Today, my good friend, Bruce Arnold, sent me some questions, entitled ...
Old-Timers Test
2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers ....What does he weigh?
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, ...what was the highest mountain in the world?
4. How much dirt is there in a hole ...that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?
5. What word in the English language ...is always spelled incorrectly?
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. ....How is this possible?
7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. ...Why not?
8. What was the President 's name ...in 1975?
9. If you were running a race, ...and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
10. Which is correct to say, ... "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?
11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field,
...how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?
Be careful how you answer, some of them are a bit tricky. Tricky on purpose. Sometimes people will try to trick you just for the fun of it, like above questions, or they will do it on purpose for gain. Which (of course) reminds me of something in the Scriptures...
Judges, Chapter 14
Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel. 5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat; and he had nothing in his hand: but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done. 7 He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. 8 After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. 9 He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion. 10 His father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. 11 When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing; 13 but if you can’t declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.”
They said to him, “Tell us your riddle, that we may hear it.” 14 He said to them,
“Out of the eater came out food.
Out of the strong came out sweetness.”
12 Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing; 13 but if you can’t declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.”
They said to him, “Tell us your riddle, that we may hear it.” 14 He said to them,
“Out of the eater came out food.
Out of the strong came out sweetness.”
Needless to say, the young men didn't "get it", but they did threaten his wife and father-in-law with death by fire, so she nagged Samson until he told her, then...
18 The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?”
He said to them,
“If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer,
you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
19 The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their plunder, and gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Ultimately, God used all these things to fulfill judgement upon the Philistines, but all the deception does seem a bit unsavory to me. There are probably many morales to this story, but to me, being careful in what you both say and answer in response seems most appropriate. Humm, I wonder... If the honey in this story had a brand name- what would it be...
answer: lying around honey!
PS. here are the answers to the old timers test...
The Answers
2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? Meat.
3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Mt. Everest; it just wasn't discovered yet.
4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? There is no dirt in a hole.
5. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly
6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere
7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? You can 't take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera to take pictures.
8. What was the President 's name in 1975? Same as is it now - Barack Obama [Oh, come on .... ]
9.
If you were running a
race, and you passed
the person in 2nd
place, what place
would you be in now? You
would be in 2nd. Well,
you passed the person
in second place, not
first.
10.
Which is correct to
say, "The yolk of the
egg are white"
or "The yolk of the
egg is white"? Neither,
the yolk of the egg is
yellow
11.
If a farmer has 5
haystacks in one field
and 4 haystacks in the
other field, how many
haystacks would he
have if he combined
them all in another
field? One.
How did you do???? I missed one... "old folks disease"
PSS... Thanks for sending me the questions, Bruce; they made a nice start for my day!!!