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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1 N8 _+ T6 G. I- d( n% `" u# N0 y>                  This is pretty neat !!
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- P9 y  M" ?+ P; |+ n6 F, i>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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; M$ Y5 U% a& Y2 O) F6 L>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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+ q! q6 _- D  T& k& O, ?! 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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6 b' J' r* R9 v; r3 N, y& y>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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0 [, ?  a$ I: m7 _% J>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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3 n4 l4 w/ s% g9 M6 N9 a>                 You should have a three digit number
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5 v8 e% @" ]) |* ^: q) D2 \>                  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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>                  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
8 t# ~( k" R+ B4 E- vDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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5 `3 N$ G3 p  Q# r  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。
5 d0 g0 N  i8 k, r% m+ N% L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