MY LATEST GIG AT WORK

Eight of the employees where I work, or approximately two-thirds of the department, have decided to participate in a department Biggest Loser Challenge. They have asked me, a non-participant, to record weekly weigh-ins, to post the percentage of weight losses or weight gains each week, and to assign secret code names to protect everyone's anonymity. Only I know everybody else's weight and I'm not telling anyone.

The results are posted beside an anatomical chart on a wall in a room above a counter where cookies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, candy, chips and other snacks are kept. Each participant has contributed either $5 or $10 and the winner, after twelve weeks, confiscates the complete collection of contributed cash.

This week we posted our first weekly results.

The participants are know only as Agent 79, Agent 73, Agent 83, Agent 71, Agent 89, Agent 67, Agent 97 and Agent 61. These eight numbers form a very unique group. If any number is removed from this group and then replaced by some other number, the uniqueness that defines this group of eight numbers will be destroyed.

If any of the eight "Agents" is able to reveal what makes this particular group of eight numbers unique, I will add an additional $5 to the winner's prize.