OK, bear with me - its fairly simple to solve, but its fun to do 
It’ll require some back-and-forth, so answer ASAP so I gan get to the next step:
Someone give me a four-digit number:
7695
The answer is: 27 693
Now give me another 4 digit number
I’m going to bed - I’ll finish this tomorrow
'kay.
For tomorrow: 4234
For tomorrow: 4234
mnemosyne – any chance the answer is: 13 72 ?
(or my other thought is: 13 80 )?
22346
What a tease!
/rubes glances around the room, looking puzzled.
Can you describe the trick that is allegedly being performed here?
Ah, but what is the question?
4234 = 24232?
That was the trick. He left us hangin’.
I feel so…used.
Is the answer soup?
I like soup!
Yes, this is highly confusing.
A favorite trick I like to pull on little kids:
Me: “Hey, kid, I’ve got a great knock-knock joke for you.”
Kid: “Okay.”
Me: “Say knock-knock.”
Kid: “Okay. ‘Knock-knock.’”
Me: “Who’s there?”
–stare expectantly at kid–
–kid looks back for a couple of seconds–
Kid: “Hey!”
–kid laughs and goes to pull it on another kid–
Sound familiar, mnemosyne? 
Hamlet, I think that SouprChkn and I would have to agree with you!
Soup is the cause of…and solution to…all of life’s problems.
File under “bad threads.”
4234 = 24 232?
Haha! I love it. Here’s another one – stop me if you’ve heard this already:
34269 432422 323 328690012 432, 1234 46900 89416 165 12 486747 2482491 !!
Thanks, I’ll be here all week!