i remember after 9-11 some reporter(s) were saying that the terrorists choose that day for a reason. i have no idea how true that is or what they were referring to. 9+11+2+0+0+1=23 but that to me is a stretch. if you want to add all the digits together 11 should be broken down into 1+1, just like 2001 isnt added as 20+01. [/rambling]

saw reno 911: miami on friday night. very funny movie but it would have been nice to see 5-10 more minutes of jackassery as an 84 minute movie is kind of short. [/thread jack]

pick any number and you can find thousands of things that are \'hidden\' proof of it meaning something. in hitchhikers guide they give the ultemate answer of 42 and at one point he put in a joke of the question being "What is 6X9?" along with "How many roads must a man walk down" and "where does it all end?"  Well, 6x9 does not equal 42, it equals 54. However, someone discovered this:

It was later pointed out by readers that 6 × 9 = 42 if the calculations are performed in base 13, not base 10. Douglas Adams later averred that he was not aware of this at the time, and repeatedly dismisses this as an irrelevant concoction, saying that "nobody writes jokes in base 13 [...] I may be a pretty sad person, but I don\'t make jokes in base 13."

so, like most theories, anything can be made to fit a number if you are willing to stretch disbelief and logic far enough.

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haha! My student just told me this brainteaser...
"A father and a son\'s age adds up to 55.  The father\'s age is the reverse age (i.e., 12=21) of his son, which is a two digit number.  What are the father & son\'s ages?"  :shrug: Just thought it was funny to see this thread while trying to figure out the answer(s)!

41 and 14.

that was really freakin easy.

41 and 14.

that was really freakin easy.

or 32 and 23

Robyn... that would mean the father was 9 when his child was born...

Valid point.