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You gotta be kidding

Yankel and Mindel bought a fi shing boat and started using it at their summer home. Yankel did most of the driving of the boat, but wanted Mindel to learn how to drive the boat. One day, while on the lake, Yankel turned to Mindel and said, “Take the wheel, dear. Pretend that I am sick and you have to get the boat safely to shore and dock it.”

Mindel took the wheel and drove the boat to shore and safely docked it.

Later that evening, Mindel walked into the living room where Yankel was watching television. She sat down next to him, switched the TV channel, and said to him, “Yankel, please go into the kitchen, dear. Pretend that I’m sick and clean the kitchen, cook dinner and wash the dishes.”

Riddle me this?

A vacationing family sitting around the campfi re has the following conversation: Father: What day is it? I am sure it isn’t Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Mother: Well, that’s not very helpful. Besides yesterday was Friday. Father: No, now that I think about it, yesterday wasn’t Friday; tomorrow is Friday. Dave: The day after tomorrow is Thursday. Sarah: You are funny. Tomorrow is Thursday. Mother: Actually, it’s probably Thursday today. Danny: All we know for sure is that it wasn’t Sunday yesterday.

If only one statement above is true, what day of the week is it?

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ments would be true. day; otherwise one of the other stateis Monday. Therefore, it must be MonThe only day mentioned one time day, Saturday, Sunday 7. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri6. Thursday 5. Wednesday 4. Tuesday 3. Thursday 2. Saturday 1. Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday according to each statement. down the list of days that it could be Number each statement and write How to get to the answer: Monday. Answer to Riddle:

Being A Lefty Is Al-Right

August 13 was Left-Hander’s Day. Here are some facts about lefties that may make you feel that they’re more than just in their “right mind.”

1. Between 10-12% of people on earth are “lefties.” 2. Ultrasounds show that, in the womb, 90% of babies appear to favor the right thumb, which corresponds to population breakdowns of right-handers and 12. In many Islamic countries, people are forbidden to eat with their left hand. 13. According to tradition, an itchy left hand indicates you will lose money. An itchy right hand indicates you will receive money. left-handers 3. Those in the British royal family chain of succession are all lefties – Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George are all lefties. 4. Researchers believe that the proportion of left-handers has remained constant throughout history. 5. Mothers who are over 40 at the time of a child’s birth are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby than a woman in her 20s. 6. When placed on their stomachs, right-handed babies tend to turn their heads to the right. Left-handed babies usually turn their heads to the left or don’t show any preference. 14. According to the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, lefties are more susceptible to negative emotions because they engage in the right side of their brains more aggressively. In a scientifi c experiment, lefties who were shown a clip from a scary fi lm showed more fear. 15. The longest words that can be typed using only the left hand with conventional hand placement are sweaterdresses and tesseradecades. 16. Lefties are more likely to loathe spiral notebooks, because it’s nearly impossible not to smudge what you have just written. (Before the current hyper-tech era, notebooks were a common contraption which held numerous papers together. People would use a device called a “pen,” which was a narrow tube with ink inside, to write things down.) 7. Cats, rats, and mice that show handedness seem to be equally split between right- and left-pawedness. 8. At various times in history, left-handedness has been seen as many things including a sign of neurosis, rebellion, and criminality. 9. The word left in English comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lyft, which means weak or broken. 10. In Italian, the word for lefty is mancino, which is derived from “crooked” or “maimed” (mancus) and is also used to mean deceitful or dishonest. In Russian, to be called a left-hander (levja) is a term of insult. 11. Certain phrases in English suggest a negative view of left-handedness. For example, a “left-handed compliment” is actually an insult. 17. Left-handedness is associated with creativity and musical abilities. Rachmanino§ , Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart and Beethoven are among extraordinary talented lefties. 18. Studies have suggested that left-handers are more talented in spatial awareness, math, and architecture. Right-handers tend to be more talented verbally. 19. Left-handedness is also associated with being smart. Famous left-handed intellectuals include Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin (and the TJH Centerfold Commissioner). 20. Being left-handed also means you may be more likely to become president. Although only a small percentage of the population is lefty, fi ve out of the last eight presidents were lefties: Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush #41, Clinton and Obama.