Mind Trick

[lorin]

For the record,

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Yes, I thought carrot.

Anyone have an explanation of this? I have a half-baked theory, but nothing to back it up but uninformed psychological speculation.

your theory would be welcome. it's driving me nuts.

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but only thing I can figure out is carrot is six letters.

but then again so is tomato.

[Savor Dam]

I assume this late in the thread I can speak openly and not have to spoiler this reasoning...

While I am probably opening myself up for some criticism of my pop-psych approach, my thought is that the repetition of the numeric answer reinforces the association with a near-homonym that then sets up many to think of a vegetable with a phallic form...thus the prevalent answer.

It is interesting to see that all males so far have had either that answer or one with a similar form-factor. The Women of the Watch have responded with a greater variety of answers...only one chose the expected answer and some of the others had a commonality of form-factors suggesting a similar line of derivation, but from a gender-appropriate difference of perspective.

Edit: the number-of-letters explanation did not even occur to me -- but then I am male... Very interesting theory, certainly deeper than mine!

[lorin]

I assume this late in the thread I can speak openly and not have to spoiler this reasoning...

While I am probably opening myself up for some criticism of my pop-psych approach, my thought is that the repetition of the numeric answer reinforces the association with a near-homonym that then sets up many to think of a vegetable with a phallic form...thus the prevalent answer.

It is interesting to see that all males so far have had either that answer or one with a similar form-factor. The Women of the Watch have responded with a greater variety of answers...only one chose the expected answer and some of the others had a commonality of form-factors suggesting a similar line of derivation, but from a gender-appropriate difference of perspective.

Edit: the number-of-letters explanation did not even occur to me -- but then I am male... Very interesting theory, certainly deeper than mine!

what does that say about my almost cucumber? My father answered KALE!

[danlo]

Kadene

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I though eggplant, too

[matrixman]

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Tomato

[Kaydene]

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I though eggplant, too

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haha!
It's an eggplant pandemic!

[lorin]

it's a scary day when I'm one of the 'normal' ones. All of a sudden I have an urge for eggplant parmigiana

[Avatar]

I thought

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tomato.

But only a little later did I realise that

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it's not a vegetable.

--A

[StevieG]

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Carrot

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I may be predictable, but as Avatar says, at least I picked a vegetable!!

[matrixman]

I thought

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tomato.

But only a little later did I realise that

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it's not a vegetable.

--A

I blame my school textbooks for getting it wrong and ingraining it into me.

[drew]

At first I thought of a

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Banana

...but its REALLY not a veg

So I ended up saying

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Turnip

...which is LIKE a

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carrot

I guess.

But what IS a vegetable really?

Anything that we call a vegetable, could either be a fruit, like a tomato or a cucumber; or a bean like a pea or corn, or a leaf like lettuce or spinach or a root like turnips and parsnips, or a flower like broccoli.

So I say DAMMIT...its okay to call a tomato a vegetable!!

[Orlion]

I thought of

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broccoli.

In your face, Mind Trick!

Also, in the US, tomato is legally a vegetable. The all mighty Supreme Court decided that in 1893 in the famous Nix v. Hedden case.

Gives you that boost of faith in the system that you need, huh?

[Cagliostro]

I said:

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penis

.

What does that say about me?

[lorin]

I said:

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penis

.

What does that say about me?

you need a date?

[kevinswatch]

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Broccoli.

-jay

[Krazy Kat]

I said:

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penis

.

What does that say about me?

you need a date?

You and me both, Cag. I thought

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two potatoes and a cucumber

Is a date a vegetable?

[lorin]

I said:

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penis

.

What does that say about me?

you need a date?

You and me both, Cag. I thought

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two potatoes and a cucumber

Is a date a vegetable?

well, you know, it kind of depends. I have dated some real potato heads and some of the guys I have known have really resembled cauliflower.

[Savor Dam]

some of the guys I have known have really resembled cauliflower.

Cauliflower has always reminded me of brains, but somehow I don't think you are commenting on that aspect of those guys, are you?

[lorin]

some of the guys I have known have really resembled cauliflower.

Cauliflower has always reminded me of brains, but somehow I don't think you are commenting on that aspect of those guys, are you?

no definitely not brains..............