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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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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3 V1 i7 S- @6 s>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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  D1 M  L2 |" Y>                  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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; ~& }, e9 [0 ]) R. t# P>                  3. Add 5
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5 X9 t2 L9 Z4 w>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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: K* L, o+ ^% K/ M( o>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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1 |3 q' s9 S  p: g8 m, J! g>                 You should have a three digit number
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# i) Z& N7 {7 t>                  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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# @% t$ |6 n( Y( h" a# y>                  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
1 Q6 M( ?0 q: J% ?Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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! u2 _0 j4 G# g1 O7 z* t7 ?! ^5. 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;  

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。
输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
* f! T! v2 p" r7 O8 u, m6 ^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