A Project For You, Newgirl!

“"I am sitting here up at school, putting all the information in to submit a FAFSA for my son.. and was bored.. so was going to post here a purity test for fun.. a short one.. but unfortunately.. it is one of those TABOO subjects for state/federal computer workstations.. so NewGirl?.. how about you coming up with a TrailTalk Purity Test for "starting a riot, posting something extremely interesting, or bringing up one of those oh-so scandolous subjects?""

TownDawg
08:52:52 PM
01/30/02



"by the way, that's skandeluss. *smirk*"


TownDawg
09:07:02 PM
01/30/02”

“How about resurrecting the Holy Kentucky thread?”

“TD, thanks for the purity tests. They were fun, funny, and time burners yesterday. Belowzero and I took some of them together and found out something interesting . . . he's more "pure" than me. LOL! Pretty un-scientific, but fun.

Steve, I just love the Kentucky thread, but no thanks.”

“Newgirl: Ya, the purity test craze made its rounds back in the 70's and even got resurrected in the early nineties. So what'ya think? Can you create a TrailTalk purity test? If you do a good job designing the questions, the answers would be hilarious to review on TrailTalk...

:)”

“Help Newgirl! I"m bored here at work! Everyone has a snow day, and I'm stuck here! A TT Purity test would be great!”

“Isn't that an oxymoron?”

“TT ≠ Purity?”

“TD, I'm not sure where to start in the TT Purity test. So many of those purity tests were centered around sex, it's hard to think of it in terms of TT. How 'bout you design one and the rest of us will take it. That would be fun. Besides, I don't know too much about the 70's (hehehehe)!”

“something to do with car-camping, i'm sure...and poop. lots of poop. and sheep!”

“Lyra, it sounds like you are the girl for the job!”

“oh, if i only had a nickel for every time i've heard that...HAHA!! ;-)

i shouldn't be allowed to eat sugar...”

“LOL at Lyra.”

“1) Have you ever urinated 'on the trail?'

2) Have you ever defecated in a privy?

3) Have you ever snored loud enough to wake up everyone in the shelter?

4) Have you ever shared a tent with someone of the opposite sex?

5) Have you ever shared a tent with someone of the same sex?

6) Have you ever shared a tent with any sort of animal?

7) Have you ever taken a bath in a stream?

8) If yes, did you wear any clothing while doing it?

9) Have you ever had a hangover after a long night on the trail?

10) Have you even woken up beside someone, and you didn't even know his/her name?”

“1) Yes
2) No
3) No
4) Yes
5) Yes
6) Yes
7) Yes
8) No
9) No
10) No

How pure am I TD?”

“I have 2 questions.

1) wrt # 8--does a bathing suit count as clothes

2) what's the scoring system? A percentage?”

“1)yes
2)yes
3)don't know I was asleep
4)yes
5)yes
6)no
7)yes
8)no
9)no
10)no”

“heh.. well we need to set up a scoring system. Do you have time to use the purity test samples and create a scoring system for each answer?

By the way.. mine?..


1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) Yes
5) Yes
6) No
7) Yes
8) No
9) No
10) Yes

How pure am I newgirl?"”

“Whoops!

#10 should be yes”

“1) does a bathing suit count as clothes

NO. Any covering negates the answer.

2) what's the scoring system? A percentage?

heh.. well we need to set up a scoring system.”

“TD, I'm no numbers girl. It would've been easier for me to come up w/ questions than to create the scoring system. And Skullcap, I think a bathing suit counts as clothes. We're talking buck-a$$ naked here. You have to be strong to bath in a spring naky, or you have to be smart & be near a HOT SPRING!”

“>> I think a bathing suit counts as clothes.

Don't think, I think you meant.”

“"TD, I'm no numbers girl."

newgirl
01:08:22 PM
01/31/02

hehe.. don't you do ACCOUNTING for the lumber company?”

“You're right TD. Sorry for the error. We need to be sure that everyone understands, TD and I are all for completely naky spring bathing! LOL!”

“"Come on! If you can't count on your friends to trash you in public, what can you count on?"

skullcap
12:57:01 PM
01/31/02”

“"We need to be sure that everyone understands, TD and I are all for completely naky spring bathing!"

newgirl
01:12:06 PM
01/31/02

Oh Newgirl, I wish. I still droll over your picture.

*ducks, and runs for cover*”

“Dang TD, that counts as a trashing? Is that the best you can do?”

“Yes, that's what I do, but I use numbers that already exist. I don't have to come up w/ some system I pulled out of my a$$.”

“newgirl: hehe.. I suppose I have to admit to the fact that I throw around numbers quite a bit at work?

and I also suppose I have to admit to being fluent in both Statistics and Psychometrics?”

