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This is weird!

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  • 28-02-2008 9:56pm
    #1
    StormWarrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    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 1758...

    If you haven't, add 1757.

    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. (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 (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS


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    #2
    AckwelFoley
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    Its not weird, just Math


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    #3
    StormWarrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    Well ok it's weird for me since I can barely do maths.


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    am i bovvered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭am i bovvered


    very good


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    KTRIC
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    AH FFS !!!

    How is this humour ??

    Did you burn your math teacher as a witch by any chance ?


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    brousuka
    Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭brousuka


    That's F***ing brilliant!


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    Gage Future Eagle
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Gage Future Eagle


    eh? this is very old
    if 2008 is the only year it'll work (seems unlikely) then a variation used to be done


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    StormWarrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭StormWarrior


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Did you burn your math teacher as a witch by any chance ?

    I did actually. How did you know?


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    bluewolf wrote: »
    eh? this is very old
    if 2008 is the only year it'll work (seems unlikely) then a variation used to be done
    amazing really unless you know that in base ten, multiplying something by 100 moves it two places to the left

    next year the number will be 1759

    Zellers congruence ftw


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    Crumble Froo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭Crumble Froo


    i remmber when 2004 was the only year it'd work.

    presumably, the 1757/8 number has changed slightly since hten...


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    jtsuited
    Registered Users Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭jtsuited


    woah!!!that's cool. anyone wanna give a quick explanation how it works?


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    no.

    unless I'm mistaken algebra is still on the syllabus

    and if you can't figure it out yourself, you'll love the very generous interest payments on this lovely bridge I'd like to sell you


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    My uncle did it in 2004, it worked then for him but doesn't work any more.
    He's dead now though, maybe that's a factor.


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