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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* O& L1 f, _$ }/ X>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  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 S6 m2 u0 p; k  _8 c>                  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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  u# x- ]9 s4 i>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  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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& C, K3 \+ d. b2 L  F# ?- s: T>                  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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9 w: j- W* P1 L% R/ w>                  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: k: ^3 [! j+ Q$ Y  i3 n>                  The next two numbers are
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0 Z  ~) E9 k# P2 |9 ?>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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! G( _8 R! U8 @' h$ 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
5 _) J: T  N- |$ _% f& ^2 xDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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* O2 Q) L& E! C- o& ]5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
$ `  ]# B! T0 a) y6. 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。
' w  T8 A1 o5 Z) N输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
/ b( D8 [: B6 b' e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