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Take Time to Laugh This Holiday Season, Vote and Win a Prize!
Laughter is a gift at any time of year, and we wanted to make you smile during this holiday season. What each of us thinks is funny depends on many factors, including brain dominance.
Which cartoon is your favorite?
Please scroll down and review the 5 cartoons, then vote for your favorite by January 8th for a chance to win a fabulous gift from Herrmann International.
Use the comment section below to place your vote, why you like that cartoon the best and if you are willing to share, what your HBDI preferences are!
3:08 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Winning vote for #5.
HBDI profile = Whole Brain dominance
3:13 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Vote for #1 — recall issues are so frustrating – best to laugh at them! 2211
3:17 pm on December 23rd, 2009
I vote for #2 – Giraffes having to kiss over the mistletoe. Very funny. It made me laugh the most of all 5. (ISTJ)
3:17 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#5.
Right-brained dominant.
3:18 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Sorry – I’m also a 1122; 70% left.
3:18 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Number 5. The image gives meaning to an otherwise overused statement. My profile code is 1121.
DABC (D is dominant, followed by ABC).
3:24 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Oops. Right brain dominant (52% to 48% for left brain)
3:29 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Love the snowmen. It’s so green just like me!
3:44 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Hi Guys–I liked #2 and #5 the best (I’m dominant in quadrants D (1) and C (1) and not so much in B (3) and A (4).
I’m interested to get your take on this–do we laugh at how people NOT like us operate? Or do we go for the gags that fit our profiles?
Merry Merry,
Hap
4:16 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#5 is my favorite, so many times I have sat there with my laptop working away.
Left brain…
4:21 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#1 (Gasp! Sigh!) Oh, too true.
#2 (Ha! Snort!) Wild!
#3 (Snicker, snicker!) Been there! (In the listerner’s seat when something like this was proposed… it’s disorienting to experience but funny to read, so I have mixed reactions to this one.)
#4 (Strangled gurgle and sigh). How management consultants get a bad name.
#5 (???) This is funny???
So, I guess probably #2 for me.
1211 — very low 2 in B quadrant.
4:44 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#3 – I usually never make it through a cartoon that wordy and detailed, but gave this one a shot and hooted at the end! Made the tedium of reading the details worth it – almost! Me? I’m a 2211 – with off-the-chart C and D. can ya tell?
5:02 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#2 — unusual and visual. Who knew giraffes kissed?
5:03 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#2 — Who knew giraffes kissed?
5:04 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Definitely #5 (I’m a 1111 married for 50 years to a 1321 who doesn’t like to listen to quadrant B advice)–so it’s either getting exasperated or laughing because this cartoon is so true…actually, he is the one with a much stronger sense of humor than mine.
5:04 pm on December 23rd, 2009
I found #3 to be the perfect parody. How many times have I listened to a C suite suit and thought “This ought to be in a cartoon?”
I’m 1211, with 59% right and 41% left.
Also ENTJ. I love the comments.
6:15 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#1: I don’t get it.
#2: cute.
#3: good comment on management techno speak but not funny to me. ironically, “maximise” spelled wrong. should be a “z”, instead of an “s”.
#4: as a consultant…”ouch!” though I’m not sure if that is Santa or a reindeer speaking…either way…”ouch!”
#5: got a giggle.
INFP
7:16 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#4 LOL – I’m a 1221 and thought this was hilarious!
7:23 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#2, hoofs down. 2211 Off the chart D here.
And, better yet, Janet G.’s “Who knew giraffes kissed?”… Bwahahaaa!!
Thanks, and Merry Holidays!
7:34 pm on December 23rd, 2009
#4 but #5 made me smile as well – I am 1,1,1,2
9:48 pm on December 23rd, 2009
Vote for Number 3. All left brain and scares me that I totally understand it!
10:02 pm on December 23rd, 2009
I found #3 funniest probably because I am working in a government agency where I encounter many people who are just like this. I’m a 3-2-11.
Happy Holidays to everyone at HI>
12:09 am on December 24th, 2009
The funniest are the people who are voting. They are analising these cartoons, which they are supposed to laugh at not to work on. Oh, God
I vote for #4
No further comment (aladdin_taher@yahoo.com)
12:15 am on December 24th, 2009
#4 – I can relate to that one the most – whole brained
1:59 am on December 24th, 2009
#3
however the most amusing thing are the comments
happy new year
3:02 am on December 24th, 2009
#2 for me. I’m 1211.
