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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4 _# Q: e$ B& V! U>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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1 k2 f2 d% n4 M2 S. l* @>                  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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$ o: m1 W- C! @( w6 y2 l' n# A>                  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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>                 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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5 u3 G7 Q8 Z; l>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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9 w6 I; d1 ^% l- c; l& Q/ r1 g, {. U>                  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
- ]% z" }7 J6 A( X) }( C* VDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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: x% k. Y& f4 O5 t$ p, X! y& ~5. 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;  

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2 S$ q' 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。
4 L2 F$ x2 \% e) Q输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
6 Z5 k2 v3 b) E. J! [& 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