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The impression that I got was that although the authorities make out they are physical tests, they are actually intended as social/physcological tests.

Well, I can tell you that pretty much all of the tests outlined in those cartoons are a pretty basic part of the medical diagnostic armamentarium (Ooh, I love that word, and maybe 1st use on the BBS, Doug!) and would be very familiar to any 3rd year medical student charged with working up a neurologically questionable visitor to the emergency room.

They are not exact, but they are useful. Anybody want to test this, I will watch you drink a pre-determined amount of tequila, and then we'll play.

"In Soviet Russia, your nose touches *you*!"
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Jim


'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.