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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2 |% R4 w  [: z; t8 J& @4 c$ H>                  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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" \8 v* e: Z, e4 i! R>                  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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3 [: a! `3 {% ]+ u& ~' D( s>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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1 C% |! w5 K: c9 x' u>                  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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; _' B3 L8 Y$ w" ~>                  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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% l, L) U- T( o+ s>                  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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6 D  p- m6 e6 P>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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6 _) k1 C1 R: D8 D2 f) ?>                  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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3 r: [5 p6 G' g& D7 I5. 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;  

# F/ X3 f1 b! ?4 n# ]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。
: v6 d" s( M2 u2 L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