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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% `+ a  q6 H# z5 @  A7 g# L>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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- I+ ]1 P4 ]/ J3 I" S. I>                  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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. L( O/ _) N' q7 ^, }! W3 F>                  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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7 G  ^3 G; S4 A0 G9 ?. F: 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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1 ~0 S+ E, b+ ?0 L* ], N& a( q>                  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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: O! [5 P5 m5 E) s, Q>                  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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" b# C+ h2 _" J4 C( Y5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
1 \( }6 @1 b) N6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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" m' Z4 D9 F% c7 a$ ]- {! `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。
/ m& L6 x2 N2 ?7 L) 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