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Article #2556Re: surgeon puzzle (*SPOILER*)
From: Paul Hsieh
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:14
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:14
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In article dan@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann) writes: > >A man and his son are involved in an automobile accident. The man dies and >his son sustains injuries. The son is rushed to a hospital and wheeled >into the operating room. The surgeon walks in and says, "I can not >operate on this boy. This boy is my son." This is an old one but a good one if you've never heard it before. A good test of your social attitudes as well ... First hint: Suppose the boy's father was a nurse ... Answer: ... and his wife was the surgeon in question. :) The preceeding hint of course is not necessary but its a useful hint. Paul
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Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utcsri!utmath!hsieh From: hsieh@math.toronto.edu (Paul Hsieh) Subject: Re: surgeon puzzle (*SPOILER*) Message-ID: <1993Jan27.201413.23589@math.toronto.edu> Keywords: Simple puzzle. Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto References: <C1Gzsu.7pq@fastrac.llnl.gov> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:14:13 GMT Lines: 16