Don't tell me your age---but the following math works!

williamguoca

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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# E( v4 y7 a: Z) c: w- o( K>                  This is pretty neat !!
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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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( t9 j) i3 n: Y( |>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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; G7 f, y3 P( T6 u6 y>                  1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10, tried, o also works)
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>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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, v$ X8 b6 H  N* v5 `>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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1 ?  K" Z: S- ~! H' r4 v7 T>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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>                 You should have a three digit number
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2 V& o5 L0 S: m' c4 A% ~& x>                  The first digit of this was your original number(I.e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)
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" n; n% `4 V1 [6 ^0 z>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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>                  THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

小黄

原帖由 williamguoca 于 2008-10-31 16:53 发表
3 B4 [* Z* h/ I3 M0 XDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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6 G4 U# Z! ~3 l$ i) f0 R2 s, z7 T7 D  J5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
0 m4 k& y- r/ @4 S; W6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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无聊，5和6都是问生日的，和一开始的“Don't tell me your age”自相矛盾。
输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
如果不问5和6，也能算出生日，我佩服你。

williamguoca

Hey, take it easy, Xiao Huang!  It's just a game for fun! don't be so serious ....

chmwl