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Read out loud...
A
BIRD
IN THE
THE BUSH
Did you say, “A bird in the bush?”
If so, you failed to see that the
word THE is repeated twice!
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ALZHEIMER'S EYE TEST
Count every “F” in the following text:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
There are six “F's.” Try to find the six “F's” before you scroll down.
The brain cannot process “OF”
Anyone who counts all six “F's” on the first go is a genius!
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What do the words:
"MIMIC"
"CIVIC"
"CIVIL"
"LIVID"
all have in common?
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They are all written with Roman numerals
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From Cambridge University
Olny srmat poelpe can raed this. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid,
aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the
first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses
and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid
deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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2) How many birthdays does the average man have? 1 2 3+ 5+ 10+
3) Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? 1 2 3 6 9 12
4) How many outs are there in an inning? 2 3 6 8
5) Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Yes/No
6) Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer? 10 35 50 70 90
7) If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? 1 2 3
8) A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour. How many minutes would the pills last? 20 40 60 90
9) A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left? 1 3 5 7 9
10) How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? 3 2 1 0
11) How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? 1 2 6 9 12
12) How far can a dog walk into a woods?
13) Why are manhole covers round?
14) If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?
15) 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 the center field?
16) What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move?
17) I have in my hand only 2 U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?
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1) Yes, it comes after the third of July!
2) Just one!
3) 12, all of them!
4) 6, three per side!
5) No - because he is dead!
6) 70, (30 divided by 1/2 equals 60!
7) 2, you took them, remember?
8) 60 Minutes. Start with the 1st pill, 30 minutes later take the 2nd, then 30 minutes for the 3rd.
9) 9
10) Zero. Moses didn't have an ark, Noah did!
11) There are 12, 2 cent stamps in a dozen!
12) A dog can walk into a woods only half way. After that, he's walking out of the woods.
13) Manhole covers are round so they don't fall through the hole. Also, they can be rolled rather than carried.
14) Light the match first.
15) One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.
16) The temperature.
17) A half-dollar and a nickel. (Only one was not a nickel)
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1). There are six eggs in a basket. Six people each take one egg. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
2). There are six glasses. The fist three are filled with milk and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and empty glasses alternate?
3). There was a recluse who never left his home. The only time anyone ever visited him was when his food and supplies were delivered...but they never came inside. Then, one stormy winter night when an icy gale was blowing, he had a nervous breakdown. He went upstairs, turned off all the lights and went to bed. The next morning he had caused the death of hundreds of people. How?
AMAZING ANAGRAMS
Rearrange the letters in the words on the left to get the words on the right:
Dormitory = Dirty room
The Morse Code = Here come dots
Slot machines = Cash lot in 'em
Snooze alarms = Alas! No more z's
Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one
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FOR KIDS ONLY!
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Q: What time is the same spelled backwards or forwards?
A: Noon!
Q: What is a calf after it is six months old?
A: Seven months old!
Q: What kind of electricity do they have in Washington?
A: D.C.!
Q: How can you tell the difference between a can of chicken soup and a
can of tomato soup?
A: Read the label!
Q: What trees come in two's?
A: Pear Trees!
Q: What does Brazil produce that no other country produces?
A: Brazillians!
Q: Why do firemen wear red suspenders?
A: To keep their pants up!
Q: What has fifty heads and fifty tails?
A: Fifty pennies!
Q: If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what will an onion do?
A: Keep everyone away!
Q: Where do squirrels go when they go insane?
A: To the nut house!
Q: What is the healthiest kind of water?
A: Well water!
Q: What is the hardest thing about learning to roller skate?
A: The ground!
Q: What did the farmer use to cure his sick hog?
A: Oinkment!
Q: How can you tell if a bucket is not well?
A: When it is a little pail!
Q: Why is it dangerous to do math in a cannibal's den?
A: Because if you add 4 and 4, you get ate!
Q: What is a pie in the sky?
A: A flying pizza!
Q: Which hand should you use to stir tea?
A: Neither. Use a spoon!
Q: How do you tell when a bell is obedient?
A: If it only rings when tolled!
Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
A: To get to Mexico, where they don't celebrate Thanksgiving!
Q: How many seconds are in a year?
A: 12 - January 2nd, February 2nd...
Q: How can you eat an egg without breaking its shell?
A: Ask someone else to break it!
Q: What bugs are good at math?
