How Normal Are You?

[johnske]

How normal do you think you are? Just take this test, it will only take a minute, start at the top, scroll down slowly, do exactly as it says and don't PEEK.





When you've finished, scroll back to the top and enter your own result in the poll.






This is a fun "test"... AND kind of spooky at the same time! Give it a try, and you'll see how many people you know fall into the same percentage as you.







At the end of the test, you will be 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..








There's no need to write or memorize the answers, just do it mentally.






You may be surprised...









Start:









How much is:





15 + 6

































3 + 56

































89 + 2

















































12 + 53


































































75 + 26










































25 + 52













































63 + 32




























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





Come on, just one more sum...

































123 + 5





































QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL!








































Scroll further to the bottom...



















































































A bit more...


















































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

































If that was not your answer, you are among 2% of people who have a different, if not abnormal, mind.















If your answer contained either 'red' or 'hammer' (but not both) you are a bit of a sick puppy. (please enter your poll accordingly)
















If your answer didn't contain either 'red' OR 'hammer' you are a really warped, sick and twisted individual :devil: (please enter your poll accordingly)



















98% of people doing this exercise would answer 'red hammer'. If you are one of these you are Normal. (please enter your poll accordingly).

















If you doubt this 98% result, check the poll results later.

[Jacob Hilderbrand]

WTF? That's pretty strange. I did think of Red Hammer.

[johnske]

WTF? That's pretty strange. I did think of Red Hammer.


Yeah - just dont ask me why, :dunno I got it in an email & that was my answer also (a friend I'd sent it to thought 'green hammer' - so she's gotta be a bit of a sick puppy :rotlaugh: )

[Jacob Hilderbrand]

Red is one of the main base colors so I can see how that would be thought of when you are asked to quickly think of a color. But where does hammer come in?

[johnske]

Red is one of the main base colors so I can see how that would be thought of when you are asked to quickly think of a color. But where does hammer come in?


Maybe cos when ppl are asked to do some mental arithmetic they feel like smashing something? (that's where the hammer'd come in handy)

It's probably also one of the most common tools, or at least the tool that ppl are introduced to first and it's also part of almost every conceivable type of tool kit

[Killian]

Very interesting... I was going to put myself down as a bit of a sick puppy... then realised there was a test... and ended up comfirming my own diagnosis :rofl:

The strange thing is my usual reaction to think of a colour is blue or green - never red... it must be the math!!!

[Paleo]

Gee poor of me, didnt think red I chose blue and never thinked of a hammer, so I am very twisted...:sick: :cry: :crying: :boohoo :whyme: :weep: :sad2: :bawl :cry2:

[johnske]

Hey Carlos,

I think the figure of 98% I was given applies to the general population - I was curious as to how many of us fit into that category - I'd expect there to be (seeing as we're here) a lot fewer 'normals' here :devil:

John

[Paleo]

Thanks :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Brandtrock]

Gee poor of me, didnt think red I chose blue and never thinked of a hammer, so I am very twisted...:sick: :cry: :crying: :boohoo :whyme: :weep: :sad2: :bawl :cry2:

You say that like it's a bad thing. :rotlaugh:

My initial reaction was similar to Jake's:

Blew me away.

[Zack Barresse]

I voted Red Hammer. That is sooo twisted.

My own diagnosis? ...

With the cresending mathematics, it's like a pumping hammer in the recesses of our mind, thus relating to tools because we are all hiding the inner Tim-the-toolman child inside. That is where the hammer came from.

The red just confuses the heck outta me.

[TonyJollans]

I have to admit to being a bit of a sick puppy - I'd have preferred to have been sick and twisted but never mind.

I came up with with red spanner.

There is a similar one where you have to choose a vegetable - just in case you haven't seen it I won't give the game away - and I was 'normal' with that one.

[Anne Troy]

And I came up with a red trowel. However, I thought hammer so quickly after that, I had to catch myself. I might have put hammer had I not been so diligent...

[MOS MASTER]

Another sick puppy over here! :rofl:

[Ken Puls]

I've actually seen this before, so I knew the answer about two lines in. As I remember, though, I was normal last time.

Red spanner, Tony? I guess it rhymes with hammer... sort of. But Trowel, Anne? LOL!

