Beer Calculator - amazing but true!
11 January 2005, 11:42 AM
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Beer Calculator - amazing but true!
Just to keep today's drink related themes going, anyone care to explain how the hell this works?
"...BEER MATHEMATICS
Amazing but true!
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 a pint. (try for more than once)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be honest)
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 a pint week).
The next two numbers are .......
YOUR AGE! ~ (Oh YES, it IS!!!!! )
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS..."
"...BEER MATHEMATICS
Amazing but true!
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 a pint. (try for more than once)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be honest)
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 a pint week).
The next two numbers are .......
YOUR AGE! ~ (Oh YES, it IS!!!!! )
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS..."
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11 January 2005, 02:14 PM
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I got "2003"
So:
You should have a three-digit number - Nope
The first digit of this was your original number - Nope - it was 0 (I don't drink pints, I drink bottles
The next two numbers are .......YOUR AGE! ~ (Oh YES, it IS!!!!! ) Nope - I can confirm I am older than 0
So:
You should have a three-digit number - Nope
The first digit of this was your original number - Nope - it was 0 (I don't drink pints, I drink bottles
The next two numbers are .......YOUR AGE! ~ (Oh YES, it IS!!!!! ) Nope - I can confirm I am older than 0
11 January 2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Tentenths
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS..."
11 January 2005, 04:31 PM
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Well, it's bound to work if you think about it :
a) You always add on 5, which is mutiplied by 50, so you always add on a fixed value of 250. You also add on a fixed value of 1754 ( or 1755 ), which adds up to 2004 ( or 2005 ). Assuming you use 1754, then you take the year of your birth from 2004. Well, that will be your age then !!!
b) You multiply your number by 2 and then 50, i.e. 100, so you just shift your number by 2 digits so when you do the stuff in a) above it does in interfer with order of the digits, so you will always get 3 digits : number, age.
Easy enough to me !
a) You always add on 5, which is mutiplied by 50, so you always add on a fixed value of 250. You also add on a fixed value of 1754 ( or 1755 ), which adds up to 2004 ( or 2005 ). Assuming you use 1754, then you take the year of your birth from 2004. Well, that will be your age then !!!
b) You multiply your number by 2 and then 50, i.e. 100, so you just shift your number by 2 digits so when you do the stuff in a) above it does in interfer with order of the digits, so you will always get 3 digits : number, age.
Easy enough to me !
11 January 2005, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by AdiM
Well, it's bound to work if you think about it
Thanks for the explanation though - as you say it's obvious really!
11 January 2005, 05:14 PM
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Seen it before or similar and they are all the same as AdiM explained.
The "THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS..." only means that next year you will have to add 1756/1755
Could make it generic by saying "Add the current year minus 250, then subtract another 1 if you've not had your birthday yet" but would be a bit of a give away
The "THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS..." only means that next year you will have to add 1756/1755
Could make it generic by saying "Add the current year minus 250, then subtract another 1 if you've not had your birthday yet" but would be a bit of a give away
11 January 2005, 05:21 PM
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Its a SIAL but not on here I dont think - anyhoo it works for me every time - because I drink infinite amounts of beer and am immortal!
Oh and its been working for a good few years now too!
Worth a giggle though
Oh and its been working for a good few years now too!
Worth a giggle though
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