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azmouse

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Thu May-18-06 02:19 PM
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A strange online test. Have fun.

I'm among the 98% that got the answers the test said I'd get. Very strange. See if you do too.

http://www.interactivelunacy.com/weirdtest.htm

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DS1

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Thu May-18-06 02:20 PM
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1. 2%

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BigMcLargehuge

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Thu May-18-06 02:23 PM
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2. 2%

Koala in Denmark eating an Apricot

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Phillycat

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Thu May-18-06 02:35 PM
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9. Koala in Denmark eating an apple

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ThomCat

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Thu May-18-06 03:39 PM
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10. That's exactly what I got.

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ceile

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Thu May-18-06 04:28 PM
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27. me too n/t

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XemaSab

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Thu May-18-06 07:50 PM
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36. Yup

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NJ Democrats

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Thu May-18-06 07:54 PM
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39. Yeah I got that.

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rug

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Thu May-18-06 08:27 PM
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44. Mine was eating an apricot.

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sakabatou

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Thu May-18-06 11:53 PM
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59. HFC! I got that too!

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KatyMan

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Fri May-19-06 02:23 AM
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64. Me too....

a great mind thinks alike....

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LSdemocrat

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Fri May-19-06 09:23 AM
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72. Same here

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blue neen

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Thu May-18-06 02:25 PM
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3. That is really freaky.

I'm in that 98%! :)

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Ava

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Thu May-18-06 02:26 PM
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4. they were WAY off for me!

among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think of something elsegoogle.

I was thinging of a a cow in Dominican Republic eating an watermelon. :shrug:

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Pithlet

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Thu May-18-06 02:32 PM
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7. Mine was close to yours.

Mine was a Cat in the Dominican Republic eating an imaginary fruit that starts with a T. I couldn't think of a fruit that started with a T right off the bat. Tangerine?

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Ava

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Thu May-18-06 02:34 PM
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8. Tomato!

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anarch

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Thu May-18-06 02:26 PM
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5. aardvark, Australia, kumquat

:shrug: Now, think of any fruit besides a kumquat that starts with the letter K.

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Harley Quinn

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Thu May-18-06 02:30 PM
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6. kiwi

my favorite!

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Derailer

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Thu May-18-06 04:11 PM
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21. you did something wrong

you are forced to get D as your starting letter

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Thu May-18-06 07:58 PM
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41. Australia doesn't start with a "d", though.

By the terms of the test, the only letter the country can begin with is "d".

How did you get "a"?

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anarch

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Fri May-19-06 08:57 AM
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68. clearly, by not reading the directions very carefully

I'd say that puts me in the .05% that doesn't follow directions.

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TheFriendlyAnarchist

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Thu May-18-06 03:44 PM
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11. Otter in Democratic Rep. Of Congo eating a rasberry

so 2%

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begin_within

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Thu May-18-06 03:44 PM
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12. Iguana eating an apricot in Djibouti

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xmas74

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Thu May-18-06 05:45 PM
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30. That was mine, dammit!

That really was my answer.

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Thu May-18-06 05:52 PM
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34. I had iguana--apple--Djibouti.

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ZombieNixon

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Thu May-18-06 08:46 PM
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47. I have taught you well.

That's exactly what I got. :D

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trof

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Thu May-18-06 03:47 PM
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13. civet in Dominican Republic eating a tomato.

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Sanity Claws

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Thu May-18-06 03:49 PM
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14. What number did you start with?

Apparently 98% of testtakers use that number.

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Derailer

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Thu May-18-06 03:55 PM
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15. actually

it doesn't matter what number you pick. The sum of the digits of any multiple of 9 will add up to a multiple of 9. And with the constraints they've used, it will always *be* 9

So that means you will always start with the letter D and its downhill from there.

1*9=9
2*9=18=1+8=9
3*9=27=2+7=9
etc

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otherlander

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Thu May-18-06 03:56 PM
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16. No, the trick is that

the sum of the digits of any 2-digit multiple of 9 is 9.

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Derailer

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Thu May-18-06 04:10 PM
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20. not quite because of 99

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otherlander

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Thu May-18-06 09:07 PM
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48. Oh, yeah....

but then 9 + 9 is 18 and 1 + 8 is 9. And the number had to be from 1 to 10 anyway.

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Derailer

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Thu May-18-06 10:32 PM
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52. sorry my overly mathematical mind at work

my point was that its not correct to say that the sum of the digits of any two digit multiple of 9 is 9

but for these purposes it doesn't matter :)

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Guava Jelly

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Thu May-18-06 03:57 PM
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17. 2%

started with 7
I got denmark Koala and apple

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Pacifist Patriot

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Thu May-18-06 03:58 PM
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18. 2%. Iguana in Djibouti eating apples

Hey, for some reason Djibouti came up in homeschooling this week. Can I help that?

