# Internet Mind Reading Test **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337 "2013-05-14T18:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/1 "2013-05-14T18:48:44Z")
I will read your mind over the Internet! (cue spooky music) Okay, who wants to dance? Let’s play. All you have to do is think of a holiday that contains the letter N. Take your time. (whistles a tune to pass the time) Do you have it yet? Remember, to check for the N – it can be anywhere in the name of the holiday. Okay, everyone ready? Is it…Thanksgiving? Otherwise is it…New Year If not, then you win!!! Poll to come. Feel free to post the answer you used, but please use a spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/2 "2013-05-14T18:53:53Z")
I first thought of Valentines Day. I would like my corvette to be green with black racing strips. When you have bought it I will send you my address. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/3 "2013-05-14T18:54:37Z")
You didn’t read my mine. I thought of St. Swithun’s Day ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/4 "2013-05-14T18:58:08Z")
Amazing. I also thought of St. Swithin’s Day ---
**Author:** ![I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Made_French_Toast_For_You)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/5 "2013-05-14T19:01:15Z")
Sorry, my mind instantly went toSt. Swithin’s Day ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/6 "2013-05-14T19:01:21Z")
I thought the “cue spooky music” was a hint. And I don’t know how to do spoiler tags, embarrassingly enough. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/7 "2013-05-14T19:07:20Z")
You may want to recalibrate your Internet. You didn’t read my mind either; I was thinking of Kwanzaa ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/8 "2013-05-14T19:09:47Z")
D’oh! Didn’t get any of those. Dang Swithun was my third guess, too. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/9 "2013-05-14T19:10:19Z")
I’m a wiener! I was thinking of Hanukkah and I’m not even Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/10 "2013-05-14T19:17:33Z")
You didn’t match me, but I was thinking of Arbor Day. 😃 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/11 "2013-05-14T19:17:53Z")
I thought Samhain and Beltane. I guess there’s some bias there… I’m also not American, and have never heard of St. Swithin’s Day (is it a popular thing?). ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/12 "2013-05-14T19:19:38Z")
Another IMR failure. Mine was: Canada Day ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/13 "2013-05-14T19:23:59Z")
Halloween was mine. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/14 "2013-05-14T19:24:20Z")
My psychic armor remains inviolable. First thing that came to mind was St. Valentine’s Day. After that came to mind, I did a little bit of thinking to make sure that there wasn’t only one holiday with an ‘n’ in its name, and came up with Ramadan. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/15 "2013-05-14T19:28:07Z")
I also thought of Halloween. I kind of figured everyone would. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/16 "2013-05-14T19:29:01Z")
My first thought was President’s Day My second thought was Martin Luther King’s Birthday ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/17 "2013-05-14T20:09:26Z")
You missed it: Groundhog Day ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/18 "2013-05-14T20:12:05Z")
Sorry, you failed. I’m French and the first name that came to my mind was “Noel” (Christmas). Then I tried to remember the word “Thanksgiving”, but somehow I blanked out and was unable to conjure it up (It’s not “Turkey’s day”, it’s not “Dinner with the in laws day”, how the hell do they call it?) ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/19 "2013-05-14T20:44:09Z")
Remembrance Day. And Hallowe’en and Valentine’s day aren’t holidays because I don’t get them off work. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/20 "2013-05-14T21:02:04Z")
> [@JohnnyMac](#): > > I’m also not American, and have never heard of St. Swithin’s Day (is it a popular thing?). St. Swithin’s Day isn’t quite as popular as Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Halloween but it is the 4th or 5th biggest American holiday slightly ahead of the 4th of July. I know it is mainly an American holiday but I am surprised you have never heard of it. I thought the elaborately costumed livestock pageants would have universal appeal. I didn’t think of St. Swithin’s Day however. My first thought was: Sadie Hawkins Day [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337.md?page=2)