Friday 8 June 2012

A Brain Waker-Upper

MRI of the brain

Rather than comment upon the long weekend's 'partying' (how I loathe the constant use of that word these days), I thought a little fun may be more interesting.

This is more difficult than you might think.  These are the things we're supposed to do to remove the cholesterol around our brain and try to slow up Alzheimer's disease.

It took me a couple of attempts before I could finally tell my brain to concentrate.

See how you do with the colours.  It takes an average of 5 tries to get to 100%.

Good luck.

Oh, one aspect of the Jubilee celebrations puzzles me.  Why were beacons lit the length of Hadrian's wall?

12 comments:

Independent England said...

I did it on the second attempt! I'm not a senile old English nationalist after all!

JohnB said...

Bloody tricky if one's colour-blind, though I did score 75% (and I've had my, ahem, lunch.)

Demetrius said...

And where pray were mauve, lilac and teal? As for Hadrian's Wall, perhaps they were to help a Roman in the gloaming. Perhaps its time for my therapy, otherwise strawberries and cream.

Brian said...

Sixty beacons, one per year of Her Majesty's reign.

subrosa said...

Well done Independent England. You deserve an accolade.

subrosa said...

Ooops John, never thought about colour blind folks. Well done you - especially with you being colour blind.

subrosa said...

Ah they're not primary colours are they Demetrius?

I do like your answer to the Hadrian's Wall conundrum. :)

subrosa said...

I saw that Brian, but why only Hadrian's Wall and not the borders with Wales and S Ireland?

Brian said...

Rosie,
I checked the interactive map (very slow to load) and it is possible to trace out beacons along the line of Offa's Dyke. But since when has Hadrian's Wall been the border with Scotland?
The beacons were erected on a voluntary basis and ease of access was a factor as well.
As far as the NI boundary is concerned, when I was last there twenty odd years ago, many of the local people had a strong nationalist point of view and frowned on all things British - a bit different to the red, white and blue kerbs in parts of Belfast.

Jo G said...

Interesting Rosie.

subrosa said...

Brian, you wouldn't believe how many of my England (and Scottish) friends think Hadrian's Wall is the border today.

subrosa said...

A wee bit fun Jo. We all need some fun now and again.

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