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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& Y7 Z3 q# s) X% n- h1 p8 D7 i>                  This is pretty neat !!
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5 l' F, a; l, M4 ^! `# e2 t>                  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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/ _# G* l! x/ S* v5 {! e/ h>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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: d, ^) c* ?5 A$ f" q2 n>                  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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% h7 ?. \# {- O% Y  @>                  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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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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/ H# B- v2 N4 t* u>                 You should have a three digit number
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- [& T0 y: K) s' p' {  p>                  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 N; {- u3 U! i/ x: A1 ]>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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0 @6 H7 M9 E/ p, H( t9 X>                  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
1 A( M) A: g1 g. B* M/ Z6 W" LDon'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.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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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。
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