Rockingham Remembered
Short Stories
Dementia? - Take
This 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;
 "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 overstressed 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 green house
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. 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 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!!


  Now pass this along to all your "smart friends"
and hope they do better than you did.