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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  _- ^% P! J. |0 Q' h; O>                  This is pretty neat !!
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$ c# C; m6 }' Z2 w% Z>                  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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/ W' z+ T9 s1 c6 u& d>                  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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# P/ C5 g. x$ \9 @>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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4 h% |- }3 _: I% x- n  M$ t>                  3. Add 5
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$ V9 f1 O% a4 `' A: D>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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" R% J* y$ D5 d2 ^+ U; ~! w>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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% T+ u* \# `6 H+ Y( |>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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! _. c) s8 P; H$ H& o7 r) V>                 You should have a three digit number
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- C5 V/ A1 O+ ]. b>                  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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>                  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
7 J, b- k; T5 iDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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% n9 }+ y, E/ e6. 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