I found
this somewhere over the net. You might seriously like to go over this one!!!
You Might Be a Geologist If
...
You can pronounce the word
"molybdenite" correctly on the first try.
You think the primary function
of road cuts is tourist attractions.
You own more pieces of quartz
than underwear.
You associate the word
"hard" with a value on the Mohs scale instead of "work".
Your rock collection weighs more
than you do.
You have a strong opinion as to
whether pieces of concrete are properly called "rocks".
You don't think of
"cleavage" the same way everyone else does.
There's amethyst in your
aquarium.
Your spouse has had to ask you
to move your samples out of the kitchen.
Your spelling checker has a
vocabulary that includes the words "polymorph" and
"pseudomorph".
Your car ashtray contains more
rocks than cigarette butts. [Thanks Kristy]
Your children are named Rocky,
Jewel, Crystal, and Beryl.
You're not sure if you have
children.
You won't use dictionaries that
list "brontosaurus" but not "apatosaurus."
You think there's nothing wrong
with looking at the stone facades of buildings with your hand lens.
You get cranky because the light
strips you installed on your bookshelves aren't full spectrum.
You've ever purchased an
individual, unfaceted rock, regardless of the price.
You've ever spent more than ten
dollars for a book about rocks.
You find yourself compelled to
examine individual rocks in driveway gravel.
You follow when you see the
local university's geology class going on a field trip.
You associate the name
"Franklin" with New Jersey instead of "Ben".
You're planning on using a pick
and shovel while you're on vacation.
You've worked with drillers like
the characters in "Armageddon."
You associate the word
"saw" with diamonds instead of "wood".
You begin wondering what a
complete set of the Mineralogical Record is worth.
When you find out, you actually
consider paying it.
You've fabricated a backpack for
your dog.
You don't think trilobites look
like cockroaches.
You've installed a mineralogical
database program on your computer.
The baggage handlers at the
airport know you by name and refuse to help with your luggage.
Your internet home page has
pictures of your rocks.
You've taken a copy of Dana's
Manual of Mineralogy to the bathroom.
You still think pet rocks are a
pretty neat idea.
Your employer has asked you not
to bring any more rocks to the office.
You file stratigraphically yet
can't find important files faster than your secretary.
You have part of your rock
collection under black lights.
You judge a restaurant by the
type of decorative building stone they use rather than their food.
The only thing you notice about
attractive members of the opposite sex is the stone in their jewelry.
You refuse to let nightfall stop
your field excursions and continue looking at the outcrops using the headlights
of your field vehicle.
You like rock music only because
it's called "rock" music.
You will try to claw through the
water flowing in a stream to get a better look at the bedrock at the base of
the channel.
You will walk across eight lanes
of freeway traffic to see if the outcrop on the other side of the highway is
the same type of rock as the side you're parked on.
You have ever had to respond
"yes" to the question, "What have you got in here, rocks?"
You have ever taken a
22-passenger van over "roads" that were really intended only for
cattle
You have ever found yourself
trying to explain to airport security that a rock hammer isn't really a weapon
Your rock garden is located
inside your house
You have ever hung a picture
using a Brunton as a level, and your rock hammer as your hammer
Your collection of beer cans
and/or bottles rivals the size of your rock collection
You consider a "recent
event" to be anything that has happened in the last hundred thousand years
Your photos include people only
for scale and you have more pictures of your rock hammer and lens cap than of
your family
You have ever been on a field
trip that included scheduled stops at a gravel pit AND a liquor store
You have ever uttered the phrase
"have you tried licking it" with no sexual connotations involved
SCORING:
00 - 10 You're a pseudolith.
11 - 20 You've seen Dante's Peak
21 - 30 You take no coprolites.
….30+ You are rock solid