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>> >"A Test for Dementia"
>> >"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
>> >answer.
>> >OK, relax clear your mind and begin.
>> >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
>> >are you still reading these??? 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
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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
>> >, 6 people get off the bus and 9 people get on.
> In Swindon , 2 people get
>> >off and 4 get on. In Cardiff , 11 people get
> off and 16 people get on. In
>> >Swansea , 3 people get off and 5 people get on.
> In Carmarthen 6 people get
>> >off and 3 get on. You then arrive at Milford
> Haven. What was the name of
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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 you.
>> >PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions
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HEY KEN!!! Here's another test...
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HEY KEN!!! Here's another test...
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