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ARE YOU NORMAL?

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(When I got this one, I tried it and was completely freaked out

by the results! Try it, and you'll see what I mean!)

Carry out this test. Just follow the instructions as

quickly as possible, but do not carry on reading the

following questions before you finish the previous one.

You do not need to write out the answers;

just do it using your mind.

You'll be overwhelmed by the results...

How much does:

15+ 6 =

3+ 56 =

89 + 2 =

12+ 53 =

75+ 26 =

25+ 52 =

63+ 32 =

I know! Calculations are hard work,

but this is the real thing! Come on, a few more...

123+ 5 =

QUICK! THINK ABOUT A TOOL AND A COLOUR!

Scroll further to the bottom...

A bit more...

Just a little further...

You have just thought about a red hammer, haven't you????

If this is not the case, you are among 2% of the people who

have a "different," if not "abnormal," mind.

98% of the folks would answer a "red hammer" while doing this exercise.

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I didn’t think of a red hammer but it was very enjoyable, I did think of a wrench with a red handle however. 👍😊

Troilus profile image
Troilus in reply tobobbybobb

Blue spade! What does that say about me!😁

Agoodenough profile image
Agoodenough in reply toTroilus

Phil said a green spade! I said yellow drill 😁

JKW1 profile image
JKW1 in reply toTroilus

Me too! 😊

Troilus profile image
Troilus in reply toJKW1

Just did it with my hubby. He got blue hoe.

At least we have something in common!

S11m profile image
S11m in reply toTroilus

I thought of a brown spade... perhaps we subconsciously want to bury something? (I think that is why I thought of brown)

SORRELHIPPO profile image
SORRELHIPPOReading Rabbits

Thank god I am not normal!! I have always worried about people who thought they were normal.

Oh no a blue hammer!

texaslady profile image
texaslady

I thought of red hammer! That is freaky!

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Do you think the reason most people think about a red hammer may be because, as children, when we are first learning, these are the two primary thing we would learn about first, as very young children, in primary school. So when we are problem solving with math, and suddenly another question is put into the mix, we revert to what is very familiar to us. When thinking about it, that's what I think must be happening. That's only my personal opinion though, it might be a load of nonsense. 😊👍🌷

SORRELHIPPO profile image
SORRELHIPPOReading Rabbits in reply tobobbybobb

This makes me wonder, if this only counts as normal in certain countries. I wonder what answer would come out the most if done in China or Russia?

bobbybobb profile image
bobbybobbAmbassador in reply toSORRELHIPPO

I think the colour red and the tool hammer is universal in primary teaching, I think, possibly, you would get the same answer, maybe. 😏👍

bobbybobb profile image
bobbybobbAmbassador in reply tobobbybobb

Of course this is just a theory. 😁

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S11m in reply tobobbybobb

Perhaps those of us who did not think of a red hammer have not been in primary school for well over half a century?

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bobbybobbAmbassador in reply toS11m

You could have a very good point. That is what I am saying though, it may be ingrained in us from childhood. That could be the reason I didn’t pick red hammer. 😂

Ianc2 profile image
Ianc2

I thought it was a multiply sign.....

AndrewT profile image
AndrewT

I had a Red Drill, the sort with a 'Chuck' to allow different sized 'Bits'. There is another one, a bit like this... you are 'Supposed' to think of Carrots.... I got a large Cabbage!

Oh well.... there is always 'One'!

AndrewT

Agoodenough profile image
Agoodenough in reply toAndrewT

Me and you both thought drills but we got different colours. Wonder what that says about us 😂

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57

I found that on one of my old files I think it was on a floppy disc, it is a bit freaky but where it came from ? Maybe 20th century? Aah! the good old days!

