Another Sesame Street Moment

[vakkotaur]

One of these things is not like the other.
One of these things does not belong.

Corrected version...
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others...

                    _______
                   |   |   |
                   | 1 | 2 |
                   |___|___|
                   |   |   |
                   | 3 | 4 |
                   |___|___|

Maybe this isn't the best combination as I can see at least two answers to this.

Comments

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I'll post, or append, the answer(s) I had in mind tomorrow. And you either got very close to one or blew it out of the water.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that one, but it is a valid distinction, isn't it?

[altivo.livejournal.com]

1, 2, and 3 are prime numbers, but 4 is not.

(By my definition, an integer that is evenly divisible only by 1 and itself is prime. Thus 1 qualifies.)

1, 2, and 4 form a sequence in which each successive term is twice the previous term. The next number in the sequence would be 8. 3 does not belong in that.

[fionacat.livejournal.com]

I'd say it's the window the numbers are in.

It's like uh a window and not a number, the rest are numbers.

*nods*

[aedifica]

And here I thought it had something to do with the frame - the top bar is unbroken while the bottom bar is actually two pieces. :-)

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

All I know is you got the lyrics to the Sesame Street song wrong. Hrmph.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

It's been more than a few years. I stopped watching even before that annoyance Elmo showed up. Care to supply the correct lyrics?

[willowisp.livejournal.com]

I know you mentioned "most people" and not all, but I still had to note that I write my fours in one strokes and my ones in three strokes.