> > A TEST FOR DEMENTIA

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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 that we keep mentally alert. The
saying,
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> > "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 actual answers until you have made your own answer.
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> > OK, relax, clear your mind and... begin.
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> > 1. What do you put in a toaster?
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> > If you said "toast," then give up now and go do something else. Try
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> > 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," please do not attempt the next question. Your
> > brain is obviously over stressed and may even overheat. It may be
that
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> > need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate
such as
> Children's World. If you said "water" then 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
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> > 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.
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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 of
the
> 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 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
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> > 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
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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 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?
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> > Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own name?
> > It was YOU!!