Privacy

"ako"さんは[url:kb:685]で書きました:
〉Hi, Mr Banana. This is ako.

Hello, Ms Ako!

〉〉He understands that gesture's meaning.
〉〉and
〉〉he shows 'Thumb up' to me.

〉Interesting !
〉How old is your son ? He is great !

〉(You don't have to reply his age. It's your son's privacy.
〉 This is an expression of, ummm,,,, an expression for,,,
〉 Ummm, what should I say for this kind of thing,,,,
〉 ummm, I mean, "Kotoba no nagare" in Japanese)

I see.

It is his privacy how old he is.
So I can not tell you openly, but
I can give you a clue,( using your privacy.)

My son is x-years-old.

You can compute it by the following way.

1) write your years.
2) if it is 16, you add 1 to 6.
if it is 28, you add 2 to 8
3) next, add 4 to 2's answer.
4) if 1's answer is 16, you add 6 to 1
if it is 28, you add 8 to 2
5) next, compute (3's answer) - (4's answer)
So it is my son's year.

if you get my son's year,
I thumb up to you.

Bye-bye

from a gentleman who is a little mathematician-at-brain.