“1) Have you ever urinated 'on the trail?'

yes

2) Have you ever defecated in a privy?

yes

3) Have you ever snored loud enough to wake up everyone in the shelter?

no

4) Have you ever shared a tent with someone of the opposite sex?

yes

5) Have you ever shared a tent with someone of the same sex?

yes

6) Have you ever shared a tent with any sort of animal?

yes (but never sheep!)

7) Have you ever taken a bath in a stream?

yes

8) If yes, did you wear any clothing while doing it?

yes

9) Have you ever had a hangover after a long night on the trail?

yes

10) Have you even woken up beside someone, and you didn't even know his/her name?"

no”

“psy·cho·met·rics (sk-mtrks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)

The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality traits. Also called psychometry.”

“This is a job for Violin actually.. he is the WIZ at this stuff.”

“So do I need more private questions? .. some feedback?”

“OK. I tested something on the HTML thread. Come up with any number of yes and no answers and I can post a scoring system for it. It has to be designed so that the 'yes' answers are impure.

I looked at the ones above but I'm so morally bankrupt, I don't know which are pure and which are corrupt.”

“I like it, Violin.. but it DOES assume equal weighting to all questions.”

“Best I can do. Something like this?

Trail Talk Purity Test

Check all boxes for which your answer is "yes".

The "submit" button is at the bottom.

1. Have you ever urinated 'on the trail?


2. Have you ever snored loud enough to wake up everyone in the shelter?


3. Have you ever been a matt, the webmaster groupie?

”

“1) Have you ever urinated 'on the trail?'

2) Have you ever defecated in a privy?

3) Have you ever snored loud enough to wake up everyone in the shelter? (the key is WAKE UP.. not if you snore)..

4a) Have you ever shared a tent with someone of the opposite sex?

>>> 4b) If yes, were you amorous?

5a) Have you ever shared a tent with someone of the same sex?

>>> 5b) If yes, were you amorous?

6) Have you ever shared a tent with any sort of animal?

>>> 6b) If yes, were you amorous?

7a) Have you ever taken a bath in a stream?

>>> 7b) If yes, were you devoid of any clothes to hide your lack of modesty?

8) Have you ever broken the 'park rules' and carried any illegal substances (this means alcohol, drugs, firearms, explosives, etc) on the trail?

9) Have you ever had a hangover after a long night on the trail?

10) Have you even woken up beside someone, and you didn't even know his/her name?”

“Sh!t, I am in trouble. I only have one no,,,,on #8.”

“Violin: the HTML code is perfect!.. All we need to do now is to finalize the content of the questionnaire..

You know what would be awesome? If the code would automatically post the results at the bottom once someone took the quiz so we could review it!”

“11) 'Lost' questions?

12) What we 'forgot' questions?

13) Fight/Argument questions?”

“14) More flash and 'public display of nudity' questions?

15) Cooking (not fit to eat)questions?

16) Night Hiking? Stealth Camping?”

“You guys are geniuses! I love it. TD, for number 13, what about something along the lines of have you ever thought about pushing a bp partner down a ravine?!? Not that I have ever thought of that.”

“Newgirl: Geniuses?.. *beams*.. naw.. creative minds at work.. hey.. a little inspiration newgirl..

Hey, let me tell you something.. a guy will do ANYthing to make a girl happy.. there is no such thing when it comes to a girls 'fantasy'. Ask. The guy will do it!

Violin: Like i said, we need to code this so that some questions are weighted heavier than others. Also, i think it would be a good idea to show only the resulting score, and not the individual answers to the questions that resulted in that score. (unless you of course want to code the HTML to email me anyone who answers yes to the question -- "would you have sex with a total stranger on the trail if he/she was cute?" (I'm kidding of course!.. geEEz.. just a little cannon fodder for "starting a riot, posting something extremely interesting, or bringing up one of those oh-so scandolous subjects?"

Chili36: So how we doing.. Do we have a potential winner for the TrailTalk archives?”

“13a) Have you ever thought about pushing a backpacking partner down a ravine, or leaving them behind to find their own way?

>>> 13b) If yes, did you do it?”

“Defacating in a privy is impure?

Am I supposed to go on it?”

“Yes you are on track TD,,,,,,but an answer of NO on #8 is really an "impure" answer, if you are measuring the number of "yes" answers, you need to be consistent.”

“Violin: Well I was thinking of the 'dayhiking' crowd, that would never subject their a$$ to such primitive modes of waste elimination.

You know, the ones who clean their boots after every stream cross and mudhole?”

“On that order.. we could set up a question where we ask how many days have you went without a bath on the trail?

1-2 days (count same as one yes.)

3-4 days (like yes twice)

5 or more (score three yeses?)”

“CHILI36: Are you looking at my REVISED test?”

“The test can only be yes or no questions and all questions have to be equally rated for me to do it.

I think chili36 means anyone who leaves their illegal substances at home is impure.”

“H@ll no,,,,I hadn't seen that,,,I was still working on the one at the top,,,,,,I like the new text,,,,I have more "NO's".....”