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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5 e- [8 z/ J' l( E' W- q1 s9 ^! H>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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# F4 N( j9 w, _6 g6 ]>                  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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>                  3. Add 5
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>                  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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5 m+ u0 N: T. N2 n3 }) `+ V5 `  A>                  6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born;
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8 j4 o; S4 b  \  C3 I7 B( M6 n>                 You should have a three digit number
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2 I& _8 @2 \6 R  G! q. u>                  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
& p5 @: c, V. h) q# p4 TDon't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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6 i4 N. U: \, N  `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;  

& r6 @- r; u( y# {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。
% D" T7 Q+ {; z' d输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
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williamguoca

Hey, take it easy, Xiao Huang!  It's just a game for fun! don't be so serious ....

chmwl