Merry Christmas!!
3:04 am on December 24th, 2009
#5
I am a 2111
3:38 am on December 24th, 2009
Number 3 for me – sums it all up!
3:47 am on December 24th, 2009
Cartoon #4 – HBDI 2211
3:57 am on December 24th, 2009
Slight preference for 5. Haven’t been tested . . .
4:19 am on December 24th, 2009
#2 The giraffe. Looking forward to look the mirror in 2010, love my reflection and kiss it.
4:51 am on December 24th, 2009
#3 – I have clients like this!! They would laugh. I’m 2211. (My natural pick would be the giraffe). Happy Holidays everyone.
5:18 am on December 24th, 2009
#5 and I am 1122. Happy Holidays.
5:33 am on December 24th, 2009
#4. the reversal of jobs and the ridiculousness of it!! Strong yellow, which has become my favorite color!
6:34 am on December 24th, 2009
#3–Nothing funnier than laughing at ourselves and there is probably no more jargon filled profession than the internal/external consulting business.
6:56 am on December 24th, 2009
#5 followed by #1 Happy Holidays… 1211
7:48 am on December 24th, 2009
Since I am a 2211 working in a 1133 world, #3 was the funniest by far.
8:03 am on December 24th, 2009
#2 gets it for me. THEY get it. Pretty much. A joyous Christmas to all!
8:27 am on December 24th, 2009
#5. Appealed to my yellow quadrant dominance (2211).
8:56 am on December 24th, 2009
#5 appealed to me the most, I am a 1222.
9:15 am on December 24th, 2009
#5 – 1211
I thought it was funny because I think my brain melts when I’m on the computer too much
Merry Christmas!
9:25 am on December 24th, 2009
I vote for #4. It illustrates the reality of what we do…As consultants and practitioners we struggle getting Execs to realize the advantages of stepping out of their comfort zone and into the thinking style of others. No one likes change, though through change we expand our level of awareness and we grow. I’m a 2111.
11:33 am on December 24th, 2009
#4 got to laugh at ourselves!
12:16 pm on December 24th, 2009
Number 4 speaks to the way our missionary spirit often blinds us to the realities of life around us.
12:21 pm on December 24th, 2009
Tough to decide… but #5 made me laugh out loud. #1 was so “true” (personal POV) and #4 was great (work POV… leadership “stuff” is what I do)! Like most times when I’m presented with many choices, I have a touch time deciding. But I’ll go with #5 because it made me laugh. HBDI=2111
2:37 pm on December 24th, 2009
Love #5 – hmmm, the visual for yellow/reds…loved it. #2 – I had to read it twice – guess that confirms my blue and green scores! ha ha
4:19 pm on December 24th, 2009
I have to go with #5. It’s the one that made me really laugh out loud! And I can identify with the poor snowman. 3211+.
7:36 pm on December 24th, 2009
I have to go with #5. I can identify with the generation dependent on computers, and I experienced laptop-thigh burn on numerous occasions. And I’m not yet enough of a management consultant to appreciate the office-oriented humor of the other ones. 2211 – used to be 1211.
9:02 pm on December 24th, 2009
I vote for #5. Laptops can get pretty warm.
10:57 am on December 25th, 2009
My Fav – #2
I like #5 also
I have a single, strong preference for “D” type thinking, over-all a definite right and cerebral tilt to my preferences.
11:08 pm on December 25th, 2009
No 4 is goodbest one for me HBDI = CD (2211) with strong C
MBTI = ENFP
i am cirtifed trainer in HBDI & MBTI
4:17 am on December 26th, 2009
Number 1 made me laugh most! Being a 2-2-1-1 (close to 3-2-1+-1+) I sometimes get something, which
1. I already have (like a book)
2. I already have enough of (red wine, for example, which I bottle myself) or
3. Dislike (e. g. German so called folk music, which is horrible)
Years ago I returned something to the person who gave it to me – it was the end of a (otherwise) wonderful friendship
))
4:24 am on December 26th, 2009
BTW: I didn’t understand #5 until I read some of the comments … It seems I never used my “note”-book as a “laptop”!!
