[Elfsea] FW: Your Yearly Mental Test

[Robin Mitchell-Mabry]

Robin Mitchell-Mabry

Sometimes God calms the storm 

and sometimes he allows the storm to rage and calms his child.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: hollis [mailto:hollis at omniport.net] 
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Your Yearly Mental Test

 

"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 that we keep mentally alert 
     The saying; "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. 
     So, take the following test presented here and determine if you are
losing it or are still "with it," 
     The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you have made
your answer. 
     OK, relax, clear your mind and ... begin. 
     WELL MAYBE NOT THAT CLEAR! 
  
     1. What do you put in a toaster? 
  

     Answer: "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? 
  
  
  
     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 3. ! 

     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? 
  
  
  
     Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks,"
what the devil are you still doing here reading these 
     questions????? 

     If you said "glass," then go on to Question 4. 
  
  

     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 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 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 or West Germany or in "no man's land"? 
  

     ! 

     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 plane crash. Your efforts would  not be appreciated.
If you said, "Don't bury the survivors", then proceed to the next question. 
  
  

     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? 

     Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! 
     Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!! 
  

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