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I.Read this sentence: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. Now count aloud the ' F' s in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE; do not go back and count them again. Then see below… ANSWER: There are six F's in the sentence. One of average intelligence finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average. If you

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I.Read this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count aloud the ' F' s in that sentence.

 

Count them ONLY ONCE; do not go back and count them again.

Then see below…

 

 

 

 

ANSWER:

There are six F's in the sentence. One of average intelligence finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average. If you got five, you can turn your nose at most anybody. If you caught six, you are a genius. There is no catch. Many people forget the OFs. Thehuman brain tends to see them as "V's" instead of "F's".

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1) If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will it take to hard-boil four goose eggs? e                                                               

20 minutes, 4 eggs can be boiled at the same time.

2) Is there a 4th of July in England? Yes or No?

Yes. It comes right after the 3rd.        3) Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?

Twelve (12). All of them have at least 28 days.    

4) Can a man in California  marry his widow's sister?

No. He must be dead if it is his widow.    5) Take the number 30, divide it by 1/2, and then add 10. What do you get?

Seventy (70).  Thirty (30) divided by 1/2 is 6.    6) A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half     an hour.   How long will the pills last?

One hour. If you take the first pill at 1:00, the second at 1:30, and the third at 2:00, the pills have run out and only one hour has passed.    7) A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 of them die. How many sheep are left?

Nine (9). Like I said, all BUT nine die.    8) How many animals of each species did Moses have on the ark?

None. I didn't know that Moses had an ark.    9) A butcher in the market is 5' 10 tall. What does he weigh?

Meat ... that is self-explanatory.

10)    A big fat Indian and a small thin Indian were sitting outside a teepee, each smoking a pipe. The little Indian was the son of the big Indian, but the big Indian was not the little Indian's father. How come?

The big Indian was the little Indian's mother.

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III.

The person who buys it doesn't want to use it. The person who makes it has never use it yet. The person who uses it doesn't even know he's using it.What is it?

A coffin.