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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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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4 K0 P1 r1 m. M( ?. U! R>                  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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4 [0 }) y8 Q& \% u* [# T2 K" d( U>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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- ^7 d  [1 k1 Y2 v>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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' W' s/ ^6 P- ]. B* g$ x>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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' f. |, L" B2 Z" |9 ~5 e>                  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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>                  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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$ [( v! i7 l7 G>                  The next two numbers are
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3 w8 Z6 s9 g* m% Y2 P4 }8 B/ |$ M>                  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
0 F' }. p" k: O, U; |9 r! t! B; w- xDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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- }; E2 i4 R& ~8 i+ k4 {- ?) S5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
6. 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。
4 F& t/ h3 W, C( i4 C( x* m3 ^2 |) A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