Because
of Labor Day, I had less time to write this week’s column, so I decided to keep
it simple and include a pop quiz for some mental stimulation. I found these
brainteasers on two 2012 posts written by Holly Green for the Forbes Magazine website
to show how our preconceived notions combined with our brain’s tendency to see
what it wants to see, greatly affects our decision making abilities.
Although
you may have heard some of these brainteasers before, I am sure you will be stomped
by at least one of them. The answers will be included in next week’s column or if
you have delayed gratification issues, they will be on the Center’s website, www.midcolumbiaseniorcenter.com, under
the tab Brainteasers. And as a reminder, mental stimulation is just one of six
components of brain health with the other five being physical exercise, social
engagement, stress management, nutrition and a good night’s sleep.
1.
A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13
sneakers. What does he weigh? 2. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures
two feet by three feet by four feet? 3. What word in the English language is
always spelled incorrectly? 4. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the
highest mountain in the world? 5. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first
child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third
child’s name?
Now
these next five are a little more difficult - at least that’s what my brain told
me. 6. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what
place would you be in now? 7. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on
the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without
getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it? 8. Two
boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds. One of the boxers gets knocked
out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible? 9. What
is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess,
potato, dresser, uneven? 10. What makes this number unique — 8,549,176,320?
After
enjoying the Kiwanis Steak Feed on Thursday, September 4th from 5:00
– 7:00 up at Sorosis Park, you can look forward to Friday, October 3rd
for the Baby Back Rib Dinner at the Center sponsored by The Springs at Mill
Creek. The Ribs and all the fixin’s will be served from 4:30 until 7:30, and
during that time there will be a silent auction that includes a Wildhorse
Casino Package consisting of a free one night stay plus dinner and passes to
the Tamástslikt
Cultural Institute. The musical entertainment will be provided by one of my
favorite blue grass bands, Hardshell Harmony. The cost is still $15.00 per
person and tickets are now available at the Center. All funds raised from the
dinner will be split between Meals-on-Wheels and the Center.
Saturday
Night music is back at the Center with Martin and Friends playing on the 9th
followed by Truman on the 16th. Music always starts at 7:00 and
continues until the wee hours of the night - which for me is 9:00 pm. Everyone
is welcome and donations are appreciated to support the band and the Center.
Last
week’s quote “If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll
regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of
your life,” was from the movie Casablanca and spoken by Humphrey Bogart to Llsa
(played by Ingrid Bergman) when he persuades her to fly to Lisbon with her
husband Victor Lazlo. (And the winner of a free Saturday Breakfast is Robert
Griswold.)
This
week’s “Remember When” question is not about a quote, but lyrics from a song,
released in 1971, that told the metaphorical history of “rock and roll” from
1959-1969. What singer recorded the song that included the lyrics “Drove my
Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,” and whose tragic death was the
inspiration for it? E-mail your answer to mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, call
541-296-4788 or send it with a 12 inch apple pie.
Well,
it’s been another week trying to squeeze two square pegs into one round hole. Until
we meet again, you may never forget, but there will always come a time to
forgive.
“You
will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t
paying attention to.” Robin Williams
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