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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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