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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4 K$ p0 `4 w# T>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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  u& J" E( K3 y( [9 j, E>                  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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>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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9 Q/ r$ |* t! \+ O& S& V4 Q4 H! L>                  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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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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, b- w2 r! z, d  m7 J>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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+ y/ e, {$ F& z! i>                  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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4 S( U: s: T) h- ~>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  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
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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0 C4 M& X$ D3 B: D- {2 X5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
6 m6 F+ t- S  g- E1 q7 ?5 N& g/ A4 r6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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  k# ~: ?1 N( H( ]. d  f# @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。
: ]) Q; T% i" f1 _" H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