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Your age in chocolate

Basil

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A friend sent me this, Its kinda neat.

Get a calculator and work this out. It only takes a minute and it worked out perfectly for me. Don't cheat and scroll down. Go step by step.



YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!



It takes less than a minute.......Work this out as you read. Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.



1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate. (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be bold)

3. Add 5. (for Sunday)

4.. Multiply it by 50 I'll wait while you get the calculator.................

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755.... If you haven't, add 1754 .....

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.





You should have a three digit number.

The first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week)

The next two numbers are ........

YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK.
 
scary what little algorithims mathematicians can think up when they have nothing better to do isn't it.
 
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THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK.

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Actually, if you keep adding 1 to the numbers in step 5, it'll work for 2006, etc.
 
Sorry Basil, this math makes me 9 years older than I am or didn't I get the message? I like chocolate twice a week and was born 1960 and had already birthday this year, that makes my age 45.
Your math makes that 254, which means twice a week chocolate (right) and age 54 (wrong)... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Regards
 
Wow! Worked for me!
 
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