IG-64 Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Riddle: A father and his son are driving to the ballgame when their car stalls on the tracks. In the distance, a train wistle blows a warning. Frantically, the father tries to start the engine, but to no avail. The train hits the car, kills the father and injures the son, who is soon in an ambulance on the way to the hospital and the operating room. As the boy is being prepared for surgery, the doctor walks in, expecting a routine case. However, on seeing the boy, the surgeon pales and mutters, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son." _____ Stuck? Surgeons are not always men. Edit: Notation: The boy does not have 2 fathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBell Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 or...... The boy could have 2 fathers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbers Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 i gots one! The seller doesn't need it. The buyer doesn't use it. The user doesn't see it. what is it? hint think death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 'twas his mother and........... A coffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 That was on the cosby show. Nick@nite= teh win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt-Man Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 i would use one form KotOR but this is LucasForums, so i won't, but i do have multiple ones: 1. what always end's everything? 2. Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where? 3.Why is the longest human nose on record only 11 inches long? 1. the letter G 2. In a dictionary 3. becuase if ti were 12 inches it would be a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 2 coins add up to 15 cents. One of them is not a nickel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Originally posted by Mike Windu 2 coins add up to 15 cents. One of them is not a nickel. Oh! I know this one. It a dime and a nickel! One of them isn't a nickel. It's a dime. Heh. How fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Mike Windu 2 coins add up to 15 cents. One of them is not a nickel. They used that riddle in an episode of Scrubs. /scrubs fanatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I hardely consider sexism "cool"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted December 23, 2004 Author Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by TK-8252 I hardely consider sexism "cool"... Yes, I thought someone would come in and say that. But the fact is, we can't help it. Our brains find patterns, such as doctors being males, and take subliminal shortcuts. Used here to our disadvantage. Most of the time when we hear surgeon or dostor we think guy, but if we train our brains not to and remind ourselves that there are female doctors we can be cured of our subliminal "sexism". So you see, it's not the fact that we're all biased evil males, but it's just the fact that we usually see doctors being guys, so our brains take a subliminal shortcut. Sexim would be if you said to yourself that all doctors should be males. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Here's an easy one, what's wrong about this formula Suppose: A=B A²=AB A²-B²=AB-B² (A+B)(A-B)=B(A-B) A+B=B 2A=A 2=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Alegis Here's an easy one, what's wrong about this formula Suppose: A=B A²=AB A²-B²=AB-B² (A+B)(A-B)=B(A-B) A+B=B 2A=A 2=1 The second line is false, let's say 2 is B. 4=4 4-4=0 You have to stop there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Lines 1-2 are completely correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by ET Warrior They used that riddle in an episode of Scrubs. /scrubs fanatic I know! I suck at riddles, but thanks to Scrubs, I nailed that one. Woot! @IG: I didn't figure out that first one, so apparently it's not just guys that immediately assume male when the hear 'doctor' or 'surgeon'. Strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothiX Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Alegis, only use A, makes it more clear. And I remember that one, my maths teacher showed it to me once. He also told me why it was wrong, but I can't remember that, exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightNinja Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 the last 2 ones are wrong: A=B-B A=0 2=0 impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with Seven Wives. Every wife had seven sacks. Every sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothiX Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by LightNinja the last 2 ones are wrong: A=B-B A=0 2=0 impossible Where do you get the impression that A = 2? In your example, A could as well be 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by JediKnight_114 As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with Seven Wives. Every wife had seven sacks. Every sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives? one. only the narrator was going to st. ives. Yeah, I saw Die Hard With a Vengeance, too, JK_114. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalukai Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Investigators found a man dead that had been hung in his den. He was hung from one of 2 cieling fans in the room offset from the center... the first fanis 4 feet from the sliding door ,the other fan where he was found hanging from is 4 feet from the fireplace in the den.. investigators found no chair near him other than the recliner in the den (which is 6 feet away).... while they were hastilty ruling a homicide one detective looked down and noticed a pool of liquid underneath the human pinata and spurts out" this is no murder...this man killed himself..." how did he do it? ANOTHER ONE: I crawl with 4 in the morning I run with 2 in the afternoon I walk with 3 in the evening what am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Nalukai Investigators found a man dead that had been hung in his den. He was hung from one of 2 cieling fans in the room offset from the center... the first fanis 4 feet from the sliding door ,the other fan where he was found hanging from is 4 feet from the fireplace in the den.. investigators found no chair near him other than the recliner in the den (which is 6 feet away).... while they were hastilty ruling a homicide one detective looked down and noticed a pool of liquid underneath the human pinata and spurts out" this is no murder...this man killed himself..." how did he do it? He stood on a block of ice that melted after he was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by GothiX Alegis, only use A, makes it more clear. If I gave the answer already it would be more clear as well Lightninja, of course 2=1 is incorrect. I already said the' formula was incorrect. In maths everything is correct so somewhere there must be a mistake, to lead to that wrong answer. Don't work with numbers, they're unnecessary. It's actually quite easy, not even riddle-worthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomie Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 crawl with 4 in the morning I run with 2 in the afternoon I walk with 3 in the evening what am I? human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted December 23, 2004 Author Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Nalukai I crawl with 4 in the morning I run with 2 in the afternoon I walk with 3 in the evening what am I? A horse? Except a horse runs with 3 beats and walks with 2... Ah well, I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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