your age in icecream

You've tasted them first in Tokyo. Icecream in special heart-shaped containers that you can actually eat! And so if you loved that Japanese experience.. and you like eating icecream no matter what the shape of cone it comes in.. then you've found a fun way to tell your age too! Pick a flavor and use this number game with friends. It works every time!

Step 1. How many times a week do you eat or want to eat icecream? You must pick a number between 1 and 10 only, but you may include 1 or 10. Okay like, you eat icecream 6 times a week.

Step 2. Multiply that number by 2: 6 x 2 = 12

Step 3. Add 5 to the result: 12 + 5 = 17

Step 4. Multiply by 50: 17 x 50 = 850

Step 5. Add the current year: 850 + 2008 = 2858

Step 6. Subtract 250 if you have celebrated your birthday this year. Subtract 251 if you haven't had your birthday yet. So your birthday is still on November: 2858 - 251 = 2607

Step 7. Subtract your birth year. Say you were born in 1970: 2607 - 1970 = 637

Step 8. Look at the 3 or 4 digit number. The last two digits are your age and the remaining one or two digits will be the number of times per week you eat or want to eat icecream. Cool eh?

Try it! I'm picking cookies and cream.

Icecream photo credit: Vic Mendoza