Brain Teasers

If you have the answers, you can leave a comment or email the answers to me at julander@cox.net.

ANSWERS

1. The trains were crossing the bridge at different times during the morning.

2. First you would freeze the water in one or both jugs, them take the jug away, leaving only the ice.

3. Mount Everest

4. The peasant took one of the pieces of paper and tore it up. He then asked the king to show him the other piece of paper which, of course, said exile. The king, not wishing to appear fraudulent in front of his subjects, granted that the piece of paper the peasant picked must have said marriage.

5. The word wrong

Brain Teasers

1. There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the International Home Show. One of them was the father of the other one's son. How could this be possible?

2. It happened in midtown Manhattan during the July 4th celebrations, that Sam Slug walked several miles from West 63rd street without seeing anyone or being seen by anyone. It was a clear sunny day and he could see where he was going. He did not use any disguise or unusual method of transportation. Even though Manhattan was swarming with people, not one person saw him. How could this be possible?

3. Mel Colly stared though the dirty, soot-smeared window on the 26th floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression, he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously, after he landed, he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his decent, how could he have survived?

4. The day before yesterday, Suzie was nine years old. Next year she will be twelve. How is this possible?

5. Jed Recluse lived alone and preferred it that way. Jed never had any visitors and he never visited anyone. Since Jed never left his house, it was necessary to have supplies delivered every two weeks. One dark and stormy night, Jed lost control of his senses, turned off all the lights, and went to sleep. The next morning it was discovered that Jed's actions resulted in the deaths of several people. Why?

More Brain Teasers

I keep running out of things to write about, so I guess I'll just start doing more brain teasers. Every time I do more brain teasers I'll put the answers to the last teasers too.

ANSWERS

1. You would be Jason's son.

2. Luckily for the dog, it was daylight.

3. The match.

4.The professor was driving a motorcycle.

5. The word ton.

Now for today's brain teasers. :-)

1. Two train tracks run parallel to each other, except for a short distance where they meet and become one track over a narrow bridge. One morning, a train speeds onto the bridge. Another train coming from the opposite direction also speeds onto the bridge. Neither train can stop on the short bridge, yet there is no collision. How is this possible?

2.There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?

3.Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?

4.A young peasant wanted to marry the king's daughter. The king didn't like the idea of his daughter marrying a peasant, but he wanted to appear fair in front of his subjects. The king said that he would put two pieces of paper into a hat, one reading exile and the other reading marriage. Later that day, the peasant overheard the king both pieces of paper would read exile, thus ensuring that the peasant would be out of his way for good. The peasant remained undaunted and, as arranged, arrived at the king's court where a large crowd gathered for the big event, The peasant then did something that assured him the hand of the king's daughter. What did he do?

5. What five letter word does every Harvard graduate pronounce wrong?

Hope you have fun trying to figure these ones out! ;-)

Cassidy's Trick

My dog can do the trick where you find the ball under the cup. (Sort of.) I thought it was interesting, so I decided to post it!

Weird?

I have always heard that no one is perfect and that there is something weird about everyone. I have always known that I have about eight ankles and that I can touch my right pointer finger to the back of my hand, (Which is weird!) but I just recently found out that I am the only person at my table in school who can sit in a "meditative position". (That would be the reason why I have to be the guru in our skit about Buddhism. Oh joy!!) I can also make a weird clover shape out of my tongue. Apparently I'm weird all around!

Me and my eight ankles. It's like this on both feet.

When I pull the skin on my foot, it looks like this. After we got my ankles x-rayed, we found out that everyone has the same bones as me, I just have more skin so that they can be seen better when I flex my foot. The story of why we got them x-rayed was that when we were at the doctors' office, my mom told me to show the doctor my ankles. He laughed, looked at them, and kindly suggested that we get them x-rayed. In other words, he thought my ankles were very abnormal.

As my mom said, "That's NOT NORMAL!!"

My "Meditative" Position

This is my funky clover tongue thing that my parents thought was so weird. Then, my dad tried it, realized he could do it, and denied that he could do it because he thought if he addmitted it then it would make him a sort of a freak. (Like me!) :-)

As you can see, unlike other people, I don't just asume that there is something weird about me. I am positive that there are many abnormal things that I can do. :-)

Brain Teasers

I was trying to think of a post to write and decided to write one about brain teasers. If you have the answers, you can email them to me at julander@cox.net or leave a comment on this post.

1. I am a man. If Jason's son is my sons father, what relationship am I to Jason?

2. A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a local storm. A car with two broken headlights drives toward the dog, but turns in time to avoid hitting him. Without moonlight, how could the driver have seen the dog in time?

3. In Duncan's cottage, where the temperature is below freezing, there was a newspaper, a fireplace, some kindling, and a kerosene lamp. What should he light first?

4. Professor Phil was motoring along leisurely when he realized he was late for a lecture. He took the next corner on two wheels right in front of a policeman. The policeman made no effort to pull him over. How could Professor Phil get away with such driving habits?

5. Forward I'm heavy, backwards I'm not. What am I?

Creative Puns

I just got an email from some relatives in Utah and thought I'd let you in on some of the funnier parts of it. Here goes!

CREATIVE PUNS FOR "EDUCATED" MINDS

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table
was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too
much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan
island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. A man watched the sunset and wondered where the
sun had gone. Then it dawned on him

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra
class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got
a little behind in his work.

6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll
still be stationery.

7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was
cited for littering

8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

9. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a
banana.

10. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the
hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here;
I'll go on a head.'

11. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.
Then it hit me.

12. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said:
'Keep off the Grass.'

13. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken
to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to
ask how he was, a nurse said 'No change yet.'

14. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

15. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison
was a small medium at large.

16. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper
spray is now a seasoned veteran

17. A backward poet writes inverse.

Photoshop Fun

My mom just got Photoshop and has been messing around with it. These are some of my favorite photos that she's done.

This is my favorite picture that my mom has done.

This is me wrapped in... PLASTIC WRAP!!!!!

This type of picture is called Fresco.

My sister wrapped in plastic wrap.

My sister in black and white.

Happy Birthday Aunt Me Me

Happy, Happy Birthday!! May all your dreams come true! I hope you like this birthday cake, I got it just for you!

Hello Everyone!

Hey everyone! This is my first post on my new blog, so I just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Sierra Julander and I'm 11 years old. My mom, Jenny, has a blog (www.jennysjabberings.blogspot.com) and so does my sister Maunia! (www.mauniasplace.com) I din't write much on my other blog, but I'll try to post more on this one!