I've just found online some funny kind of test for the "lateral thinking" abilities (Mirka should love it). You are supposed to find an expression for each point (you can take the first one as an example).
Enjoy!
man
1. ————
board
Answer = man overboard
stand
2. ————
i
Answer = I understand
I guess you've got it.
3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/
Answer = reading between the lines
4. r
road
a
d
Answer = cross road
5. cycle cycle cycle
Answer = tricycle
0
6. ————
M.D.
Ph.D.
Answer = two degrees below zero
knee
7. ————
light
Answer = neon light (knee-on-light)
ground
8. —————————–
feet feet feet feet feet feet
Answer = six feet underground
9. he's X himself
Answer = he's by himself
10. ecnalg
Answer = backward glance
11. death ….. life
Answer = life after death
12. THINK
Answer think big !!
And the last one is really tough…
13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb….
Answer long time no 'C' (see)
June 17, 2006 at 6:37 am
I’d prefer such test to be in slovak. yeah, some were trivial, some of them I couldn’t find.
June 18, 2006 at 1:13 pm
I would have never guessed that last one. I kept thinking about regular expressions for reason…