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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& s" r: Y) C6 \  `3 n9 Z>                  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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  c) j5 b- C& R5 t4 A% C, D2 D>                  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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$ a; j1 _9 a  |>                  3. Add 5
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! o3 t+ R; r; a( B9 M8 w+ K>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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* ~4 X/ k; o5 u' J* o>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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- p6 t% O! v6 w' D. ~>                  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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" q' z* Y3 R* k/ c! G! m$ c>                  The next two numbers are
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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
; s9 a! r8 f' b" ~3 lDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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3 h$ p6 i% a8 c  y" e! T3 x1 p5. 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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3 H- x& w! n3 S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。
' {6 Y! ^. M$ N& P输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
  H6 z6 g3 o1 J* F  C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