day (nyuk, nyuk), JB, Bill, Roger, DLR, Tiger, Smith, The Gronk, Stone Roses Man City, Bounty Bush Sr., Ablett Sr., Bragg Battered flake, Henmann, Hodge, Revolver, Victory, Damon, BBQ sauce, Buddy, Norman, Lyon at St Kilda, WITH Beetroot, New Order, Tuck, Tarantino, Heals, Rogers, LeBron, Hawaiian, Noel, Galaga, Langford, The Bends, Giants, Potter, Rafter, S Waugh, Jackman, Izzard, Hayes, Breaking Bad, Rose Byrne, Kanye, Gaze, BJ, Chappell I, come on out and MEET THE METS, baby!, Excum, The G, Dermie, S Curry, who doesn’t love some HJ?, Perkins, Bogut, the Poo, Rabbitohs, the Office UK, Woody Allen, S Waugh, Red, S Watson.
Good luck collating these…
As a vego I am unable to answer three of these questions. Is neither allowed (also handy to use for Victorian and Mancunian soccer teams)?
Thank you Steve, I’ll see where you fall on the profile
Dave, respect your inability to answer on cultural grounds, happy to mark you out of 97. However, others must be completed!
Ripper Sean
And when you are finished playing along at home, you might try this one
http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/little-decisions-are-the-kind-i-can-make/
Ginger; Scully; Godfather 1; Judd @ Carlton; friend dimmies; Holy Grail; Cats; Billy Ray; Kewell; Oasis; Offies: Space Invaders;Dennis; Dud; Jon Stevens; Chicken; Bill; Turf; Pre-Wall; Senna; Springsteen; ODI; Letterman; Reiwoldt; Blackadder; The Who; Corbett; Cake; Fooies; Mayweather; Dickens; Saints 66; Clooney; Beatles; Stewart; Brady; BT; Bill; Roger; David Lee Roth;Phil; Smith; Watt; Stone Roses; Man U; Cherry Ripe; Bush Snr; Ablett Jnr; Wilco; Battered flake; Murray; HODGE; Revolver; Victory; Affleck; BBQ; Buddy; Norman; Lyon at St Kilda; No beetroot; new Order; Tuck; Tarantino; Heals; Rogers; Le Bron; Capricciosa; Noel; Galaga; Ayers; The Bends; Suns; Colonel Blake; Rafter; Steve Waugh; Jackman; Eddie Izzard; Hayes; Game of Thrones (that’s a Sophie’s choice if ever there was one); Cate Blanchett; Jay Z; Gaze; Trapper; Chappell I; Mets; Exum; The G; Dermie; Stephen Curry; Maccas; Hackett; Longley; The Poo; Roosters; Office UK; NOT Woody Allen; Ponting; Red; Watson.
Swish, oh dear, my apologies for any unwitting plagarism. (Can give you a song writing credit like Tom Petty got last week?)
sean
Sean, a veritable myriad of pop culture references here. Great work compiling this list. It’s somewhat biased, but what list isn’t? Here goes: Mary Ann (The Shorts), Scully, GF1, Obama, West Coast, Fried, Brian, Cats, Billy Ray, Cahill, none, Leggies, Space Invaders, Dennis, Dud (The Laugh), Chicken, Bill, Turf, Pre-Wall, none, Springsteen, none, none, Riewoldt, Blackadder, The Who, Barker, Cake, none, none, Dickens, Bulldogs54, Clooney, Beatles, none, none, none, Bill, Rafa, DLR, none, Smith, none, Happy Mondays, none, none, none, Ablett Snr, Billy, Flake battered, none, Hodge, Sgt Pepper, none, Damon, Tomato, Buddy, none, none, Hold the Beetroot, New Order, Bartlett, Tarantino, none, none, none, Capricciosa, none, Galaga, Ayers (Player only), none, none, Potter, Rafter, S.Waugh, Crowe, Louis CK, Hayes, none, Cate B, none, Heal, BJ, T Chappell, none, none, G, Dermie, Curry, Maccas, Perkins, Bogut, The Poo, Rabbitohs, none, Woody Allen, Waugh, Red, Warner.
The none’s were not fence sitting. Just a case of really disliking them equally! PHEW !!!
