11-24-2003, 09:24 PM
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| Fun trick thingy...try it
Have you ever wondered if your mind is
normal or different?
Well, do this little mind exercise and
find out at the end!
Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge.
Check out the following exercise,
guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
There's no trick or surprise.
Just follow these instructions, and
answer the questions
one at a time and as quickly as you can. Again, as quickly
as you can but don't advance until you've done each of
them...really.
Now, scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss
something)........
What is:
1+5
2+4
3+3
4+2
5+1
Now repeat saying the number 6 to
yourself as fast as you can for
15 seconds. Then scroll down.
QUICK! THINK OF A VEGETABLE!
Then arrow down.
Keep going.
You're thinking of a carrot, right?
If not, you're among the 2% of the
population whose minds are different
enough to think of something else.
98% of people will answer with carrot when given this exercise.
Freaky, huh?
i copied and pasted that from somwhere else but i thought it was pretty neat...although i didnt say carrot my whole family did
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11-24-2003, 09:27 PM
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| I was thinking tomato.
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11-24-2003, 09:36 PM
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| cauliflower | |
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11-24-2003, 09:38 PM
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| I hate caluiflower, of all vegtables, of al food, I despise it the most. Just to let you know.
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11-24-2003, 09:53 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by KShan5[PrFC]
I was thinking tomato. | a tomato is a fruit... yet ketchup/catsup/howevertheheckyouprefertospellit is considered a vegetable serving... it baffles the mind!!!
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11-24-2003, 09:54 PM
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| butter squash, it's good to be weird...
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11-24-2003, 10:00 PM
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| Fine then I didn't follow the rules......gues i'll try again....guessed carrot imagine that.
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11-24-2003, 10:28 PM
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| am i the only one who got carrot???
heres another one that i just heard the other day
solve the following problems in your head as fast as you can
122+6
234+5
198+2
2+89
3+45
now as fast as you can think of a tool and a color.
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98% of people say red hammer
i actually said violent wrench
odd that i was normal on one of them and with the 2% of ppl on the other | |
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11-24-2003, 10:31 PM
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| ummmm i said red hammer. but this whole thing is a farse. It just takes the most common;y thought of color and tool, or vegtable. The math has no effect except to divert people's attention to what is really going on.
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11-24-2003, 10:52 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Almightynoitall
a tomato is a fruit... yet ketchup/catsup/howevertheheckyouprefertospellit is considered a vegetable serving... it baffles the mind!!! | Biologically a fruit but legally a vegetable (in the US). It has something to do with taxation on deserts... crazy. | |
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11-24-2003, 10:54 PM
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| Who would ever care that much?????
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11-24-2003, 11:38 PM
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| I don't thnk this exercise really works.
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11-24-2003, 11:49 PM
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| I thought carrot for the first one, and blue hammer for the second.  | |
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11-25-2003, 01:08 AM
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| Well on the first one I believe Cabbage crossed my mind, but its breaks didnt' work so I got Corn.
Mike, great minds think alike. Blue Hammer for me too. Your favorite color is blue isn't it?
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11-25-2003, 03:19 AM
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| Carrot
Blue Drill | |
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11-25-2003, 03:35 AM
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| Carrot...
blue handsaw
*lol* I'm normally abnormal. | |
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11-25-2003, 03:57 AM
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| Potato
Red Wrench | |
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11-25-2003, 03:57 AM
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| I said turnip. :-/
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11-25-2003, 10:30 AM
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| Yep.
:grin: Quote: Originally posted by Iwant2bafencer
Well on the first one I believe Cabbage crossed my mind, but its breaks didnt' work so I got Corn.
Mike, great minds think alike. Blue Hammer for me too. Your favorite color is blue isn't it? | | |
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11-25-2003, 11:47 AM
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| I'd say about 2% answers carrot etc...
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