{"id":949,"date":"2021-09-19T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T12:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2025-09-29T05:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T05:05:33","slug":"annual-dementia-test-only-four-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"Annual dementia test – only four questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yep, it's that time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen test.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As we grow older, it\u2019s important to keep mentally alert.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you don\u2019t use it, you will lose it !!!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Take this test to determine if you\u2019re losing it or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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OK, RELAX, clear your mind and begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Answer: 'bread.' If you said 'toast', just give up now and go do something else.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Answer: Cows drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next question.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Content yourself with reading more appropriate literature such as Women's Weekly or Auto World.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, if you did say 'water', proceed to Question 3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In New Brunswick, 6 people get off the bus and 9 people get on.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And, in Camden, 6 people get off and 3 get on.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Don't you remember your own age?!?! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was YOU driving the bus!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you pass this along to your friends, pray they do better than you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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 PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From my friend Graham. I got 3 out of 4 right. Yep, it's that time of year again for us to take our annual senior citizen test.   As we grow older, it\u2019s important to keep mentally alert.   If you don\u2019t use it, you will lose it !!!   Take this test to determine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5495,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/5495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}