The more the merrier Sean, great minds think alike/fools never differ.
And hardly any overlap, any up for a Venn diagram ?
Too much Sofie’s Choice and ‘which child do you love the most’ questions for humble Almanackers to answer. I feel you’re messin’ with our minds.
The only answer I was sure of was Bulldogs 54, and even then I thought it was a trick question.
Had to do some googling: Mary Anne, Watts, Godfather 1, Bartlett, West Coast, Fried, Holy Grail, Lions, Miley, Cahill, Blur, Leggies (talking footy still, right?), Pacman, Dennis, Pete, Stevens, Pass, Hillary, turf, post-Wall, Prost, Dylan, Twenty20, Letterman, Pavlich, Blackadder, Led Zep, Barker, cake, Nirvana, Pacquiao, Dickens, Dogs ’54, Clooney, Beatles, Colbert, Brady, Brayshaw, Ted, Rafa, Lee Roth, Phil, Clarke, Watt, Stone Roses, Man City, Cherry Ripe, Bush Senior, Ablett Junior, Billy Bragg, Battered (is always better), Murray, Hodge, Revolver, City, Damon, Tomato, Tambling, Scott, Lyon at St Kilda, Beetroot, Joy Division, Tuck, Tarantino, Heals, Rogers, LeBron, Pass, Noel, Galaga, Ayers, The Bends, Giants, Potter, Hewitt, Steve Waugh, Jackman, Izzard, Hayes, Game of Thrones, Rose Byrne, Jay Z, Gaze, BJ, Chappell I, Mets, Exum, The G, Dunstall, Thompson, HJs, Perkins, Longley, The Poo, Rabbitohs, UK, Woody Allen, Steve Waugh, Red, Warner
Thank you Sean for allowing me to mess with my mind and for including a wealth of Hawks references. Here are my considered responses:
1. Ginger 2. Who are they? Have they done anything of any significance? 3. The Godfather 1 4. Obama (The West Wing, like Mad Men was over-rated to the extreme) 5. Couldn’t raise my interest to even consider 6. Have never had a dim-sim 6. The Meaning of Life 7. Lions 2001-2004 8. Miley 9. Cahill (this week) 10. Blur 11. Offies 12. Who cares 13. Dennis 14. Pete (can Dud even be compared to him) 15. This is surely a joke question, and by offering an answer you are immediately disqualified from having a serious opinion on anything 16. Beef 17. Hillary 18.Turf 19. pre-Wall (but barely worth considering … a Rush question would have been more enlightening) 20. Proust 21. How can you compare these two? It’s obviously Dylan. Dylan’s only comparison in music is surely Hank Williams. Next time compare Dylan to Dylan Thomas or Ezra Pound or Proust 22. Twenty20 (it goes faster and is over sooner) 23. Leno couldn’t clean Letterman toilet 24. The Pav 24. Fawlty Towers 25. Having finally ‘got’ Led Zep after listening to the Jimmy Page remastered albums released in 2014 it’s a no-brainer. 26. Barker 27. Cake 28. Nirvana 29. I lost interest in people smacking the shit out of each other a very long time ago, about the same time I started to laugh at religion 29. Twain 30. Bulldogs ’56 30. Clooney 31. The Beatles 32. Jon Stewart 33. Brady (only because the Dolphins player wasn’t in the comparison) 34. This is surely another joke question. Get them both outa my sight and out of my hearing range 35 Great question! Keanu played Ted right? Him 36. Rafa 37. David Lee Roth coz he’s a right funny fucker 38. Tiger 39. Smith 40. No idea who they are 41. Happy Mondays coz they weren’t earnest (like, at all) 42. I don’t care 43. I don’t care for either 44. It would be an insult to our collective intelligence to respond to this question 45. Ablett Junior 46. Shouldn’t Wilco be compared to Son Volt? 46. Flake Grilled 47. Murray 48. Hodge 49. Revolver 50. Victory 51. Really? I have no opinion whatsoeva 52. See 51 53. Buddy 54. See 51 55. See 51 56. Okay, we’re back, it’s Burger with Beetroot 57. New Order 58. Tuck 59. Tarantino (his early efforts) 60. Raffle them 61. Rogers 62. LeBron 63. Capricciosa (presuming this question imagines we are still living in 1992) 64. Noel 65. Don’t care 