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["Ben J Catlin" <87820@ef.ev.maricopa.edu>]

Entry   : 110 (535 words)
Author  : "Ibrahim A. Mesbah" <mesbah@asu.edu>
To (*)  : Ben J Catlin <87820>
Category: Read <1>
Subject : hmmmmmmmmmmmm (fwd)
Written : 07/30/97.04:56pm

this one is a good one guys..

Ibrahim Mesbah
Computer Engineering
Arizona State University

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>1)  pick a number from 1-9
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>2)  subtract 5
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>3)  multiply by 3
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>4)  square the number (multiply by the same number -- not square
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>5)  add the digits until you get only one digit (i.e. 64=6+4= 10
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>6)  if the number is less than 5, add five.  Otherwise subtract 4.
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>7)  multiply by 2
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>8)  subtract 6
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>9)  map the digit to a letter in the alphabet  1=A, 2=B, 3=C, etc...
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>10) pick a name of a country that begins with that letter
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>11) take the second letter in the country name and think of a mammal
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>12) think of the color of that mammal
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>                You have a grey elephant from Denmark.
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>Pretty cool, huh? If you liked
>it, pass it along. Amaze your
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>know the names of the countries
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Yousof H. Kutkut
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