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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: J9 d# N7 L: h>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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/ ^; f1 d# a1 t3 u" 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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7 H. e+ R7 y5 }; J  i" a4 c" n>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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6 B) P8 n, _7 e  Z: p$ i>                  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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>                  3. Add 5
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: j# B# S8 Y2 M" X6 s- s% }! Z>                  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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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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* Y& Y/ Y& _5 {- J( y>                 You should have a three digit number
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9 m6 f4 K" J6 q& b5 C+ S5 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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! l; |7 L: U: M( W>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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% F- ?8 t+ W# ^) X4 J) z>                  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 C4 |2 `4 Q) `4 DDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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& e' L& P. j, V$ S; ]$ P( d- x2 {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;  

6 K' l- A0 L5 f: F2 D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。
, d! e  L( ]+ i4 Q输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
3 @4 G6 R* f( v" a/ V4 ?* V5 u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