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Please do not read replies to this thread until you have done all the steps and posted yourself; it will be funnier this way.

I don't know if this has been posted before but I have just recently found it, so enjoy!

1) pick a number from 1-10

2) subtract 5

3) multiply by 3

4) square the number (multiply by the same number)

5) sum the digits.

(i.e. 646+4=10)

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

(e.g.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) go to the 4th letter in the animal's name and choose a colour which starts with that letter

Now post the country, animal in spoiler tags, and let's see what happens ;)
 
Djbouti, jaguar, ultramarine :p You fail. :p I remember studying such math tricks in AP psychology. Funny how people are fooled.

Edit: You had to pick a letter with only 4 countries didn't you?
 
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for step 12 what if my animal has less than 4 letters? I'll just do the last one.
spoiler
Danmark (how those people actually spell it) ass (donkey) sepia
 
Dominica Osprey Russet

I've seen this "trick" so many times...


Funny how most people think of Denmark first as a country that begins with the letter D. I was deciding whether to choose Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic or Dominica :p
 
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