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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2 P! n# R8 U( V>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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1 m- r5 B* r9 j' t8 N) C>                  This is pretty neat !!
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: I2 |8 x% n6 ?. B$ j" f5 @>                  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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>                  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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/ L, X) M; o- w, b5 o4 W>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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  C1 o; Y$ Q6 ?>                  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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4 J) g+ j( {1 [2 `>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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  [3 W9 Q9 f3 s: l9 j4 h>                  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
) z6 k( R# o) U. ~4 D0 CDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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% r) l- |; t+ B+ W: n, k5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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  x0 z( G7 P; u. W' A  @4 a0 M+ E  E* I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。
4 p+ u% g1 I4 a: o( D9 a% S9 _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 ....

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