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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3 `2 o  Y. N  Y4 f) d) r6 P>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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# ^! q" k  e6 z+ K2 r/ z>                  This is pretty neat !!
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0 K1 u+ ~. U  {/ H% \2 k>                  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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>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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# V+ b* w  u! Q- v>                  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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>                  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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>                  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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8 x9 f0 j9 \9 y% `1 w>                  The next two numbers are
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1 W8 F$ z- u+ A0 q5 B- s" i" o. e>                  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 Q) L. x# W& U8 c2 HDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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4 e; U0 {2 U  L5. 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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+ b; I# r4 y7 {6 \2 H8 M+ @6 s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。
  O2 H9 V/ L; x输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
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williamguoca

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

chmwl