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Title: 2% or 98%
Post by: missioncontrol on May 11, 2005, 10:58:18 am
Amazing test....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 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

 5 + 26

 25 + 52

 63 + 32

I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's nearly over... Come on, one more...

123 + 5

QUICK! THINK ABOUT A TOOL AND A COLOR!




scroll down when finished.......












































You just thought about a red hammer didn't you?

If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of people who! have a different,
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Stingray on May 11, 2005, 11:00:27 am
Blue screwdriver.

-S
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: missioncontrol on May 11, 2005, 11:02:20 am
red hammer

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: JoyMonkey on May 11, 2005, 11:05:44 am
Blue screwdriver too! Snap!
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: rampy on May 11, 2005, 11:06:08 am
a red socket, not sure why...

*shrug*  eat it 2%

Now where's the science behind this?  i.e. how does it "work"?

or is red and hammer just commonly come to people's minds, or does the math have something to do with it?

rampy

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Fat_Trucker on May 11, 2005, 11:12:21 am
Blue Spanner for me.

nb: I think thats a wrench in America.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: gprime on May 11, 2005, 11:13:35 am
white alligator
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Shape D. on May 11, 2005, 11:14:59 am
fucshia hot glue gun.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: gprime on May 11, 2005, 11:18:15 am
fucshia hot glue gun.

I've been staring at your avatar for 5 minutes straight. If that is real, it really scares me.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: JoyMonkey on May 11, 2005, 11:19:08 am
Blue Spanner for me.
nb: I think thats a wrench in America.

American's don't say spanner? Crap, everyone at work must think I'm a complete idiot. They probably say "Oh look, here comes Mr.Spanner again" everytime I walk by.  :'(
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: ChadTower on May 11, 2005, 11:20:21 am
What the hell?  I did say red hammer.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Shape D. on May 11, 2005, 11:20:38 am
fucshia hot glue gun.

I've been staring at your avatar for 5 minutes straight. If that is real, it really scares me.
yes
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: shmokes on May 11, 2005, 11:25:18 am
Yeah, my wife was telling me about seeing that video recently.  Pretty funny.  I doubt if it did any serious damage.  That'll teach him to blow is flaming shots out before shooting them.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: quarterback on May 11, 2005, 11:27:55 am
armax, red
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: monkeybomb on May 11, 2005, 11:33:20 am
lol qb


red hammer
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: screaming on May 11, 2005, 12:09:23 pm
blue hammer. Either we have the most intellegent bunch of people in the history of BBS, or you guys are full of sh**.

I wonder which one it is? :)

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Shape D. on May 11, 2005, 12:12:22 pm
blue hammer. Either we have the most intellegent bunch of people in the history of BBS, or you guys are full of sh**.

I wonder which one it is? :)


OK I actually thought blue screwdriver but fuschia hot glue gun was way funner.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: walls83 on May 11, 2005, 12:14:43 pm
Red screw driver
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: monkeybomb on May 11, 2005, 12:16:16 pm
blue hammer. Either we have the most intelligent bunch of people in the history of BBS, or you guys are full of sh**.

I wonder which one it is? :)



I think it's very possible that this group would be on the outside of this study.  It's a  DIY crowd.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Jabba on May 11, 2005, 12:21:36 pm
Blue Hammer.

Maybe I said blue because of the BYOAC color scheme...

I guess my brain is "ABI NORMAL"
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: hyiu on May 11, 2005, 12:27:48 pm
sorry... somehow I was thinking about my router....
and its silver/greyish color...

hammer is never in my mind...

I guess I'm also the minority in the survey...
(but good thing is... we're the majority in this form !!!!... )

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: screaming on May 11, 2005, 12:28:38 pm
OK I actually thought blue screwdriver but fuschia hot glue gun was way funner.

  I'm a lesbian and I don't think that's funny.

-sab
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: GGKoul on May 11, 2005, 12:36:03 pm
You actually have to riddle wrong.  It was suppose to say blue screwdriver, not Red Hammer.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: J_K_M_A_N on May 11, 2005, 12:40:08 pm
I thought of a blue pliers.

J_K_M_A_N
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Shape D. on May 11, 2005, 12:40:57 pm
OK I actually thought blue screwdriver but fuschia hot glue gun was way funner.

 I'm a lesbian and I don't think that's funny.

