F Word

A quick test of observation. Read this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.


Count the Fs in this sentence aloud. IMPORTANT: Count them ONLY ONCE. DO NOT go back and count them again.

How many did you find?

The average person finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average. If you got five, you are very observant. If you caught six, you are a genius. There is no catch. Many people forget the OFs. The human brain tends to see them as Vs and not Fs.

Notice Something?

1. The mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab at the jaw of his dizzy opponent.

2. The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt.

3. A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint.

4. Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously.

5. Do you know that Lorenzo called off his trip to visit Mexico City just because they told him the conquistadores were gone?