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- 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
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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."
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- 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 ...
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- 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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