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19 November 2006

Eh? I don't get this. Do the first "puzzle" on the page, and, if you feel like it, report your result inside with either "yes" if you got the 98% result, or "no" if you got the 2% result (so that people reading via the "recent comments" page don't get tipped off). →[More:]

I don't understand why 98% of people would respond the same way, and, in fact, I don't even believe they would. Did you?
post by: taz at: 07:39 | 44 comments
No.
posted by taz 19 November | 07:39
No.
posted by Daniel Charms 19 November | 08:39
Yes. I think it has to do with the number of letters in the word and the number you are repeating. My mom is really bad at spelling and is always a "no" responder - I think her mind only tells her there are 5 letters in that word so she actually struggles to come up with a word at all.
posted by blackkar 19 November | 08:40
I was thinking of that possibility, and it may be down to that - but there are several others with the same number of letters.
posted by taz 19 November | 08:43
Do we call them the same thing in the US? Are they really common? Some people honestly only know of maybe 10 different versions of the answer, so that would throw the results off.
posted by blackkar 19 November | 08:46
Also, it is the first that I can immediately recall when I list them alphabetically in my head.
posted by blackkar 19 November | 08:49
blackkar, yes, and yes. (This, this and this.)
posted by taz 19 November | 09:00
yes
posted by stoicsquirrel 19 November | 09:41
no
posted by getoffmylawn 19 November | 09:52
Yeah, 98% result for me.

I also totally fell for the counting-F's thing as well.
posted by matthewr 19 November | 10:10
no, sounds like they pulled a number out of their collective ass
posted by eekacat 19 November | 10:45
No
posted by dodgygeezer 19 November | 11:07
no.
posted by bunnyfire 19 November | 11:30
No.
posted by grabbingsand 19 November | 11:32
Yes.
posted by sisterhavana 19 November | 11:57
No.
posted by Elsa 19 November | 12:51
No.
posted by Elsa 19 November | 12:51
no
posted by ethylene 19 November | 13:07
No. But I just went shopping and bought other things which came to mind first.
posted by brainwidth 19 November | 13:09
Yes.

One possible explanation. :)
posted by occhiblu 19 November | 13:22
Yeah, I fell for it. Go figure.
posted by court siem 19 November | 13:42
No. I don't get it.
posted by matildaben 19 November | 14:06
Sorry, y'all... I'm taking out comments that mention a particular "thing" so that people reading the "recent comments" page won't have an idea of any specific item in their heads before they do the test.
posted by taz 19 November | 14:11
No. I thought of the first "thing" that I was recently adjusting in storage.
posted by stilicho 19 November | 14:29
funny... my "thing" isn't related to anything; I'm surprised I didn't think of what I was just preparing this afternoon.
posted by taz 19 November | 14:32
Yes for me, but I'll admit that I cheated and didn't repeat the number to myself for 15 seconds.
posted by mudpuppie 19 November | 15:02
No.

Well the answer's obvious..we're the 2%. For some reason we've all gathered here (it's the bunnies!)
posted by flopsy 19 November | 15:47
hee. I'm not going to say the most obvious thing about bunnies just now. (Okay, doc, maybe the second most obvious thing.)
posted by taz 19 November | 15:56
I think the explanation for this lies in how people converse while working a crossword puzzle.
posted by mischief 19 November | 17:12
Gee, I was a 98%-er.

But, on the plus side, apparently I'm a genius according to the second puzzle.
posted by tommasz 19 November | 17:27
Yes.
posted by chrismear 19 November | 18:12
No.
posted by PlanetKyoto 19 November | 18:48
Nope, 2%-er here. And I'm a genius.
posted by deborah 19 November | 19:21
No.
posted by mygothlaundry 19 November | 20:05
no
posted by seanyboy 19 November | 20:23
no.
posted by gaspode 19 November | 20:34
No.
posted by redvixen 19 November | 20:37
No.
posted by dg 19 November | 20:43
no!
posted by dhruva 19 November | 20:51
Yes, and I'm a genius.
posted by Specklet 19 November | 21:11
No. Not even close!
posted by Miko 19 November | 23:02
No. Although I did say this, which has 6 letters in it...
posted by muddgirl 19 November | 23:34
Yes. Makes me feel so conformist. :(

But I will add that I had a brief moment of doubt before I clicked the link where I wondered if the object I was thinking about actually belonged in the category of items they were looking for. Then I was like, 'eh, fuck it' and clicked anyway.
posted by SassHat 19 November | 23:34
no
posted by MightyNez 20 November | 19:53
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