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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8 f$ T/ o2 B: ]+ t: b5 _>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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& x& Y( [, `3 N7 o' _8 q# y: P/ }% a>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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8 J, Z* R7 E# k>                  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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( k$ N: n$ M% @9 d  w7 d2 K2 k>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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- v6 \! a8 A$ L7 G>                  3. Add 5
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( e1 }. }* `& o7 p& i>                  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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% A8 O4 Z3 l' a2 _% Z>                  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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>                  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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& v& ~6 e1 h; E>                  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
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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3 \0 H5 u2 L3 q8 ^1 y5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
1 }# f! b6 l( a9 U' q6. 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。
5 O" f" o1 T1 R+ |输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
" V2 l4 o: ]. }4 S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