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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>                  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.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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0 Z2 o$ Y6 G! _5 e9 k1 A1 D>                  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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>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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  h& d( O8 u7 o0 X>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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: G) I% \7 t( \" p/ M% P' D>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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) I8 B7 [8 Q% E; H, a! w>                 You should have a three digit number
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2 Y/ n  r1 J8 C4 R! ]>                  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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* _' \0 a2 {6 Y- C8 Q/ G( j>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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: N' M% y" o* l' Y) q( T>                  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
2 h2 d0 }/ x3 A' uDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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5. 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;  

. ?7 ]; Z2 d; S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。
6 a6 v) `3 r9 ^" P5 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