This is kinda freaky - are you 98% or 2%

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Got this in an email, thought I'd pass it along...

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At the end of this post, 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



I know! Calculations,,,, but it's nearly over..

Come on, one more!



123 + 5




QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL!








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You just thought about a red hammer didn't you? If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people. 98% of the folks would answer a red hammer while doing this exercise.

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kinda freaky - I did come up with red hammer? wtf?

[1gobluedem]

1. I'm 2%

I didn't have that answer.

[I Have A Dream]

2. I said *red* hammer. nt

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Mine was orange hammer. n/t

[Connonym]

106. me too Philboy

Maybe you're my long lost twin.:toast:

[KitchenWitch]

4. Blue wrench

[BeachBaby]

12. Heh. Me too.....

must be the mindset of the addicted baseball fanatic. :) :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

17. Could be...

:hi:

[Lex]

100. Me too!

[Sanity Claws]

5. orange hammer - my choice

I can see why people said hammer. It's the most common tool.
As for color, I don't see why 98% of people chose red.

[Robb]

50. Same here

...Maybe Halloween influenced me. :shrug:

[panhead1961]

6. Red Wrench

Now What

[Frank Cannon]

99. Same here

You're my soulmate!! :bounce:

[panhead1961]

126. I think it means we are Russian

[SacredCow]

7. I'm a 2%er....

blue shovel....

:shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. red hammer

[flvegan]

9. I came up with red and Sarah Palin.

[BarenakedLady]

11. Ha!

:rofl:

[swimboy]

13. Perfect

:toast:

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Red, and a larger-size metal filing tool.

Like one of these:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=metal+file&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

I didn't imagine a colored tool, but the word red and then the image of a file.

[supernova]

14. "Blue Hammer"

was what came to mind.

Weird to be doing calculations and then think about tools.

[LisaM]

28. Blue hammer for me, too

The color blue came right to mind; I almost said blue wrench, though.

[SurfingAtWork]

31. Me Three

[Blue Diadem]

34. Blue hammer for me too. n/t

[lazyriver]

39. Blue hammer for me too. As soon as I thought of it, I expected to

read the rest of the post and find out 98% thought of a blue hammer. It seemed like that could be the only possible answer to me. Really weird.

[cyberswede]

53. ditto

what is it about the hammer?

[Burma Jones]

65. Blue hammer too.......

[malta blue]

75. i got blue hammer as well.

:shrug:

[City of Mills]

82. Another blue hammer

Odd...

[Tektonik]

15. red hammer

what the fuck

[appal_jack]

16. I'm a 2%er

I thought of my blue Makita 14.4v drill .

-app (way out on the edge of the bell curve as usual)

[Marrah_G]

18. "Blue hammer"

[laylah]

19. green hammer nt

[MrCoffee]

79. I, too, am Green Hammer

[unpossibles]

20. red shovel

but close!

[akwapez]

85. ditto n/t

[av8rdave]

21. I came up with blue hammer

"red hammer..." freakin' republicans!

[SteppingRazor]

22. brown hammer. n/t

[charlie and algernon]

23. hah! orange shovel!

[Mutley]

24. I said green hammer.

:D

[Iggo]

25. Indeed..."Red Hammer."

That's strange. Or not, considering the 98:2 ratio.

[Blue_In_AK]

26. I didn't.

I thought of a red hoe -- it's my farm upbringing, I guess.

[amitten]

27. Uh-oh...blue wrench for me. Am I damaged goods? n/t

[PermanentRevolution]

88. If you are, then I am, too!

Blue wrench coalition!!!

:toast:

[fulllib]

110. I'm there with ya! n/t

[dropkickpa]

29. Orange planer

I need to pick one up.

[ZombieNixon]

30. Brown hammer

Eat that! :P

[Lucian]

32. Black crowbar.

:shrug:

[deadparrot]

33. I said a blue hammer.

:shrug:

[ceile]

35. 2% green and hoe n/t

[Shell Beau]

36. I said blue hammer. So I guess I am not part of the 98% even

though I still said hammer.

