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12 Feb 05 - 10:14 AM (#1407155) Subject: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: *Laura* Well - did you? |
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12 Feb 05 - 10:29 AM (#1407164) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Bee-dubya-ell No. I thought of a pink rhinocerous instead. Followed soon thereafter by a green zebra, a purple giraffe and a yellow oragutan. A white elephant never even crossed my mind. |
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12 Feb 05 - 10:40 AM (#1407172) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: DMcG No, neither did I. What I actually thought was "this is that whole business of framing questions, isn't it?" The idea, as I understand it, is that simply that the very phrasing in the question limits the way you think about things. To take Bee-dubya-ell's response, while he avoided white elephants, he did not avoid colour-animal as a group. So ideas like 'tall elephant' and 'red rose' were excluded, never mind 'a storm-swept seascape with a lighthouse in the distance and the back of someone watching the sea is an ambigous fashion'. |
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12 Feb 05 - 10:47 AM (#1407177) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Bill D This is a short version of an old demonstration of a principle of psychology. 45 years ago, my Intro to Psyc. professor, N.H. Pronko, asked a girl in class.."Would you like a new dress? I'll buy you one IF the next time I say "pebble" you don't think of "crocodile"....." Well, of course, no one in that class has ever heard 'pebble' again without thinking of crocodile. Used differently, this technique is a useful memory device. |
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12 Feb 05 - 10:51 AM (#1407179) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Chris Green The first thing to pop into my head was the Millenium Dome! |
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12 Feb 05 - 10:54 AM (#1407185) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Liz the Squeak That's funny, I thought of Camilla...... LTS |
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12 Feb 05 - 11:00 AM (#1407192) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Donuel http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/leodvinci.jpg |
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12 Feb 05 - 03:53 PM (#1407461) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: michaelr What if there were no hypothetical situations? |
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12 Feb 05 - 03:57 PM (#1407471) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Teresa Is that how the spatula thing worked too, bill? :) Actually, the first thing I thought of was the Mudcat auction. :) |
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12 Feb 05 - 04:53 PM (#1407516) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Peace Count on it. |
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12 Feb 05 - 06:02 PM (#1407588) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Little Hawk AAAAAARRRRGHHH! Very good *Laura*. You have neatly demonstrated why propaganda that tells kids NOT to use drugs and NOT to do various other things basically doesn't work! One needs to give people something TO do to motivate them, not tell them what NOT to do...because they will never stop thinking about it, and most likely will do it eventually. :-) michaelr - Brilliant! LOL! |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:45 PM (#1407682) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Bert LOL Squeaks. |
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12 Feb 05 - 07:50 PM (#1407688) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: Bill D "My mother said not to put Beans in my Ears" |
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12 Feb 05 - 08:09 PM (#1407713) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: The Fooles Troupe What did you say Bill? I've got beans in my ears.... |
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13 Feb 05 - 09:47 AM (#1408085) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: GUEST,Uncle DaveO That reminds me of the ancient, infallible way to cure a hangover: "Run three times around the house without thinking of a fox!" Dave Oesterreich |
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13 Feb 05 - 06:03 PM (#1408512) Subject: RE: BS: DON'T think of a white elephant From: skipy I can't help thinking about Sam Fox! Skipy |
