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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1 R& }& X. l* @6 \/ l  q>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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1 G/ ]- @5 M  Q& F; `: ]>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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>                  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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>                  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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, J- M) w' S0 D: W  Y/ V& A>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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" ~6 A$ `; F0 g2 O: c>                 You should have a three digit number
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5 E/ }+ e  |9 k>                  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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>                  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
. Y0 L% m' [: XDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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/ A& G& k- C: Q% @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;  

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williamguoca

Hey, take it easy, Xiao Huang!  It's just a game for fun! don't be so serious ....

chmwl