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Reaction Time Game - Today's Time Waster

Reaction Time GameThis is a super quick distraction brought to us by the BBC, of all things. It's just a simple reaction time game: 5 sheep are lined up on the left side of the screen, occasionally shifting and moving about. Suddenly, one will make a break for the other side of the screen at warp speed. Your job is to simply hit the tranquilizer button as soon as you see one make a break for it, but not before. The game lasts all of 30 seconds, and then gives you your average and best times, along with an admonition that you should probably drink more coffee. Or at least that's what it told me, when overall I scored an obviously very average 0.223 second average reaction time.  
 

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