13 March 2010

Check whether you are a good Listener



Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've made your answer. OK, relax, clear your mind, and begin.
Answer immediately the first answer you think of--no cheating......


1. What do you put in a toaster?

2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?

3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?

4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet overGermany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany .) Anyway, during the flight, TWO engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany . Where would you bury the survivors? ,West Germany , East Germany  or no man's land?

5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales ; In London, 17 people get on the bus; In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on ; In Swindon, two people get off and four get on ; In Cardiff, 11 people get off and 16 people get on ; In Swansea, three people get off and five people get on ; In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?

Answers:-
Q1.--Answer: "bread."
If you said "toast," give up now and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to question 2.

Q2.--Answer: Cows drink water.
If you said "milk," don't attempt the next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, if you said "water", proceed to question 3.

Q3.--Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass.
If you said "green bricks," why are you still reading these? If you said "glass," go on to Question 4.

Q4.--Answer: You don't bury survivors.
If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you said, "You don't bury survivors", proceed to the next question.

Q5.--Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!


So guys had fun? I did especially quizzing the trainees I trained in my career with such brainers.
Are u as good a listener as you thought u were? I am not.
Lets remember that listening & listening well & correctly is the more important part of communicating well.
Here's to a good conversation & communication

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