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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0 @6 q+ A" F% A' e>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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# N0 F) X% x; ]7 Z9 d& x' o  H6 G>                  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.
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) v( x' b) P. Y& m8 p( f>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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>                  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 u% A/ X, W2 J1 z" y>                  3. Add 5
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: z# h! U$ }5 t4 R+ B/ z) j' J1 Y>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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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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4 a7 F6 f% l1 h( Z$ f>                  The next two numbers are
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' F; [# H- n7 `1 i>                  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
7 ^6 }9 |. v* F5 U  \Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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  Y: E; M+ F5 m0 r6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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( I' s6 ?' ?! b% q1 a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