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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6 x4 F* `6 l  }8 C7 Z, y! o>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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0 P1 G3 n3 M: f3 P0 G5 [8 H# F>                  This is pretty neat !!
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2 Y; g! ^+ ]6 l7 z7 ^, ^( b# V>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
3 u! Y; C! M' B2 l" x7 K5 T: N>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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5 Y+ ?8 H8 S5 n' w>                  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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7 ^# a7 _, K9 O' U. n>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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" k8 Z! H/ h% K4 J3 a8 W/ \! n% s>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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0 K3 ^% [. p  J8 x! J- g>                  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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>                 You should have a three digit number
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2 Z5 D( h& _) i>                  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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/ _' ]  V1 a' J+ E8 N+ t, @>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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% r% R* D$ s+ L' }>                  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
! J- `5 ^* X/ \. N# ~Don'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;  

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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。
  C/ `+ d3 q3 w& A- S4 j! {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