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Yet another silly game.

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Tinker · 27/02/2002 20:33

Just got sent this:

  1. Pick the number of times a week you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less then 10 )

  2. Multiply by 2.

  3. Add 5 (for Sunday?)

  4. Multiply by 50, I'll wait while you get your calculator......

  5. If you've already had a birthday this year add 1752...if you haven't, add 1751.

  6. Now subtract the 4 digit year you were born - you should have 3 digits remaining.

First = original number of times you want chocolate....

Second = YOUR AGE (Oh, yes it does!)

Apparently, 2002 is the only year this will ever work in!

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tech · 28/02/2002 15:29

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm not a mum but....

If we say the number you thought of is x
then you can write the sum as
((2x + 5) * 50) + 1752
If you multiply all that out you get
100x + 250 + 1752 ===
100x + 2002

So basically, after step 5 you are looking at 100 times the number you first thought of, plus this year - 2002
If you take your year of birth from this year, you get your age, so if you take your year of birth from this number you get your age + 100 times the number you first thought of.

It's true it'll only work for 2002. Next year the numbers to add will be 1752 and 1753, and it'll work. It doesn't work now if your age is 100 or over by the way, so the Queen mother is out of luck. Love, tech (bit bored today to tell the truth)

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tech · 28/02/2002 23:12

Stop it Tinker, you're making me bashful. Yes I am male. I'm pretty ugly though.

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tech · 01/03/2002 09:36

Hi TigerFeet, the instructions on how to do smileys are here

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tech · 01/03/2002 11:44

You can see Carrie, Justine and Rachel (left-right in the pic) on the "about us" page here

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tech · 01/03/2002 11:50

Hi Marina,

Currently you can't unfortunately. Having said that, posting your live email address on a web page is not a great idea as various search engines trawl the web to find addresses and use them to send you junk mail. If you want to swap email addresses, you can let us know by mail who you want your address forwarding to and we'll send it on to them.

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