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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: The Peepmaster on January 20, 2008, 10:23:00 PM
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NOTE: This is freaky.....you have got to try it!
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.
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I thought of a hammer but it was a black one.
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I thought it said "stool", so I chose brown.
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Tangerine chisel.
Oh, okay...a bloody red hammer.
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I'm in among that 2% :o !
The word quick completely cleared all thoughts from my mind...
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blue hammer - it's nice to be almost special
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You know what, I actually changed my mind in an instant...to a red hammer. That is completely weird.
Oooh! I hate being common.
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I said a red hammer.
I'm scared.
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I said black hammer too.
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The reason I posted it was that the answer I came out with was Red Hammer. Mind you, the question was far better presented in the email I was sent, (from an old bird - you always get continual email crap from old birds). The text was laid out well and had variations in size and emphasis.
There may well be a scientific reason why we come out with Red and Hammer, and the mathematical gymnastics preceding that could be blue-herrings, but it impressed me.
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red chisel
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red chisel
There's no 'ch' in hammer, Peter, but otherwise that's not a bad attempt.
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tis early morning
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This one continues to fascinate. A Woman produced red hammer, her 10-year-old came up with a red shovel, but his mate, who was forced to take part before they walked to school yesterday, also got the red hammer. Interestingly, it certainly doesn't seem to rely on getting the sums right ('nuff said).
Said mate's family all took part later in the day after receiving email from AW, and apart from one blue hammer, all others were red, as indeed were the overwhelming majority of replies to her emails from around the country.
As a control, following the theory that most people would probably come up with a red hammer regardless of the preamble to the question, the lads were despatched to school with instructions to interview their mates, asking them purely the final question, minus the sums. No-one said hammer at all, apparently, and only one kid got the colour red. The overwhelming reply seemed to be "blue screwdriver". Boys will be boys!
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And all this proves?
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I think the simplicity of the maths questions steers the brain towards a simplistic answer to the final one, "red" and "hammer" being the most obvious and basic in each category.
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Professor Roger Kettle has a certain ring about it... ::)
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And all this proves?
You got pink angle-grinder, didn't you?
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I think the simplicity of the maths questions steers the brain towards a simplistic answer to the final one, "red" and "hammer" being the most obvious and basic in each category.
I think there are those among us who may dispute the "simplicity of the maths questions", Roger, and who still got the final question 'right'.
My own theory is that the hammer image comes from the scrolling down, 'hammering' each sum in quick succession (correctly or incorrectly). The red aspect may be triggered at the start, with the phrase "don't stop to think about it", and again just before the final sum, when we are told it's "almost over", both conjuring up red traffic lights telling us to stop. "Calculations are hard work" may also sub-consciously suggest red, being a busy colour, and also the colour of 'men at work' triangular road signs.
Speaking of hard work...
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Of course! It's so obvious when you point it out!
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Green saw.
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Purple spade
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Purple spade
You're supposed to choose a tool, not a suit from a pack of cards.
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Purple spade
You're supposed to choose a tool, not a suit from a pack of cards.
You made me think of a tool in a suit, Mince.
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I don't want to be forward Elizabeth, but it looks like we could be made for each other.
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Purple spade
You're supposed to choose a tool, not a suit from a pack of cards.
You made me think of a tool in a suit, Mince.
Do you actually wear suits, Mince?
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No, I don't wear more than one at any one time.
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No, I don't wear more than one at any one time.
Bzzzzzzz. Repetition of the word "one".