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No doubt these might be of exceptional difficulty, and for that reason they have been singled out for one particular group in society. Buddy's feelings is that this group is capable of more than these tasks require, yet many have complained that increasing the difficulty would not be fair. It's an argument that I'm not going to get involved in, and certainly, I'm not sticking my neck out unless the matter is of the gravest concern ... muchas gracias, de nada ... and give this time to download. You know how it is, pictures, graphics, www and the world-wide-wait. Una cosa mas (that's Italian and means "one more thing" - Italian is the language many speak in Italy) ... if you do not like this background, you can go to your menu bar, click "view" and then "page style" and select a different background. That background will stay only while you are diligently (means with great effort) working on this page. Explaining everything to you blondes sure is exhausting. TICK TAC TOE All right, here's the situation: You are battling for the Tic-Tac-Toe championship of the world. By the way, I hear they are seriously considering putting Tic-Tac-Toe into the Summer Olympics as a legitimate sport but that's another issue; let's get on with this. So you can see that you have the last move, one open square is left, and the world is watching. I know the pressure is on you; one mistake and you lose. Can you win the championship with this one move? Your country is watching this match. You are "x" ... good luck.  Now this one is a little bit more difficult but with careful observation (and a good sense of direction) you might do it. And what's to do? You have to enter this perplexing maze somewhere on the top, then exit somewhere on the bottom. Those are the only two hints I'm allowed to divulge (that means "give out"). Many blondes have been known to get lost in this maze so we ask, should you get lost, do what Lauren Becall suggests Humphrey Bogart do in "To Have Or Have Not" ... "just put your lips together and blow" (something like that). I'll hear you and'll be out to rescue you in a shot. I'm helpful that way. Good luck.  This test is slightly different in that we are required (means you have to) distinguish the background from the foreground. This is especially difficult where there is no color and all blends together. Look carefully; you are looking for the only animal in the world that is unable to jump. By telling you that, I just thought I'd make this difficult part of the test more interesting for you. Excuse me if I'm interfering (that means getting in the way) with your enthusiastic (you'll have to learn to use the dictionary) response to this test.  Here is a test in Gestalt thinking. Not necessary to go into details but basically it means the phenomenon of seeing a part and concluding the whole. We do it all the time in life; that's the way we make sense of an imperfect world. One fundamental principal of Gestalt theory is that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" ... no need to discuss the whole and the parts now; it's just the "holistic" way the brain organizes what it sees. So let's play with out little (sorry, can't mention the name) ... As you might notice, the picture is incomplete. Nevertheless, see if you can figure out what it is ... think "Gestalt" ... make "Gestalt" your new mantra in life. You do that and you'll find yourself building websites like this babbling nonsense.  This puzzle almost speaks for itself; it just takes some careful alignment of your cerebral cortex with a possible strain on your synaptic (synapses) dentritic (dentrites within the brain) connections. I don't mean to make this a biology lesson but those warnings I'm permitted to give. Look at the terrain; you will see two dots, they are numbered dot #1 and dot #2 for you. Reminds me of two characters (the helpers) in "The Cat in the Hat" but that's beside the point. Reason I make these asides is to ease the mental strain on your brain. Finally, you just have to make a line connecting dot #1 with dot #2, and I think you can do it.  It is well known in the testing circles that an important sign of intelligence is the ability to tell how this is different from that (whatever this and that is). This is called discrimination in the best sense; so you see, to be discriminating is no sin. How are these people different from those people, or how is this culture different from that culture, how are these times different from those times, etc. and this quality is tested on in many ways on different tests. Here is an example specially put together for my favorite blondes:  This is similar to the above puzzle testing the power of discrimination. Here we get into the field of higher mathematics (specifically advanced geometry) where we deal with the square. "Nuff said; I'm not allowed to give any hints about the four equall sides of a square nor the indisputable fact that each corner has 90 degrees. All right, one hint: a 90 degree angle is called a "right angle" ... don't ask me anything else; best of luck. Una cosa mas (one more thing); I'll give you one hint: figure not a square has no right angles.  Now that you completed (means "finished") these difficult graphics, you might want to read the "blonde" incident below. This amazing story is about one Linda Burnett, 23, holding her brains in her head. You guessed right, Linda is a blonde. WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER (The actual AP headline)Linda Burnett, 23, was visiting her inlaws, and while there, she went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head. One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car ... He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. So he asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head. A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat ... making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid. You knew she was a blonde ... now what did you expect? The doctor was examining a young model (blonde of course), who was having tremendous pain in her side. "My dear, you have acute appendicitis," the doctor said. The blonde became quite angry and said, "Don't try hitting on me doctor, I just want to be examined, not complimented." Dr Gordon was a guest at a chic gathering, and his hostess naturally broached the subject in which he was most at ease. "Would you mind telling me, Doctor," she asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?" "Nothing is easier," Dr. Gordon replied. "You ask him a simple question which everyone should answer with no trouble. If he hesitates, that puts you on the right track." "What sort of question?" asked the hostess. "Well, you might ask him, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?'" The hostess thought a moment, then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history." There was this blonde who just got sick and tired of all the blonde jokes she'd hear at the office. So one evening she went home and memorized all the state capitals. Back in the office the next day, some guy started telling a Dumb Blonde joke. She interrupted him with a shrill announcement, "I've had it up to here with these blonde jokes. I want you to know that this blonde went home last night and did something probably none of you could do...I memorized all the state capitals." One of the guys said "I don't believe you." She said, "It's true. Just test me!" "Okay. What is the capital of Nevada," he asked? "N," she answered. All right smart-ass, you think you're so smart? Read this loud to yourself ... one sentence after another.
Now go back and read only the third word of each sentence. |