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_TKO_
02-02-2006, 11:18 AM
I got this in an email.


"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.



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











123 + 5







QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL!





You just thought about a red hammer!, didn't you "
Brom
02-02-2006, 11:45 AM
I got blue saw. Is there something this suggests about a person's psychology?
Rduke55
02-02-2006, 12:52 PM
Blue hammer.
Borodog
02-02-2006, 01:22 PM
Orange hammer. I don't get it.

I like this one better: Pick a two digit number less than fifty, where both digits are odd, but different from each other.

Did you pick <font color="white"> 37 </font>?
New001
02-02-2006, 01:24 PM
Blue screwdriver and 39.
miketurner
02-02-2006, 01:47 PM
I got red hammer. What the heck is this supposed to mean?
Borodog
02-02-2006, 01:52 PM
Apparently it means a stopped watch is right twice a day.
soon2bepro
02-02-2006, 02:15 PM
you may be interested to know that this red hammer thing works in other languages, too... hmm...
xorbie
02-02-2006, 02:23 PM
below black and white, red is the most "basic" color. that is to say, no language which has a word for any color besides red has no word for red. it is a prototypic color in that regard, which is i suppose why we first think of it when we asked to come up with a color and unprepared.

id assume something similiar for hammer.
Borodog
02-02-2006, 02:25 PM
Just for the record my wife said purple wrench, which made me kind of horny. I'm not sure why.
Nut4Dawgs
02-02-2006, 02:28 PM
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I got red hammer. What the heck is this supposed to mean?

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The color red is frequently referred to as representing "anger."

The hammer could signify power.

Possible translation/connection - "I'm pissed off that I wasted my time with this stupid piecea crap quiz/puzzle and I feel like bustin' my monitor! Or keyboard! Or the azzwipe that sent me this friggin' thing!"

<ul type="square"> /images/graemlins/grin.gif [/list]
Benman
02-02-2006, 02:31 PM
I haven't looked at any of the other responses yet, but this worked and freaked me out!!
Rduke55
02-02-2006, 04:16 PM
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Just for the record my wife said purple wrench, which made me kind of horny. I'm not sure why.

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b/c it sounds like wench?
Borodog
02-02-2006, 04:17 PM
Hmm. Quite possibly.
_TKO_
02-02-2006, 04:17 PM
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below black and white, red is the most "basic" color. that is to say, no language which has a word for any color besides red has no word for red. it is a prototypic color in that regard, which is i suppose why we first think of it when we asked to come up with a color and unprepared.

id assume something similiar for hammer.

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Agree.

I suppose the pre-work is designed to stop you from thinking by the time you are asked the real question.
amirite
02-02-2006, 04:45 PM
Red shovel.
soko
02-02-2006, 05:33 PM
This obviously has implications for world domination that can be exploited. Assassins are being dispatched as we speak, run for your lives.
evolvedForm
02-02-2006, 07:29 PM
I've seen this before. Personally, I don't think the numbers matter and are just a trick to make it look incredible.

Red is the most obvious color to choose. I don't know why, it just seems like it is.

Also, the hammer is probably just the first tool we think of.

That's my theory, anyway.
JoshuaD
02-04-2006, 06:29 PM
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I've seen this before. Personally, I don't think the numbers matter and are just a trick to make it look incredible.

Red is the most obvious color to choose. I don't know why, it just seems like it is.

Also, the hammer is probably just the first tool we think of.

That's my theory, anyway.

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The numbers are there to clear your mind and get it thinking about unrelated stuff.
billygrippo
02-04-2006, 06:59 PM
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Blue hammer.

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billygrippo
02-04-2006, 07:00 PM
someone polled random people asking to say a color and tool quickly. the most common reply was red and hammer. unfortunatly it wasnt common enough.
hmkpoker
02-04-2006, 07:21 PM
Take a large group of internet users. Prime them with simple math questions, then ask them for a color and tool. It is likely that one of each option will dominate the others slightly, as some tools and colors are simply more commonly associated with "tool" and "color" than others.

If there's one that is exceedingly dominant, use that as your predictor, and you'll wow a bunch of people. Simple.
erby
02-04-2006, 08:19 PM
Hm...we choose "red" as a color and "hammer" as a tool because they are the most common /images/graemlins/shocked.gif...this is a very novel theory, but have you considered the other theory: The computer can read your mind!!!! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

ERBY /images/graemlins/spade.gif
erby
02-04-2006, 08:22 PM
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I got blue saw. Is there something this suggests about a person's psychology?

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if you get blue saw it means you didn't get the math problems right. If you had done the math correctly, you would have gotten red hammer. It's basic brain chemistry.

ERBY /images/graemlins/spade.gif
madnak
02-04-2006, 08:52 PM
I've seen this done before. Usually a large proportion of the tested population ends up saying red hammer. It's interesting so many people on this forum had different ideas.
soon2bepro
02-04-2006, 08:54 PM
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if you get blue saw it means you didn't get the math problems right. If you had done the math correctly, you would have gotten red hammer. It's basic brain chemistry.

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that is a big load of crap.
billygrippo
02-04-2006, 08:58 PM
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if you get blue saw it means you didn't get the math problems right. If you had done the math correctly, you would have gotten red hammer. It's basic brain chemistry.

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that is a big load of crap.

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clearly you suck at math and the internet.
madnak
02-04-2006, 09:49 PM
And life. You forgot life.
Prodigy54321
02-05-2006, 04:55 AM
umm...blue wrench

EDIT: maybe blue because about half of the web page that I was looking at was blue...
erby
02-06-2006, 03:42 AM
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if you get blue saw it means you didn't get the math problems right. If you had done the math correctly, you would have gotten red hammer. It's basic brain chemistry.

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that is a big load of crap.

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I'm curious if this guy took me seriously...?
Riddick
02-06-2006, 04:05 AM
Wow. I said red and a hammer in my mind. Thats pretty freaky.

Edit add: I'm pretty drunk right now and was doing the math problems quickly yet frustratingly. Something in my head really hurt when it asked me to think of a color and a tool really quickly and as I thought "red and hammer" a huge wave of relief came over me as I thought them out. Again, I was semi-freaked.
Nielsio
02-06-2006, 04:35 AM
n/t
PokerPadawan
02-08-2006, 12:49 PM
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Blue hammer.

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timotheeeee
02-08-2006, 01:39 PM
Red screwdriver and 35
Roland32
02-11-2006, 08:37 PM
orange hammer
brandofo
02-12-2006, 01:28 AM
I swear the first thing I thought of was a red hammer...

That was weird.
brandofo
02-12-2006, 01:32 AM
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Red is the most obvious color to choose. I don't know why, it just seems like it is.

Also, the hammer is probably just the first tool we think of.

That's my theory, anyway.

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LOL!
spaminator101
02-13-2006, 05:31 PM
wow that was cool i have no explanation