6:23 am on December 26th, 2009
Its a tie for me between number two (giraffes) and number 5. Both made me laugh out loud but the funnier was the giraffes.
8:18 am on December 26th, 2009
#2–really clever, made me laugh out loud. #5 is my second pick. I didn’t find #1 funny at all and #3 gave me a headache reading it. Guess we know where I live.
12:31 pm on December 27th, 2009
#2… the giraffes… so sweet!
However, I have to say that I can appreciate the humor in all of them! Thanks for the laugh! 
12:05 am on December 28th, 2009
# 4 – 1111
This is a real life story;-) Poor Santa Claus, haha
# 5 is funny, too (comes in second)
3:07 am on December 28th, 2009
#2 and #4, in this order, my profile is 1221
7:10 am on December 28th, 2009
I loved # 3 and # 4 but I am a management consultant and performance metrics guru. Just too close to home, I guess!
7:27 am on December 28th, 2009
#4 & #5 – can’t decide between the two. My profile code is 3211
7:33 am on December 28th, 2009
#1 is my favorite. It’s amazing how some ring home clearer than others.
Profile: 1221
7:37 am on December 28th, 2009
Loved #5! Too funny!
7:55 am on December 28th, 2009
#4 gets my vote! My profile is 2-1-1-1
8:01 am on December 28th, 2009
Loved #4.
Maybe if some of our management TEAM walked in some employees shoes they might understand them better!
8:01 am on December 28th, 2009
#2 – I’m such a softie. I”m a 2-1-1-2
8:22 am on December 28th, 2009
Thanks for the chuckles for all of these. If I must choose, it will be 5. Makes the parent in me kick in.
8:24 am on December 28th, 2009
Thanks for the chuckles. I enjoyed them all, but if I must pick one it’s #5. It made the parent in me kick in!
8:42 am on December 28th, 2009
#5 got the laugh from me. I am a 2112.
8:44 am on December 28th, 2009
Thought one was pretty funny, but I like #5 the best. Poor snowman. No legs, er…bottom…didn’t think ahead to the consequences. Immediate gratification, isn’t that what it’s all about?
12:25 pm on December 28th, 2009
Um, what does it say that I had to look up my profile of 3,2,1,1 (I could picture in in my mind)? Anyhow, loved #2, the giraffes, it was funny and suprising!
12:58 pm on December 28th, 2009
I like #4. If you can’t laugh at yourself, you are taking life way too seriously!!!
12:59 pm on December 28th, 2009
I like #4. Ifyou can’t laugh at yourself, you’re taking life way too seriously.
1:10 pm on December 28th, 2009
Having experienced the burn of my laptop, I enjoy and relate to #5.
4:06 pm on December 28th, 2009
#3 is my favorite. I’m a 3211.
5:13 pm on December 28th, 2009
#2 – 2211.
5:14 pm on December 28th, 2009
Cartoon #2, profile 2211
6:51 am on December 29th, 2009
Definitely #2 and #5 warmed my heart as well. I am 2211 but better known as Heavy D. Have yourself some wonderfilled holidays all, and thanks for the funnies!!! Keep ‘em comin’.
7:43 am on December 29th, 2009
#2 biggest laugh: shows us it isn’t the rules that are important here (kiss UNDER the mistletoe), it’s the spirit of the adventure – to get the kiss!.
#1: oh my, I was married to her once!
#3: not funny, absolutely true. Okay, that’s funny.
#4: about time, reindeer rights!
#5: funny strong message… don’t sit there and melt, go out and play!
1311
10:07 am on December 29th, 2009
#4 – was my biggest laugh – since I am one of those in one of my many roles. But #3 sounds like a friend of mine or else government run health care. A 2111- that was on vacation with my family when I got this on my blackberry so glad you gave me til the 8th
1:13 pm on December 29th, 2009
4& 5 were hillarious
1:40 pm on December 29th, 2009
#4 I laughed out loud. We have a management consulting firm and that’s how it turns out sometimes. 2111
12:38 pm on December 30th, 2009
#2…I’m a member of the Tall Club myself
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and I have clear limbic and right brain preferences (red being my top preference)
6:47 am on December 31st, 2009
#4. How could I NOT go with the management consultant joke. I need all the reminders I can use to second guess my own ideas and make sure I don’t get Santa pulling the sleigh.