66. Langford 67. OK Computer 68. Suns 69. Colonel Blake 70. Rafter 71. Steve Waugh 72. Crowe (one can act the other is called Jackman) 73. Eddie Izzard 74. Dal Santo 75. Breaking Bad (but def not if it was up against Justified) 76. Cate Blanchett 77. Kanye 78. Yawn 79. I’d prefer a question about Cheers or F Troop 80. Chappell I 81. Who did Costanza work for? That one 82. No idea 83. Are you kidding me? This is even being asked? The G 84. Considering I reckon the Hawks had a better 23 in Buddy play for them up until he hiked it to the Swans I’m gunna go for Dunstall 85. WTF? Is this a Who magazine quiz? Don’t give a toss 86. Obviously a question for those living outside Melbourne which is the best eating out city in Aust. A better question would be, Dannys or Mr Burger 87. Shane Gould 88. You can pick for me (I think me personality is coming through loud and clear) 89. The Poo 90. You can pick for me (I think me personality is coming through even louder and clearer) 91. The Office US (without a doubt) 92. Popular culture would be poorer without Woody Allen 93. Steve Waugh 94. Red 95. Dave Warner (musician and Almanacer)
Ginger
Watts
GF 1
Obama
Judd EAGLES
STEAMED Dimmies (only way to eat them)
Life Of Brian
Lions 01-04 (without it there wouldn’t be a Gold Coast Suns)
Billy Ray (lesser of 2 evils)
Cahill
Oasis (at least their signature song isn’t flogged to death)
Offies (both to bowl and to bat against)
Pacman (prefer Tetris personally)
Dennis
Dud
Jon Stevens (especially pre INXS)
Chook
Bill
Turf
POST Wall (just)
Senna (Murray always said it better than he ever said Prost)
Springsteen
ODI (haven’t watch a ball of the domestic T20 since it went franchise, don’t regret it)
Letterman (just because he part owns a race team with Bobby Rahal)
N.Riewoldt (if you took a kid to teach him how hard a CHF works, you’d watch him every time)
Fawlty Towers
Led Zep
Corbett
Cake
Foo Fighters
Paq man
Dickens
Doggies 54 (think about why!)
Clooney
Stones (not that I would like to choose between them)
Brady (Dan Marino was better, just never won it all)
BT (he at least wants the Dogs in the competition)
Ted
Roger
Hagar
Tiger
Clarke (think Smith may be another Ponting as a captain)
Gronk
Stone Roses
United (if I really had to choose)
Cherry Ripe
Bush Senior (by that far it requires Morphine. Junior makes Abbott look like Churchill)
Ablett Junior
Bragg
Battered (but I don’t eat fish)
Henman
Judd (more dynamic)
Sgt Pepper
Victory
Affleck
BBQ (particularly on a meatlovers pizza with additional chicken, pineapple and double cheese)
Buddy
Scott
Lyon at Saints (weren’t as stuck up as Freo are)
NO Beetroot
New Order
Bartlett
Not
Slats (by even further than the Bush answer)
Rogers
LeBron (I’d prefer Carmelo)
Hawaiian (double topped)
Liam
Asteroids
Langford
Bends
Suns (and that was before they poached a pig shooting ex-captain)
Blake
Rafter
Stephen Rodger
Rusty (I mean, he’s an example of how to own a famous sporting team, not Mr Tinkler)
Izzard
Hayes
Breaking Bad
Blanchett
Jay Z (if I really had to choose)
Gaze (at least he has an NBA ring, even if he sat in street clothes on the bench against the Knicks)
Trapper
GS Chappell (based on field as opposed to com box)
Mets
Exum
The Hallowed Turf of the G (which I’ve been on, and barring injury will be on again this year on October 18)
The Chief (that’s how retired footballers should look)
Thompson
Maccas (you get your order on the same day you order it)
Perkins
Luuuuuuuuuuuuuc (he did survive being with Dennis Rodman for 3 years after all)
Poo (the chicks he pulled were better looking)
Wusty’s Wabbits
Office US
Not
Stephen Rodger Waugh (he never needed a night watchman in the last days of his test career)
White
Warner (simply because Candice confiscated the hair gel)