Re: test-test-test
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: test-test-test
- From: M* R* <r*@sinbad.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 23:16:09 -0800
- References: <facc84d9.35c23ef0@aol.com> <35C2B660.DD069C27@HOME.COM>
I guess my wife is right about my "unnatural" fascination with pumpkins,
That was the vegetable I thought of.
Mark Martinek wrote:
> << Subject: Test
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> Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to freak you out.
> There+s no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and
> answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can!
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> Again, as quickly as you can but don+t advance until you+ve
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> Now, arrow down (but not too fast, you might miss
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> >> > > Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast as you can
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> >> > > QUICK!!! THINK OF A VEGETABLE! Then arrow down.
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> >> > > Keep going.
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> >> > > You+re thinking of a carrot right?
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> >> > > If not, you+re among the 2% of the population whose minds are
> >> > > warped enough to think of something else. 98% of people will
> >> > > answer with carrot when given this exercise.
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> well it got me. I thought of a carrot. I was just curious if the odds
> might be a little different for a bunch of people preoccupied with
> another vegetable, or is a Pumpkin a mammal?
>
> Mark Martinek
> Fremont California USA
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