Starting with Elephants always get four mice, do all the following in the correct order to reveal a popular phrase:
- Replace one word with its antonym
- Delete one space
- Remove one word
- Remove one letter from one word
- Move one word's position
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The answer is
Elephants never forget.
Starting with Elephants always get four mice, we perform the following steps in order:
Replace one word with its antonym
Elephants never get four mice
Move one word's position
Elephants never four get mice
Delete one space
Elephants never fourget mice
Remove one word
Elephants never fourget
Remove one letter from one word
Elephants never forget
answered Feb 18, 2017 at 14:00
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1$\begingroup$ I think it's safe to say I should've made this question harder :) $\endgroup$– rybo111Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 14:01
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1$\begingroup$ @rybo111 One way to make it harder would have been to make the choice less obvious. Only one word in the original sentence has an antonym, for instance; that narrows down the possibilities a lot. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 14:05
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$\begingroup$ Technically the antonym could be applied to another word, but I see your point - the antonym is applied at the start, which makes it obvious. I'd like to make these harder but not impossible, so feedback is appreciated. $\endgroup$– rybo111Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 14:22
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$\begingroup$ @rybo111 Let's see how this one fares: puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/49236/5373 :-) $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 14:40
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1$\begingroup$ @rybo111 Well, we both hit HNQ out of these questions! $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 20:04