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HOW CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ARE YOU?

1. Have you any prior experience setting orphans on fire?

2. When your puppy goes off in another room, is it because of the explosive charge?

3. Do you agree with the statement? “Guns don’t kill people, I kill people.”

4. Do you understand the difference between a baby seal and a pelt?

5. Do you think of Bambi and Thumper as fair game?



Reference:  Ickes, W. J., Wegner, D. M., & Vallacher, R. R. (1982, December). Excerpts from the Psych‑Illogical Dictionary, Psychology Today.