Beth Williamson’s Blog

The Loose Id Community is having an author day! I hope y’all can stop by and play around with all the wonderful Loose Id authors. I’ll be stopping by later today myself.

My Loose Id releases include:
The Harder They Fall

Coming soon from Loose Id:
The Education of Madeline
The Perfect Score series: One Night Stand, Widow’s Weeds, Marlene’s Man

Janice sent me this one and I was surprised at how many and which questions I got wrong… You’ll need a piece of paper and a pen handy. My results and the answers are in the comments. :wink_ee:

The average person only gets 7 correct.

This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us really see!

There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think– it just shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.

Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer!

Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers as you go.

Check answers (in the comments), AFTER completing all the questions.

REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk…

LET’S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don’t laugh, some people don’t know)

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch?

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label?

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don’t have letters by them?

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
(Don’t you dare get up to see!)

7. How many matches are in a standard pack?

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?

11. Which way does a “no smoking” sign’s slash run?

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?

13. On which side of a women’s blouse are the buttons?

14. Which way do fans rotate?

15. How many sides does a stop sign have?

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?

17. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who’s missing?

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?

21. On which playing card is the card maker’s trademark?

22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?

And it isn’t good either! Okay, here’s the scoop. Last Friday, for the first time ever in NC, I was pulled over by a cop. Why? Passing in a no passing zone. Now before you get the idea I was zipping around being crazy, basically there was a line of cars waiting to turn right/go straight. A long line. I wanted to go left. There was room to zip up the side to get in the left turn lane.
There was a cop in the right part of the road. Sigh… :blink_tb:
He pulled me over and explained that there wasn’t two lanes there and I shouldn’t have done that… I apologized, said I thought there were two lanes (people do this every day and I watch them!). He didn’t give me a ticket, but told me not to do it anymore.
Fast forward to this morning… I was on line to turn right (same intersection people) and the car in front of me was going straight. There was no traffic coming from the left, so I went around him and turned right.
Oh, yes, you guessed it, Officer Greene strikes again! :annoyed_tb:
He pulled me over AGAIN and told me I was passing in a no passing zone AGAIN. Holy hell! He must think I drive like a frigging moron! Lord help me. Fortunately, folks, I didn’t get a ticket. :dry_tb:
Somebody’s trying to tell me something… I guess I need to stop breaking traffic laws, eh?
Sigh… what a way to start my day! :unsure_tb:

So I changed my muse antho story to a western with a hero named Ace Nevada. Why, you might ask, do I always write about cowboys? Lookee here… (this one courtesy of Janice)

Or here… (directly from Tracey)

With muses like these, how could I not write about them? I mean, eye candy is eye candy but when it’s wearing a cowboy hat, or chaps *shiver*, I kick it into high gear. :wink_ee:
What does Ace Nevada look like? He’s got chocolate brown hair that brushes his collar with matching eyes. His eyelashes would make any woman jealous. Tall, lean, and muscular, he’s the unwilling sheriff of Peyote, Texas. You see, he was tricked into the job and now can’t figure out how to get away from it.
That was a little tease or two from me to you. :tongue_laugh_ee:

It’s Monday. I’m tired and cranky. How about a quiz instead of my sparkling wit?
This one had really cool pictures and my result was Goddess. Of course. :cool1_tb:

What Mythical Creature are YOU
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You are a Goddess

3195 other people got this result!
This quiz has been taken 34042 times.
9% of people had this result.