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“They” say such mental puzzles sharpen your mental acuity and forestall senility for years to come – hope you enjoy!

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires. The second is full of assassins with loaded guns. The third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in three years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for more than five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But five minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

The answers to all five riddles follow:

by Jody Peskin Lipshutz Greenblatt, LLC www.lgklaw.com We have been very fortunate over the last 18 months to have numerous talented members submit articles on a variety of topics. However the practice of law is a jealous mistress, and our…

The Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism’s Law School Orientation Program – or How to Get Free CLE Credits in Ethics and Professionalism and Have Fun Doing It!

by Jody L. Peskin

Soon it will be April, birds will sing, flowers will bloom and the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism will accept applications for a limited number of attorneys to participate as group leaders in the annual Law School Orientation on Professionalism being held at all five Georgia law schools.

I have participated almost annually since the program’s inception and have found it not only informative, but also fun, and even entertaining. Because of my affection for this program and the benefits it hopes to and does achieve, I want to share information about it with my fellow DeKalb Bar members, so that you too can enjoy an unusual, yet highly important and beneficial type of CLE. This CLE is also free of any CLE charges for those attorneys who participate, and they feed you, too!

By Jody Peskin

Many thanks to all of you for the support you have shown the DeKalb Bar News Blog. It has been a time of exciting change. Although I must admit I miss the feel of paper in my hand, I love being able to quickly glance back at various editions by merely hitting a few keys and having them miraculously appear on screen. No piles of paper to sort through, no extra “mess” on my desk.

I am the first to admit to a certain “technophobia,” which some may consider odd as one of the publishing houses I worked for prior to law school was a computer science book publisher. I wanted to take just a few moments and make sure that everyone, including those of us with less technical ability, is aware of some of the features available on the blog. First, for those of you who seem to notice that the left-side columns don’t match up with the right-side columns, causing strange gaps, please note that use of Internet Explorer 8, FireFox 3.5 or Google Chrome will improve the blog format.