are you part of the 98%

[Kingantz]

I guessed red hammer, then my wife tried it and said red hammer as well. Ahhhh to be normal.

Yeah right.

[josie67]

» I guessed red hammer, then my wife tried it and said red hammer as well.

» Ahhhh to be normal.

»

» Yeah right.

green spade here...I must be a freak.

[armedak]

» » I guessed red hammer, then my wife tried it and said red hammer as well.

»

» » Ahhhh to be normal.

» »

» » Yeah right.

»

» green spade here...I must be a freak.

I don't know where they come with hammer but I guessed red knife, but I'm right in the middle of cleaning 35 King and Red salmon so it makes some sense. :-P :-P

[effinwill]

red drill.

but I just finished giving my 4 yr old boy a bath - he's obsessed with his "drill" - so I'm not going to be too concerned.

[dizedean]

I had a blue wrench.

don't know why

[winelover]

I went brown wrench. Strange exercise. It seems most people aren't part of the 98%.

[Ken Gargett]

i think they got it wrong. it was 98% that don't guess red hammer.

[Matthew]

One red Swedish-made penis enlarger pump...

[harryleech]

» » i have no idea if this is complete crap or not. suffice to say, i was

» not

» » in the 98%. i went blue hammer. i have no idea what that means. shrink?

»

» I am not sure if this is good or bad that Ken and I think the same but I

» had blue hammer too.

Bizarrely enough... I thought of a blue hammer too.

Maybe it's a cigar thing?

Maybe we're all a little kookey?

[Colt45]

I've done this one before - I'm another red power drill. I don't know what that means :-)

[sinnyc]

Black screwdriver.

[pcturtakr]

I came up with a blue hammer as well, fascinating.

[fugwumpy]

Purple hammer......wtf

[Taino]

...green cigar cutter... what do I win?

[Tampa1257]

I must be honest, I guess that I am part of the 98% because I did think of a red hammer. And I was telling myself, that this answer is so off the chart, that I'll be out by the kiddy pool for the insane group!

[crazypoet]

This is fun!

Someone did an analysis of this question a while back.

The upshot was that, across the board, most people came up with "red" and "hammer". It wasn't 98%, but it was over 80% (I'll see if i can find the reference - it was kind of interesting. I think that the 98% figure was the total of respondents who came up with red OR hammer, not necessarily both).

So... Why?

It seems that red and yellow were popular answers because they are the "warm" colors that show up brightly against greens and blues in the background environment.

Why a hammer? Just because it's the first tool that most of us ever picked up, and it's still the most fundamental tool in our arsenal.

It would be interesting to see if location has any bearing on one's answers (for instance, if you live near the ocean, are you more likely to come up with "blue"?)

[brooklyn]

Blue wrench! Reminds me of Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein and the abby normal brain!

[BlackFriar]

2% - Red Hoe... Will this be going in my permanent record?

[BillGB]

I got blue hammer also! This is too weird...

[jsd]

blue hammer here also.

[skindiver]

» blue hammer here also

I got a red shovel- go figure!

[Ken Gargett]

» » blue hammer here also

»

» I got a red shovel- go figure!

hi stan, given i have had the pleasure of listening to you, a shovel seems appropriate!

[Jimmy2]

Blue Hammer here.!! But i know already that i am nuts!!!! i have know this a long time ago!!;-) And Ken if you come to NY next year you will know for your self .:-D Cheers

[lutharthegreat]

Green hammer.

[crasmith]

» Green hammer.

Green hammer here too! Green is my favorite color, maybe that's why?!!! :-)