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Count the F's

Guest   Sat May 06, 2006 1:18 pm GMT

Don't know if this has been posted before, but it's quite interesting. All you have to do is count the F's. Answer below: How many 'F' are in the following text? Please count them: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS O.k.? And how many? Incorrect! There are 6! No joke! Back to the top and read again! The solution you?ll find farther down...... The brain can not handle the word 'OF'. Who counts all 6 'F' at once is a genius. To count 3 is normal. Did you count all 6 at once? (Works for some people, not for others.) Don't know if I have to name a source for this, but I got it from the following website: It's on many others as well. http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/004039.shtml

larklake   Sat May 06, 2006 1:37 pm GMT

amazing. I counted 5 at first time.

Ed   Mon May 08, 2006 12:24 am GMT

Since I knew something was looking for something unusual or unexpected I spotted all six, but not at a casual glace of the text.

abc   Mon May 08, 2006 1:28 pm GMT

I counted 5 too in the beginning