Jedi Mind Trick

My answers are below

Sorry but I came up with 9 and peas. But I have been told time and again that I have a warped mind.

Lynn

Re: Batted 1000,

7 & carrots, yes it's strange, but I keep telling my wife I'm normal, : ' >. Thanks for the question.

Re: Jedi Mind Trick

Eight & pea. I must be one of the 2% then? Not necessarily a good thing. ;)

Re: Jedi Mind Trick

11 and potato. I must be really weird ;-)

Re: Jedi Mind Trick

7 and tomato, I must be only half... something

glc

6 and lettuce? Go figure, I'm in the 2%...:-)

Try this one:

Think of a number between 1 and 9.

Subtract 5 from the number.

Multiply the difference by 3.

Square the product (multiply the product by itself).

Add the digits of the new number.

If the sum isn't a 1-digit number, add the digits of the new number together. Keep adding the digits of each new sum until you get a 1-digit number.

If the new 1-digit number is less than 5, add 5 to it. If it's greater than 5, subtract 4 from it.

Multiply the difference by 2.

Subtract 6 from the result.

Think of the letter of the alphabet that corresponds to this new number. (A=1, B=2, etc.)

Think of a country that begins with that letter.

Think of an animal that begins with the second letter of the country's name.

Think of the animal's color.

Think of a fruit that begins with the first letter of the animal's color.

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Why was the elephant eating grapes in Denmark?

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Thoughts on responses

1) Dale and I are the only "normal" folks reading this ;-) (Gary's half-normal)

2) Seriously, I wonder if there was a problem in the way I transcribed it, or if we really are a different group--this is usually more dependable.

3) Here's what I think is happening in the first one, at least for Dale, Gary, and me (and others I have tried this on). First we get into arithmetic mode. Then we are asked to pick from the range of 12 to 5. The conscious brain says "Whoa, what is happening here? Ranges are always given from low to high. Okay, so I guess it is just asking for a number between 5 and 12." Meanwhile, the unconscious brain is saying "We are working on arithmetic here. The last one was not an addition. A larger number followed by a smaller one looks like subtraction, which would yield 7" These two trains of thought end at the same time, the conscious brain hears what the subconscious is working on and says "Yeah, that'll work. 7"

That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. I'll leave it to Dale to explain carrots to the unenlightened! ;-)

Thanks for playing.

Re: My answers are below

9 and peas here too. He must have forgotten to say that "9 and peas" takes you way past the mundane, average, normal thinking. :)

JKJ

Re: Try this one:

Step 8: What difference?

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Here's a simpler one along the same lines:

Think of a number between 1 and 10.

Multiply the number by 9.

Add the digits of your result.

Subtract 5 from your new number.

Find the letter that corresponds to your number, if 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.

Think of a country that begins with your letter.

Write down the name of that country.

Think of an animal beginning with the second letter of your country.

Think of the color of that animal.

Write down the animal and its color.

Think of an animal that begins with the last letter of your country.

Think of a fruit that begins with the last letter of this second animal.

Write down the fruit and the animal.

Close

Only my elephant was eating guavas. Lynn

Re: Don't get me to lying, : ' >

Re: Jedi Mind Trick

11 & egg plant. Hmmm. I must be in the warped group. Nothing new there!

Cheers!

Jim