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  1. 5th April 2014, 10:36 AM #1
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    F's.

    Count every "F" in the following text:



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





    HOW MANY 'F's?
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  2. 5th April 2014, 10:50 AM #2
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    I'm gunna say the obvious, six.....
    But I know there's gunna be a catch........
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  3. 5th April 2014, 11:07 AM #3
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    Six?

    Sneaky as the first two reads I only come up with three, than five, than six after the forth read
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    Six.
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  5. 5th April 2014, 11:14 AM #5
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    six, but as I've seen this before I made a conscious effort to ,,,,,,,,,,
    Last edited by kenleyfred; 5th April 2014 at 11:18 AM. Reason: didn't want to give it away after so few posts
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    Quote Originally Posted by kenleyfred View Post
    six, but as I've seen this before I made a conscious effort to ,,,,,,,,,,
    Yep. Me too.
    However, the first time I did this many years ago I didn't count the F's in "of". That's the trick. generally speaking, we tend to ignore minor words. Sometimes, they can be important.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh View Post
    we tend to ignore minor words. Sometimes, they can be important.
    As in "Land Rover for sale. No Service History"
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    1994 Range Rover Vogue LSE "The Luxo-Barge"
    1994 Defender 130 HCPU "Rolly"
    1996 Discovery 1

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    Um!!....................the point being??????????????
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  9. 5th April 2014, 04:26 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausfree View Post
    Um!!....................the point being??????????????

    Underused consonant - the principal of equality of use requires compensatory unnecessary repetition.

    File it away with flux capacitors and hydrogen generators.
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  10. 5th April 2014, 04:31 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by 87County View Post
    Underused consonant - the principal of equality of use requires compensatory unnecessary repetition.

    File it away with flux capacitors and hydrogen generators.
    Phew, now I can sleep tonight without worrying about it!!!!
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