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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5 y- H6 u$ Q# T2 ]. R; a% b: p3 x>                  This is pretty neat !!
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' n2 \6 T/ r3 L4 ~: a' j# h>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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$ L5 D7 V7 [; C7 V  p5 N9 D9 R>                  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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' v4 T& \2 c# b+ H) J6 Z2 v( q- {>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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1 n# t) q- X9 S( b& S- \4 O>                  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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>                 You should have a three digit number
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1 |0 Q& f% g4 Q+ Z6 A  L>                  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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>                  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
7 k; o+ R5 f% Y8 wDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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0 e2 b* T( |3 p9 c% z/ \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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输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
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