Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Chocolate Calculator

My Ceramics professor/thesis mentor sent me this cool thing that tells you how old you are.  Take a look:

>>   Don't tell  me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood  anyway   -but 
>> the  Hershey Man will  know!  YOUR AGE  BY CHOCOLATE MATH 
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>> This is pretty neat. 
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>> 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. 
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>> 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) 
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>> 2. Multiply this number by 2  (just to be bold) 
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>> 3. Add  5 
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>> 4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you  get the calculator 
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>> 5. If you have already  had your birthday this year add 1759 .. 
>> If you haven't, add  1758. 
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>> 6. Now subtract the four digit year  that you were born. 
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>> 7. You should have a  three digit number 
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>> 8.  The first digit of this  was your original number 
>>      (i.e., how many times you want to have  chocolate each week). 
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>> The next two numbers  are  YOUR  AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!) 
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>> THIS  IS THE ONLY YEAR (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE 
>> IT LASTS.   Chocolate  Calculator 

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