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 gauge 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 until you've made your
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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
>>> the hell are you still reading these???
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>>> If you said "glass," go on to Question 4.
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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", 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!
>>> Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!
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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!!
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