It has, er, come to my attention that [clears throat] not all of you have taken the IMPORTANT [underlines on board] online survey yet.
By end of class, I want you all to have taken the survey.
Or, you will receive the dreaded "C-". And I don’t think your parents will like that one bit.
Do you think they bought it, Debbie B.?!
… is that thing stuffed? o.o
where do peeps get these glasses from
or animals that tolerate it
soooo cute
That survey rather strongly assumes that all your readers are in the U.S.A. Don’t worry, I did my best to invalidate the data.
Like Juuro, I think I skewed the stats
Oh my god… another one! The high council is gathering, and they’ll be snagglin some veggies while they wait. More bespectacled piggies please! I want a sassy long haired, horn rimmed piggy.
i tell you i did eet. for the lurve of all that ees qte, i did eeeeeet! okay, naptime…
Yes, of course! The only people online are from the US! Don’t worry, I did my best to skew the results as well.
These bespectacled piggie pictures are killing me. Dead, I tells ya, dead.
Oh no! It’s an epidemic of Guinea Pig myopia! Tragic, really.
Sorry, he’s not myopic: he’s as-pig-matic.
Question # Who-knows-what:
“Do you floss regularly?”
Um………
Yeah, the flossing question was random, but when it was followed up with “Do you believe in UFOs?” I knew it was time to end the survey.
So is it a species-wide trait that Guinea pigs can’t see without glasses? Or do they just need them for reading?
the survey annoyed me for all the reasons mentioned above. i quit at page 5.
i went through the whole survey and didn’t find any tocks, BEFs, cats, racks, or hamsters trying to stuff entire grapes into their puh-housches
I think I significantly raised your average reader age. I didn’t want to put my real birth year, so I just picked the first one there, which happened to be 1910. So, I guess you now have a rather computer-savvy 97-year-old in your midst.
There’s no such thing as a bad time for scholarly porcellus.
Another comment about how US-based the survey is… but also how invasive! Over 159 questions about your spending, drinking habits, etc AND no ‘humanist’ option under Religion!
Okay, fine. I took the survey. Now post me some Pony pics! Or kittens. Or puppies. Or prosh little Rats, cuz really, if you look closely, rats are tewtally prosh.
I’d complete the survey if it worked properly. I hit next a thousand times (well, three) and it just kept reloading the same page. But keep the pigs in glasses coming!
I am bothered that there is no “Other” option under religion.
While I am an atheist, there is no way that all religions fit in that tiny selection.
I did the assignment…uh…sir!!!
ummm professor
*raises hand*
sir I took the survey the first time
can I have extra credit
You guys managed to get to page 5!? I quit after 2!
I love the bespectacled piggy!
There’s ANOTHER one? Where all these bespeckled creatures coming from?
Anyhow, I just skipped the questions I didn’t want to answer, like income, religion, etc. I think flossing and UFOs and such where all meant in good fun. Plus you can skip the drinking questions.
No ‘Cuteologist’ as a religion choice? Outrageous!
Also, I am a wealthy 97 year old Pacific Islander that lives in a household of 8 people in Beverly Hills. (90210 is the only zip code I know offhand besides my own.)
Not a good survey site, I quit went back and it wouldn’t let me carry on with the questions. Also not from the USA, therefore insignificant I guess
. The data is gonna be very messed up….
I lub surveys. I did the whole thing.
I just hope Meg posts the results! And, who cares if they’re skewed/messed up? It’ll still be fun to see.
What if I believe UFOs are unidentified, but I don’t think they are necessarily aliens? This survey gave me major Angst. Recovery plan: must go back and review the posts I’ve have missed the last coupla days whilst moving house.
I tried, but gave up after a while when I really didn’t know what to answer on all the weird US-centric stuff.
I completed the whole thing but, being a British student, it really wasn’t applicable to me, I will no doubt be one of the many anomolies in the results!
