My 93-Year-Old Uncle Blows my Mind Away!

Uncle Jack and my son, Drew

My Uncle Jack is my idol.

We should all be so blessed to live such a long, healthy life.

Uncle Jack is 93. And he sends more e-mails than anyone I know. His favorite thing to do is “forward” e-mails he thinks are funny. I look at EVERYTHING Uncle Jack sends.

He just sent an e-mail with a subject: “Keeping the Gray Matter Active.” It’s an online quiz that will make you think. And smile. I  figure at 93, Uncle Jack  has a few things to say about this topic. Enjoy!

Think hard!
1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The  second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he  wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the  world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer.  How is this possible?

7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

8. What was the President’s Name in 1975?

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in second place, what  place would you be in now?

10. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white” or “The yolk of the egg is white”?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Here are the answers!

1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? Answer: Johnny of course.

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? Answer: Meat.

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world? Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn’t discovered yet. [You’re not very good at this are you?]

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet? Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly? Answer: Incorrectly

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere

7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? Answer: You can’t take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera (or a cell phone) to take pictures.

8. What was the President’s Name in 1975? Answer: Same as is it now – Barack Obama [Oh, come on ….]

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?Answer: You would be in second.. Well, you passed the person in second place, not first.

10. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white” or “The yolk of the egg is white”? Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [Duh]

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field? Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

You can go back to sleep now ….  

Thanks Uncle Jack. You’re the best!