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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+ b0 G; O- R; D) L>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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' I% h. i) ~6 T  q0 I>                  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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1 f# D" Q9 k2 I7 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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. D) p9 S, `2 T( J' k6 |>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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. h5 }$ x) Z7 A>                  3. Add 5
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6 C* B  Y. F) H4 r$ j>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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& M% ?( S- n' {$ d$ d( W>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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! Q/ U: |! h: }1 B0 t& n>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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8 ~; a! P. g1 T>                 You should have a three digit number
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+ t! l7 \8 z8 R8 T4 r>                  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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% g1 Z8 {" ?& L" [2 [) V. c7 w- S: I>                  The next two numbers are
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2 Q) h* O, l, x4 v" z; q$ \- |>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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+ x# P: @5 Y0 q; ?) s9 w4 K>                  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
. {- {: U  ?; c9 sDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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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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  J) v; ]1 w3 l* U$ I, w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。
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