I'm all the more amused because, before you even posted about maths, I was trying to calculate the odds involved:
"Let me see, based on past evidence, I like approximately 4 in 250 men in my age group, or 1.6%. If the men also like 1.6% of the women in their age group, then the odds of meeting someone are..."
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"Let me see, based on past evidence, I like approximately 4 in 250 men in my age group, or 1.6%. If the men also like 1.6% of the women in their age group, then the odds of meeting someone are..."