Are you in the 98% of people who.........

[R60EST]

Apologies if you've seen it before

This is bizarre. Just try it, don't cheat and be honest, it's not a trick.

At the end of this message, you are asked a question. Answer it immediately. Don't stop and think about it.
Just say the first thing that pops into your mind.



This is a fun "test"... and kind of spooky at the same time!

Give it a try



Now, just follow the instructions as quickly as possible. Do not go to the next calculation before you have finished the previous one.



You do not ever need to write or remember the answers, just do it using your mind. You'll be surprised.



Start:



How much is: 15 + 6





































3 + 56





















































89 + 2































































12 + 53































































75 + 26



























































25 + 52



































































63 + 32



























































I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's nearly over..
Come on, one more!

































































123 + 5































































QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOUR AND A TOOL!



























































Scroll further to the bottom....



























































A bit more...



























































You just thought about a red hammer, didn't you?



If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people who have a different, if not abnormal, mind. 98% of the folks would answer a red hammer while doing this exercise.
If you do not believe this, pass it around and you'll see.



So who's in the 2% minority then

Edited by R60EST on Monday 28th December 01:03

[Flanders.]

fk I'm a nutter. I thought Blue Hammer .

[diesel head]

Pink spanner!

Oh dear!

[Nicko_12345]

Yellow hammer for me, does that mean im weird?

[Nic jones]

How odd I got red hammer. Time to put the tinfoil hat back on methinks!

[Webber3]

Red Spanner here. This is pistonheads after all.

[irf]

blue screwdriver.

[Catz]

I thought orange first, then decided that was because I could see my msn flashing orange so decided "Red Hammer" next. Freaky!

[Bodo]

red pliers

[N Dentressangle]

Yup, red hammer.

So how do we think that works then?

[The Nur]

Blue hammer.

[EDLT]

I said "red brick" does that make me a pikey?

[Wadeski]

red drill...

[Blue Meanie]

I said blue saw.

[R60EST]

I only posted this up because when I first read it I went for red hammer , then realised I've owned and used a blue hammer for 15 yrs + , then thought , I can't remember seeing a red hammer anywhere in recent times , wierd

Edited by R60EST on Monday 28th December 01:15

[TheEnd]

I read the first question, 15+6 and decided the answer would be a grey elephant in Belgium.

I guess i was a little out!


edited- it was meant to be Denmark, so a double failure

maybe even a triple fail

"(2004-04-03) Grey Elephants in Denmark
Mental magic for classroom use... [Single-use collective mentalism]
The teacher tells the class that a crowd can be driven to think about the same thing; very few people will escape the mental picture shared by all others...

Each student in the class is asked to think about a small number and is then instructed to perform the following operations silently.

Double the number.
Add 8 to the result.
Divide the result by 2.
Subtract the original number...
Convert this into a letter of the alphabet. (1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, etc.)
Think of the name of a country which starts with this letter.
Think of an animal whose name starts with the country's second letter.
Think of the color of that animal...
The teacher then announces to a puzzled classroom that their collective thinking must have gone wrong, since "there are no grey elephants in Denmark"...

Well, there are elephants in Denmark: At this writing, the home of Kungrao (M), Surin (F) and Tonsak (F) is the Copenhagen Zoo...

Edited by TheEnd on Monday 28th December 01:22

[Curry Burns]

The Nur said:

Blue hammer.

same here

[deevlash]

blue hammer for me too

[N Dentressangle]

Some interesting musings:

http://thelanguageguy.blogspot.com/2005/04/fun-lin...

Obviously the percentages supplied (98/2) are for effect. Otherwise I don't think there's much of a trick. Red is probably the most obvious colour: it's no accident the world's favourite footie team (just not Manchester's) have it as their colour, and a hammer is the most basic and odvious tool since caveman first hefted rock at something which was stuck.

Any better ideas?

[Bodo]

mybrainhurts said:

a brown extractor