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Old 08-15-2007, 01:29 PM   #1
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The F Words


Count the number of F letters in the following statement.

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

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Old 08-15-2007, 01:33 PM   #2
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Re: The F Words


two, but neither one counts... too many letters
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:39 PM   #3
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Re: The F Words


There's actually 6 .....can ya find em?

Can you read this?

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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The F words
Count the number of F letters in the following statement.

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:50 PM   #5
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I counted 6...only because I'd been hit with this one before...most miss the "of" words.
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:52 PM   #6
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O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
WHAT THE HECK IS THAT GIBBERISH?!?!?
(just kidding)
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Dang, this one did get me I guess.

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Good stuff!
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I really am stupid after all. I only got three.
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Old 08-16-2007, 10:46 AM   #10
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According to Cambridge University your not stupid Chris ....just normal. The mind has a difficult time processing the word 'of'. To automatically recognize it is very rare even among geniuses.
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To automatically recognize it is very rare even among geniuses.
I can vouch for that!! LOL
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Very old. Don't read, just look for the F's or whatever.

The trick to it is instinctively doing more than you are asked. You WANT to read it, not look for the 'f's'.

The same applies to certain customer relations. They only want the 'F's and it's up to you to sort them out.
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There's actually 6 .....can ya find em?

Can you read this?

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,...
According to research, if you mention the word "university" in a "Fwd: Fwd", most people will think it's for real, and send it on.
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