Sunday, February 26, 2006
The Triple Filter Test
"Do you know what I just heard about one of your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," Dr. Socrates replied.
"Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
Triple filter?" asked the man.
"That's right," Dr. Socrates continued. Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and wanted to tell it to you"
"All right," said Socrates. " So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of goodness. Is what you a! re about to tell me about my friend something good?"
No, on the contrary, it is bad "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, Because there's one filter left: the filter of usefulness. Is what youwant to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
No, not really." Replied the man. "Well," concluded Dr. Socrates, if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, and nor even useful to me, why tell it to me at all ."
What you'll never hear Singaporean women say to their boyfriends or husbands in this day and age:
I don't care about money! As long as we're together, everything will work out fine; love will see us through!
When we get married, I'll be the best cook and we'll have lots of kids!
Aiyoooo! This Ang Mor fellow at the office try to chase after me you know! I told him I already got a boyfriend!! So disgusting! I damn scared of Ang Mor, eekkk! So big size and hairy like a gorilla!!
Don't worry about these things like a big house and a car, as long as I have you, I'll be the happiest girl on earth!
It's OK, we'll use the money from my personal savings account - my money is your money!
Please put away your wallet dear, since you still haven't got a job after being retrenched, I'll pay for dinner. Please don't feel bad about this.
Aiyah, why you always want to take me to restaurant to eat! Let's save money and eat at the hawker center instead lah!
Alamak, please lah, we can take the MRT home, no need to call a taxi!
Your mother can move in with us, darling. We all have to make sacrifices as a family.
General Knowledge
Interesting ... :-)
Well, read on and expand on your General Knowledge.
*Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
*No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
*Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
*It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
*Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
*Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
*Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
*The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
*The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
*The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
*Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
*The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
*Pearls melt in vinegar.
*The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro,Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
*It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
*A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
*Turtles can breathe through their butts.
*On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
*Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
*Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
*The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
*A snail can sleep for three years.
*No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
*Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing! . SCARY!!!*All polar bears are left handed.
*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
*Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow. Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone you know. :-P They will get a kick out of it !! PS... So, did you try to lick your elbow???? or fold a paper in seven halves? :-D
