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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>                  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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9 f% ]% ]2 |1 w9 T: `>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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" n! a2 k/ I% b, x( ]5 ]2 G>                  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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>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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: e! e, M; O7 A; e9 P' S* j- g>                  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 {: I0 q& O3 Y7 g9 `+ f4 BDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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: r) |: H% [- c+ c: _" J* \! ~, R3 V5. 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;  

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。
& f* v- a2 P. b& F' _1 V, x0 x2 [输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
' E- ]$ t3 A1 Z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