Is your brain in 1st Gear or Neutral???
1st QUESTION:
YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT IN A RACE. YOU OVERTAKE THE SECOND PERSON, WHAT POSITION ARE YOU IN?
ANSWER : IF YOU ANSWERED THAT YOU’RE FIRST, THEN YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY WRONG! IF YOU OVERTAKE THE SECOND PERSON AND YOU TAKE HIS PLACE, YOU’RE IN SECOND PLACE!TRY TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME. NOW ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION, BUT DON’T TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU TOOK FOR THE FIRST QUESTION.
2nd QUESTION: IF YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON, THEN YOU’RE….?
ANSWER: IF YOU ANSWERED THAT YOU’RE SECOND TO LAST, THEN YOU’RE …….. WRONG AGAIN. TELL ME SUNSHINE, HOW CAN YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON?? YOU’RE NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS, ARE YOU?
3rd QUESTION: VERY TRICKY ARITHMETIC! THIS MUST BE DONE IN YOUR HEAD ONLY. DO NOT USE PAPER AND PENCIL OR A CALCULATOR. TRY IT.
ANSWER: 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? DID YOU GET 5000? THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ACTUALLY 4100. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT, CHECK IT WITH A CALCULATOR! TODAY IS DEFINITELY NOT YOUR DAY, IS IT?
4th QUESTION: MARY’S FATHER HAS FIVE DAUGHTERS: 1. NANA, 2. NENE, 3… NINI, 4. NONO, AND ??? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIFTH DAUGHTER?
DID YOU ANSWER NUNU? NO! OF COURSE IT ISN’T. HER NAME IS MARY! READ THE QUESTION AGAIN!
OKAY, NOW THE BONUS ROUND, A FINAL CHANCE TO REDEEM YOURSELF. 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?
ANSWER: IT’S REALLY VERY SIMPLE HE OPENS HIS MOUTH AND ASKS FOR IT… DOES YOUR EMPLOYER ACTUALLY PAY YOU TO THINK?? IF SO DO NOT LET THEM SEE YOUR ANSWERS FOR THIS TEST!
(NO TOMCATS WERE INJURED IN THE CREATION OF THIS TEST)

Perhaps no Tomcats were injured in the creation of the test, but I would wager that there were a few casualties in the taking of it! See ya Friday boys!
Some of our employers may pay us to think but one employer paid a Tomcat to develop this test Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:38:14 +0000 To: nicklelyk@sympatico.ca