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"THE EXTRA CAMEL"

Once upon a time there was a rich old Bedouin Chief whose wealth was measured in the number of camels he owned. This chief had 17 camels and on his deathbed he called his three sons together and told them that he wanted to share his camels out to his sons when he died. He wanted the first son to have half of his 17 camels, the second son to have one third of his 17 camels, and the third son was to have one ninth of the 17.

When the rich old Bedouin Chief died his sons got together to decide who should have the camels and in what proportion. The eldest son was not very pleased because half of 17 was not a whole number, in fact it came to eight remainder one. The second son was very annoyed because his one third did not work out either. His third share came to five remainder two! When the third son came to work out his share he was absolutely livid because his one ninth share did not work out either!! One remainder eight was not what he wanted to hear.

During their lives, when their father was alive, these sons never argued but now they were at each others throats, they just could not decide the proportions to divide up their father's legacy!! In fact they decided that they would have to kill some of the camels in order for them all to have their fair share but that would not leave them as rich as they would otherwise be. They picked up their swords and scimitars and were just about to start the massacre when their Uncle appeared on the scene, riding his own camel, just having heard of his brother's death.

He was very very annoyed because his nephews could not agree what to do; and they were just about to kill some camels, and probably each other too!! But he did appreciate their problem. So he said to them "I am old now and find it difficult sometimes to ride my camel. Here, have my camel and put it in with the others so you can fairly divide up your inheritance without any bloodshed. There will be 18 camels now."

So now there was 18 camels to be shared out. The eldest son had his share of half, which was 9 camels. The second son had his share of one third of the camels, which was 6 camels; and the third son had his one ninth share which was two.

Their Uncle was now very pleased, having helped the nephews to avoid any bloodshed. He watched them go away with 9 + 6 + 2 camels in their fair shares, the total camels being 17. So he got on his own camel, which was left over, and went home!!!!!

So how was it that there was one left over? Why couldn't the sons share out the camels in the first place? The moral? Share things and you can solve the problems. But that doesn't answer the questions. How was it that the Uncle could go home on his own camel?

Original author unknown.

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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid!! Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

TRY THIS QUIZ OUT ON YOUR FRIENDS
[answers are below]
I bet you don't get them all correct!!!
TIP: It is better to print this out and READ it to your friends!!

1. Is there a 4th. of July in England? [USA Day of Independance]

2. How many birth days does the average person have?

3. Some months have 31 days, how many have 28?

4. Can a man marry his widow's sister?

5. Divide thirty by a half, and add ten. What is the answer?

6. If there are three apples and you took two away, how many do you have?

7. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half-hour. How many minutes do the pills last?

8. A farmer has seventeen sheep and all but nine died. How many are left?

9. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the Ark?.

10. How many 2p. stamps are there in a dozen?

ANSWERS are BELOW, in case you tried to cheat!!!!!!!

Let's face UP to it!!!
English is CRAZY!!!

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this . . .
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings
than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
NOW READ ON......

It's easy to understand UP, meaning towards the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?

We call UP our friends on the phone. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers from dinner and clean UP in the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this little word UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a shop in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about this word UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more uses for the word "UP". When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.

When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now, my time is UP, so............ Time to shut UP.....!

Oh, by the way...one more thing:

What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U...P!!!!!

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.

2. The farm was used to produce produce.

3. The litter dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4. We must polish the Polish furniture.

5. The dog with a lead lead the race because he was in the lead and his owner used a lead pencil to mark his position in the race.

6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present to his friend.

8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10. I did not object to the object that was the object of my desire.

11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid car.

12. There was a row among the boatmen about how to row in a row.

13. They were too close to the door to close it.

14. The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer pipe.

16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow!

17. The wind was too strong to wind in the sail.

18. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Yes, it comes after the 3rd. of July!!!

2. Everyone has just one Birth Day!!

3. Every month has 28 days!!

4. Not it is not legal. If his wife is a widow then the man must be dead!!

5. The answer is 70. [30 divided by a half is 60. 60 + 10 = 70!!]

6. There are two apples. You took them, remember?!

7. 60 minutes. You took the first one; then 30 minutes later took the second one, and 30 minutes after that you took the third one!

8. If all but nine sheep die, then there must still be nine left!!

9. None!! Moses did not have an Ark, it was Noah who did!

10. 12. There is always 12 in a dozen, even if they are 2p. stamps!!

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