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How Sapphic are you?
Published Thursday, 06-Oct-2005 in issue 928
This one’s just for the ladies. The quiz below assumes respondents have at least some romantic interest in women. Oh, and if you couldn’t tell, this quiz is in no way scientific. Have fun!
1. How many flannel shirts do you own?
A. Your boyfriend left one at your apartment last weekend
B. One, but you stopped wearing it after Kurt Cobain died
C. Two – for when it gets chilly on the snowboard slopes
D. You never remove your flannel shirt, even when you shower
2. When you were young, you aspired to be:
A. Marilyn Monroe
B. A veterinarian
C. Madonna
D. Just like Dad
3. Getting your hair cut involves:
A. Re-mortgaging your house
B. Asking, “Can you make me look like Meg Ryan?”
C. Supercuts
D. Nobody touches your mullet!
4. How many exes do you keep in contact with?
A. None – men are pigs
B.You keep their numbers on speed-dial
C. You’re on friendly terms when you bump into them at Vons
D. You share gardening responsibilities as part of the commune
5. Your ideal mate would have:
A. Endurance like Lance Armstrong
B. A modest cache of sex toys to complement your collection
C. A nice sense of humor and a decent job
D. A dog that gets along with your pit bull, Bruiser
6. On a first date, it is appropriate to bring:
A. Your best friend
B. A shawl or a light wrap
C. Enough liquor to get schnockered
D. Your dogs ride everywhere with you in the U-Haul
7. In your tool chest, you have:
A. The handyman’s number (he’s kinda cute)
B. Stuff you hid the last time Mom came over
C. A hammer and a Phillips screwdriver
D. More tools than Ace Hardware
8. Which of the following artists do you listen to most often?
A. Dixie Chicks and Ricky Martin
B. Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos
C. Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco
D. Lynard Skynard – everything else is crap
9. Which extra-curricular activity were you involved in at school?
A. The modern dance troupe – you made state champion!
B. Cheerleading
C. Volleyball
D. Auto shop. Those fascists didn’t take girls for football.
10. The current state of your fingernails is:
A. French manicure with acrylic tips
B. Filed, buffed and painted red
C. Sensibly short and clean
D. Framed with crescents of black from changing the oil in your girlfriend’s truck
11. Your last meal was:
A. A salad, Diet Coke and a tic-tac
B. At The Prado
C. Tofu dog on a whole-grain bun
D. A bucket of hot-wings at Hooters
12. The contents of your purse are:
A. Three tubes of lipstick, a cell phone, a nail file, business cards and birth control
B. Three parking tickets, credit card receipts and Advil
C. Trail mix and a Nalgene bottle – and it’s a backpack, not a purse!
D. Skoal in your back pocket
13. Your favorite character as a child was:
A. Cinderella
B. Anne of Green Gables
C. The Hardy Boys
D. The Incredible Hulk
14. Your favorite item of clothing is:
A. Sexy bra and panties set from Victoria’s Secret
B. It’s a toss-up: Gap jeans or Prada bag
C. Levis 501, boot cut
D. Tool belt
15. Your favorite alcoholic beverage is:
A. Amstel Light
B. Cosmopolitan
C. Sierra Nevada
D. Schlitz
16. Your favorite toy when you were a child was:
A. Barbie dolls
B. My Little Pony
C. Legos
D. Dirt bike
17. When you’re feeling down, you:
A. Cry and go shopping
B. Do Pilates
C. Eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s
D. Shoot stray cats in the alley with your 12-gauge
18. Your idea of a swimsuit is:
A. 10 bikinis for every day of Christmas break
B. A modest one-piece
C. Board shorts and a tank top
D. Board shorts and a flannel
Answer key:
Key
A= 1 point
B= 2 points
C= 3 points
D= 4 points
Score
18-30:
Heteroflexible/high femme
31-44:
Femme
45-58:
Soft butch
59-72:
Diesel dyke
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