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Spider Jerusalem

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Thu May-18-06 04:15 PM
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25. Odd. That's what I thought of.

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Pacifist Patriot

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Thu May-18-06 04:16 PM
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26. Spooky.

I was born in Atlanta. Psychic connection? ;)

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Kat45

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Thu May-18-06 05:43 PM
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29. Wow, I had the same one as you, Pacifist Patriot!

Edited on Thu May-18-06 05:44 PM by notmyprez

Now that's scary, for two people to come up with that one! :D

Edited to add: Shit, now I see that three of us came up with that one!

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xmas74

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Thu May-18-06 05:47 PM
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31. Mine ate apricots.

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Thu May-18-06 05:51 PM
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33. That's what mine was!

:rofl::rofl:

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GCP

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Thu May-18-06 03:59 PM
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19. 2% here

Edited on Thu May-18-06 04:02 PM by Godlesscommieprevert

Indian elephant and tangerine in Dubai.

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kiraboo

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Thu May-18-06 04:12 PM
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22. Me too. Koala in Denmark eating an apple.

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Caoimhe

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Thu May-18-06 04:12 PM
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23. Rule of 9's n/t

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deadparrot

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Thu May-18-06 04:13 PM
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24. Cat in the Dominican Republic eating a tangerine.

:shrug:

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RedCappedBandit

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Fri May-19-06 12:11 AM
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62. I got the same thing

...and posted the same response as you!

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AwakeAtLast

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Thu May-18-06 05:37 PM
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28. I figured out my mistake

Edited on Thu May-18-06 05:39 PM by WakeMeUp

<Rosanne Rosanadana voice>

Never mind :silly:

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WritingIsMyReligion

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Thu May-18-06 05:50 PM
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32. I did this last August--a friend forwarded it! I was in the 2% minority!

:P :P

My answer was an iguana eating an apple in Djibouti!

:P

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Solon

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Thu May-18-06 07:46 PM
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35. OK, one of the 2%, Cat in Dominican Republic eating a Tomato...

Yeah, yeah, have no clue how I came up with that, but Cat ended with T and I couldn't think of a "proper" fruit to fill in and was impatient.

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bigwillq

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Thu May-18-06 07:52 PM
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37. Worked for me!

Strange.

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ironflange

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Thu May-18-06 07:54 PM
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38. Djibouti --> Ibex --> ???

It's a little tricky to think of a fruit beginning with X.

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uhhuh

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Fri May-19-06 11:10 AM
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80. That's the problem I Had Too

I used Dubai and Ibex. I couldn't think of a fruit beginning with "x" either. Just dumb, I guess...

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AlienGirl

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Thu May-18-06 07:54 PM
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40. Rabbit in Darfur eating a tomato...

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Kire

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Fri May-19-06 09:21 AM
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71. Darfur's not a country.

It's a region in the Sudan.

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alphafemale

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Thu May-18-06 08:00 PM
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42. Adding digits 1-10 after multiplying 9 and subtracting 5 will ALWAYS be 4

Only 4 countries begin with the letter D.

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TreasonousBastard

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Thu May-18-06 11:09 PM
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55. Beat me to it-- this is an ancient, but fun, bar bet.

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Thu May-18-06 08:04 PM
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43. I got an aardvark eating a kiwi in Dalmatia

huh.

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ghostsofgiants

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Fri May-19-06 10:15 AM
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77. My aardvark ate his kiwi in Nicaragua.

Edited on Fri May-19-06 10:19 AM by primate1

But I fucked up the numbers part and went to the 14th letter instead of the 4th. Good thing I'm not doing any math in school.

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SiobhanClancy

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Thu May-18-06 08:28 PM
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45. An elephant eating a tangerine in France...

with some foie gras and a bottle of Chateau Margaux.

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hyphenate

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Thu May-18-06 08:39 PM
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46. 2% here

But I've taken the test before. A cat eating a tangerine in the Dominican Republic. :)

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Samurai_Writer

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Thu May-18-06 09:16 PM
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49. 2%er

Iguana in Dubai eating an apricot.

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mwooldri

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Thu May-18-06 09:21 PM
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50. Newt in Dagestan eating a Tangerine? Odd (n/t)

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beyurslf

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Thu May-18-06 09:22 PM
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51. 98%er here

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Iniquitous Bunny

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Thu May-18-06 10:40 PM
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53. A kitten in Denmark eating a nectarine.

