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| MONDAY |
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| HUMOR
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INSPIRATION
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| "There's
a new telephone service that lets you test your IQ over the
phone. It costs $3.95 a minute. If you make the call at all,
you're a moron. If you're on the line for three minutes, you're
a complete idiot." Jay
Leno |
"When
I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion
that the flight of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent
for absorbing positive knowledge."
Albert Einstein
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| RIGHT
BRAIN |
LEFT
BRAIN |
Move
two matches and make four squares, one of them larger than
the other three.
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Man:
How many birds and how many beasts do you have in your zoo?
Zookeeper:
There are 30 heads and 100 feet.
Man:
I can't tell from that.
Zookeeper:
Oh, yes you can!
Can
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| TUESDAY |
| HUMOR |
INSPIRATION |
| "When
primitive man screamed and beat the ground with sticks, they
called it "witchcraft." When modern man does the
same thing, they call it "golf."
Ann
Landers |
"When
written in Chinese the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters.
One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."
John
Kennedy |
| LEFT
BRAIN |
RIGHT
BRAIN |
| You
have 10 gray socks and 20 blue socks in your bureau drawer.
If you reach into it in the dark, how many socks must you take
out to be sure of having a pair that matches? |
A
man was on the run from the police. He was relaxing, watching
a play in a crowded theatre. Suddenly he noticed that detectives
were closing in on him from all directions and were covering
all exits. How did he escape? |
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| WEDNESDAY |
| HUMOR |
INSPIRATION |
| "Democracy
means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who
doesn't grow up can be vice president." Johnny
Carson |
"Great
minds are like eagles, and build their nest in some lofty solitude."
Arthur Schopenauer
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| RIGHT
BRAIN |
LEFT
BRAIN |
| Without
lifting the pencil from the paper, or folding the paper, trace
out the following figure, going over every line once and
only once.
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How
Old Am I I
am as old as John will be when I am twice as old as John was
when my age was half the sum or our present ages.
John
is as old as I was when John was half the age he will be 10
years hence.
How
old am I? |
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| THURSDAY |
| HUMOR |
INSPIRATION |
| Programmers:
Computer avengers. Once members of that group of high school
nerds who wore tape on their glasses, played Dungeons and Dragons,
and memorized Star Trek episodes; now millionaires who create
"user-friendly" software to get revenge on whoever
gave them noogies. |
"Knowledge
is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad deep knowledge
- is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.
To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress
is to feel the great heartthrobs of humanity through the centuries;
and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving,
one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life."
Helen Keller |
| LEFT BRAIN |
RIGHT BRAIN |
| Throw
it Overboard A boat
floating on a lake has some heavy pieces of iron in its hold.
If the iron is thrown overboard, does the level of the lake
rise, stay the same, or fall? |
The
Coffee Drinker A man
in a restaurant complained to the waiter that there was a
fly in his cup of coffee. The waiter took the cup away and
promised to bring a fresh cup of coffee. He returned a few
moments later. The man tasted the coffee and complained that
this was his original cup of coffee with the fly removed.
He was correct, but how did he know? |
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| FRIDAY |
| HUMOR |
INSPIRATION |
| Egotism
is that special something which enables a man who's in a rut
to think he's in the groove. |
"The
person who has no imagination has no wings." Muhammed |
| RIGHT
BRAIN |
LEFT
BRAIN |
| An
Architect was asked to design a square house with windows on
each wall having a southern exposure. How did he do this? |
Supply
a digit for each letter so that the equation is correct. There
is only one set of digits that will work. A given letter always
represents the same digit: A
B C D E
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E D C B A |
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| SATURDAY |
| PUZZLE |
| This
puzzle is the first one presented in Edward De Bono's book
"The Five Day Course in Thinking." It is excellent
for stretching the mind. Go to his site from my links page,
for possibilities in purchasing this book or any of his other
excellent books on creative thinking processes.
You
need to visualize three soda bottles with narrow necks and
four table knives. Place the three bottles on a flat surface
so that each bottle forms the corner of a triangle. The distance
between the bases of any two bottles should be slightly more
than the length of a knife.
Using
only the four knives, construct a platform on top of the three
bottles. No part of any knife may touch the ground. The platform
must be strong enough to support a full glass of water. |
| RIDDLE |
| Whoever
makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And
whoever knows it wants it not. What is it? |
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J.L. Read, 1997. All Rights Reserved |
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