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Dear Brain Trainers : We are taught using metaphors , parables and " sayings ." We call them sayings because someone once said them. That is not an assurance of their quality. It is just a statement of the obvious. To make things worse (or more worser yet still), the older they are, the more wisdom is to be assumed to be contained in them. And to further worsen things (to make the worst even more worser yet), the more that people say them, the truer they are. This is interesting, because apparently, there are degrees of truth -- I'll have to consult neighbor Bill Clinton regarding the particulars of this issue. Here, for you pleasure, live (somewhat) from The Braintenance Blog Of Blockbusting Brilliance, we offer you the three stupidest things I've ever heard, excluding such conversational Moronyms as "Notary Republic," Redundons [trite, expressions spoken by members of the Order of Illiterati such as " I'll be here for the duration ," and...

The objective of this article is to cause you to use several different parts of your brain's faculties from both hemispheres. The exercise is truly (and legally!) mind-expanding. I was always Leery of Timothy -- But was Timothy Leary of me? A Solutions To Our Last Post, Where I'll Give You Answers Without Explanations - PERCEPTION EXERCISES : 1 ) Which of the two figures is more stable, standing on its widest surface (on either end -- you choose)?  The Cone . It might have something to do with the width of the base versus the "width" (merely a point) at the top. 2 ) How many cones could you fit (with the dimensions in Figure B) or could you insert into a cylinder (using the same dimensions as in Figure B)? Only one. Despite the fact that a cone contains only one-third of the volume of a cylinder , the size of the base is the limiting factor . Bet you thought the answer was two... well then, don't ever bag my groceries at the supermarket. 3 ) If you roll a cyl...