*Remember only you will know your test results * *There are 4 questions in all, so be sure to scroll down to each. Each one builds on your cognitive abilities. Good Luck !*
*1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?** ** **Stop and think about it, and decide on your answer before you scroll down. ** ** The correct answer is:* *Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.* *This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. ** ** ** 2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?** ** * * ** ** ** ** Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? Wrong Answer. Correct Answer:* *Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.* *This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.. ** ** 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals**** ** **attend .... Except one. Which animal does not attend? ** ** ** ** Correct Answer :* *The Elephant.* *The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.* *This tests your memory..* *Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities. 4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and**** **you do not have a boat. How do you manage it? ** ** ** ** Correct Answer:?* *You jump into the river and swim across.* *Have you not been listening?* *All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.* *This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes. According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the** **Professionals** they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers.* *Anderson** Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.** * * * *(this made me feel BETTER) SW ** ** Send this out to frustrate all of your smart friends.. PS: Just the fact that I sent it to you should make you feel good.* ** Allan On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > There is no collective me or we , rather there is our maker who is also our > resting place. > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:39 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Am I the only one in whose world the I and the YOU don't add up to a >> collective ME or we? >> >> Simple, yes. Simple for simplicity reasons, no. My best answer. >> >> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:43 AM, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 'Why do we succumb to self seeking insanity? How do we resolve the >> > conflicting, amplified emotions within us to restore sanity?' >> > >> > My best answers to how have come in seeking and stumbling on why. The >> > only things that come to mind are two imperatives: >> > >> > -We must choose as though we were free to do so. >> > -We must interpret as though meaning can be derived from the >> > apparently senseless chaos. >> > >> > And again 'why', because that's what we do, because we can. >> > >> > 'chop wood carry water' >> > >> > On 11/3/10, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Last weekend, Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity drew millions of >> >> participants in cities all over the world while Stewart himself, led >> >> the effort in Washington DC with a few hundred thousand in attendance, >> >> asking everyone to “take it down a notch for America.” He did so with >> >> the hope for an end to the partisan bickering and oppositional >> >> rhetoric that prevents collaboration necessary for the efficacy and >> >> success of the nation. >> >> >> >> Stewart’s colleague, Steven Colbert, provided the counterpoint with >> >> his “Rally to Restore Fear,” providing the comic (if not juvenile) >> >> relief. Stewart’s closing remarks were a plea for prevailing sanity: >> >> “This was not a rally to ridicule people of faith or people of >> >> activism or to look down our noses at the heartland or passionate >> >> argument or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have >> >> nothing to fear. They are and we do. But we live now in hard times, >> >> not end times. And we can have animus and not be enemies. .. If we >> >> amplify everything we hear nothing. “ >> >> >> >> Fear is the core issue behind violence, jealousy, bigotry, anger, >> >> depression, greed, hatred, lies, insecurity or obsessive worry, just >> >> to name a few. When fear is managed it is a vital, effective life >> >> saving response which is critical to self preservation. It is vitally >> >> important to discern what appropriate and inappropriate fear is, as >> >> well managed fear can and will protect us, and unmanaged fear can >> >> destroy us. >> >> >> >> What is our tendency to seek experience that amplifies our emotion, >> >> especially fear? Why do we keep feeding this tendency while knowing >> >> that it takes us beyond the parameters of sanity? >> >> >> >> Sociologist Tim Hallett of Indiana University asks: “How does an >> >> inkling of anger develop into a blind rage? How does a little >> >> happiness evolve into bliss?...I argue that interaction serves both as >> >> a stimulus to evoke emotional responses, and as a conduit for >> >> emotional feedback and amplification. ” Emotional interactions left >> >> unmanaged seek the further interaction needed for further arousal and >> >> emotional amplification. What becomes unmanaged emotion blinds us >> >> from possibility, and takes us beyond sane mental states. In the >> >> words of Jon Stewart, “Sanity will always be and has always been in >> >> the eye of the beholder. To see you here today and the kind of people >> >> that you are has restored mine. Thank you." >> >> >> >> Why do we succumb to self seeking insanity? How do we resolve the >> >> conflicting, amplified emotions within us to restore sanity? >> >> >> >> What do YOU think? >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Please do not put me on forwarding lists or submit my address to cute >> > online greetings or anything else for that matter. If you must, please >> > forward me in BCC and send me a link to cute greetings. Many thanks! >> > >> > > -- ( ) I_D Allan Be Paranoid. God is always building a better idiot!!!