4:53 am on January 2nd, 2010
The giraffes are cute, but the melted “snowlap” made me put my laptop on a stack of magazines! #5 get’s my vote.
Profile: 2211, 70% right, 53% upper …
9:32 am on January 2nd, 2010
My vote goes to #3. It is, unfortunately, too true. Real Christmas resides in the C and D quadrants. It is sharing yourself with family and others, AND appreciating the imaginations of children.
2:43 am on January 4th, 2010
I vote for #5. Happy new year everyone!
6:05 am on January 4th, 2010
I vote for 4 and then 5 – I am 1221
8:16 am on January 4th, 2010
#4 with a change in caption to: “So much for that Management Consultant’s joint Team decision making!”
I am a 2211 with a strong D
8:34 am on January 4th, 2010
#5 – have not been tested.
8:55 am on January 4th, 2010
#4. So true.
4:15 pm on January 4th, 2010
# 3. FUNNY!
7:44 am on January 5th, 2010
#4. After spending a week answering my 3 yr. olds questions on how Santa gets to everyone’s houses around the world in just one night (and how he will get down our chimney and into our house with the broken fire screen that Mom and Dad can’t figure out how to open)…. this one makes me laugh! And, as a Mgt Consultant, I always enjoy being the butt of a good joke!
I am a 2-1-1-1. Happy New Year!
8:27 am on January 5th, 2010
#2 is my favorite – loved it!! Also liked #5. I’m a 3211. Happy New Year Everyone!
12:29 pm on January 5th, 2010
I can identify more with #1. I have the same problem myself. #4 Made me laugh. I love the grin on the one reindeer’s face.
12:33 pm on January 5th, 2010
I forgot to indicate my preferences. 2211 is my profile code. Very dominant in the “D” quadrant.
1:59 am on January 7th, 2010
I just got off the red-eye flight (36+ hours due to weather) from the Ural Mountains in Russia – #4 made me laugh. That says alot. Nothing in me wants to laugh.
12:08 pm on January 7th, 2010
#1
I don’t remember my profile. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve done it.
3:38 pm on January 7th, 2010
#5 absolutely! It’s a gentle reminder that sometimes our focus is not on our clients
thanks for the funnies!
meg
3:46 pm on January 7th, 2010
#3 because of its irony. The commercialization and bureaucratization of our approach to the holiday have caused us to lose our way.
I am not familiar with HBDI. I am a fairly linear thinker who is also overly sensitive to the approval of others. On the inventory during today’s presentation, I cam out on the Organizing part of the brain.
4:23 pm on January 7th, 2010
#5 because it made me laugh! and it was cute, & that’s how my lap feels using the computer on my couch!
4:51 pm on January 7th, 2010
#4-I’ll be different. It just struck me funny because I hate to participate in games. I did love #5 too. I don’t know my profile number.
5:49 pm on January 7th, 2010
#5 made me laugh out loud! It seems many employees in our company use their laptops during the holidays and PTO so they are less backlogged upon return. 198 left/98 right
7:43 pm on January 7th, 2010
I like number 4.
7:46 pm on January 7th, 2010
I like cartoon number 4 about Santa.
8:58 pm on January 7th, 2010
#2: Visual, colorful, and silly.
9:47 pm on January 7th, 2010
I can relate to number 5. I almost think my laptop is an appendage.
3:31 am on January 8th, 2010
#5; HBDI 1122
5:27 am on January 8th, 2010
#2. Giraffes kiss? Who knew?
5:40 am on January 8th, 2010
I like #1 the best! It makes me chuckle.
I’m evenly divided among all four quadrants – people are always telling me I’m a camelion!
6:47 am on January 8th, 2010
I like #1 the best. I have tendencies in all four quadrants depending on the situation.
7:07 am on January 8th, 2010
#3 In these times when everything has to be justified and quantified and otherwise-fied, I found this to be very ironic. I tipped my head slightly, grinned broadly and rolled my eyes…
9:31 am on January 8th, 2010
#2 – Hilarious. Overcoming obstacles to meet desired goal
11:11 am on January 8th, 2010
I like #1 the best. You know you all want to regift and won’t admit it!
11:50 am on January 8th, 2010
I like #2 because I am tall…