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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" D! ~* j6 C  `& c7 }>                  This is pretty neat !!
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  ?0 m/ v. j. ~' |7 c! x>                  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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. S& y8 S% ^; ~# D& i/ k+ B>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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0 l7 r8 G% b0 P" U3 A+ G) [6 h5 N>                  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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, ^' U0 r! T8 W$ o>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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0 u; [  u  v1 G/ W>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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/ c6 L0 f0 t" e- `6 Z5 X5 W>                  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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* Z, E) }( `1 p>                  The next two numbers are
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0 w4 y4 E, i1 O. y+ e>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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% w- j% c! o# M- o7 b9 f>                  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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# \% p) c& T3 ~  A$ i' q: a3 i5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
7 T( p$ C, I1 i6 F0 A+ E6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

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。
8 S1 l8 t0 j8 ^/ f; Q输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
0 \' R& D  q" R- I/ c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