[Zack Barresse]

Out of curiosity Tony, what is a spanner to you folks on the other side of the lake? To use here, it's a fire tool (http://www.firequip.com/wrenches.htm). Does it mean something else to you? Just curious.

[johnske]

.....
Red spanner, Tony? I guess it rhymes with hammer... sort of. But Trowel, Anne? LOL!

Dunno bout the UK, but in Oz a hammer is often referred to by motor mechanics as an "American spanner" :rotlaugh: (I think it was a swipe at the "brute-force" approach that US car manufacturers used to take when more powerful cars were required {vs the European method of improving on what was available})

Ever worked as a motor mechanic Tony?

[Ken Puls]

A spanner in the UK and Oz is a wrench, right?

Don't know about your guys' neck of the woods', but here a useful maxim is "the closest thing becomes a hammer". Complete opposite of what you have above! (Oz spanner becomes a hammer!) :rotlaugh:

[TonyJollans]

Yup, a spanner is a wrench - though not normally quite like those in Zack's link - more like this: http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0001IWC8O.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I guess if the closest thing becomes a hammer it doesn't matter what tool we first think of - it becomes a hammer - no wonder 98% of people get it right :rofl:

[johnske]

A spanner in the UK and Oz is a wrench, right?...etc

Wrench? Wrench is a US word (and it appears Canadian) for a spanner, in Oz we use spanners, of which there can be ring-spanners, open-ended spanners (Tonys' link), shifting spanners, tube/pipe spanners, spark-plug spanners, etc. to do/undo nuts.

We only use wrenches (sorta like self-locking pliers) for doing/undoing round pipes that have no head on them, they're only used on nuts with heads as an absolute last resort when the head's been rounded off through mis-treatment.

John

[Scottie P]

Some how a blue shovel does not equate to a red hammer.
I think that I am really big trouble...:whistle:

X

[johnske]

Some how a blue shovel does not equate to a red hammer.
I think that I am really big trouble...:whistle:

X

Hey Scott,

There was no need for you to take the test - we already know about you :rotlaugh: :rofl:

:devil:

[shades]

I have an aversion to physical work. I used a red hammer 40-50 years ago - that was the last thing on my mind!!

The sky is BLUE (in the "normal" sense of that word)!!! And as a former, but resurgent mathematician, I couldn't get me head out of the blue sky!!

Thus, I am really warped. But then,... ya'll knew that! :D

[Scottie P]

John,

I never even gave that a thought before taking the test! :doh:
I could have just asked someone here what my chances were...

:ack:

[MOS MASTER]

I have an aversion to physical work. I used a red hammer 40-50 years ago - that was the last thing on my mind!!
Kinda like the way you think...have the same fealings abour BrrrWork...:rofl:

[johnske]

This's getting kinda inneresting. To my way of thinking, if you 'fail' the test it's probably cos you think outta the norm cos you've got a creative mind (which was a bit of a disappointment to me cos I passed). Given that the site attracts a lotta creative minds, the fact that (so far) there are a lot more 'sick puppies' here than in the normal population thus doesn't really surprise me.
:devil:

John

[mdmackillop]

Across here, we "throw a spanner in the works". Wrenches and hammers elsewhere?

BTW Red Spade

[geekgirlau]

Well I came up with a blue drill - guess I'm not only warped, sick and twisted but have a bent for power tools!

[XLGibbs]

I came up with Red, but the first tool I thought of was George Bush.

Here is another one, but it is important that you concentrate.....

I am gonna display a set of numbers...once you scroll down far enough you will see them





remember, you MUST concentrate...it is important....





Once you see the set of numbers pick one of them and keep scrolling....





get ready.....







okay....concentrate!:thinking:































1 2 3 4











now, the only question I have is......


































Why 3?

[johnske]

Sorry, I must really be warped - I picked the number one thousand two hundred and thirty four cos I couldn't see any others... :devil: :rofl:

[Bob Phillips]

Well I'm confused, there are 30% of us in the 2% of us that are totally warped?

[shades]

I picked 1, because of the font, it is emphasized slightly.

So, I am in the 2% of the 2%? Yep, one of a kind... and old enough to prove it!

http://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/astrosmiley.gif

[XLGibbs]

:cuckoo: ahh, well it works better on a bar napkin. If you show the numbers to people and put a little pressure on them to pick fast when the see them, they pick 3 99% of the time.

