A WONDERFUL FEAT
Two bachelors, Smith and Brown, 'were seated in the flat of the latter. Smith : “Would you like to know the name of your future wife?” Brown: “I certainly would.” Smith: “Well, I’ll guarantee to tell you her name by arithmetic.” Brown: “That’s impossible.” Smith: “Well, you take a piece of paper and work out this sum. Write down the year in which you were born, subtract the last two figures from the first two. Now multiply what remains by the date of the month in which you were born. Divide your answer by two and tell me the result.” Brown, after a lengthy struggle and much thought, at last works out the problem and then hands his friend the result. Smith: “Now, these figures, obviously indicate that the name of , vour future wife will be Mrs Brown.” Brown and Smith are no longer friends.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 12
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147A WONDERFUL FEAT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 12
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