[Arugula Latte]

97. Me too. Blue hammer.

'Cuz I like blue better than red, in every respect, but especially politics. :)

[SPKrazy]

37. Red Hammer Comrades

its all part of the indoctrination we went through as young children to be good comrades in the new world order :P

[Iggo]

60. Of course! I'm a damned Commie!

Now it all makes sense.

:rofl:

[AbbeyRoad]

109. I think you've hit the nail on the head n/t

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

38. Green Saw

Does that mean I'm crazy???

Nevermind, I know the answer already ... :hide:

[PVnRT]

40. Chartreuse 5/8" racheting torque wrench with 0.1 ft-lb accuracy

OK, green screwdriver.

[Jamastiene]

41. I said blue hammer.

:shrug: Wonder why everyone said hammer?

Oh, I know....




















Wait for it...


























It's hammer time! :P

[Heidi]

42. Orange nail gun.

:shrug:

I've never in my life even seen a red hammer. Most hammers are gray/silver with a wooden "handle." Why would anyone think of a red hammer?

[carlyhippy]

43. my first thought was red hammer, but I changed it to purple saw

so I guess I am actually one of the 98%, but on 2nd thought I was 2%

[sarge43]

44. Red hammer - that's weird.

Any explanation why?

[mike_c]

45. blue hammer....

:shrug:

[schmuls]

46. Mine was blue hammer - in the 2% group - I knew I was different

[Starbucks Anarchist]

47. Black hammer.

[foxfeet]

48. Red screwdriver

[trackfan]

49. red wrench

[Ava]

51. blue screwdriver

guess i'm part of the 2%

[Throd]

55. same here

[Diana Prince]

103. I thought of blue screwdriver also..

I was thinking it would also be an interesting name for a cocktail or if it already exists maybe that is why I chose it.

[hunter]

52. I call BS on the 98%

Me, I thought "Yellow" first, since I've got a lot of yellow tools, and then I had to hunt around in my head just an instant for a yellow tool I use a lot:

My DeWalt electric drill --


http://www.dewaltpowertoolsonline.com/Dewalt-Drill-Electric-Power-Tools-Right-Angle-Hand-Drills-Spade-D-Handle-Drill-Press.html

My yellow Stanley tape measure sifted out a photofinish later, followed by entire flocks of screwdrivers.

[Fire Walk With Me]

86. Because it appears that more than 25% of those replying are in the 2%?

Yeah, odd, that ;)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

54. I said "red ham...saw."

That's right. A red hamsaw.

Very important tool in the bacon industry.

[Granny M]

56. That is odd...

I got red hammer, too. Red isn't my usual favorite color. I wonder why this is?

[Cadfael]

57. Orange wrench

lotta 2%ers here

[Granny M]

58. DH just did it and got blue hammer. nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

59. I said orange lathe, just to be a dick.

"red" and "hammer" are, of course, generally the first things people think of when asked for a color or a tool.

The game there is just playing with statistical probability.

[hunter]

127. There's a lot of self-selection involved.

In most social situations people who think "Red Hammer" are more likely to respond to the survey. "Ooooo.... I thought Red Hammer too!!!"

Others are probably thinking, "Hmmm, I didn't think of a red hammer," and they are not saying anything because they don't want to risk exclusion from the group.

And maybe 2% of the general population are habitually outspoken contrarians.

Of course here on DU we are infested with outspoken contrarians -- we were the kinds of kids who would contradict the teacher in class without even raising our hands for permission to speak.

[Danger Mouse]

61. purple wrench?

what the fuck is a purple wrench?

[harmonicon]

62. I'm in the 2%, I guess ("green hammer")

[bigwillq]

63. Red Wrench (nt)

[lizziegrace]

64. 2% - yellow screwdriver... n/t

[fishnfla]

92. me too

[SmokingJacket]

66. I said red saw.

Frankly, I don't believe everyone would come up with the same thing!

Show me the study.