Won a lot of free drinks on that one...did it to the entire bar at once telling them to be quiet (as a bartender in a former life)..wrote why 3? on the big board, and they all went nuts trying to figure it out... :cuckoo:



I am completely certifiable wacky...definitely in the 2% of the 2%:nya:

[mrsfirefytr]

I thought of a purple shovel. And I voted wrong I think.. :doh:

[mdmackillop]

Hi Phoenix,
I saw the name a good while ago. Congratulations on your first posting. Maybe the first of many?
Regards
Malcolm

[XLGibbs]

Welcome mrsfirefytr, is it true you are the brains behind the mr?

Incidentally, normal would "not" be considered putting hearts amongst the website logo...but a nice touch nonetheless.





Oh, c'mon....you must of noticed them before I mentioned it!

[Ken Puls]

Welcome mrsfirefytr, is it true you are the brains behind the mr?

Psst... it's actually not Mrs Firefytr at all. It's just Zack wearing her clothes... again.

:p

[Zack Barresse]

ROFL!!!

My wife actually posted.. wow. She usually likes to watch. :devil:

She probably won't post much, but she visits every once in a while. (And she is the brains behind the Mr.) :D

[shades]

ROFL!!!

\ (And she is the brains behind the Mr.) :D

We all knew that, Zack. But it is good to see you own up to it.

:rofl: :beerchug:


BTW, howdy, mrsfirefytr. Glad to have you aboard. Don't make yourself scarce, though. :hi:

(Purple is my favorite color, except in intelligence tests)

[geekgirlau]

(And she is the brains behind the Mr.) :D

I'm afraid that this comes under the heading of BFO - the Mrs is always the brains and don't you forget it!

Okay, I'm done with my grossly generalised feminist ranting for this week ... :o:

[XLGibbs]

Right, the Mrs. is the brains, but the Mr. is the money, logic, reason, and rational spending.

http://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/devil.gif

[geekgirlau]

Oooh Gibbs, them thars fighting words - are you SURE you want to open this can of worms? :boxer2:

[XLGibbs]

http://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/muahaha.gifhttp://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/muahaha.gifhttp://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/muahaha.gifhttp://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/muahaha.gif

I suppose I would have to open them for you right Anne?

Those sign holders are me legion of anti feminist representatives.

Just kidding! (don't want to start a war or anything)

PS. I am divorced and won custody of our child who is now 4. I have proven in COURT that men are better then women.....http://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/rotlaugh.gif

[geekgirlau]

Well who am I to argue? I concede that without a doubt you are the exception that proves the rule (besides, that I don't need the legion knocking at my door!) :ipray:

[Ken Puls]

:rotlaugh:

[Bob Phillips]

PS. I am divorced .....

Now how come I am not surprised http://vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/devil.gif

[XLGibbs]

That wasn't very nice...:motz2:

[malik641]

Well I came up with a blue drill - guess I'm not only warped, sick and twisted but have a bent for power tools!
Me TOO!!! Glad I'm not the only one :thumb

BTW, I like what John said about being creative :devil2: I like to think I can be every so often :yes

[malik641]

Oops. Didn't mean to change the subject...:doh:

...I really am abnormal, huh?

[Zack Barresse]

You're ALL abnormal! ROFL!!

[johnske]

You're ALL abnormal! ROFL!!

Oh Yeah?! ... *thinks for quick repartee* ... Takes one to know one! (HJS)

[ALe]

White Hammer. Never seen one in my life... another sick puppy.

[MOS MASTER]

... Takes one to know one! (HJS) :rofl:

[lucas]

Oh Yeah?! ... *thinks for quick repartee* ... Takes one to know one! (HJS)
My hero steps in it again(you too homer):yes

[johnske]

My hero steps in it again(you too homer):yesYep, brilliant man isn't he? I like the one "Got it! - Too hard, don't try" :)

[JohnnyBravo]

I answered green hammer. And the color was probably on the forefront of my only because the color scheme used on the forum here is green. But I really didn't need a "test" to confirm I am a bit off-kilter as they say. People have told me I am a sick puppy and I'm PROUD to be one! :D

[Imdabaum]

I said red screwdriver.... another failed poll for me.