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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& s, o+ E( p+ I& E' h>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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1 [, w1 }! x  Y; J- k4 z- @7 _* X>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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>                  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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+ u2 e/ M; |5 d+ W9 @3 M: b4 I>                  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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% v9 k% B3 `/ u>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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( y+ f: ~; O' K2 ]8 Q' F, b0 M1 F1 w>                 You should have a three digit number
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5 i# s3 m9 k; U3 R9 @1 y>                  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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>                  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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5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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$ A3 `; w( o: r9 y* f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。
: p/ e& E# C# X! c: R7 Q; I1 H输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
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williamguoca

Hey, take it easy, Xiao Huang!  It's just a game for fun! don't be so serious ....

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