The Gryphon's Guild Purity Test

Welcome to the Gryphon's Guild purity test! Are you a crusty Oldbie, or a recently fledged Neophyte? Do your feathers run deep? This test attempts to ascertain just how profoundly the Guild has scrambled your brains.

Check all boxes for which your answer is "yes". Remember; this is all in fun. }:> The "submit" button is at the bottom.

  1. You've visited the Guild's homepage
  2. ... you have it in your favorites list/bookmarks
  3. ... you are listed in the member bios, or in the directory
  4. ... some of your art or writing is featured on the site
  5. ... your homepage or e-mail signature includes a link to the Guild
  6. ... the Guild website is set as your default/home page
  7. ... your website is hosted on the Guild's domain
  8. You've contributed to The Cry in one of its incarnations
  9. You've posted to the GryphBoard
  10. ... and you remember posting in the ITW days
  11. ... and you submitted gryph-related stuff to the distribution list back in the pre-Board era
  12. You post to the Board once a week
  13. ... once a day
  14. ... once an hour
  15. ... you just posted
  16. You're subscribed to the GryphList
  17. ... and you've actually contributed to a discussion on it
  18. You chat in the GG IRC channel
  19. You like the smell of cat food -- especially the kind with horse meat
  20. You stalk hamburger in the meat market
  21. You like your meat rare -- or raw
  22. You drool when you see horses
  23. Instead of packing gorp when you go hiking, you pack jerky and meatloaf sandwiches
  24. You got a LiveJournal because other Guilders had them
  25. ... you are a member of the GG community
  26. ... you got a paid account to show off more Guild pics
  27. There are more Guilders on your AIM list than any other group
  28. ... you talk to at least one of them regularly
  29. ... at least four of them
  30. ... at least ten of them
  31. Your favorites/bookmarks are filled with gryphon related stuff
  32. ... that you know the artists of
  33. ... that you can't afford
  34. You know what a wingsib is
  35. ... you have one
  36. ... you have more than 5
  37. ... more than 15
  38. You met your mate through the Guild
  39. ... and met them IRL
  40. ... and liked it
  41. You've sent a fellow Guilder snail-mail
  42. ... you've chatted with a Guilder on the phone
  43. ... you've met a Guilder IRL
  44. You know the RL name of another Guilder who you haven't met IRL
  45. ... you know 5 names
  46. You call your home or bedroom your eyrie
  47. Some of your best friends have scales and breathe fire
  48. You go to the zoo and see birds with prettier headcrests than you have, and turn up your beak with an arrogant flourish, mumbling something about "lousy showoffs"
  49. You remember when gryphons were a much neglected mythic on the 'net
  50. You've recruited a friend to the Guild
  51. ... you've recruited 5 friends
  52. ... and they stayed
  53. A ball of yarn can keep you entertained for hours
  54. You've started liking pie since joining the Guild
  55. ... and your favorite kind is "airborne"
  56. You're depressed because you seem to be in a permanent molt
  57. You stick feathers in your clothes and hair so you won't feel so naked
  58. You know all the spellings of gryphon by heart
  59. ... and know the word for gryphon in more than one other language
  60. You dumped a bunch of gold jewelry on your bed and slept on it... and you were comfortable
  61. You have three sleeping positions -- curled up, stretched out as far as you can go, and standing up... and it irritates you that you can't sleep with your head under your arm
  62. You draw gryphons constantly, even if you have no artistic talent
  63. You write stories or poetry that features gryphons
  64. You find yourself meeping when you're worried or bored
  65. ... and your friends don't find it odd
  66. ... or your parents
  67. To express affection, you preen your friends, or give them scritchies
  68. You floof when you're happy
  69. Insanity is your favored state of mind
  70. You collect gryphon imagery
  71. ... you own a print of gryphon art by one of the artists from the Guild
  72. You own a book off the Great Gryph Booklist
  73. ... you own four books from the list
  74. ... you own ten books from the list
  75. ... you own every single book on the list
  76. You have a gryphon tattoo
  77. Most of your money goes to increasing your gryphon collection
  78. You have worked out your Gryphon Code
  79. ... you can decipher GryphCodes in your head
  80. You screech when you're angry
  81. You scree when you're hungry
  82. You've ever hissed at someone if they startle you
  83. You purr when people pet you on the head
  84. You've ever clacked your teeth together in annoyance and were suprised at how quiet the sound was
  85. You wish you had a more intimidating stare
  86. Where it's dusty, you miss having nictitating membranes
  87. You grow your nails long, and cry when they break
  88. Your toes are strangely flexible
  89. When you were little, you swore to everyone you could fly -- you don't tell anyone now because they keep threatening to throw you in the nut house
  90. You have a fondness for avians and felines bordering on obsession
  91. You have pet cats or birds and you talk to them
  92. ... you understand when they talk back
  93. You give your pet birds such silly pet names as "Ooobie booboo Gryphiehead"
  94. ... and your pet cats such silly pet names as "Itty bitty Gryphonbutt"
  95. Bare, pink, bulgy-black-eyed, bumpy-skinned baby birds are the cutest thing you've ever seen
  96. Falconry is a serious hobby for you
  97. A spilled box of crayons conjures up the image of a few prominent Guilders for you
  98. ... as does black velvet
  99. ... spirals
  100. ... the zerg
  101. ... angels
  102. ... pillows

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