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1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building.
Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the
building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only
travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way
unless it\'s raining! Why?
2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the
scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the
surgeon says, "I can\'t operate on this boy, he is my son!" How can
this be?
3. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves
and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street
lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but
somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
4. One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin
brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How?
5. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? This
is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be
solved by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very
well-known software company as an interview question for prospective
employees.
6. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left
early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently
died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?
7. A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people
there. They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of
21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognised. He saw a
couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he
know?
8. A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day
of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
9. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The
barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says \'Thank
you\' and walks out. Why?
The Answers
1. He is too short and can\'t reach the high buttons. When it rains he
uses his umbrella.
2. The surgeon is his mother.
3. It is daytime.
4. Born in midnight of 28/02 one before midnight the other after
midnight. In a leap year there is a two day difference
5. Square manholes can be flipped diagonally and thus dropped. Round
ones can\'t
6. The poison was in the icebergs. It did not melt.
7. No belly buttons
8. 2 of triplets, quadruplets etc
9. He has the hiccups, get startled no more hiccups.
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Let Us Label Everyone, Categorize Them All
By Lance Winslow
Have you ever noticed the labels we use? She is pretty; He is
smart; they are jocks, Liberals; they are creative, he is a
psycho, alcoholic, moron; she is a shark cookie, on
and on, we label people. Yet, I have met many a person in my travels and
each individual is a little bit different. The differences are what make
it so cool. With that uniqueness we would all be the same and that would
be boring indeed. We would live in a beehive of humanity, can you
imagine. Why are we so quick to label people in such a linear way, as if
they only have one quality? Has this ever happened to you; have you caught
yourself doing this, are you even aware you are doing it at all?
The other day a very bright, personable, intelligent, nice looking and
friendly gal said to me; "wow, you have a lot of facts in your
head" and I was taken aback completely. As I suppose that is true
enough compared to the rest of the whole of humanity, yes, indeed I
probably do have a lot of facts in my brain? Yet, my faithful
servant side or memory as good as it maybe, certainly is only one
part of who I am. Just like your memory is only a part of you, only one
aspect. I do not feel having a decent memory is necessarily my
strong point. Yet I was additionally in further conversation
summed up as someone with a lot of facts in my head; wow, you can
call me Mr. Webster or Mr. Britanica? Although she was right in a way, I was summed up and that was it? I
wonder what she would think if I said; "oh, you are pretty" and went on
about that, and during the rest of the conversation referred to her as
being pretty and disregarding all the other aspects that made her
who she is. In fact the reason for collection of data is only to
verify my ideas, concepts and innovations, which is much
more about who I am then having trivial facts in my head? In High School, College, I was a great athlete, respected and awarded
and I tried hard, worked hard, won lots of events and deserved that, yet
it seemed that was not my only point. We label athletes as jocks, etc. and
back then, that was all I was to those who knew of me and I imagine some
probably did not talk with me or get to know me because I was an athlete
among other things. We label everyone. If a good-looking blonde is there, we label her as beautiful, even if
she maybe a brilliant woman, personable, computer programmer and an
expert pianist? You see the problem. We look at a good looking guy who has
the gift of gab and think, oh perfect for a salesmen? It is silly,
completely irrelevant really, we should address these issues
in our society, we should be looking here. We should be careful not to label children as well, that is highly
critical, because they are our best assets. Consider the future
Einstein\'s of the world, we must not be so quick to label and categorize.
We must not be throw them into \'general population\' of education, but
rather nurture those skills and personalities and celebrate
their uniqueness. Does that make more sense? Let\'s make a deal, I will
stop labeling people I see and meet if you promise to also. Think on that. Unknown words:
label - ярлык
jock - (Amer., sl.) крепкий парень, "качок"
psycho - псих, психопат
moron - идиот, слабоумный
shark cookie - быстро соображающий, "не дурак"
beehive - улей
linear - линейный
aware - знающий, осведомленный
gal - (coll.) девчонка, девушка
taken aback - ошеломленный, захваченный врасплох
servant - слуга
decent - (coll.) славный, хороший; неплохой
strong point - сильная сторона ( в человеке )
to sum up - резюмировать; обобщать
to disregard - не обращать внимания, не придавать значения
data - данные, факты
to verify - проверять, контролировать
innovation - нововведение, новшество
trivial - банальный, тривиальный; незначительный
personable - хорошо сложенный, привлекательный;
представительный
gab - болтливость, разговорчивость
irrelevant - неуместный, неподходящий; не относящийся к делу
issue - вопрос, предмет спора; проблема
asset - актив(ы); (coll.) ценное качество
to nurture - учить, обучать
skill - мастерство, умение; ловкость, сноровка
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