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little old couple walked slowly into McDonald's. Although they looked a bit out
of place amongst the young families and teenagers eating there that night, some
of the customers looked admiringly at them. You could tell what the admirers
were thinking: "Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together,
probably for 60 years or more!"
TV Quiz shows are flourishing, Sudoko puzzles and the like are extremely popular, novels that have plots that are full of mystery and secret codes etc. are best sellers. Are we yearning for more of a challenge in life? Well here is one for you, albeit only a small challenge. Can you answer the following 6 questions without resorting to looking at the answers?
1) A murderer has to choose his punishment. He has to decide between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Right now (end of May) it seems that the news is filled with issues to
do with the actions – or lack of action! – of governments and countries
engaged in elections. From Zimbabwe to the USA and the Crewe and
Nantwich by-election to the appointment of a mayor for London (and not
forgetting our own recent local elections), the people who get to
govern is high on the agenda right now.
But it’s not just the political commentators who immerse themselves in
the minutiae of policies and procedures, candidates and manifestos.
Apparently academic and scientific research departments continue to
analyse and experiment in this area just as much as in more mainline
subjects, A paper has recently been published by a major research
institution (MRI) in which it announced the discovery of the heaviest
chemical element yet known to science. The new element has been
tentatively named Governmentium.
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