89 year old Samoan animist from the North Pole (99705) here. I never floss, but I expect that 200 bottles of assorted likker I drink each month keeps me teeth pickled and well-preserved. Ooooh, a UFO!
Tor: “What if I believe UFOs are unidentified, but I don’t think they are necessarily aliens?”
Indeed. Technically, UFO’s DO exists, as a matter of fact. There are, indeed, Flying Objects that people can’t Identify. Thus, “Unidentified Flying Objects”.
Oh nos! The Rodent Professors are breeding!
Wow, I’ve always wanted to meet a Samoan animist! And guess what, I ran into one on CO. I’ll have to tell all my wicca-friends here at the Irish coven who have become newlyconverted UFO lovers after they did the survey. Now no work gets done but they’re all looking up at the skies, also when crossing the road. “No, Megan, watch out for that tree…”
I already done did it, but it was REALLY long. Did Professor Guinea Pig do the survey? Huh? Huh?
I watch CO on about three computers (work, work, home), and have already filled out the survey on one of the comps. So mark 2 off! Or however you’re keeping track.
I filled it out, I promise! Please Prof. Piggy, can I too have extra credit? As a Canadian, for the questions that were too USA oriented… I just tried to imagine what Dean Winchester from Supernatural would say (speaking of cute!!)
Well, that’s interesting… I went to take it, and it says I already have!
Ok, then.
^_^
I tried to take the survey the first time she posted about it, and it led me to a page saying I needed to enable cookies (they’re already enabled) and instructions on how to do so for every web browser except mine (safari). There was no way to continue from this page.
I just went back to check and now it says that I’ve already taken the survey (?).
I wonder if I floss and believe in UFOs.
I guess I am a dork because I think answering surveys is kinda fun.
I’m loving the piggle, and the word “bespectacled.” I have some American Girl glasses, and two piglets who will do anything for some spinach… *ponders evilly*
Tor and Fish Eye-EXACTLY!! How can you NOT believe in UFO’s. I never know how to answer that question because it is never asked PROPERLY. I do believe in Unidentified Flying Objects having seen quite a few myself. But I don’t believe in Aliens visiting our Earth. I think if the aliens are smart enough to get close enough to see how we behave then they are smart enough to stay away and leave us to ourselves.
BTW-more pics of bespectacled cuties of any species please!!
Martha in Washington: “How can you NOT believe in UFO’s. I never know how to answer that question because it is never asked PROPERLY.”
Ding, ding, ding! It’s a more complicated issue then a simple survey question can deal with properly.
Do I believe in UFOS? Of course (see my previous post as to why). Do I believe in aliens? Well, it’s a pretty big universe to only have one inhabited planet, don’t you think? Do I believe aliens have come to earth and abducted people and stuff? Not so much.
But if you tell people you believe in either aliens or UFOs, they think to DO believe in alien abduction and stuff. And in the case of a survey like this, where you don’t have a chance to explain your answers, answering “Yes” to the UFO and/or alien question makes you look like a nut.
It was a fairly benign, fun survey. I skipped some questions (I don’t want wal-mart to have ANY info from ANYONE about ANYTHING!) And no “None” under religion was bothersome. Is the survey promoted by cuteoverload, or is it just spam with cute piggy pics?
I *did* take the entire survey, mum, please, yes, I did. I did.
… And I wanted to take a nap afterward.
Geez, that was a long one…
I ALREADY took the survey and I will NOT take it again! [jumps up and down]
Now gimme that piggy!
And those specs too.
[perches them on the bridge of her nose]
[disapproves]
I took it the first time and can I have extra credit too Professor? Huh Please pretty please.
Rats I should have lied about my age and location and race too.
stupid gum flossing aliens and their stupid UFO bleening surveys about stupid reality tv that I don’t watch anyway!
HEhehe.. Actually I got a kick out of it since I am not the demographic they were looking for anyway.
Oh piggles, I forgot to say how adorable the piggie is.
