It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise
>of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow
>older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you
>lose it! Below is a very private way to gage your loss or non-loss of
>intelligence. Take the test presented here to determine if you're
>losing it or not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers
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>OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.
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>1. What do you put in a toaster?
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>Answer: "bread." If you said "toast," give up now and do something else.
>Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to Question 2.
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>2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?
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>Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," don't attempt the next
>question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content
>yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto World.
>However, if you said "water", proceed to question 3.
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>3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from
>blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house
>is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?
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>Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks," why
>are you still reading these??? If you said "glass," go on to Question
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>4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over
>Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided
>into West Germany and East Germany) Anyway, during the flight, TWO
>engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is
>also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the
>engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in
>the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany.
>Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany, West Germany, or no
>man's land"?
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>Answer: You don't bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING else, you're a
>dunce and you must stop. If you said, "You don't bury survivors",
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>5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to
>Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus; In
>Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon,
>two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff , 11 people get off and
>16 people get on. In Swansea, three people get off and five people get
>on In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive
>at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?
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>Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own name? It
>was YOU!!
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>Now pass this along to all your friends.
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>PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!
2006-11-18
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