The Last Artist Standing One thousand Artists stood in a very large circle. Each, starting with the Jennifer
Lopez look-alike, wore a sign on his or her back with a numeral from 1 to 1000 in
a clockwise sequence. They began counting off. The Jennifer Lopez look-alike
said, "One in," and remained in the circle. The 76' basketball player to her left
said, "Two out," and left the circle. The rap singer next in sequence said,
"Three," and remained in the circle. The United States Senator who was next in
sequence said, "Four out," and left the circle.
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So it continued with each person sporting an odd numeral stating the numeral,
saying "in," and remaining in the circle and with every person wearing an even
numeral leaving the circle.
It was easy to visualize who remained in the circle when the count off again
reached the Jennifer Lopez look-alike. Since the person before her said, "One
thousand out," and left the circle, she now said, "One in," and stayed in the
circle. Continuing this sequence the rap singer said, "Three out," and left the
circle. This process would keep going on and on until only one person was left in
the circle.