Mind bending question.

[Atticus_Finch]

How many "F" s in the following statement?

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

(answer below)






































6
Read it again carefully.

 

[The23rdman]

Yay! I got it...second time through.

 

[mick]

any chance of pm'ing me the answer,i havent got a scooby but would likr to get other people with this.

 

[madandra]

There are SIX 'f's in the paragraph but most people who read it only get FOUR as they don't recognise the F in of.

 

[theeaglehunter]

Most only get 3 actually, because there are two 'of' s.

 

[vig]

3 "of's"

Have seen it before plenty of others if people are interested

 

[Basher]

Bring 'em on vig!!!

 

[vig]

http://www.arnodewever.com/e/entertainment/illusions.htm

Try this link. I tried to atach a file but couldn't but this site has tons of good stuff

 

[vig]

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled Gentleman Only.Ladies Forbidden.and thus the word GOLF entered into the English lamguage
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred & Wilma Flintstone

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. Coca-Cola was originally Green


It is impossible to lick your elbow


The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.


The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history Spades - King David , Hearts Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander the Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar


111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand

Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common
A. All invented by women.


Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey


In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."



It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we knowtoday as the honeymoon

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"


Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim,or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it..........

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to 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 rghit 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 wolhe


~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~


At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

 

[vig]

It took me bloody ages to do that and when submitted it came out like that

 

[Basher]

Some god trivia there vig, nice one.

 

[Atticus_Finch]

Very good. QI.
This is nonsense though...
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled Gentleman Only.Ladies Forbidden.and thus the word GOLF entered into the English lamguage.

 

[madandra]

The bugger who wrote Peter Pan invented (if thats the right word) the name Wendy.

 

[John_Findlay]

Birlilnat sutff, Vig, ecxpet the one aobut the glof, wichh is an ubran mtyh.

 

[backwoodsman]

Hmmmmm............

The one about horsey statues is also an urban myth.

The first number with an "A" - how about one hundred and one ?

 

[viscount17]

and is not a number so vig is nearly right, it's just 'thousand', you've already eliminated 'one'

and I think you'll find that the whistle was in a stein and is of German origin, and anyway as you can't whistle with a dry mouth it is/was an invitation to a drink.

and, finally, I think 'mind your p's and q's' comes from the print trade and may have been 'mind your b's, d's, p's and q's'. When breaking down a type-set frame the individual letters have to be sorted and each pair of these could be confused.

still good though vig

 

[ragavendra]

I too found it .initially i got only 4 then again went through and i found that three 'of' is there.now it gets tallied.
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