BS: Your age by chocolate

Subject: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 08:01 PM

This was mailed to me today and it's a mathmatic game that only will work this year. It worked for me and I thought I'd share...




Subject: your age by chocolate


YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
get a calculator



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 less than 10)






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




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 1755....





If you haven't, add 1754 ....




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!


Peace, Rustic

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Leadfingers
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 08:28 PM

Bugger Me !! It works !!!

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: jacqui.c
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 08:40 PM

Couldn't do it - don't like chocolate!

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Tinker
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 08:47 PM

Worked for me and I confess it was too much fun to try and wrap my brain around why it works. As long as it involves chocolate it must be good.

Tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:11 AM

It is out by a few years, but I am happy being younger.

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: John O'L
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:22 AM

Chocolate knows me better than I know chocolate.

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Pauline L
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 01:38 AM

Guest said, "It is out by a few years, but I am happy being younger." Of course, that gives you more years to eat chocolate. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 03:08 AM

to echo...

Bugger me, it worked!

I am 7 and I eat 40 bars of chocolate a week.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: GUEST,Seaking
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 04:10 AM

Does it work After Eight ?

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Alba
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 07:38 AM

boggled !
It works...bloody 'ell
lol
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: MBSLynne
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 07:45 AM

Worked for me too...I think GUEST got his/her maths wrong!

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: *Laura*
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 10:51 AM

HOW DOES IT DO THAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Wow!

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:27 PM

Did you know that the BC after a year means Before Chocolate?

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:32 PM

It's a formula.

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 04:15 PM

Well, we hate to take the fun out of this but here's how it works.

Step 1. Put in any number between 1 and 10. Could be the number times you would like to have chocolate in a week, number of times you would like to have sex, number of sessions you go to, anything. Call it N.

Step 2. Now you have 2N

Step 3. Now you have 2N + 5

Step 4. Now you have 100N + 250

Step 5. Now you have 100N + 2005 (or 2004 if you haven't had your B'day)

Step 6. Now you have 100N + 2005 minus year you were born which is 100N + your age

So, unless your 100 years old, this appears as NXY where XY is your age.

Not so mysterious, is it.

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: CallyH
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 04:34 PM

I tried to be clever and do it without a calculator (and after some alcohol).

According to this I am 74.

Aaargh!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: *Laura*
Date: 29 Apr 05 - 04:58 PM

It's ok - the formula hasn't ruined it for me.
I did maths for nearly twelve years and still din't understand algebra - but I haven't found a practical use for it since leaving school so it's all good! :o)

xLx

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: Firecat
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 11:59 AM

well, it got me right. I want choccy 3 times a week and I'm 21. My number was 321

Subject: RE: BS: Your age by chocolate
From: SharonA
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 02:24 PM

Hey, wait a sec! Nobody said the number (of times a week I want chocolate) had to be a whole number!! I used 9.9999, which resulted in the chocolate-number being rounded up to 10 but my age being reduced by .01 (which is fine by me -- every little bit helps!).