And Lizzie be sure to take pictures and share. We need more piggies in specticles.
At first I thought it was the same Professor Piggy. I took the survey, and it *was* the same survey. I have to add my comment to those who complained that the “religion” category wasn’t inclusive enough – there were no selections even vaguely resembling “Wiccan” or “pagan”. And I didn’t even bother answering the media-obsessed questions about TV shows I’ve never heard of.
I’m another one who skewed the results in a British direction… It’s quite sad that I like filling in surveys so much that I will put up with such a long and US-centric survey. I want a star for extra effort from Prof Piggles!
I also found both the “religion” category & ALL the TV questions somewhere between amusing and annoying. The “religion” category was definitely too limited to traditional categories, and the TV stuff … honestly!! Why wasn’t there an option for “I don’t watch your normal TV, you stupid English k-niiights!”
I also found both the “religion” category & ALL the TV questions somewhere between amusing and annoying. The “religion” category was definitely too limited to traditional categories, and the TV stuff … honestly!! Why wasn’t there an option for “I don’t watch your normal TV, you stupid English k-niiights!”
Oops.
Apologies for posting twice.
There’s only one purpose I can see for this survey: to better “sell” CO visitors to advertisers. I don’t object to being advertised to; Meg deserves to be compensated for her time spent doing this great site. But life is short, and too precious to spend doing ridiculously long surveys just to aid advertisers in more effective shilling.
http://www.adfreeblog.org/
just a hint
While I am unable to take the survey because of the web filter here, I did take a phone survey last week that seemed to take *freaking* forever, but was kind of fun. Yes, I’m a nerd too.
I asked if there was an answer worse than “poor” when asked my opinion of our current administration’s performance. Got a good laugh out of the poll taker. teehee!
And one of the questions asked was, “Do you consider yourself a citizen of your city, nation, or the planet Earth?” Huh? Sounds kind of like the religion question you guys referred to – should’ve been more choices for answers…
Good lord, everyone- let’s forget about surveys & UFOs & religion & Samoans for a second – and take a good hard look @ the bespectled pig- woodja? That’s one freaky looking eye- does he s/he hava cataract? Is s/he dead? S/he also has a suspiciously dry nosicle…I have to agree with the first post this morning- I think this thing is not cute- it’s STUFFED!
I tried to take the survey, but it crashed…
Introducing Professor Cedric Van Hamsicle, Emeritus and expert on human behavior.
I promise I took it the first time. Still no option Pagan/Wiccan as religious choice….. I KNOW I’m not the only one, lol.
BTW – I floss (LUV the new reach flosser thingy – makes all the diff in the world) and I believe in UFOs. I didn’t answer questions about my car…
One of the more random surveys I’ve ever done.
Is typepad working now?
OK Good. It wasn’t working a few minutes ago.
Fish Eye-Oh I believe that there is life on other planets. I just think that they are smart enough to not get involved with us. Even with the invitations (V’ger) the governments would probably just lock them up and dissect them (being, you know “illegal” and all). I think it is probably better if they stayed away until SOME of us evolved a little more.
Lol! this is Debbie B. and no she isn’t stuffed! but yes, she has passed on since those pics were taken
“Piglette” lived for 6 very happy years 
She was my first piggie and started a so far 10 year love affair with these bitty beasts. Every so many pigs you find one who kind of just “gets still” when you set a tiny hat, glasses or whatever on them. I have 4 pigs right now and only one of them is like that. I set a wee clown hat on her one day…all the other pigs sniffed her and looked suspiciously at her! 
Oh and she had beautiful brown eyes! the darn flash made her eye look weird there!
I LOVE this site!
Oh and P.S….piggies noses are commonly dry…if you have a one with a moist one..the piggie needs a vet ASAP!
eoyore She is beautiful and the glasses are reflecting back on her eye that is why it looks weird. Thanks for sharing her.
aww! many tanks!