Friday, May 2, 2008.
Prepare sheet for Test #15.
Mental Floss. Let's see... some are tricks and some are not. Not saying which is which.

1. A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place. What am I?
2. What planets are hidden in the following sentences?
• a) Everyone takes a turn during Monopoly.
• b) "What hurts?" asked the doctor. "It's my ear," the patient cried.
3. 800 things fell off a shelf, yet they only made one sound. How can this be?
4. How many verbs are in this sentence? (Hint: Words can be used as nouns or verbs sometimes, so don't just count the saws. There are also such things as helping verbs.)

I once saw a man in Arkansas, who had a saw which could out saw any saw that it saw saw; the man said, "Have you saw a saw that could out saw the saw you saw in Arkansas? If you have saw a saw that could out saw the saw you saw in Arkansas, show me the saw saw."; when he said that I saw a saw, I said, "Yes I did saw a saw in Arkansas, and what a saw I saw, that saw saw!!"
5. After her death, a mother left her sons her entire $5,000,000 fortune. The elder son received $3,000,000. The rest was shared equally between whoever remained. How much did they each get? (Alert: Grammar and Usage)
6. When the winners are announced for the neighborhood bike race- 2 people are announced- Basile and Mr. Gyselbrecht - but Basile crossed the finish line 1/2 second before Mr. Gyselbrecht.   How can that be?