ONLY A MAN WOULD THINK OF THIS

I found this little article in one of my husbands Family Handyman Magazines
(yeah, gay, i know)

Anyhoo, I read this and laughed so hard I sharted. Good thing I was on the dooper to begin with. This handy hint is to help devise a secret code for your combination lock.
Wouldn't that "secret code" BE the combination? Call me kooky.

So basiclly, Mr. Brandau is saying that if you have a hard time remembering your combo in the first place, you should think of Additional numbers to create equations that will ultimately reveal the answers, that being your beginning combination...you couldn't remember to start with?!?
I can just imagine a man being held at gun point trying to remember which number he needs to add or subtract to open his lock:

"Was it 7?...cause baby I'm heaven" *snickers* "No, thats not it"
"Wasn't it the age I lost my virginity to our maid?"
"Wait! It's the number of illegitimate children I have... Thats it!"

I've got a handy hint for ya'. Fella's, just remember the 3 god damned numbers that are assigned to your combination lock. It's not like we expect you to remember our birthdays, anniversaries, Valentines Day, Sweetest Day, the first time we made love, when the children were born, or not to dry our cashmiere sweaters with your work jeans.

It's just a combination lock.