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Things you never think about

Here are a few things to think about that you probably have never thought about: Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to? Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What disease did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours? If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing? Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV? Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? Why do doctors leav...

Tricky Questions?

1. Do they have a 4th of July in England? 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? 3. Some months have 31 days. How many have 28 days? 4. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come? 5. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada? 6. How many outs are there in an inning? 7. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? 8. Two men play five games of checkers. Each man wins the same number of games. There are no ties. Explain this. 9. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer? 10. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have a southern exposure. A bear walks by. What color is the bear? 11. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have? 12. I have two US coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins? 13. If you have only one match and you walked into a room where there is an oil burner, a kerosene lamp...

Mind Games

Can 2=1 be true? What about Magic Squares? For some truly mind games, just check out some links below. http://mindgames.us.mensa.org/ http://hive-mind.com/mindgames/ http://www.queendom.com/tests/testscontrol.htm?t=3 Let me know if you have some great puzzle or trivia and would like to share with us.