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5 Men Fishing
Five men are fishing.
1st man: Wow! That's a huge fish!
2nd man: Watch out for that whirlpool!
3rd man: I've got him in the mesh nets!
4th man: We could get big money from selling that fish!
What is the name of the fifth man?
1st man: Wow! That's a huge fish!
2nd man: Watch out for that whirlpool!
3rd man: I've got him in the mesh nets!
4th man: We could get big money from selling that fish!
What is the name of the fifth man?
Hint
IntercalAnswer
James Bond.1st man: WOW! That's a huge fish!
2nd man: Watch out for that WHIRLPOOL!
3rd man: I've got him in the MESH nets!
4th man: We could get BIG MONEY from selling that fish!
WOW, WHIRLPOOL, MESH, and BIG MONEY are the names for !, @, #, and $, respectively (the symbols above 1, 2, 3, and 4), in the Intercal programming language. The Intercal name for % (the symbol above 5) is 007, hence the answer is James Bond.
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Wow, I'm first to comment! Yours was a little hard to understand for me. REALLY HARD. Take it easy on us!
i aqfgree (i agree)
Fun teaser Mad Dog! Will have to go into my favs! Of course I had the answer pegged as Hobo or Racer!! Silly me!
Dude honestly....I didn't see how that even got accepted!!!Just kidding it was wonderful!!!
never ever would have guessed...............................
Oh, it was just on the tip of my tongue ...
My answer was Maddog72, the man who is recounting that conversation
Wow, that one took me for a ride!!!
hard
Yas all thunk dat up while yall wuz dezinin that thar space shottle ors sumthin elzs likeit ?
Jan 11, 2008
stupid... who knows and/or cares about intercal in the first place.
once you look up what it is then it makes the question extremely easy.
once you look up what it is then it makes the question extremely easy.
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