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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ldy Grainne</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Robin Mitchell-Mabry <SMABRY@FLASH.NET><BR>Sent: Mar 9, 2006 8:11 PM <BR>To: Elfsea <ELFSEA@ANSTEORRA.ORG>, Loch-Ruadh <LOCH-RUADH@ANSTEORRA.ORG><BR>Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] FW: Your Yearly Mental Test <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
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<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Robin Mitchell-Mabry</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Sometimes God calms the storm </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoAutoSig><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">and sometimes he allows the storm to rage and calms his child.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> hollis [mailto:hollis@omniport.net] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, March 09, 2006 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">4:07 PM</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Your Yearly Mental Test</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333">"It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test."</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> As we grow older, it's important that we keep mentally alert</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> The saying; "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the brain, so .</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> So, take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing it or are still "with it,"</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you have made your answer.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> OK, relax, clear your mind and ... begin.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> WELL MAYBE NOT THAT CLEAR!</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> 1. What do you put in a toaster?</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> 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</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> Question 2.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> 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. !</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> 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</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks," what the devil are you still doing here reading these</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> questions?????</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> If you said "glass," then go on to Question 4.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> 4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> (If you will recall, </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> at the time was politically divided into </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">West Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> and </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">East Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">.) 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 </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">East Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> and </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">West Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">. Where would you bury the survivors? </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">East Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> or </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">West Germany</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> or in "no man's land"?</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> !</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> 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.</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> <BR> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> 5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">London</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> to </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Milford</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> Haven in </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Wales</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">. In </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">London</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">, 17 people get on the bus. In </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Reading</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Swindon</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">, two people get off and four get on. In </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Cardiff</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">, 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Swansea</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">, three people get off and five people get on In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333">Milford</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?</SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333"> Answer: Oh, for crying out loud!</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!</SPAN></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT color=#333333><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></B> </P></DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BODY>