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 B3 ]7 U  F- G, g$ ]% `1 H>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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3 J0 s. o/ V6 m# r5 Z! Z>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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1 t+ l$ v* y4 g8 k& g' e>                  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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6 [8 b% n$ P% E8 }! y$ X>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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* m- s$ K: Z2 L3 S$ M% ]! ?# ~>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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: _: Q/ S- B# b1 {>                  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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/ X( Z/ J3 R$ e7 \>                 You should have a three digit number
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9 s( D. c6 m5 V) O% l$ 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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>                  The next two numbers are
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  R& `- w' A' G( }! N  B>                  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
0 Y: @3 G0 G, \9 ?6 I. fDon'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.
# |: u. A; `# H4 |8 \6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

& _% W% A9 E5 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。
7 ^+ G; N# d0 r输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
5 I1 T+ E$ H8 q' [7 b: S- L% z. X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