Math Nerds

At least four of my Facebook "friends" have posted this status (or a similar one) in the past few days.

This year we will experience 4 unusual dates.... 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 .... NOW go figure this out.... take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be this year and it WILL EQUAL TO 111 .... STRANGE!!! Let me know if it works for you. It did for me.

One friend even asked "math nerds" to explain why it works this way. I explained, but I don't think my knowledge about this issue makes me a "math nerd". It just means my IQ is above 75.

I don't know how anyone could look at this "problem" and not instantly understand why it works out that way. When I think about how I am smarter than the average person and wonder what that means in practical terms... things like this make it so much more clear.

You see, it always works that when you take the current year and subtract the year in which you were born, the difference will be your age (or the age you will turn this year). Or if you take the current year and subtract the age you will turn this year, the difference will be the year you were born. Or if you add the year you were born and the age you will turn this year, the sum will be the current year. HOW CAN PEOPLE NOT SEE THIS? AND WHY DO YOU NEED A "MATH NERD" TO EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU?

Maybe I should go watch another episode of "Primetime: What Would You Do?" so I can once again restore my faith in humanity.