Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Excellent sleuthing, but what on earth prompted you to look for the thing inside your PC??
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It was the last thing I was doing before I had a call on our landlines from the hospital about next week's treatment. I'm blaming early senility.
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Just in case they do the same test for senility that they did on an elderly friend, make sure you can name five types of animal starting with A before you go in.
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Axolotl...
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I'd be fooked! I struggled so Googled and there was only 9 that I'd have named even knowing all the answers. In my head I discounted fish, birds, insects and snakes. I also discounted breeds named after their country of origin. Handicapping myself into a care home! 😂
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Most people I try this on can get to three or four, then seize. It seemed like a silly question to put to a 92-year-old dying with cancer, then to put down Alzheimers on his death certificate. Thankfully his widow was more bemused than anything else that this is used as a diagnostic.
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How long do you get for this test?
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That's worrying. Antelope, aardvark, ape, eh.......
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You have to finish before your die.
Actually, no idea. But try it on family amd friends, maybe with this playing...
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Anteater. Ant. Anaconda. Alligator. Anchovy.
Question didn't specify mammals.
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Alpaca few more in. Or not.
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Amusingly, a few people have got anteater, but haven't got ant, despite struggling to get the required six.
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Armadillo. Albatross
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Artic stuff eg fox, wolf
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It's not so hard when you're not under pressure and about to be diagnosed with dementia when you fail.
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Mmm. There is a whole discussion to be had about medical treatment of people with reduced or no capacity, for whatever reason. I have quite a lot of experience of this now, and it is quite depressing on the whole.
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Indeed. TBH, I'm not sure why they were testing him for dementia other than to tick a box on a form. given he was about to croak. And if you absolutely have to do that (of which I'm unconvinced), this does seem like a dubious way of doing it, not just for the accuracy of the test (especially in the circumstances), but also for the sense of 'failure' for those who might care.
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Depends on your rational. I don't think of insects as animals, even if they are classified as such.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
It's clearly a ridiculous test.
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Wait, what!?
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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Surely, if it's not a plant or fungus it's an animal.
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Yeah, as stated in my first post on the subject. In my mind "animals" does not include fish, birds, insects or snakes. They are all independent groupings. Doesn't matter that I am wrong, that's just how it is.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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All it means is anyone who has spent their life as a vet, wildlife conservationist or a zoo keeper is not going to be diagnosed with dementia.🙃
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I can see the Daily Mail headline now:
WORKING WITH ANIMALS PREVENTS DEMENTIA
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Feels a bit like medieval definitions of fish (what you could eat on a Friday). The Vatican decreed that beavers and capybaras were fish.
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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Exactly the same I managed before first having to really think. Not sure if things like African Elephant count
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My Ansa-machine.
It announces "thank you for calling" AFTER the caller has finished and hung up. Who exactly is this message for? I'm not there. The caller has gone. Totally superfluous.
Annoying!
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You still have an answering machine? Actually so do I. It is part of the device next to the router that never does anything.
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Yes. I love my land line. I love all land lines. If I'm going to call someone I want to call them at Home. When they are not out and about. When they are not busy with other people or doing other things. I want to speak to them and have a conversation. A land line is perfect for that.
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