Messaggio del 03-03-2003 alle ore 10:53:19

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Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.
>>As we grow
>>older, it's important that we keep mentally alert. The saying;
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>>"If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the
>>brain,so......below
>>is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of
>>intelligence.
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>> > So take the following test presented here and determine if
>>you are
>> > losing it or are still "with it."
>> >
OK, relax, clear your mind and....... begin.
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>> > 1. What do you put in a toaster?
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>> > The answer is bread. If you said "toast," then give up now
>>and go do
>> > something else. Try not to hurt yourself.! If you said,
>>"Bread," go
>> >to
>> > question 2.
>> >
>> > 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk," What do cows
>>drink?
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>> > Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," please do not
>>attempt
>> >the
>> > next question. Your brain is obviously over stressed and
>>may even
>> > overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with
>>reading
>> > something more appropriate such as "Children's World." If
>>you said,
>> > "Water" then proceed to question three.
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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 greenhouse made from?
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>> > Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green
>>bricks,"
>> > What on earth are you still doing here reading these
>>questions?????..
>> > If you said "glass," then go on to question four.
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>> >
>> > 4. Twenty years ago, 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 of
>>the
>> >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 has time and the plane crashes smack in the
>>middle of
>> > "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany.
>>Where would
>> >you
>> > bury the survivors? East Germany or West Germany or in "no
>>man's
>> >land"?
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>> > Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said
>>ANYTHING
>> > else,you are a real dunce and you must NEVER try to rescue
>>anyone
>> >from a
>> > planecrash. Your efforts would not be appreciated. If you
>>said,
>> >"Don't
>> > bury
>> > the survivors" then proceed to the next question.
>> >
>> >
>> > 5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every
>>minute
>> >then
>> > how many degrees will the hour hand move in one hour?
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>> > Answer: One degree. If you said "360 degrees" or anything
>>other than
>> > "one degree," you are to be congratulated on getting this
>>far, but
>> >you
>> > are
>> > obviously out of your league. Turn your pencil in and exit
>>the room.
>> > Everyone else proceed to the final question.
>> >
>> > 6. 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
>> > in. 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! It was you, you dummy. Read
>>the first
>> > line!!!