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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( C8 B3 d6 |  ?  Z/ H>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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9 l9 \( O' D7 a  }4 t+ z! ~) F>                  This is pretty neat !!
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( P' d, [. X& b  k" t>                  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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9 h# g# x& P) g>                  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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; }* U1 u5 ?& d# e5 W>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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; T; x! n0 b4 z* n! m>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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: d& I) O% E2 o  ^>                  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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1 ], }" O- Y- C8 d4 }  x& p>                  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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7 s: H$ x- G  |3 J>                  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
- B2 V1 l5 i, s. |6 Q4 ]1 S1 ?Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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4 i' l" f. a# \, k1 ?4 [6 `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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: r9 n, s5 S: n4 [. t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。
3 }5 C) `: k$ O5 [3 _+ k2 w9 e7 Y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