Roja Report post Posted January 30, 2004 Wierd Joke This trick gets me every time.. Count the "F's" in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...(see below) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Managed it ? Scroll down only after you have counted them, okay? Do you think there are three? How many ? 3? Wrong, there are 6 !!--no joke. Read it again. The reasoning behind is further down. The brain cannot process "OF". Incredible or what ? Go back and look again. Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius. Three is normal, four is quite rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chronicle Report post Posted January 30, 2004 Heh, I got four...some reason I counted the first of then none of the rest. Cool trick though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jevik Report post Posted January 30, 2004 I got all of them, but that's probably cause I've taken many linguistics courses and read both phonetically and lexicographically at the same time. Jevik Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjk Report post Posted January 30, 2004 I did almost exactly as jevik, w/o the big words Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero Report post Posted January 30, 2004 I can't count, what does that mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sabaka Report post Posted January 30, 2004 Got me Roja Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grum Report post Posted January 30, 2004 Hmmm...got 6 the first time. Maybe because I don't use english in everyday life? At least I didn't take any linguistic courses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mar(c) Report post Posted January 30, 2004 hmm I got 5 cause I somehow missed one of the two first of's... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mar(c) Report post Posted January 30, 2004 ow btw, this remembers me of a mail I got a few weeks ago (in Dutch): Vlgones een oznrdeeok op een Eglnese uvinretsiet mkaat het neit uit in wlkee vloogdre de ltteers in een wrood saatn, het einge wat blegnaijrk is is dat de eretse en de ltaatse ltteer op de jiutse patals saatn. De rset van de ltteers mgoen wllikueirg gpletaast wdoren en je knut vrelvogens gwoeon lzeen wat er saatt. Dit kmot odmat we neit ekle ltteer op zcih lzeen maar het wrood als gheeel. A minute of sainerchg on the ietnrent resulted in the Elsgnih voesrin: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. There are vseroins of this txet in mnay mroe laugnegas: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~matt.davis/Cmabrigde/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roja Report post Posted January 31, 2004 Yeah I've seen that one before Marc...it's pretty interesting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thurin Report post Posted February 6, 2004 got all 6, pretty cool exercise thou. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoshi Report post Posted February 6, 2004 i got 6. im in colledge tho, already seen that joke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izzy Report post Posted February 7, 2004 err... maybe cause I was looking for the F's instead of reading it >.< but I counted 6 =? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hazor Report post Posted February 7, 2004 hm... I got two... does that mean I'm stupid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirKillAlot Report post Posted March 27, 2005 I got 6 first try. When I scrolled down and it was like there are 3! I was like WHAT?! ARE YOU RETARDED?! I miss Jevik. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hazor Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Way to bring back a year-old thread. :-p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirKillAlot Report post Posted March 27, 2005 I know I was just kidding now Aislinn is going to ban me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad_Raven Report post Posted March 27, 2005 hm... I got two... does that mean I'm stupid? Yes! :lol: :lol: P.S.:Dam,got me too Roja! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
valo13 Report post Posted March 27, 2005 i cant read or speak english so i could not participate in this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shasso Report post Posted March 27, 2005 I got three.. didnt focus really much cos i thought how hard can it be =) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lopy_Do Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Meh, Im not oging to lie like some of you did, I got 4 the first time..Until i went back to read it....That is messed up shit... That was my entertainment for the day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entris Report post Posted March 27, 2005 (edited) Got 4 the first time. It's a cool mind trick Edited March 27, 2005 by Entris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted March 27, 2005 I know I was just kidding now Aislinn is going to ban me. Errr no.... I missed this on the first go-around it seems. I got 4, i saw the first OF and missed the other 2...very strange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted March 27, 2005 I got five. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Pale_Elf Report post Posted March 27, 2005 Hmm, I swear I actually got 6 on my first try. I figured there was a trick to it, so I reread it backward to see that I missed something, and didn't... So then I scrolled down and found I had it right first time... Bleah. Must be one of those 99% of people will see it one way, 1% see it another sort of things, lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
