Take the hippie quiz and discover your hippie quotient. Your hip Q?
For each inch your hair reaches past your shoulders- give yourself 2 pts.
If you are male, multiply that score by 2.
For males- if you have gotten flack for having long hair- add 2 pts.
Females- if you have gotten flack for wearing no makeup- add 2 pts
If you are over the age of 40 and still have not cut your hair- add 10 pts.
If you have a brownie recipe that includes ingredients you can not get at the local A&P- add 5 pts.
Add 2 points if your dwelling is decorated with any of the following: beads hanging from the door, a lava lamp, fillmore posters.
If you have a bean bag chair in your "groovy pad"- add 2 pts.
If the bean bag chair is the only piece of furniture you have- add 5 pts.
If your dwelling has all of the above- add 10 pts.
If your home is decorated with homemade art- add 10 pts.
If you do pottery- add 2 pts.
If you know how to do macrame- add 2 pts.
If you know how to do the macarena- subtract 2 pts.
If you were at Woodstock- add 10 pts.
If you think you may have been at Woodstock, but aren't entirely sure- add 15 pts.
Who is your favorite Beatle?
If it is John- add 4 points
George-add 3 points
Ringo- add 2 points
Paul- add 1 point
If you have fire drills to practice getting all your Grateful Dead tapes out of the house- add 10 pts
Add 2 pts for each state line you've crossed on your longest road trip to see a 60s era musical artist or band in concert.
If you have traveled to another country to see such a band or artist- add 10 pts
If you were affected personally by Jerry Garcia's death- add 5 pts.
If you know what bag you're in- add 2 pts
If you own an incense burner- add 2 pts.
If you own, or have owned a VW bus- add 5pts.
Add an additional 5pts. if the bus is painted multiple colors
If you play the sitar- add 2 pts.
If you have written a song protesting war, bucking the establishment, or containing a reference to illegal drugs- add 5 pts
If you have written songs about all three- add 10 pts.
If you were actually alive in the 1960s- add 3 pts
If you really, really wish you had been alive in the 1960s- add 1 pt
If you still believe that "All You Need is Love"- add 5 pts.
Subtract 10 pts if you add the phrase "and a good medical plan"
If the word "trip" does not make you think of a vacation- add 2 pts.
If the word "man" peppers your conversations- add 2 pts.
If you've used the word "groovy" or the phrase "Can you dig it?" with a straight face- add 5 pts.
If you have used both in the same sentence- add another 5 pts
If you've taken part in a peace march-add 2 pts
If you've started a petition- add 2 pts
If you've taken part in a sit-in- add 2 pts
If you have done all three- add 15 pts
If you've ever received junk mail addressed to "dear radical"- add 5 pts
If you think "social action" is a frat party on a saturday night- subtract 10 pts
If your children have names like Windsong, Summer, Freedom or Peace Love Understanding Smith- add 10 pts
If you wish your parents hand named you Peace Love Understanding Smith- add 5 pts
If you say "thank you" when someone calls you a hippy- add 20 pts.
If you say "Groovy man, like, you think I'm a hippy? Far out, can you dig that?" - add 10 pts.
If you wear Birkenstocks- add 2 pts
If you make your own sandals- add 10 pts
If you have a bumper sticker reading "save the whales", "think green" or has dancing bears on it- add 2 pts
If such bumper stickers are holding your car together- add 5 pts
If you're a vegetarian- add 5 pts
If the only reason you call yourself a "vegetarian" is that you stopped eating Big Macs- subtract 10 pts
If you smell like patchouli- add 2 pts
If you have sold any hand-made item in the parking lot of a concert- add 2 pts
If you think money is the root of all evil- add 2 pts
If you add the phrase "and may the devil smite me with it" -subtract 5 pts
If you think Jim Morrison's poetry is profound- add 2 pts
If you think John Lennon's drawings are art- add 2 pts
If you like Bob Dylan's singing voice- add 5 pts
If you've never heard of Jim Morrison, John Lennon or Bob Dylan- subtract 10 pts
If you have a necklace with either wooden beads, seeds, a peace or yin yang symbol- add 2 pts
If you have all of the above- add 5 pts
If you used to have all of the above but traded them for concert tickets- add 15 pts
If your computer screen name or password is related to a 60s musical performer or event- add 2 pts
If the only cds or records in your collection that were recorded after 1980 were recorded by artists who were most famous in the 60s or 70s- add 5 pts
If you've been to San Francisco- add 1 pt
If you wore flowers in your hair- add 2 pts
If you can point out the house in Haight where you lived to your children - add 20 pts
If you've lived in a commune- add 10pts
If you quit the commune because you were tired of being the one to do all the work- subtract 2 pts
If you still have and treasure your "Stop The Draft" or "Question Authority" buttons - add 5 pts
If you graduated high school in 1969 - add 2 pts
If you own a tie dyed article of clothing- add 2 pts
If you did not dye it yourself- subtract 1 pt
If you own any clothing items made of hemp- add 2 pts.
If you have practiced Transcendental Meditation, have seriously studied Eastern religion, or been a Jesus freak- add 5 pts
If you have done all of the above- add 5 pts
If you have had a chemically induced spiritual experience- add 5 pts
If you voted for Ronald Reagan- subtract 200 pts
If you got this far and realized you haven't been keeping score- add 1 pt.
Scoring
Anything under 10- You ARE the establishment
11-79- You've got some hippie in you, hang out a while
80-100- Yes, my friend, you're a hippie. Isn't it far out?
100 and above- Wow!!!!!!!!!
Anne lost count at 184 points........sigh.......
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