FORMULA FOR PREVENTING BABY TANTRUMS ON AIRPLANES

A UK mathematician has devised a scientific equation that he claims can predict when a toddler is going to have a tantrum on an airplane. A study by UK supermarket chain Asda found that children are most likely to have a tantrum 27 minutes and 48 seconds into a flight. Asda hired Dr. Tom Crawford, an applied mathematics professor at Oxford University, to come up with a formula to prevent tantrums. Crawford took the most common tantrum triggers — sleepiness (S), boredom (B), hunger (H) and noise (N) — and scored each from zero to 10, with zero indicating that the issue is being ignored while 10 signifies that the parent has addressed it. If all four crying catalysts receive a 10, meaning they’re addressed, the parent can delay a tantrum by 129 minutes.
* Yeah, math, baby!
* That’s not a formula, that’s a plan.
* A formula would be “Baby minus Airplane Ticket = Peace plus Quiet.”
* Guess where he was when he came up with the formula?
* Sleepiness, boredom, hunger and noise. Some scientist! Where’s “poopy diaper”?