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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>                  DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read.
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! [: t6 P1 I( n$ ]" j" p8 i>                  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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5 B! ?. j2 a4 Y( n$ P5 B4 J>                  2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
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>                  3. Add 5
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  C2 r" B% v" o# _>                  4. Multiply it by 50
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2 m: X, }* R% F4 |' S>                  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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>                  YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is !)
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小黄

原帖由 williamguoca 于 2008-10-31 16:53 发表
0 E; s7 \. [- G) A5 f/ @Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway---but your waiter may know!
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3 [. n0 p4 \( Q' ~' X$ r1 R" K5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... ; If you haven't, add 1757.
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4 p2 }# a; m! P$ a; j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。
  u: g4 u! e: q) t$ O输入了生日，加加减减一圈，最后得出生日，毫无意义。
; `; j/ Q9 [( a- h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