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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8 V# S0 S0 m3 t>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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8 e$ N: |% d! Q! w# d$ G: S>                  This is pretty neat !!
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1 o. C& A' D. N8 N5 p>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
7 B0 l2 G! G+ Y: M/ D>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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8 n. _7 m, |& J: ~5 f! \>                  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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0 E% J1 M1 C" N# j>                  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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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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. Y! N+ C4 J5 D& E# B# P/ s>                 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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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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) H# R4 S+ t* a# d1 t8 u6 p$ 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
9 o( ~9 j  A5 F' ~0 T0 N8 ?Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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3 M, P4 {$ r5 a$ I- z5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
% R. t1 ^8 f0 r5 V6. 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。
# b$ e% @" |" S3 b0 p0 T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