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05-21-2004, 01:35 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Are you in this 98% of the population
I know it's an oldie.... but still gave me a laugh today...
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, arrow 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?Brad Baker
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05-21-2004, 01:38 AM #2Newbie
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"Tomato"
Guess I'm unique.
*Waits for the "Tomato: Vegetable or Fruit" argument.*
Hey, it's the first thing that came to mind.
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05-21-2004, 01:39 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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I thought of squash....
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05-21-2004, 01:39 AM #4Need Moar KAWFEE
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I did the Tomato answer, as well.
The reason why we did tomato and squash (and subsequently carrot) is because there's 6 letters in the word. It's because you've programmed your mind with the number of 6 so quickly, that your brain grabs the first vegetable that it recognizes as having that number of letters in it's name.
Other possible answers could include celery, potato, squash, tomato and carrot. I'm sure there's others that I've missed.
The same could be held true for the number of 5 or 7.Doug Hazard - "retired" Web Hosting Master
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05-21-2004, 01:41 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Acutally nothing came to mind... lol
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05-21-2004, 01:43 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Guess I'm different
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05-21-2004, 02:07 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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saying 6 so many times the first thing i thought of was a "apple" than "tomato" lol beat that
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05-21-2004, 02:09 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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I also said tomato
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05-21-2004, 02:21 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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celery here ...
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05-21-2004, 02:24 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Onion is what I thought of..
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05-21-2004, 02:28 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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Said Carrot
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05-21-2004, 02:48 AM #12Web Hosting Guru
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I said carrot too. You other 2% sure are weirdos.
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05-21-2004, 02:55 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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I said broccoli. But I already knew I am weird so it's OK.
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05-21-2004, 02:57 AM #14Junior Guru
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i said broccoli =/
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05-21-2004, 03:02 AM #15Junior Guru Wannabe
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Carrot
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05-21-2004, 03:30 AM #16Aspiring Evangelist
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Carrot
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05-21-2004, 03:37 AM #17An Awesome Dude
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Hehehe,
I said cucumber!!!!!!!
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05-21-2004, 04:01 AM #18Aspiring Evangelist
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Dude, I reckon anything phalic counts :-)
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05-21-2004, 04:08 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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carrot.... wow, thats weird
i wonder if everyone here who said carrot is female
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05-21-2004, 04:10 AM #20Disabled
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I thought ... Orange... which is a fruit not a vegetable.
The second thing I thought... Hitler was gay.... (I'm sure was leftover is my subconcious from the thread today)
The third thing I thought was.... I'm not doing any more of these tests.
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05-21-2004, 04:12 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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Carrot
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05-21-2004, 04:13 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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zucchini
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05-21-2004, 04:15 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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hmm... I think that because there was a hot chick at the carl jr. drive thru when I bought some fried zucchini
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05-21-2004, 07:27 AM #24Newbie
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carrot here too
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05-21-2004, 07:34 AM #25The SpamAssassin
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i said carrot, but thats "the" vegtable to me.. you could had asked me to state the preamble, i would still have said carrot.
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