Another Gloomy Sunday Afternoon Teaser

Logic Test

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are a logical person.

The questions are NOT that difficult.

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend...except one. Which animal does not attend?
This tests your memory.

4. There is a river you must cross but crocodiles use it, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

Go on. Give it a go and suprise yourselves. I'll post the answers tomorrow.

The vultures are gathering

What is it about the members of the press?

Why is it that they are 'perched' outside a hospital where George Best is fighting for his life?

No sympathy, and always out to grab a story or picture of someone's demise or mis-fortune.

Seeing it on the news the other day reminded me of a flock of vultures just waiting to pick over the carcase.

The bloke may have been an 'old soak' in later years, but he was great in his prime. He deserves better!

Why don't they just leave him alone!

Gloomy Sunday Afternoon Brain Teaser

A friend of mine posed this question to me in a recent e-mail. I didn't know the answer, and had to ask her in the end.

I wonder if any of you clever people out there that can work it out.


Question

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter.

What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Clue - the original word starts with S and ends with g

I'll give you the answer later in the comments.

(How bored am I?)

Scary Story

Halloween is on it's way and I thought you might like get in the mood for it with a scary story.

Here goes......


A late night horror story

Late last Saturday night, a young chap was walking home from a club.
It was a cold, wet, windy evening, and he was tired and freezing. Most of the streetlights in the area were broken, and the silence was only broken by the occasional sound of a stray cat sifting through a dustbin.

Then suddenly he heard a strange noise ....... BUMP........ BUMP........ BUMP........

Startled by this, he turned, and to his amazement, through the driving rain, he saw the faint outline of a large box turning into his road...... BUMP........ BUMP........ BUMP........

He froze to the spot, he couldn' t believe his eyes. As the box approached from the shadows, he was able to make out its shape more clearly....It was a coffin. Not wanting anything to do with it, he put his head down and started walking briskly home. BUMP........ BUMP........ BUMP........

He could feel the coffin gaining on him. He started walking faster BUMP........ BUMP....... BUMP........ BUMP......

The coffin was closing with his every step. He started to jog but he heard the coffin speed up after him...... BUMP........ BUMP....... BUMP....... BUMP........ BUMP....... BUMP.......

He started to sprint, but so did the ... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP... BUMP

Eventually he made it to his front door, but he knew the coffin was only seconds behind.

Fumbling around in his pocket, he pulled out his keys. His hand trembling, he managed to open the lock, and dived inside slamming the front door behind him. He shot into his front room, and slumped into his comfy chair.

Suddenly there was a loud crash, as the coffin smashed its way through the front door. The force of the impact broke the lock off the coffin allowing the lid to swing freely on its rusty hinges as it continued its chase....
BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...
BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...
BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...
BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...

In horror the young lad fled again. As fast as his shaking legs could take him he bolted upstairs to the bathroom and locked the door........ BUMP... SCREECH... HOP... BUMP... SCREECH... HOP... BUMP... SCREECH... HOP... BUMP... SCREECH... HOP... BUMP... SCREECH... HOP... BUMP... SCREECH... HOP...

The coffin again gave chase up the stairs, across the landing and launched itself at the bathroom door. With an almighty smash, the bathroom door flew off its hinges....

The coffin stood in the doorway, then started to approach the young terrified lad. BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...
BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...
BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...

In a last ditch attempt to save his skin, he reached for his bathroom cabinet......

He grabbed a bar of Imperial Leather soap and threw it at the coffin.......still it came ........ BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...

He grabbed his can of Lynx deodorant and threw it .....still it came...... BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...

He grabbed his first aid kit and threw it ......still it came...... BUMP... SCREECH... BUMP... SCREECH...

He grabbed some Benylin cough mixture and threw it........

and the coffin stopped!



Sorry folks, I know it's bad but I just couldn't resist!

January Baby

Pinched this idea from The Leak

Is this me? Some of it rings true, but there's also some that really doesn't.





January

Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious.
Loves to teach and be taught.
Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses.
Likes to criticise. Hardworking and productive.
Smart,neat and organized.
Sensitive and has deep thoughts.
Knows how to make others happy.
Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved.
Highly attentive.
Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds.
Romantic but has difficulties expressing love.
Loves children. Loyal.
Has great social abilities yet easily jealous.
Very Stubborn and money cautious.

What will your birth month reveal about you?

Still waiting!

Those of you that have been reading my blog for some time already know that I'm presently waiting for a fusion operation on my spine, and have had appointments cancelled at the last minute.

I finally got to see the consultant the other day (well it was one of his understudies actually)

Hooray I thought - progress. But alas my joy was short lived.

"Yes" he said, "you definately need this operation"

"No shit Sherlock!" I thought to myself. "When might it be?" I politely enquired.

"Well, his list is rather busy. It could be about 6 months away"

Stunned Silence!

Oh well, it's back to waiting for an appointment, only this time I'm on the
'in-patients' list instead of the 'out-patients' list.