2% :shrug:

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MassLiberal

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Thu May-18-06 10:43 PM
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54. 2%

iguana in Dubai eating an apple

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crispini

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Thu May-18-06 11:13 PM
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56. Nope, I went with Koala.

LOL!

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Madrone

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Thu May-18-06 11:14 PM
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57. Kitten in Denmark eating a nannyberry.

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In_The_Wind

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Thu May-18-06 11:14 PM
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58. I'm a 2%er.

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Ediacara

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Fri May-19-06 12:04 AM
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60. Kokapoa in Denmark with an Apple

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RedCappedBandit

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Fri May-19-06 12:08 AM
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61. Cat eating a tangerine in the dominican republic

:shrug:

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NorthernSpy

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Fri May-19-06 01:02 AM
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63. Macedonia, antelope, eggplant

Edited on Fri May-19-06 01:06 AM by NorthernSpy

They didn't say we had to choose a whole number between 1 and 10! And eggplant is too a fruit.

Seriously, any whole number one through ten multiplied nine by will yield a number whose digit(s) add to nine. Subtract five, and the result -- no matter what number you chose initially -- will be four.

D is the fourth letter of the alphabet. When prompted to answer quickly, people will use the words that are most familiar to them. For Americans, those will probably be Denmark for D, Kangaroo for K, and Orange for O.

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Random_Australian

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Fri May-19-06 02:30 AM
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65. Not strange at all. Well documented psych trick. Did it in my lecture.This

one is screwed though, they tried to be too clever.

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AmyDeLune

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Fri May-19-06 02:37 AM
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66. An Emu in France eating...um...uh...err...

what fruit starts with a "u"?

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SiobhanClancy

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Fri May-19-06 11:27 AM
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82. Ugli fruit...

it's some sort of citrus.

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WilmywoodNCparalegal

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Fri May-19-06 12:27 PM
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84. ugli?

not ugly, but ugli (oo-glee)

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NMMNG

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Fri May-19-06 03:36 AM
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67. 2%

Koala in Denmark eating an Apple

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SteppingRazor

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Fri May-19-06 09:05 AM
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69. It's not that weird...

Edited on Fri May-19-06 09:06 AM by SteppingRazor

If you do the number part by the rules, you will invariably wind up with the number four, no matter what number you pick from 1-10 in the beginning. Thus everyone arrives at the letter "D." After that, it's easy to see how it falls in place.

If you got any country that doesn't start with D, you didn't follow their directions.

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NorthernSpy

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Fri May-19-06 09:43 AM
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73. actually, you CAN follow their directions and still get a country...

... whose name starts with a letter other than D.

It is possible to get an answer other than D without breaking the rules.

They just said to choose a number from 1 through 10. They didn't say it had to be a whole number...

:hide:

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SteppingRazor

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Fri May-19-06 09:45 AM
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74. Smartass

Edited on Fri May-19-06 09:46 AM by SteppingRazor

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NorthernSpy

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Fri May-19-06 09:48 AM
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75. you just hate me for my freedoms

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SteppingRazor

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Fri May-19-06 09:56 AM
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76. Yeah, and I love terrorists. I am, after all, a liberal

:eyes:

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ghostsofgiants

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Fri May-19-06 10:18 AM
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78. Haha, I fucked it up.

Somehow in my mind I thought 14 instead of 4.

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Kire

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Fri May-19-06 09:17 AM
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70. Mine was a dog in england eating a grape.

Edited on Fri May-19-06 09:22 AM by Kire

I didn't multiply by 9, I added.

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Orsino

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Fri May-19-06 10:22 AM
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79. Koi in Denmark eating a.....?

Couldn't think of a fruit starting with 'i'.

I guess that by ensuring our remainder is 4, they almost guarantee that we'll think of Denmark. Any sane person probably comes up with the kangaroo, too, and are there other likely fruits starting with 'o'?

98% seems reasonable.

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northzax

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Fri May-19-06 11:16 AM
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81. hmm..2%

I don't understand what's so strange about an iguana eating an Anise in Djibouti.

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dr.strangelove

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Fri May-19-06 11:35 AM
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83. I'm a 2%er WITH NO FRUIT

I got a Cheetah in Domincan Republic, but what fruit starts with H? I could not come up with one, so I cheated and said hawaiian pineapple.

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motely36

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Fri May-19-06 12:37 PM
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85. Well, for starters...

Edited on Fri May-19-06 12:38 PM by motely36

the letter is always going to be D. Anything time nine and add up the digits = 9.

How many countries do you know that start with D?

edited: by the way...I had a Koala in Denmark eating an avocado.

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Fri May-19-06 12:59 PM
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86. Koala in Denmark eating an apple (nt)

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