I
was born in the 18th century, yet still live on today. Appearing
on TV when I have something to say. Called everything from
"honest" to a dirty rotten "crook", I used
to wear a wig, but have had several looks. I've always had a
party, but never disturb the neighbors. I've been shot at many
times - major stories for the papers. What am I?
It
is in a rock but not in a stone, it is in marrow but not in a
bone. It is in a bolster but not in a bed, it is not living, nor
is it dead. What is it?
Only one
color, but not one size; stuck to the ground, yet easily flies. Present in sun,
but not in rain; doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?
Some try to
hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet.
Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I do claim.
Be you ever
so quick, with vision keen, by your eyes, we are never seen. Unless perchance it
should come to pass, you see our reflection in a looking glass.
I make you
weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your
hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.
What am I?
I
have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in
the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I
have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty. I have a spine and
hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I
cannot tell you more. What am I?
It goes up, but at the
same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's
present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you.
Often
talked of, never seen,
Ever coming, never been,
Daily looked for, never here,
Still approaching, coming near.
Thousands for it's visit wait
But alas for their fate,
Tho' they expect me to appear,
They will never find me here.
Three
mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a
mountain. After several days of climbing they finally reached
the pinnacle, and to their dismay, found a cabin and three
frozen bodies. Since the mountain climbers were the first to
ever climb
the summit, how could this be possible?
If
you screw a light bulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward
the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the
socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding
the bulb stationary?
A farmer in California
own a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery
store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is
available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has
24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has
exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many
plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
A
tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum
height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take
for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
A
worm is at the bottom of a forty foot hole. It can crawl upwards
at the rate of four feet in one day, but at night, it slips back
three feet. At this rate, how long will it take the worm to
crawl out of the hole?
Bubba invited Beavis
and Butthead to his house for a barbeque. Since Bubba's barbeque is only
capable of handling two hamburgers at once, he wonders how he can cook
three hamburgers at once, he wonders how he can cook three hamburgers in
the shortest amount of time. It takes five minutes fro each side of a
burger to cook. Therefore, in ten minutes two will be cooked, and
another ten minutes will be needed to cook the third burger. Butthead
says all three can be cooked i just 15 minutes. How?
Brain
Density Quiz!
So, you think you're smart???? Take this quiz, if you dare! Most
answers are numeric, that is 3, 12, 35, etc. Do each one as fast
as you can.
Scoring is as follows:
Correct Answers Rating
11 Either you're brilliant or you cheated :)
9-10 Above Normal
7-8 Normal
4-6 Duh!
1-3 Idiot
0 You should not be on a computer right now.
1. Do they have a fourth of July in England? Yes No
2. How many birth days does the average man have?
3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4. In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?
5. Can a California man legally marry his widow's sister? Yes No
6. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
7. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you
have?
8. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every
half hour.
How many minutes would the pills last?
9. A farmer has 17 sheep standing in a field and all but 9 drop
down and die.
How many sheep are left standing?
10. How many members of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
11. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10'' tall. What does he
weigh?
You
are on a ship, over the side hangs a rope ladder with half meter
rungs. The tide rises a half meter per hour. At the end of five
hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water
assuming that nine rungs were above the water when the tide
began to rise?
Sally and
her younger brother were fighting. Their mother was tired of the
fighting, and
decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of
newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other. How did she
accomplish this?
If it
takes Alicia 3 hours to paint a fence, and it takes Mark 6 hours to
complete the same job. How long would it take both of them working
together at their normal paces to complete the same job?
There is
a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted
phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone
directory, on average, how
many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?
I am the
fountain from which no one can drink.
For many I am considered a necessary link.
Like gold to all I am sought for,
But my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.
What am I?
Some will
use me, while others will not, some have remembered, while others have
forgot. For profit or gain, I'm used expertly, I can't be picked off the
ground or tossed into the sea. Only gained from patience and time, can
you unravel my rhyme?
A wealthy man
named Richard Ellis had been counting his money.When he finished, he
accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he returned for it a
short while later, it was gone. Only two other persons could have seen the bill.
One was the maid; the other was the butler.
The maid told him that she had hidden it for safekeeping under a green book that
was on the desk. But when they looked the bill was not there.
The butler said he had found the bill where the maid had left it. He had placed
it inside the book, where he thought there was less chance that somebody would
find it. He had written down the page numbers so that he would not forget them.
The bill was between pages 35 and 36, he said. But when they looked, there was
no money in the book.
After Mr. Ellis had talked to the maid and the butler, he called the police. He
was sure he knew who had taken the money. Who was it, and how did he know?
There are 2 cops parked
along a one-way street looking for traffic violations.
They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do
nothing.
Why?
