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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3 Z4 k& K8 M: v6 b2 A; Q; d6 w>                  This is pretty neat !!
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% Z6 \4 R8 P- M4 |7 `  J>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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' n. V. c1 I2 }% f>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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8 y4 [! u3 E" n1 l8 R" f7 ]% v2 ~>                  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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1 l7 Q  L  F& o% D4 _. e>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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0 z5 I4 W( ?$ h9 y7 Y4 O: W% S>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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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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>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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0 X$ N5 F$ Z+ ]+ r+ q8 N$ G1 O>                 You should have a three digit number
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3 l. N5 n( i) |! Y$ w>                  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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>                  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
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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9 |7 Q3 t% t! R5 Q( w5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;  

& a3 X# Q0 @$ `& q! C% u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