Simple Logic

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether how intelligent you are. Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered each question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
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The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend... except one. Which animal does not attend?
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Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
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Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.


Last night, I was subjected to kid logic.

When we want kids to do chores, we're expected to pay them an allowance - right? Okay, so I don't have kids, but I used to be one. If I wanted my weekly money, I had to fulfill my list of duties. It wasn't a free ride, but I did get paid to clean up my room, make my bed, feed the dog...

Of course, as an adult, you don't get paid for such things. Unless you count the lack of spousal nagging as payment.

But I figured that since we pay kids to get them to do what we want them to do, isn't it fair for kids to pay us to get to do what they want to do?

My nephew wants to play X-box when Aunt Sandra babysits. This would be the elder, money-grubbing math wizard, Athaniel.

So I told Athaniel we could work out a deal. If he wants to play X-box, he can pay me by the hour.

He called me cheap.

Which, you know, really isn't how I would describe it. Very reasonable and business-like of me. A sensible proposition.

Then my niece leans over and whispers in my ear, "You know he's going to try to get away with everything when you're over." To which I said, "And you're not?"

Kids. See, this is why I have dogs. You can put them in the basement with a bone and close the door, and nobody says you're being cruel.

The real problem is, it's impossible to outsmart a kid's logic. Because the illogical is logical to them.

Like when Uncle Kevin says, "No I didn't, INFINITY. And you can't argue with infinity because it's infinity."

Athaniel used to cry when Uncle Kevin did that, because it was an impossible thing to argue.

Another reason I don't have kids. They might end up like Kevin...

Or worse yet: me.