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In article <C1Gzsu.7pq@fastrac.llnl.gov> 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."
>

Yes, so?  What's the puzzle?  Did she say anything else?  I mean, it's
certainly clear enough why she wouldn't want to operate on her own son,
but why did you post this here?

-- Mike Maciolek
mikem@ll.mit.edu

In article <C1Gzsu.7pq@fastrac.llnl.gov> dan@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann) writes:
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>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."
>
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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

In article <C1Gzsu.7pq@fastrac.llnl.gov> dan@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann) writes:
>From: dan@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann)
>Subject: surgeon puzzle
>Keywords: situation logic
>Date: 26 Jan 93 16:43:42 GMT
>
>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."
>
>
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The surgeon is his mother... 
This one is as old as the way to Rome (literally from dutch to english, don'
t know if it's the same thing). Please send some newer puzzles!!!