[LEE]

I have borowed this from Devotees. I have no idea how it works - but it does - though I'm sure Sticks will probably tell us how.

The only year it will ever work apparently is 2003

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST.

Work this out as you read it.

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

2. Multiply this number by 2.

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 1753 ..... if you have not, add 1752

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born. (You should now have a three digit number).
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The first digit of this was your original number (i.e. how many times you want to have to eat out each week).

The next two numbers are YOUR AGE

[Romantic Old Bird]

Yep, it works.

Puzzling, but somehow totally irrellevant Lee!

[LEE]

Thanks ROB, I won't bother next time then.

[Romantic Old Bird]

Aaah, just joking Lee, sorry!v

[Romantic Old Bird]

Forgiveness, pl-ee-a-s-e?

[LEE]

forgiven

[Romantic Old Bird]

Little smile perhaps, too????

[Romantic Old Bird]

OK,


What can I do to reinstate myself in the good books of Lee?

Here's a (very) little joke:

A frog goes into a bank, and hops up on the loans desk.

''Hello,'' he croaks.

"Hello!", replies the stunned bank clerk.

''What's your name?'', asked the frog,

The bank clerk says, ''My name is John Paddywack. How may I help you?''

''Well,'' says the frog. ''I'd like to borrow some money.''

The clerk finds this a little odd, but gets out a form.

''Of course sir. can you give me your name please?''

The frog replies, ''Kermit Jagger.''

''Really?'' says the clerk. ''Any relation to Mick Jagger?''

''Yeah, he's my dad.''

''Hmmm,'' says the clerk. ''Do you have any capital or property to secure this loan?''

The frog hands over a pink ceramic elephant and asks, ''Will this do?''

The clerk says, '

'Um, I'm not sure. Let me go and discuss this with the bank manager.''

''Oh, tell him I said hi,'' adds the frog. ''He knows me.''

The clerk goes in to the manager and says, ''Excuse me, sir, but there's a frog out there named Kermit Jagger who wants to borrow some money. All he has for security is this pink elephant thing; I'm not even sure what it is.''

The manager says: ''It's a knick-knack, Paddywack, give the frog a loan; his old man's a Rolling Stone.''

[LEE]

And a joke as bad as that is supposed to get you back in my good books

(ps: I didn't reply earlier cos I was rushing out on my way to see a client, of course you're forgiven silly woman lol )

[Sticks]

Originally posted by LEE
I have borowed this from Devotees. I have no idea how it works - but it does - though I'm sure Sticks will probably tell us how.

Going through the sequence, if you let number of times going out be x

multiplied by 2 gives 2x

adding 5 gives the expression 2x + 5

multiplying by 50 gives the expression 50(2x + 5)

Multiplying out gives 100x + 250

The next bit is a bit complex because it goes by the birthday rule. You are not age N until you have reached you Nth birthday. Until then you are N-1

If you have not had a birthday this year adding 1752 to 250 gives 2002, so 2002 - y (Your birth year) would give your true age N.

Of course if you have had a birthday then you can use the 1753 to add up to 2003 from which you subtract y to give your true age N

you then end up with the expression

100x + N

Unless you are older than 99

the last two digits will be your age and the first digit how many times you went out


Simple when you use simple high school algebra to work it out

[AndyJK]

Very clever, and it worked for me.