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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:41 am
by Carolly
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, Be sure to put in the subject line if you are among the 98% or the 2%. You'll understand what that means after you finish taking the test'.
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 COLOR AND A TOOL!
Scroll further ! to the bottom....
A bit more...
You just thought about a red hammer ! , didn't you?:wah:
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.
How did you get on guys????

;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:48 am
by mikeinie
OK that is just scary: Red Hammer
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:54 am
by Carolly
mikeinie;734360 wrote: OK that is just scary: Red HammerWeird or what!!!lol
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:54 am
by kinks
Well i thought of a black hammer.....so i must be somewhere between normal and abnormal :wah:
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:55 am
by kinks
jimbo;734372 wrote: i thought of a yellow dewault cordless screwdriver :-3
well you did not expect me to be normal did you

:D
:wah: you really are a 1 in a million.....in more ways than one :wah:
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:27 am
by kazalala
Wow!!! im normal:wah::wah::-2
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:35 am
by lemon_and_mint
I thought of a blue saw............I am abnormal........
Why would you think of a red hammer?

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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:41 am
by G#Gill
Well I thought of a hammer, but grey ---------- I wonder why that was :wah: :-5
I suppose that makes me just a bit abnormal - but grey ! That's got to mean something I'm sure, cos I love bright colours !

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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:42 am
by Mia
Well I join the abnormal ones on here as I thought of a blue spade. Well who cares as long as we are happy.

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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:19 am
by G#Gill
lemon_and_mint;734399 wrote: I thought of a blue saw............I am abnormal........
Why would you think of a red hammer?
Possibly because 'hammer' is the first tool that comes to mind, and red is probably the most popular colour !
I think the fact that some people do not actually follow the 'norm' just means that those few are probably better at 'lateral' thinking, and also prefer to 'break away' from the accepted 'norm' just to be a little different - not be the same as everybody else !
I remember when I was in primary school, and it was just after the famous Goose Fair week in Nottingham. The teacher asked us to right about a 'roundabout'. ( I was about 8 years old at the time.). So I thought to myself that everybody would write about the 'waltzers' or the 'gallopers' at the fair, so I decided for the sake of the bored teacher, that I would write about the adventures of a 'traffic island' ! (needless to say I was the only one in the class that did that !). For the sake of non-Brits reading this, in the UK our traffic islands at road junctions are often called 'roundabouts' !!! Just for the record I got 9/10 for my story - I was told that I lost a point for my untidy writing !!!! All sorts of things can happen to a traffic island you know !! :wah:
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:23 am
by lemon_and_mint
i love your anecdote gill, i would probably have done the same.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:31 am
by G#Gill
Hi L and M, thanks for that !
You don't give much away on your profile - I don't even know whether to call you sir or madam !!:wah: Don't know which country you are in at the moment ! Any way I can see you haven't been with Forum Garden for very long, so welcome to the mad house ! We are a friendly mob here, even though some are a little strange

;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:33 am
by lemon_and_mint
Hi Gill
I'm in England, like you, and I'm female.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:33 am
by Imladris
Green jig saw - I'm abnormal! Yay!
Actually I know why I said that - it's because I was using one earlier!
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:35 am
by Betty Boop
I got Red Spanner and my mate got Black Hammer
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:43 am
by kayleneaussie
Green Spade
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:02 am
by el guapo
black screwdriver
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:02 am
by Chezzie
blue screwdriver , their is one next to my coffee coaster on comp desk though...
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:22 pm
by Fibonacci
Whoa!
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:30 pm
by Carolly
jimbo;734372 wrote: i thought of a yellow dewault cordless screwdriver
well you did not expect me to be normal did you
You said it Winkle baby:wah::rolleyes:;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:35 pm
by Carolly
;)kinks;734380 wrote: Well i thought of a black hammer.....so i must be somewhere between normal and abnormal :wah:I have just been somewhere babe where 8 people all tried it and got the red hammer............the secret is in the message..........you musn't think about it and answer straight away..........tell yer its sooooooo good to know Im normal......no matter what you lot fink!!!:wah:And I still luv yer even though you aint normal like me:rolleyes:;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:38 pm
by Carolly
kazalala;734395 wrote: Wow!!! im normal:wah::wah::-2KAZ!!!!!!Ere mate not many of us about it seems:wah:even Gilly baby............tell yer girl to fink we are normal...........who'd have thought ah?:rolleyes:;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:42 pm
by Galbally
I thought of a blue hammer, honest I did. One of of two ain't bad. The maths are just to distract you then.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:43 pm
by Carolly
lemon_and_mint;734399 wrote: I thought of a blue saw............I am abnormal........
Why would you think of a red hammer?

