My husband’s beloved Aunt Cleo sent one of those forwarded e-mails. You might have already gotten this one, but I just had to pass it on:
1. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. In what position are you?
¡puoɔǝs ǝɹɐ noʎ os ‘ǝɔɐ1d sıɥ ǝʞɐʇ noʎ ‘uosɹǝd puoɔǝs ǝɥʇ ǝʞɐʇɹǝʌo noʎ ɟı ¡buoɹʍ ʎ1ǝʇn1osqɐ
ǝɹɐ noʎ uǝɥʇ ‘ʇsɹıɟ ǝɹɐ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ pǝɹǝʍsuɐ noʎ ɟı
2. If you overtake the last person, then you are…?
¿uosɹǝd ʇsɐ1 ǝɥʇ ǝʞɐʇɹǝʌo noʎ uɐɔ ʍoɥ ‘ǝɯ 11ǝʇ .uıɐbɐ buoɹʍ ǝɹɐ noʎ uǝɥʇ ‘ʇsɐ1 oʇ puoɔǝs ǝɹɐ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ pǝɹǝʍsuɐ noʎ ɟı
3. Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it:
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30.
Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000
Now add 10. What is the total?
¡ɹoʇɐ1nɔ1ɐɔ ɐ ɥʇıʍ ʇı ʞɔǝɥɔ ‘ʇı ǝʌǝı1ǝq ʇ,uop noʎ ɟı
.pǝɹpunɥ-ǝuo ‘puɐsnoɥʇ-ɹnoɟ ʎ11ɐnʇɔɐ sı ɹǝʍsuɐ ʇɔǝɹɹoɔ ǝɥʇ
¿puɐsnoɥʇ ǝʌıɟ ʇǝb noʎ pıp
4. Mary’s father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene 3. Nini 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
¡uıɐbɐ uoıʇsǝnb ǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ .ʎɹɐɯ sı ǝɯɐu ɹǝɥ
.ʇ,usı ʇı ǝsɹnoɔ ɟo ¡ou
¿nunu ɹǝʍsuɐ noʎ pıp
5. A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
¡ǝɯ ǝʞı1 ‘ʇsɐǝ1 ʇɐ…noʎ ǝʞı1 …ǝ1dɯıs ʎɹǝʌ ʎ11ɐǝɹ s,ʇı
…ʞsɐ puɐ ɥʇnoɯ sıɥ uǝdo oʇ sɐɥ ʇsnظ ǝɥ
How many did you get right? Me? I don’t remember.
But, tell me this: did you have to stand on your head to read the flipped text? It’s not a perfect tool, because it won’t flip numbers and it doesn’t have enough capital letters, but I thought it was fun.
Got any brain teasers to add to the mix?
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I think I just went over the edge!
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Don’t feel bad…I didn’t get a single one! Bwahaha!
Got them right the first time around. Now there is a well 30 feet deep. Every day a snail crawls up three feet and slides back two. How many days does it take for the snail to get out of the well?
I’ll have to give you the answer in email.
You’re killing me, and it’s not a question of senility…I’m mathematically challenged, but I think it’s 28 days.
.11ǝʍ ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇno s1ʍɐɹɔ ʎɐp ɥʇɥbıǝ-ʎʇuǝʍʇ ǝɥʇ uo puɐ ʇǝǝɟ ʇɥbıǝ-ʎʇuǝʍʇ oʇ ʞɔɐq sǝpı1s puɐ ǝbpǝ ǝɥʇ oʇ sʇǝb 1ıɐus ǝɥʇ ‘ʎɐp ɥʇɥʇuǝʌǝs-ʎʇuǝʍʇ ǝɥʇ uo .ʎʇɹıɥʇ ʎɐs ǝ1doǝd ʇsoɯ .poob ʎɹǝʌ
A man comes out of his tent and sees a bear. He shoots and wounds the bear and chases it one mile south where he shoots it again still only wounding the bear that he chases one mile east. He again shoots and wounds the bear that he chases one mile north. The bear drops dead. Where is it and what color was the bear?
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By this time, blood red.
.ǝʇıɥʍ sɐʍ ɹɐǝq ɹɐ1od ɹood ǝɥʇ ‘ʇoɥs buıǝq oʇ ɹoıɹd puɐ ǝ1od ɥʇɹou ǝɥʇ ʇɐ sɐʍ ɥɔıɥʍ dɯɐɔ s,uɐɯ ǝɥʇ ɟo doʇ uo pǝıp ǝɥ
I got 3 right & reading upside down is a good brain exercise in itself. You better let us know the answers to Jaime’s teasers or I won’t be able to sleep.
.noʎ oʇ ɯǝɥʇ puǝs 11,ı ʇnq ‘ʇsod ǝɥʇ uo sɹǝʍsuɐ ǝɥʇ ʇnd ı
Loved the flipped text. I am so going to check that site out. I got three right. Totally tanked on the others.
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Flipped text IS fun, but I wish they had numbers and capital letters. You better start exercising your mind, or you will end up like me when you get old
I just read the answers – except for the math one. I wasn’t about to strain my head today. The math one, though, I”ve run into that one head on before and let’s just say it brought out a side of my personality I am not proud of. And I still redid it today in my head about three times and then on the calculator. I do not like that one.
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It’s ok to “cheat.” Some days, that’s the best we can do….
Okay, it’s official. I’m a dork. LOL
: A plane crashes on the exact boder of the US and Mexico. On which side do they bury the survivors?
: A rooster stands at the peak of a roof, one side is a 45 degree angle, the other side is a 22 degree. Which side does the egg roll down?
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Hey, you won’t catch me sleeping. They don’t bury survivors, and if a rooster lays an egg, I’ve some oceanfront property in Oklahoma you might want to buy
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