Happy Birthday to Our BEST Contributor on this List

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bob Stockler (Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:48:09 -0500):

> Bob Rasmussen wrote (on Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:49:02PM -0800):
>
> | The puzzle was this: how can you represent the age 32 with 7 candles?
> |
> | The answer:
> |
> |        * * * * *
> |    * *
> |
> | that is, 2^5 = 32.
>
> What are the fewest number of candles (and how do I arrange them) I can
> put on the cake I bake to celebrate the 78th anniverary of my birth?
[...]

Two.  One shaped like a "7" and the other an "8"?  :-)

Eight, with 4 lit:

   o  *
   *  o
   *  o
   *  o

Seven:

   * o o * * * o

How about this one?  (Any takers on its meaning?)

   *  *
   ** *
   * **
   *  *

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