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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7 W) ?% y; f# M! l3 s>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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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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5 ]4 f) ]: D7 f>                  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 Z3 R% I4 k! r+ s2 J>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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7 B1 H. ?' b9 B2 P>                 You should have a three digit number
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>                  The next two numbers are
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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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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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8 r( K* o- W$ J0 B( I3 _2 `5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
2 j, I" G/ i" h9 u3 L/ @5 k. r6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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' e% H$ B* `1 G6 Y" a7 C/ J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。
, l% }7 v. s( F+ ]; T0 J( k& N, y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