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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& u8 K4 [) x1 x/ v0 Y" M! |8 o>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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; J, F2 e- D8 y, o' G>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
  W" Q; X: N+ D& n>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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5 |( j; H9 H6 ]$ ~2 r* q>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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: c7 L* g$ w5 _>                  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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0 I! ~+ v' i, I>                  3. Add 5
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! J" f4 r4 K2 y1 n! u+ G>                  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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>                  The next two numbers are
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9 W0 y' z8 k7 w& V$ ~1 T>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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& M4 ]& g& K5 e) e5 d>                  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
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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7 R+ @, b8 `" N! \' F2 ]0 [. m0 e% u5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
. {# E, w" G0 s- c. N) Q, I6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

5 d  J; s: B* J2 T1 e/ C+ J3 h& b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。
' y5 A0 p- R$ c输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
9 l6 Y6 ]8 n$ L, u1 U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