Post by Tim Wescott on Apr 2, 2004 19:46:17 GMT -5
MIND GAME
2% or 98%
This is strange...can you figure it out?
Are you the 2% or 98% of the population?
Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD! * Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
* 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, scroll down (but not
too fast, you might miss something).
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>> I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you're among the 2% of
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>>else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in Denmark eating an
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2% or 98%
This is strange...can you figure it out?
Are you the 2% or 98% of the population?
Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD! * Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
* 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, scroll down (but not
too fast, you might miss something).
>>
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>> I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you're among the 2% of
>>the population whose minds are different enough to think of something
>>else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in Denmark eating an
>>orange when given this exercise.