Agoodenough profile image
Agoodenough

Yellow drill lol mind you Phil spoke to me and put me off my thread 🤨

Bazzak profile image
BazzakReading Rabbits

Well I thought red hammer,so now I know I'm normal, come on Marnie22 , I bet you come up with russet axe !! 😙x

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SORRELHIPPOReading Rabbits in reply toBazzak

It is you saying axe, and me remembering your occasional problems with your beloved Mrs. When a good friend of mine's daughter was getting married, I had just seen a Speciality Outing Day advertised. Thought it was a wonderful present for the couple, so the new husband could see his wife in her true colours, ( she had been a Clay pigeon shooter at Uni and good at it). This day included Clay Pigeon Shooting and Archery, but the best bit (and the bit I secretly wanted for me) was Axe Throwing, the sort of axes you would expect the Vikings to wield, to throw at static targets. I decided all women should have a days training in this art as a must prior to marriage.

Bazzak profile image
BazzakReading Rabbits in reply toSORRELHIPPO

I'm not letting my wife near an axe or gun come to that !! 😱

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RLN-overcomer in reply toBazzak

:) LOL :)

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004

I said red hammer after doing all the totaling. Lots of fun! Thanks for posting this one. :-)

ellj profile image
ellj

Blue hammer

hypercat54 profile image
hypercat54

I said 101 dalmations! Not sure what that says about me...

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply tohypercat54

My source is probably 20th century origin? Maybe you miss taking your dog out for a walk?

hypercat54 profile image
hypercat54 in reply toAdlon57

Yes. but 75 + 26 = 101.

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply tohypercat54

Did you total the other numbers after 101?😀👍🌈

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply toActivity2004

Have you every been on Countdown, that's why!

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply toAdlon57

What is Countdown? I’ve never heard of it? Game show?

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply toActivity2004

It's been going on for 40 years? Its even got a crap 'copy' of it going on!

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply toAdlon57

Is It on cable?

hypercat54 profile image
hypercat54 in reply toAdlon57

No. Loved it though.

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply tohypercat54

It is a 20th century document, we did not have Countdown to rely on?

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply toAdlon57

Thank you for letting me know. I will have to look it up soon later tomorrow.😀👍🌈

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply toActivity2004

Only on weekdays!

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hypercat54 in reply toActivity2004

It was the first programme ever shown on channel 4 way back in 1984 (I think that's the date offhand). It was a gameshow in the UK. It consisted of 2 contestants who picked 9 blind letters and had to make the longest word they could. Interspersed with this was numbers games where 6 blind numbers were picked and a random number generated which you had to make the 6 up into. I loved it and it was very popular.

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply tohypercat54

Reminds me of Concentration and Wheel of Fortune.😀👍🙏🌈

hypercat54 profile image
hypercat54 in reply toActivity2004

Very different to Wheel of Fortune. Never heard of Concentration.

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply tohypercat54

Concentration is a card game.😀👍🌈

hypercat54 profile image
hypercat54 in reply toActivity2004

No. Nothing to do with cards.

Activity2004 profile image
Activity2004 in reply tohypercat54

Okay! Thank you for letting me know.😀👍🌈

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57

Have you every been on Countdown, that's why!

Looking at all those replies Adlon57, you certainly got everyone thinking, even if they did nearly all think 'red hammer'! 👍😊

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply to

I feel like using that 'red hammer' on my skull, all those replies?

Catmad10 profile image
Catmad10

Black spade

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply toCatmad10

That sounds a bit morbid?

Catmad10 profile image
Catmad10 in reply toAdlon57

But practical. Most spades I’ve bought are either black coated steel or stainless steel.

Adlon57 profile image
Adlon57 in reply toCatmad10

Maybe if I did this now I would think of a black scythe, I have been writing a book on two Irish serial murderers for the last ten years?

Catmad10 profile image
Catmad10 in reply toAdlon57

Wow, that is really interesting. I love researching and have the skeleton and the chapters format for a very scary novel.

You must keep going and finish your book sooner rather than later, I would love to read it.

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RLN-overcomer

OMG yessss Are the other 2% who didn't answer correctly considered sociopaths/psychopaths ????

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