It's morning and no-one is awake but me. OK. The dogs are awake too but I already walked them and they've been fed so they aren't bugging me. I'm sure that there is plenty of wildlife out there in the woods that is up and about under the premise that "The early bird gets the worm" but for all intents and purposes I'm sitting at my computer in blessed silence. I'm enjoying my first cup of coffee and I've already read and answered my email. I've played my SUNPOKER game and have moved on to this blog. And after taking the following test that one of my good friends sent me, I realize that I've lost it. Actually, I already figured out that I've lost it. My kids have always told me that I've lost it so I probably didn't need to take a test to "rub it in" but since I've already lost it I took the test anyway.

Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.

As we grow older, it's important that we keep mentally alert. The saying; "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the brain, so...,

Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. So, take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing It or are still "with it." The spaces below are so you don't see the Answers until you have made your own....

OK, relax, clear your mind and.... begin.

1. What do you put in a toaster

Answer:

"bread." If you said "toast," then give up now and go 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," please do not attempt the next question. Your brain is obviously over stressed and may even overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate such as Children's World." If you said, "water" then 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 black house is made from black bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?

Answer:

Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks," what the devil are you still doing here reading these questions????? If you said "glass," then go on to Question 4.

4. Twenty years ago, 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 of the engines fail. The pilot, realizin that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he has time 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 or West Germany or in "no man's land"?

Answer:

You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING else, you are a real dunce and you must NEVER try to rescue anyone from a plane crash. Your efforts would not be appreciated. If you said, "Don't bury the survivors" then proceed to the next question.

5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute then how many degrees will the hour hand move in one hour?

Answer:

One degree. If you said "360 degrees" or anything other than "one degree," you are to be congratulated on getting this far, but you are obviously out of your league. Turn your pencil in and exit the room. Everyone else proceed to the final question.

6. 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 in. 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?

Answer:

Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember? It was YOU!!

I knew I'd lost it when I answered that cows drink milk. I did wake up enough to answer that a greenhouse was made of glass (though this is debateable since my parents' greenhouse is made of plastic and metal) but I lost it on the degree thing and I forgot that I was driving the bus. I think I'd better get another cup of coffee.

Cliche of the Day

Draw a Blank. Fail to remember or find something; fail to recognize what someone is driving at. One of the meanings of "blank", now almost forgotten, is a lottery ticket that does not bring a prize. This is the "blank" that one "draws". Washington Irving wrote of "drawing a blank" in 1824 (in Tales of a Traveller), so the saying is at least that old.

*Please note that all previous and future cliche definitions from the Cliche of the Day in these blogs are carefully chosen for you by The Grey Frog using The Dictionary of Cliches by James Rogers. Any and all cliches imbeded in the rest of the blog are brought to from the curiously strange and unconcious mind of The Grey Frog.