# A Simple Test That You Will Probably Fail **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356 "2004-04-16T13:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Joools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Joools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joools)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/61 "2004-04-18T06:45:11Z")
I find it interesting that everyone who gets it right qualifies their announcement. “I got six, but I’ve seen it before, I’m a copy editor, etc.” You’re all so modest! Not me: I’ll just come out and say it. I counted six F’s by reading it from beginning to end and counting the F’s. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/62 "2004-04-18T06:55:08Z")
I got all six after just going through once. Never seen this before. Of course, I simply ignored the meaning of the words, and simply scanned the letters. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/63 "2004-04-18T11:08:12Z")
I gt four the first time, (picked up the last of) and then missed the last two for another few read throughs. It’s nice in the middle of the room - they have the best punch, and there’s still sugary biscuts left… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/64 "2004-04-19T21:19:32Z")
> [@ebok47](#): > > SandyHook, I got five too. > > 1. I missed the last “of”. Grrr. So did I. I looked twice and only found 2 of’s. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/65 "2004-04-19T23:25:28Z")
I got 6 - I am a freak for puzzles like this. I am also very easily distracted by spelling mistakes in signs, newspapers, posters, etc. I should’ve been an editor or proofreader or something … S. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/66 "2004-04-19T23:31:05Z")
I got all six, but I work with contracts where every F’in word counts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/67 "2004-04-20T11:50:32Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Yaeh, I saw taht sudty, too. The bsaic pemrsie was taht as lnog as you get the frist and lsat ltetres rhigt, the hamun mnid wlil flil in the rset and you can raed it amsolt lkie it was wirtetn nromlaly. I cnat rmebemer werhe the sutdy was dnoe. Deos aynnoe konw? I’ve had the email pertaining to this, and it took me half an hour to decipher it, my brain apparently doesn’t work "that " way (or course I type like that all the time) Oh and I said 4, I knew it wasn’t 3 (seen that test before), but I didn’t count all the ofs ---
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356/68 "2004-04-20T12:46:32Z")
I got all six, but only because I noticed the of on the last line and recounted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-simple-test-that-you-will-probably-fail/240356.md?page=3)