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---------- > Fra: Mark Atyeo <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: No Pink Elephants in Patagonia > Dato: 14. maj 1997 05:40 > > IT IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO DO exactly as this says > AND DO NOT,,,, I REPEAT DO NOT CHEAT > DO NOT !!! SCROLL FORWARD.... > If your mental arithmetic is rusty, PLEASE HAVE A CALCULATOR READY!!!!!!!!!!! > I've seen this before and maybe you have too. Please follow the > instructions carefully and do not read ahead. > > ****************************************************************** > > THIS IS GOOD, DON'T CHEAT! Don't look ahead either, > otherwise you will spoil it for yourself ! > > DO NOT SKIP AHEAD. Read this message ONE LINE AT A TIME and just do what it > says. You will be glad you did. If not, you'll feel like a moron and wish > you > hadn't. > > 1) pick a number from 1-9 > > > > > 2) subtract 5 > > > > > > > 3) multiply by 3 > > > > > > > 4) square the number (multiply by the same number -- not > square root eg. 4x4=16, 6x6=36) > > > > > > 5) add the digits until you get only one digit > (i.e.64=6+4=10;10=1+0=1) > > > > > > > 6) if the number is less than 5, add five. Otherwise > subtract 4 > > > > > > 7) multiply by 2 > > > > > > > 8) subtract 6 > > > > > > 9) map the digit to a letter in the alphabet 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, > etc... > > > > > > 10) pick a name of a country that begins with that letter > > > > > > 11) take the second letter in the country name and think of an > animal that begins with that letter > > > > > > > 12) think of the colour of that animal > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > You have a grey elephant from Denmark don't you? > (Freaky, isn't it?) HELLO Mark, I`m not sure!! :-) BUT I`ll love to see such an elephant in the streets of Aarhus :-)) Sorry I can`t help you. best wishes Sonia from Denmark NEVER GIVE UP > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mark Atyeo > 51 Alexander Mackie Circuit > Isaacs, 2607 Australia > +61 6 286 2606 > Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like an apple.