[BITList] Test, thinking required, 11 questions

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>> just to see if you are awake
          frank
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>> **
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>>         Here is something for those of us who are seniors to do to
>>         keep our "aging"
>>         grey cells active! And, I am sending this to those of you who
>>         are not
>>         seniors, so that you can see what you have to look forward to.
>>
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>>         1. Johnny 's mother had three children. The first child was
>>         named April. The
>>         second child was named May.
>>         ....What was the third child 's name?
>>
>>         2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten
>>         inches tall and
>>         he wears size 13 sneakers
>>         .....What does he weigh?
>>
>>         3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered,
>>         ....what was the highest mountain in the world?
>>
>>         4. How much dirt is there in a hole
>>         ....that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
>>
>>         5. What word in the English language
>>         ....is always spelled incorrectly?
>>
>>         6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is
>>         always in the
>>         summer.
>>         .....How is this possible?
>>
>>         7. In  California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a
>>         wooden leg.
>>         ....Why not?
>>
>>         8. What was the President 's name
>>         ....in 1975?
>>
>>         9. If you were running a race,
>>         ....and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would
>>         you be in now?
>>
>>         10. Which is correct to say,
>>         .... "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg
>>         is white"?
>>
>>         11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks
>>         in the other
>>         field,
>>         ....how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all
>>         in another
>>         field?
>>
>>
>>         Here are the Answers
>>
>>         1. Johnny 's mother had three children. The first child was
>>         named April The
>>         second child was named May. What was the third child 's name?
>>
>>         Answer: Johnny, of course
>>
>>         2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten
>>         inches tall,
>>         and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
>>
>>         Answer: Meat.
>>
>>         3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest
>>         mountain in the
>>         world?
>>
>>         Answer: Mt.  Everest; it just wasn't discovered yet. [You're
>>         not very good
>>         at this are you?]
>>
>>         4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by
>>         three feet by
>>         four feet?
>>
>>         Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.
>>
>>         5. What word in the English language is always spelled
>>         incorrectly?
>>
>>         Answer: Incorrectly
>>
>>         6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is
>>         always in the
>>         summer. How is this possible?
>>
>>         Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere
>>
>>         7. In  California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a
>>         wooden leg. Why
>>         not?
>>
>>         Answer: You can 't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need
>>         a camera to
>>         take pictures.
>>
>>         8. What was the President 's name in 1975?
>>
>>         Answer: Same as is it now - Barack Obama [Oh, come
>>         on .... ]
>>
>>         9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in
>>         2nd place, what
>>         place would you be in now?
>>
>>         Answer: You would be in 2nd. Well, you passed the person in
>>         second place,
>>         not first.
>>
>>         10. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white"
>>         or "The yolk of
>>         the egg is white"?
>>
>>         Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [duh!]
>>
>>         11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks
>>         in the other
>>         field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them
>>         all in another
>>         field?
>>
>>         Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all
>>         become one big
>>         one.
>>
>>
>>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>         IMPOSSIBILITIES IN THE WORLD
>>
>>         1) You can't count your hair.
>>
>>         2) You can't wash your eyes with soap.
>>
>>         3) You can't breathe through your nose when your tongue is out.
>>
>>         Put your tongue back in your mouth, you silly person.
>>
>>         Ten (10) Things I know about you.
>>
>>         1) You are reading this.
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>>
>>         2) You are human.
>>
>>
>>         3) You can't say the letter ''P'' without separating your lips.
>>
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>>         4) You just attempted to do it.
>>
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>>         6) You are laughing at yourself.
>>
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>>         7) You have a smile on your face and you skipped No. 5.
>>
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>>         8) You just checked to see if there is a No. 5.
>>
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>>         9) You laugh at this because you are a fun loving person and
>>         everyone does
>>         it too.
>>
>>
>>
>>         10) You are probably going to send this to see who else falls
>>         for it.
>>
>>
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