# 'Think of a number' trick

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-number-trick/72776>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 17, 2001, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-number-trick/72776 "2001-07-17T07:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-number-trick/72776/21 "2001-07-18T09:05:07Z")

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I got a Danish Ermine…

::Shrug::

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-number-trick/72776/22 "2001-07-18T12:39:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mobius74 \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \*  
> > \*\*Connect the dots to form a really cool picture! \*\*
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> Pretty nifty! George Boole and Pythagoras fighting over an abacus! Or did I miscalculate somewhere? \*\*

Well, it was supposed to be Steven Hawking and Copernicus fighing over a bag from Abercrombe and Fitch. I think you added in a mole’s weight worth of carbon atoms at step 4.

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