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The First One
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed
Member # 35

posted

Try this out!! I'll tell you our results at the end.......

Jedi Mind Trick

This little Jedi mind trick is kinda freaky, till you think about it a little while. Then it's even more weird. Just follow the instructions below:

> >> >>DON'T scroll down too fast - do it slowly and follow the instructions below exactly, do the math in your head as fast as you can. It may help to say the answers aloud quietly.
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> >> >>FOLLOW these instructions one at a time and as QUICKLY as you can!
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> >> >>What is:
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> >> >> Quick! Pick a number between 12 and 5.
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> >> >> The number you picked was 7, right?
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> >> >> Isn't that weird???
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> >> >> Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge. 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!
> >> >> 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)...
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> >> >> Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast as you can for 15 seconds. Then scroll down.
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> >> >> You're thinking of a carrot right?
> >> >> 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. Freaky, huh?

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Krenim
Unholy Triangle Fella
Member # 22

posted

*Hacks this thread to itty bitty pieces*

That's for predicting that I'm predictable!

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- The First One, TrekSunday chat, Oct. 17, 1999.

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Kosh
Perpetual Member
Member # 167

posted

I thought I had you, my number was 10. But you nailed me with the Carrot.

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Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!!
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Orion Syndicate
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Member # 25

posted

That makes me feel great - I'm extremely predictable!

*makes it his mission in life to eradicate the Jedi Mind Trick*

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Orion Syndicate
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Member # 25

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I was done on both counts.
*mumbles something incomprehensible and walks away*

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Montgomery
Reigning Supreme
Member # 23

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You fools! It's an old Jedi Mind trick!

I chose 9 and potato respectively.

So I guess i am resistant to suggestion.
This should come in handy when the body snatchers return.

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RW
Senior Member
Member # 27

posted

I WAS thinking of a carrot, and I still have tears in my eyes as I write this. But I picked 6 in the first round.

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RW
Senior Member
Member # 27

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Oh by the way, does anyone of you have weird colour associations? Back at school, German was Green, English was red, geography was green again, Spanish was yellow, Maths was red -I believe, it's been a while- Dutch was,,erm, red I think. But French was more like yellow. And Biology was reddish. Am I just weird?

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Jubilee
...complete with cherries!
Member # 99

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I guess i'm wierd, too. I had 3, and zucchini.

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Charles Capps
We appreciate your concern.
It is noted and stupid.
Member # 9

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Six and brocolli, or however it's spelled...

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Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?"
Tarrant: "Calculated risks."
Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?"
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Aethelwer
Frank G
Member # 36

posted

The 7 thing worked when I saw the first part of this post elsewhere a long time ago, but the vegetable I thought of was an eggplant. I understand why 7 is a common choice, but why a carrot?

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RW
Senior Member
Member # 27

posted

Broccoli. *grin*

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Omega
Some other beginning's end
Member # 91

posted

Ahh! I've seen this before, knew what was coming, and STILL, seven was the first number that popped into my head! Go figure.

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Baloo
Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Member # 5

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My answers?

Number: 9

Vegetable: (Orange! No, wait!) Tomato!

Apparently Monty and I think the same way numerically. I suppose I'm the only one to pick a fruit for a vegetable. On my second try a fraction of a second later, I managed to pick a vegetable that's technically a berry.

Go fig. Of course the rest of you probably already have me pegged as thinking so non-linearly, it would graph as a corkscrew.

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The First One
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed
Member # 35

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I got 7. . . but then you're meant to. Between 12 and 5? Come on. Simple subtraction. As for vegetables, I thought courgette, which is what we call a zucchini. Hmm. . .

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