The other day we went to Old Navy, and everyone who went in got a free little scratch-off prize card. The girls LOVE those things, and some guy gave us his for them, so we got two. There were two spots to scratch; if you didn’t win on the first one, scratch the second for the consolation prize.
The consolation prize was a tiny bag of jelly bellies gotten at the checkout, which worked really well for our girls. While my wife was trying things on, I read the rules on the back of the card because I’m a geek. The first rule made me laugh out loud, and I do NOT understand why it’s there.
CANADIAN RESIDENTS: You must correctly answer the following skill-testing question to claim a prize/discount. If claimant is under the age of majority, a parent/legal guardian may answer the skill-testing question on their behalf: (10×4)+(3×2)+10 =__________
Is there some law about that in Canada or something? Something magic about the number 56?
Update
A friend figured it out. Check out this document, and look for “Skill-Testing Questions”.
42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything in the U-S…adjusted for Canada, it’s 56.
something about the metric conversions….
Honestly, because we are a country of boneheads that has nothing better to do than make it difficult for 6-7 year old kids to collect on prizes. Jiminy Cricket! Sometimes I wish I weren’t Canadian. We are so embarassing…
I’d be in trouble if I were Canadian!
Very interesting… the update too
hmmmm…
Canada has some strange laws… (the old tea commercial used to say – Only in Canada eh!)…
proud to be Canadian… guess I’ll have to boycott Old Navy 🙂
Yep, it’s Canadian Law. Timmy’s does it (they’re running their ‘Roll up the Rim to Win” contest at the moment), McDonald’s does it … just about everywhere.
More on the subject here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question
Ummm yeah….WHAT?!?!