Sleight of Mind
How quickly can you find out what is so
unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you may think that nothing is
wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is wrong with it. But it is unusual. In no
book will you find a similar paragraph. In fact, it is hard to fashion such a paragraph.
In all of world history, you will not find many such paragraphs. I think you will not run
across a similar paragraph again. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find
out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No
doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your
skill. Par is about half an hour. Good luck! |
| 2. A certain day was "yesterday" when the day before yesterday was "yesterday." On that certain day, Kim's parents told her, "We'll go on a picnic the day after tomorrow if it doesn't rain tomorrow." It rained the day before yesterday, but not since. Did the family go on the picnic? |
| 3. What’s smooth, yellow, and dangerous? |
| 4. What is yellow and always points north? |
| 5. Every night at 10 P.M. a woman leaves her house for a short walk. She walks 20 yards south, turns, walks 20 yards west, turns again, and walks 20 yards north, at which point she is back at his front door. Just before she walks back into her house to go to bed, she looks straight up. She sees the same thing every night when she looks straight up. What does she see? |
| 6. Which date does not conform
with the others? a. 1584 b. 1809 c. 1729 d. 1980 e. 1692 |
| 7. Which number does not belong in
this series? 4 18 16 8 24 |
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