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Re: quick game

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From: Nick Machen
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 00:00
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I found twelve - does 23 pints of stella actually changes this
Midnight Cowboy <Paul.Greven@village.uunet.be> wrote in message
news:7lof7t$eac$1@nickel.uunet.be...
> A quick test of intelligence. Don't cheat! Because if you did, the test
> would be no fun. I promise, there are no tricks to the test.
>
> Read this sentence:
>
> FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
> SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
> IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
> THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
>
> Now count the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE: do not go back
and
>
> count them again.
> See below...
>
> Answer below:
>
> ANSWER:
>
> There are six F's in the sentence.
> A person of average intelligence finds three of them.
> If you spotted four, you're above average.
> If you got five, you can turn your nose at most anybody.
> If you caught six, you are a genius.
> There is no catch. Many people forget the "OF"s. The human brain tends to
> see them as V's and not F's. Pretty weird, huh?
>
> The Midnight Cowboy
>
>
>
>
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Date: 1999/07/04
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