[Lilith Velkor]

67. Purple McCain - I'm a 2%er

[frogmarch]

68. blue pliers. what am I then? oh well. nt

[tismyself]

69. orange hammer

clearly in need of caffeine

[vademocrat]

70. 2% - Blue hammer n/t

[billyskank]

71. I thought of a mauve soldering iron.

:shrug:

[Arkansas Granny]

72. I came up with pink hammer.

[rug]

73. Maroon vibrator.

:yoiks:

[mulsh]

74. yellow handled wire cutters-any one know where I put them?

[conscious evolution]

101. Same here.

Can't find mine either.

[semillama]

76. blue hammer

It would be interesting to just ask people to think of a tool and a color and see how often a particular color and tool combination came up.

[Inchworm]

77. oops, orange needlenose pliers...

:shrug:

[nomorenomore08]

78. Blue hammer, just like about half the people on the thread.

How exactly does this stuff work? Is it just the ubiquity of the hammer as a tool, and red and blue as colors?

[britpopper]

80. Red hammer...

Whoa...creepy

[Greyskye]

81. Blue Hammer - "I'm a Maverick!"

:eyes:

[Sebastian Doyle]

83. Red Hammer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3-4dAlOjs

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

84. Green hammer n\t

[Generic Brad]

87. Blue hoe

Could this mean I secretly harbor an affinity towards promiscuous female Smurfs?

Yeah. I'm definitely a 2 per center.

[ThingsGottaChange]

89. Blue Chisel. Chisel?!?!?!

Blue's not even my favorite color. And where the hell did chisel come from???? I may need to change my meds. :+

[mainegreen]

90. Blue Screwdriver

[Liberal_in_LA]

91. I said red hammer! why?

[RevolutionaryActs]

93. Oh, I've seen that before. I said purple hammer.

my mom said blue hammer. We're both freaks. :rofl:

[sasquatch]

95. I said black pipe wrench

:spank:

[WinkyDink]

94. Blue hammer, here.

[lady raven]

96. Whoa, I'm a 2%. I thought of red and drill n/t

[BlueJazz]

98. A Hotdog (with Relish)

[av8rdave]

102. No Yellow Hammers? No 'Bama fans???

Rammer Jammer
Yellow Hammer
Give 'em hell
Alabama!

[Gonzo Gardener]

104. Pink Shovel

:shrug:

[AbbeyRoad]

105. red hammer. wtf? that is freaky.

Is there some kind of science behind this or is it just coincidence?

[petronius]

107. I came up with 8.5" - that's gotta put me in at least the outlying 5%

Wait..., what?

[u4ic]

108. A red wrench

I need one to fix something.


A green one may suffice, however...

[applegrove]

111. A red rake.

[quakerboy]

112. Black Dremmel

[haele]

113. Green Jackhammer -

'cause I've been trying to save the lawn and some of the planting area because the owner's complaining about "not watering enough" (so I'm thinking "green"), and want to break up some concrete and re-do the driveway (it angles down and has a nasty dip right at the street) very badly.

Haele

[Wapsie B]

114. Blue pliers

Blue-favorite color and pliers are the most common tool for me to use.

[FloridaJudy]

115. Red screwdriver

I'm only half weird.

[enigmatic]

116. I thought "Purple Hammer"

Wow, that was pretty freaky..

[mcctatas]

117. Pink saw...

hmmmmmmm....

[PittPoliSci]

118. black screwdriver.

lots of 2%ers here i see.

[sazemisery]

119. red screwdriver

I'm always in the minority ;)

[demnan]

120. Green screwdriver

Guess I'm weird, but that's not news.

[Bassic]

121. 2%

Got the hammer, but not the colour.

[Bassic]

122. Oops

Dupe

[lost-in-nj]

123. Blue screw driver here

:hi:


lost

[alcibiades_mystery]

124. Red Hammer here

pretty cool.

what's the theory?

[spinbaby]

125. Orange Screwdriver

Maybe I want a drink.


:shrug:

[One_Life_To_Give]

128. Sex on the Brain

Guess I am just a born pervert.

Came up with a Blue Penis.

[kick-ass-bob]

129. Black Hammer.

so where the hell do I fall? :P

[Giant Robot]

130. Yellow screwdriver

Paging Dr. Freud.