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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* j0 `' D5 |9 R/ y0 W9 N6 g; Z+ e>                  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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9 \7 A1 j/ p+ g  c& [>                  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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4 h% N6 [5 Z2 \% {& t2 J>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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3 w; }& y2 k; Z/ z>                  3. Add 5
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( E& i" Y# |4 K' y3 ?/ S" ~>                  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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! o* @; u* d2 B, o/ B: e1 p>                  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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8 _- i  U$ b" D, E2 d; @0 C>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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) j% u# b5 n, j) o6 M8 u>                  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
  M, }1 v! O& I1 e' Z- ]: s/ q' ODon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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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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! P' u; B' D: K2 q( W5 G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。
5 x- \  i- T, y: L2 ?7 K# m3 s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