We gave the kids a couple of Oreos yesterday evening. Watching them - especially my daughter - eat the cookies, I started wondering, "What does this say about their personalities?" I thought surely someone has come up with some kind of quiz to tell you about your personality based on how you eat Oreos, and, sure enough, this quiz is all over the internet:

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Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eating Oreos:

1. The whole thing all at once.
2. One bite at a time
3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterwards.
4. In little feverous nibbles
5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee...).
6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie.
7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie.
8. Just the cookie, not the inside.
9. I just like to lick them, not eat them.
10. I don`t have a favorite way because I don`t like Oreos.          

Made you choice?          

Your Personality:          

1. The whole thing.     

This means you consume life with abandon. You are fun to be with, exciting, and carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with their children.          

2. One bite at a time.     

You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreos this very same way. Just like them, you lack imagination, but that`s okay, not to worry, you`re normal.          

3. Slow and Methodical.     

You follow the rules. You`re very tidy and orderly. You`re very meticulous in every detail with every thing you do to the point of being anal retentive and irritating to others. Stay out of the fast lane if you`re only going to go the speed limit.          

4. Feverous Nibbles.     

Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly. You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental breakdowns run in your family. Valium and Ritalin would do you good.          

5. Dunked.     

Every one likes you because you are always up beat. You like to sugar coat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations into good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles your life is in. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction.          

6. Twisted apart, the inside, and then the cookie.     

You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities. You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal, behavior.          

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and then toss the cookie.     

You are good at business and take risk that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that`s ok, you don`t care, you got yours.          

8. Just the cookie, not the inside.     

You enjoy pain.          

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them.     

Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help - immediately.          

10. I don`t have a favorite way, I don`t like Oreo cookies.     

You probably come from a rich family, and like to wear nice things, and go to up-scale restaurants. You are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right. You like to be pampered. You are a prima donna. There`s just no pleasing you.

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But here's the funny thing: neither  my daughter nor I fit any of these. My son is an "eat it all at once, live life with abandon" kind of person, no question. Or he dunks sometimes - and that fits his "messy" lifestyle, too.

I (like my mother, interestingly) like to take the cookie apart, eat one cookie half, and then nibble through the other cookie half with the filling. That doesn't fit any of these categories - maybe the slow, methodical personality. Or maybe a mixture of several.

But my daughter is the one who is totally off the chart. She takes the whole thing apart into 3 layers. Then she slowly nibbles away at the cookies while occasionally taking a small nibble or lick of the filling. It can take that child 10 minutes to eat one Oreo! I think it shows her complete artistic personality - she absolutely marches to her own drummer. You can see it in how she chooses to dress (often with a swath of fabric wrapped around somewhere just for a little "splash"). And she always wants to do something musical, crafty or arty. But at the same time, she has a tendency to be very methodical and perfectionist in things - this is the child who used to sort her M&M's by color before eathing them. I don't know if it shows that she's a crazy, mixed up person or not - but it's how God made her, and I find it refreshing.

So, be honest, how do you eat your Oreos?