Brain Teaser

[David O]

Alright, here's a brain teaser you may or may not have seen before. I've always liked it.

This is not a trick question. Read the following sentence only once, counting every "F" you see as you go.





FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.










Don't cheat! How many did you find?















There are actually 6 "F"s in that sentence. Most people leave out the "of"s and only find 3. Interesting, eh?

I love brain teasers, don't you?

[Chandler]

Good poll options David.
This one is good... but I've already seen it before.

[Nick Riley]

Alright, here's a brain teaser you may or may not have seen before. I've always liked it.

Read the following sentence only once, counting every "F" you see as you go. This is not a trick question, just count the "F"s you find on your first read through, and vote on the number you found.





FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.










Don't cheat! How many did you find?















There are actually 6 "F"s in that sentence. Most people leave out the "of"s and only find 3. Interesting, eh?

I love brain teasers, don't you?

acutually I found four you did say the follwing the sentence

[David O]

Alright, here's a brain teaser you may or may not have seen before. I've always liked it.

Read the following sentence only once, counting every "F" you see as you go. This is not a trick question, just count the "F"s you find on your first read through, and vote on the number you found.

acutually I found four you did say the follwing the sentence

Ahh yes, one can never loophole proof something from a diligent mind.

It's fixed now.

[Linne]

I've seen this before, and I still managed to only see five "F"s, when I knew there'd be six.

[mr. mellow]

I saw 6

[Frank]

I saw 6

Me too!

[J-man]

I got six, but I've seen it before.

[Trent DeWhite]

I got three... and I've seen that many times before.

[Me]

I read it once, forgot how many I found, read it again, saw 5, and then remembered that the first time through I saw the other one, but forgot it on the second time through.

I've seen it before too.

[Evil Chick]

I found 5. I had seen that before, but I guess I was just reading too quickly.

[Bmuntz]

My first time I only found 3.

[Bennett]

How could someone of my intellect and great wisdom not find '6'?

Nevertheless, I found three...


And I cheated and re-read it three times...

BC

[AIOfan11]

I got three... and I've seen that many times before.

I am not smart enough for those things. I got 3 too.

*Starts making up plans for a club for people who aren't smart enough to figure that out*. JK!

[Laura Ingalls]

I only got 3!! How could that be??!! I read it so carefully and counted what I thought was every single F! AAGHH!

[Me]

My strategy on those is not to actually read it, but examine it carefully, letter by letter, and I still never get them all.

[Trent DeWhite]

My strategy on those is not to actually read it, but examine it carefully, letter by letter, and I still never get them all.

I read carefully, word by word, and it didn't work. I'm surprised one would miss after examining each individual letter. Even the great minds can be duped.

[Bandit Squirrel]

I only found 3 the first time.

[David O]

My strategy on those is not to actually read it, but examine it carefully, letter by letter, and I still never get them all.

I read carefully, word by word, and it didn't work. I'm surprised one would miss after examining each individual letter. Even the great minds can be duped.

I did the same thing a year ago when I was seeing this for the second time. I am surprised that our great Master Slueth missed it though!


Here's a somewhat tantalizing puzzle as a continuation of the teasing of your minds:

Three men stand at a fork in the road. One fork leads to Odyssey; the other fork leads to Connelsville. One of these people always answers the truth to any yes/no question which is asked of him. The other always lies when asked any yes/no question. The third person randomly lies and tells the truth. Each man is known to the others, but not to you. What is the least number of yes/no questions you can ask of these men and with complete certainty pick the road to Connelsville? Support your answer.

[Amy]

My first time I only found three