Pietenpol-List: The Pietenpol Pre Building Quiz

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Original Posted By: Woodflier(at)aol.com
Hi Pieters,Below is a re-write of a quiz that I came across a few years back. I thought that it was quite good so I would share it around.Unfortunatly, I can not remember exactly where I got it from, but my feeling is that it came from the UK Pietenpol Club website.(If anyone recognizes it, please let me know). Who ever the author is, they did a well.Anyway, I will paste it below.Mark StanleyJapan****************************************************************************************** Should You Start Building That Pietenpol?Are you made of the =1B$B!H=1B(Bright stuff=1B$B!I=1B(B to successfully build a Pietenpol Air Camper? The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are suitable! Scroll down for each awnser.The questions are NOT that difficult.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Q1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?>>> The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Q2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?>>> Did you say, =1B$B!H=1B(BOpen the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? (Wrong Awnser)>>> Correct Awnser: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.>>> This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Q3: The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?>>> Correct Awnser: The elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him there.>>> This tests your memory.OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Q4: There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?>>> Correct Answer: You swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Conference.>>> This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now how did you do?If you got lots right, congratulations, you are a real ace and will go on to build a beautiful Pietenpol that will fly like a bird. Construction will probably only take you a couple of years at most. Whilst you are at it, better make a trophy cabinet with all those off-cuts of spruce and ply to house all the awards you are going to get.If you didn=1B$B!G=1B(Bt do too well, have you ever thought about taking up stamp collecting instead? If you can=1B$B!G=1B(Bt fathom these questions, how on earth are you going to cope with all the grey areas that result from building a vintage aircraft design which complies with modern safety requirements? Still, there=1B$B!G=1B(Bs security in numbers-Join the club with the rest of us =1B$B!H=1B(Bquiz dunces=1B$B!I=1B(B and we=1B$B!G=1B(Bll have great fun trying! ________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: Woodflier(at)aol.com
I've never seen that... pretty funny. For what it's worth, I got all of them wrong. --------Mark ChouinardWings, Center Section and Empannage framed up - Working on FuselageRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

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Original Posted By: "K5YAC"
Then, Mark, you shouldn't be building a Piet!!! Please don't archive! C----- Original Message -----