This works….It’s weird.
~I got this as a forward, and it’s weird how it works. Don’t read ahead, and let me know if it works for you too!
YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
This is pretty neat.
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!
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to
go out to eat (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1757 … If you
haven’t, add 1756
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 go out to restaurants in a week), the next two numbers are
YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!) THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2007) IT WILL
EVER WORK.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Worked for me despite my lack of math skills.
Weird. I wonder how that works.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:54 am
Very cool indeed.
Beth
May 16th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Neat!
May 16th, 2007 at 9:41 am
worked for me, too, thanks to Dashboard with the calculator on this here computer.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
hmmm…. good times, trying to figure out these impossible puzzles, i love it
mrs booter
May 17th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
If you look really closely, you’ll see why it always works. It’s really pretty simple.
But, uh… I don’t want to be a party pooper and ruin everyone else’s fun or anything. Didn’t you always hate the smarty-pants kid who did that in school?
So, as I was saying…
Hey, neat! It works!