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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  b) y3 ]+ N8 k, x>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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2 f2 O1 H8 V: Z- W) X7 n! Z>                  This is pretty neat !!
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4 m! x$ l9 t6 w' `  b% m>                  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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>                  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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3 l. O8 @2 Q$ t  s>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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3 \7 \, ^0 Z5 v/ Z8 A1 l! M. d>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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3 V& {8 Z, {- b>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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6 W3 ?8 [: ]4 e9 A  {, v>                 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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  V2 W) N! g1 [0 R- {1 I  i/ j>                  The next two numbers are
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5 S9 h7 ^! o0 G, O( ~>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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8 j7 D' V- M2 [4 ?7 I2 K# K>                  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
1 W. R& Q/ |) w- v+ F, YDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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/ Z. j7 h) a- z# y  l- t5. 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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, P8 {( p- N+ d- i' L( 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 O9 `( G) v# A& v- P输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
7 _4 K7 x+ I9 N3 x2 ]! K9 A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