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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# S# G; i/ w2 f( o  f7 ]* k$ ~3 Y>                  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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>                  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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! i. @: w( I4 Y7 l) M>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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* r) L  C  h! @; F% j! T  M+ i$ F>                 You should have a three digit number
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>                  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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2 H3 ~. k5 _  o! M. V>                  The next two numbers are
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* T- |9 V6 |9 R' A# v9 u3 l  C( ]>                  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
, E' `" C+ Z4 `2 \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.
! r& {; w; \# E0 O6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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* Y+ D/ |9 T) j! ]% q3 z* C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。
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, {+ U6 B1 @, m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