Little number puzzle

[I like Skol]

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I bet nobody actually clicks on my spoiler.

You think?

 

[jefmcg]

Unspoilered now we are on page 2.

Yeah, I got it quickly too. Allegedly kids get it quickly and adults struggle to find a pattern in the numbers. I do not think this is true.

Spoiler because pointing out there is a quick solution is a big clue.

 

[Markymark]

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I once ate 2 boxes of chocolate fingers in one go.

 

[I like Skol]

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I once ate 2 boxes of chocolate fingers in one go.

You should perhaps keep that to yourself, sicko!

 

[Markymark]

You should perhaps keep that to yourself, sicko!

I tried.

 

[Salty seadog]

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test

 

[Salty seadog]

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I'm no genius but am usually pretty good at these, I do have a mathematically biased brain. I have to say I was stumped and googled it. There are usually pretty basic things to try as mentioned by Adrian. I guess the trick is know the trick. Interestingly the number 87 is not readily inverted and it is suggested that L8 is what might actually be written in the box as viewed.

 

[jefmcg]

This is the version I was shown. It's a little easier as the fonts are distinctly upside down or at least a bit weird. I sought out a more ambiguous one.

Edit: I take it back, the fonts look weird when you rotate the image.

 

[Oxo]

Do they have two sets of bays with the same numbers? Wouldn't that be confusing if you had a reserved bay.

 

[nickyboy]

I stick mine in one of those blue badge spaces, particularly if it's raining

 

[KneesUp]

It depends who painted the numbers

 

[ColinJ]

One second doing calculations trying to spot the mathematical progression, then another half a second to realise what the solution was!

 

[srw]

This is the version I was shown. It's a little easier as the fonts are distinctly upside down or at least a bit weird. I sought out a more ambiguous one.
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Edit: I take it back, the fonts look weird when you rotate the image.

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Curiously it was the numeral "1" in "16" that gave it to me almost immediately. Looking at a table of an Arial-style font it's because the "1" in Arial (which is probably the sans-serif font most of us have seen most often) has a tail. Flicking through the fonts on my computer I think the best bet would be Gill Sans:

If you did it using a very light version of the London Underground font (Johnston), and roughed up the image a bit you could probably just about get away with pretending it was a photo of a car park in one of the further flung parts of the network.

 

[Spinney]

Curiously it was the numeral "1" in "16" that gave it to me almost immediately. Looking at a table of an Arial-style font it's because the "1" in Arial (which is probably the sans-serif font most of us have seen most often) has a tail.

Me too.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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I'm no genius but am usually pretty good at these, I do have a mathematically biased brain. I have to say I was stumped and googled it. There are usually pretty basic things to try as mentioned by Adrian. I guess the trick is know the trick. Interestingly the number 87 is not readily inverted and it is suggested that L8 is what might actually be written in the box as viewed.

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