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> > Your Yearly Dementia Test
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> > 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.
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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
> > blac k house is made from black brick s, what is a green house made
> > from?
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> > Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bric
> > ks," 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 f a iling, 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 s
> > aid, "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
ing 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.
> >
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> > PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!
> > Your Yearly Dementia 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 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > blac k house is made from black brick s, what is a green house made
> > from?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bric
> > ks," why are you still reading these??? If you said "glass," 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 engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last
> > remaining engine is also f a iling, 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"?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Answer: You don't bury survivors.
> > If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you s
> > aid, "You don't bury survivors", 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Answer: Oh, for
ing out loud!> > Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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