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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( m" j) c# }5 N- L4 U+ e8 V8 E>                  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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% k' h& v  U' }) Q2 r. C4 T: |>                  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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( _$ e0 w2 @% l7 g>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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- L9 Q) A$ X  T5 n>                  3. Add 5
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" `. a* B' A% [, O% n>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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. w+ f* j9 [' B/ S- U0 \>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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5 O4 K, P: M0 `9 ?$ S/ V6 b6 f6 g: M>                 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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6 _5 _: o% C) |2 f3 t, d: d>                  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
5 o3 N7 Q: m4 L7 jDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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3 b8 [' A2 u/ N% n9 n3 s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。
3 H$ f* R+ ?( c8 j2 F  }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