This was given to me by a friend who is a phsycoanalyst (hope Ive spelt that right!!) and I reckon its something she uses on people......I think you must have been finking about bowls of ice cream so the brain was abit cold lol:)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:46 pm
by lemon_and_mint
Carolly;734863 wrote: This was given to me by a friend who is a phsycoanalyst (hope Ive spelt that right!!) and I reckon its something she uses on people......I think you must have been finking about bowls of ice cream so the brain was abit cold lol:)
Which is the nicer to think about..........red hammers............or bowls of icecream...........ha! I win!:wah:
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:46 pm
by Carolly
G#Gill;734401 wrote: Well I thought of a hammer, but grey ---------- I wonder why that was :wah: :-5
I suppose that makes me just a bit abnormal - but grey ! That's got to mean something I'm sure, cos I love bright colours !
Oh ffs woman you didnt fink you was normal did yer!!!!!!:rolleyes::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:47 pm
by Carolly
lemon_and_mint;734864 wrote: Which is the nicer to think about..........red hammers............or bowls of icecream...........ha! I win!:wah:Gotta make you right!!!!!!:wah:;):p
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:48 pm
by Carolly
Mia;734403 wrote: Well I join the abnormal ones on here as I thought of a blue spade. Well who cares as long as we are happy.

Ahhhh true babe;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:52 pm
by Carolly
G#Gill;734416 wrote: Possibly because 'hammer' is the first tool that comes to mind, and red is probably the most popular colour !
I think the fact that some people do not actually follow the 'norm' just means that those few are probably better at 'lateral' thinking, and also prefer to 'break away' from the accepted 'norm' just to be a little different - not be the same as everybody else !
I remember when I was in primary school, and it was just after the famous Goose Fair week in Nottingham. The teacher asked us to right about a 'roundabout'. ( I was about 8 years old at the time.). So I thought to myself that everybody would write about the 'waltzers' or the 'gallopers' at the fair, so I decided for the sake of the bored teacher, that I would write about the adventures of a 'traffic island' ! (needless to say I was the only one in the class that did that !). For the sake of non-Brits reading this, in the UK our traffic islands at road junctions are often called 'roundabouts' !!! Just for the record I got 9/10 for my story - I was told that I lost a point for my untidy writing !!!! All sorts of things can happen to a traffic island you know !!
Gilly me little dew drop.........when are you going to tell us about the rest of your school days:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:53 pm
by SuzyB
I did this at the same time as Jim, as I was shouting out blue hammer he was shouting yellow dewault screwdriver, WT???? :wah::wah::wah:
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:56 pm
by Carolly
G#Gill;734425 wrote: Hi L and M, thanks for that !
You don't give much away on your profile - I don't even know whether to call you sir or madam !! Don't know which country you are in at the moment ! Any way I can see you haven't been with Forum Garden for very long, so welcome to the mad house ! We are a friendly mob here, even though some are a little strange OI!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ME WOMAN!!!!!!:-5:mad:

;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:59 pm
by Carolly
Imladris;734458 wrote: Green jig saw - I'm abnormal! Yay!
Actually I know why I said that - it's because I was using one earlier!
Ok your let off then:wah:;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:00 pm
by Carolly
Betty Boop;734460 wrote: I got Red Spanner and my mate got Black Hammer
Ere Betty thats ok as long as you always go out together as both of you make one normal person:wah::D;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:06 pm
by Carolly
IcePrincess;734466 wrote: Red Hammer for me. That is amazing! AT LAST SOMEONE NORMAL.....YEEEEEEEEE!!!!:guitarist:yh_rotfl
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:08 pm
by Carolly
SuzyB;734874 wrote: I did this at the same time as Jim, as I was shouting out blue hammer he was shouting yellow dewault screwdriver, WT????
Oh Suzy..........what can I say:rolleyes::p;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:10 pm
by Carolly
kayleneaussie;734544 wrote: Green SpadeKay.............why am I not surprised:wah::rolleyes::p
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:11 pm
by Carolly
el guapo;734558 wrote: black screwdriverNo comment:rolleyes:
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:13 pm
by Carolly
Chezzie;734561 wrote: blue screwdriver , their is one next to my coffee coaster on comp desk though...
Well that dont count ffs!!!!Good job you aint got a bleedin cement mixer outside yer window woman!!!:wah::rolleyes:;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:14 pm
by Carolly
Fibonacci;734845 wrote: Whoa!I guess that means yer normal lol;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:17 pm
by Carolly
Galbally;734862 wrote: I thought of a blue hammer, honest I did. One of of two ain't bad. The maths are just to distract you then. All you need now is somneone who thought of the colour red and you are well away lol;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:25 pm
by Peg
lemon_and_mint;734399 wrote: I thought of a blue saw............I am abnormal........
Why would you think of a red hammer?
I thought blue saw too.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:16 pm
by Carolly
Peg;734959 wrote: I thought blue saw too.Oh gawd:wah:I give up:wah::rolleyes:;)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:18 pm
by kayleneaussie
Carolly;734895 wrote: Kay.............why am I not surprised:wah::rolleyes::p
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad::p:-4
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:20 pm
by Carolly
kayleneaussie;735036 wrote: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad::p:-4
Thats My girl!!!!! Ere me an Gills on MSN

:p
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:52 pm
by WonderWendy3
I said a blue hammer.....
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:54 pm
by WonderWendy3
I just scrolled a little bit and see that I guessed the same as Gal...that makes me feel really SMART!!
:)
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:51 pm
by Carolly
WonderWendy3;735094 wrote: I just scrolled a little bit and see that I guessed the same as Gal...that makes me feel really SMART!!
:)ahhhhh.....never mind babe.....keep takin g the tablets:wah:;)