It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test.
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> > 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!
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> > Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of
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> > There are only 5 questions, so don't get all excited and confused yet.
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> > Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or
> > not. The spaces between the question and answers below are there are
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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," maybe you should give up now
> > and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread,
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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," maybe you shouldn't
> > even attempt to answer the next question. Your brain is apparently
> > 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
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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 4.
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> > 4. It's thirty 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.
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> > If you said ANYTHING else, you're in real bad shape and for your own
> > sake you must stop. If you said, "You don't bury survivors", proceed
> > to the next question.
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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!
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> > Don't you remember your own name? Or have you forgotten it was YOU
> > driving the BUS!!
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> > Now pass this along to all your friends and pray they do better than
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> > PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!
