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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/ h3 M# \1 q- o1 I# N' n>                  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.
>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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& r) p) K1 C+ C+ @$ I' b$ H>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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. p4 L. E0 L  v  r>                  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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- m0 U) g% `, U>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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6 U) m: [! k, X>                  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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, L  ]( ^7 A$ q8 E" K9 g* Q: F>                 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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) H, Z1 ]5 f/ ^. @>                  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
+ P4 G6 c+ q& j- ]7 w0 y1 eDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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! Y+ ~' f! U  |* N+ \' I5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
# X$ [$ Q; s' f( j* ?6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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9 b( z5 w. ?9 w) {% K7 a$ ?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。
( i' Q8 V" ?( C" F输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
" L" ^- y  i' Z" _/ }, _0 H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