A: Mosquitos: they add to misery, subtract from fun, and multiply fast!
Q: Why do bees hum?
A: Because they don't know the words!
Q: How can you spell too much with just two letters?
A: XS!
Q: What coat has the most sleeves?
A: A coat of arms!
Q: What fruit has been known since man invented the calendar?
A: Dates!
Q: What is purple and 5,000 miles long?
A: The Grape Wall of China!
Q: Why do we dress baby girls in pink and baby boys in blue?
A: Because they can't dress themselves!
Q: A man who worked in a butcher shop was 6 feet tall, had red hair,
and wore size 11 shoes. What did he weigh?
A: Meat!
Q: What do people in England call little black cats?
A: Kittens!
Q: Dogs have fleas. What do Sheep have?
A: Fleece!
Q: Did Adam and Eve ever have a date?
A: No, they had an apple!
Q: Where do trees keep their money?
A: In branch banks!
Q: Where do fish keep their money?
A: In river banks!
Q: Where do Eskimos keep their money?
A: In snowbanks!
Q: Where do hogs keep their money?
A: In piggy banks!
Q: Where do vampires keep their money?
A: In blood banks!
Q: What runs around all day and then lies under the bed with
its tongue hanging out?
A: Your shoe!
Q: What did King Kong say when he saw the Statue of Liberty?
A: "Hi, mom!"
Q: What lottery did the broom win?
A: The sweepstakes!
Q: Why does a chicken lay an egg?
A: Because if she dropped it, it would break!
Q: Why do you always start to walk with the right foot first?
A: Because when you move one foot, the other is always left behind!
Q: What is the difference between a greedy person and an electric
toaster?
A: One takes the most and the other makes the toast!
Q: Is it better to write on a full or an empty stomach?
A: Neither. You'll find that paper works best!
Q: How do you make a cigarette lighter?
A: Take out the tobacco!
Q: What kind of umbrella did Louis XII carry in the rain?
A: A wet one!
Q: What can a whole apple do that half an apple can't?
A: It can look round!
Q: From which animal do we get cat gut?
A: Sheep and Horses
Q: What is a camel's hair brush made of?
A: Squirrel fur
Q: What color is a purple finch?
A: Crimson
Q: How far can a dog walk into a woods?
A: Only halfway . . . then he's walking out of it!
Q: What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?
A: A coat of paint.
Q: How many seconds are there in one year?
A: 12 of them: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd, April 2nd, May 2nd, June 2nd, July 2nd, August 2nd, September 2nd, October 2nd, November 2nd, December 2nd.
Q: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A: A deck of playing cards.
Q: How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?
A: Just one! After that, it's not empty anymore.
Q: Where is the ocean the deepest?
A: On the bottom!
Q: What do you break before you use it?
A: An egg!
Q: A man rode in to town on Tuesday, and left two days later on Tuesday. How so?
A: His horse is named Tuesday!
Q: What are two things you wouldn't eat after waking up?
A: Lunch and dinner.
Q: Why did the man work in a bakery?
A: Because he kneaded dough.
Q: Which is the most curious letter?
A: Y?
Q: What do pandas have that no other animal has?
A: Baby pandas!
Q: What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A: A thesaurus
Q: Why can't someone living in Maine be buried in Florida?
A: Because he's still living!
Q: Which month has 28 days?
A: All of them!
Q: What starts with a P, ends with an E, and has thousands of letters?
A: The Post Office!
Q: What word begins and ends with an E, but only has one letter?
A: Envelope!
Q: What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
A: Short!
Q: Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you'll die. What is it?
A: Nothing!
Q: I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. Just leaves and no branches, I grow without wood. What am I?
A: Lettuce!
Q: What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
A: An anchor.
Q: What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
A: Trouble.
Q: If a red-house is made of red bricks, has a red wooden door, and a red roof, and a yellow-house is made of yellow bricks, has a yellow wooden door, and a yellow roof, then what is a green-house made of?
A: Glass.
Q: What can run, but never walks? Has a mouth, but never talks? Has a head, but never weeps? Has a bed, but never sleeps?
A: A river.
Q: The man who made it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What am I talking about?
A: A coffin.
Q: This word I know? Six letters it contains. Take away the last, and only twelve remains. What is the word?
A: "Dozens"
Q: What does December have that other months don't have?
A: The letter D.
Q: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
A: "Short"