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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- J/ s' t1 S$ h0 X4 H1 p& S( o>                  This is pretty neat !!
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; n% T5 v0 Z5 \* j>                  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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$ ]' ]) G( Z4 x2 F7 a, e>                  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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$ P* y( d* l* k>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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/ ~5 s- d  z: {7 ?>                  3. Add 5
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& ~6 e* J% O, n0 N>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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3 ~- L1 D; P2 g' u+ ~>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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5 M8 ~' M$ ^' {- Z: }2 \>                 You should have a three digit number
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8 I' K7 a3 P6 z, o# `: K% @>                  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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& Y$ K' }2 a" c3 k$ p8 `  l; l>                  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
5 k$ o; V+ x# R$ |- _, SDon'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.
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- ~: D1 `8 o1 m" ~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 J" ^) S: }6 U输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
( o9 U; j( f! L% h' d( ^+ @, _9 B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