-sab
first off I said funner as in more fun. and yes I know funner is not a word.

and secondly I deeply apologise for mentioning a fuscia hot glue gun wich I can tell so deeply offended your femininity and will enshure your hatred of men for life.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: missioncontrol on May 11, 2005, 12:46:13 pm
You actually have to riddle wrong.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: screaming on May 11, 2005, 12:52:36 pm
first off I said funner as in more fun. and yes I know funner is not a word.

and secondly I deeply apologise for mentioning a fuscia hot glue gun wich I can tell so deeply offended your femininity and will enshure your hatred of men for life.

/me orders another round of Amstels and a whiskey sour for my pal Shape D.

It's all good, m'man. Take it easy :)

-sab
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: tommy on May 11, 2005, 12:58:26 pm
DAMN IT, i read the whole question without doing the math.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: SirPeale on May 11, 2005, 01:22:49 pm
I said black wrench.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Stingray on May 11, 2005, 02:42:18 pm
The results definitely support the theory that BYOACers fall well within the "Abby Normal" range.

-S
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: GGKoul on May 11, 2005, 02:57:10 pm
OK I actually thought blue screwdriver but fuschia hot glue gun was way funner.

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Frosty on May 11, 2005, 03:41:23 pm
Wow.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: cholin on May 11, 2005, 04:25:32 pm
2% ---my bottom---!  Looks like you have them backwards considerring most people didnt think of a red hammer.  I thought of a blue lepricaun, dont ask where it came from, I didnt see it say "tool" so I just used the first word that came to my mind ;D
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: RayB on May 11, 2005, 04:57:51 pm
blue sickle.

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: DrewKaree on May 11, 2005, 05:47:12 pm
What does that make me? 

Saw, DeWalt...so naturally, the color was.....

Do we have to split out the 2% even more?
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: xar256 on May 11, 2005, 06:27:10 pm
Blue Hammer...

Me abnormal? Nah...Test must be screwy   ::)

Xar256  ;D
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Zakk on May 11, 2005, 06:41:07 pm
Thought of yellow drill, but 99% of my tools are DeWalt, and I think they just look cool.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: coasternuts on May 11, 2005, 07:03:55 pm
A Grey Circular Saw. 

I must be thinking about cutting my cabinet.
  ::)

Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Floyd10 on May 11, 2005, 08:06:24 pm
redhammer
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: danny_galaga on May 11, 2005, 08:49:15 pm
red spanner. all i ever wanted to be was normal and fit in with the crowd  :'(
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Daniel270 on May 11, 2005, 10:01:33 pm
Of that 2%... how many of us are abnormal (more so than normal)?

I said orange socket wrench... lmao
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Luxury on May 12, 2005, 12:48:51 pm
blue hammer.

eh
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Lilwolf on May 12, 2005, 12:56:02 pm
I REALLY want to not fit in... and knowing this crowd... it just takes saying you fit in to not!
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Sephroth57 on May 12, 2005, 01:47:14 pm
i thought blue socket wrench
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: missioncontrol on May 12, 2005, 01:52:15 pm
guess the test isn't as accurate as I thought..  ???

my whole family and email contacts thought of a red hammer when this got circulated through...........
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: namzep on May 12, 2005, 06:07:29 pm
yellow hammer
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: markrvp on May 12, 2005, 06:13:50 pm
Red hammer.  That's spooky.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Dartful Dodger on May 12, 2005, 06:14:06 pm
red spanner. all i ever wanted to be was normal and fit in with the crowd
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Tailgunner on May 12, 2005, 06:22:47 pm
Like Zakk, I own so many Dewalt cordless tools I associate yellow with the word.

Have to agree with the others, BYOAC as a group is more tool savvy that the public at large.
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: screaming on May 12, 2005, 06:40:04 pm
Am I the only one on the planet who doesn't know what a "spanner" is without looking it up?

-sab
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: Stingray on May 13, 2005, 10:24:59 am
Am I the only one on the planet who doesn't know what a "spanner" is without looking it up?

-sab

It's what those wacky Brits call a wrench, for the benefit of those who don't want to bother looking it up.

Buy a British car sometime. The restoration manuals require a lot of translation until you learn the terminology. A wrench is a spanner, the hood is a bonnet, the convertable top is a hood, the fender is a wing, the trunk is a boot...

-S
Title: Re: 2% or 98%
Post by: DrewKaree on May 13, 2005, 02:19:07 pm
Lemme tell ya, those Brits are almost as bad as the French!  It seems like those French have a different word for EVERYTHING!