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by older mycroft

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[b]Received this in an email this afternoon, and it definitely deserves as wide an audience as possible![/b]

Here goes: ...

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!
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 fewer than 10)

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

3. Add 5

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

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ...
If you haven't, add 1758.

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 (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.

This sojourn into the wondrous world of mathematics was brought to you by [b][i]The Chocolate Calculator.[/b][/i] :D

[i]My answer was [b]754[/b][/i] ;)

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by deadly ernest

take x double it + 5 multiply by 50 add 1758 if last birthday was 2008 and 1759 if last birthday is 2009 minus dob year

Now convert all this to an algebraic equation (lets use a 2008 doby for this)

[(2x +5) x 50] + 1758 - doby or
100x + 250 + 1758 - doby in 2008 or
100x + 2008 - doby in 2008 well duh

take a number, multiply by 100 add the year subtract your date of birth year and you're left with the original number as a figure in the hundreds and your age. For next year you just increase the figure to add in stage 5 and it will work then too.

Isn't it funny how the current year minus the year of your birth gives you your age?

Next question please.

You fun and enjoyment of this quiz has been dashed by Deadly Ernest in his casual Deadly Evil Genius mode which strikes at random.

by deadly ernest

last I heard Humbugs were lovely lollies in the UK. So it should be, Yum, Humbug.

Or they may have gone out of fashion.

by jaqui

want to dance on the grave containing my cremated remains?

January 24, 1994 is the date of death. :D

by ksoniat

I'm going to pass this to all my chocolate loving friends. My number started with 7 too. ;)

by rob miners

It was 7 degrees C here this morning and I chose 7 giving me 753. I only found out the temp later. ;)

by the scummy one

because usually I dont think about it much -- except when some SOB brings it up when I am around
That averages 2 times a week

by deadly ernest

apart from that I can put a call in for a 'no knock warranty' at your home to the police and they'll pop along with a huge battering ram.

by rob miners

I'm sick of Jury Duty. I'm trying to keep a low profile. Mind you my eldest boy had Jury Duty last week. I'll take the merinos if they were hung with the tender hook, cooks up nice.

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