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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: t( K. Z* C' x! c2 U. L>                  YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH
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>                  This is pretty neat !!
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* U  ]* W' H$ S, A% a>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
3 {. x4 W, ?" x2 C/ J3 Q>                  Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
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# G# D+ P, _( n3 r, I$ V. U4 a) d>                  This is not one of those waste of time things, it's really fun.
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* ^. m' m* r% e7 A8 O2 K: c6 I# }>                  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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+ }' t6 f6 S  y# a3 O' G( f& h>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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7 t( h, _  M& w( U>                  5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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; b8 M* k$ D- a( @+ ]>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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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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! G8 D2 L% Y- r2 c$ P>                  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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6 U# R0 _4 R7 J+ F" w5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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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。
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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