Yesterday, a middle-aged lady approached me at the train station with a piece of paper. Well, if you're from around, you know it's common.

Here's what she gave me, though:

Nice, subtle way of telling people stuff there, Middle-Aged Lady. Perhaps I should've written "Click here" and passed the paper back. Who knows, she might've scratched her head, trying to figure out: how on earth does one click a piece of paper? Better yet, I should've put "Right-click here" -- but, of course, like most people, my creative balls are only big enough for dissin' a middle-aged lady on a blog.

For all I know, her husband could've been out of work for months and her five kids could've starved for days and all she could do was take any job coming her way. My sincerest apologies, Middle-Aged Lady. I hope you find your 49 people.

What's up with the number, anyway? Why 49? Why not 50 -- it's a good number, right? What's so special about 49? It's not a Fibo number. It's not a prime number. It's not even a power of 2. It's a perfect square, of course. Hmm, was she trying to tell me something here...?

Maybe I should've stuck around and seen if the next sheet she handed out had 64 on it. Or 99 -- n * 50 - 1? Or 98 -- n * 50 - n? Or 57 -- n * 8 + 1? Or 343? Gosh, the possibilites are endless!

Wait. Maybe it wasn't a series after all! What if that 49 was part of a longer string? Like a postal code?

Or a page number from a certain book? Like Bible? A verse? Verse 49 of 1 Samuel 17 describes how David killed Goliath. I wonder...

Or to be treated as letters -- AG? Accountant-General or Attorney General, perhaps? Assemblies of God -- what Google gives you when you type 'ag' and are feeling lucky?

Or to go together with the phone number? What if one was meant to call up and mention 49? Like a code or something? That 'free sample' could've been a clue. You know, kinda like those Flash games -- a wine opener leads you to look for a bottle; a power socket tells you to look for something to plug in; a flashlight hints that the room lights have to be shut off?

Or this Dodol Surodol simply can't stop thinking about his weight and should perhaps get his beauty sleep?

Maybe. Have a pleasant dream, Everyone!

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