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• Re: Riddle (Score:1)

  by domm (4030)

  ... schizophrenic
  • Re: Riddle (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    Wrong :-)
    • Re: Riddle (Score:1)

      by domm (4030)

      I thought so ... Me too!
• wrong sex (Score:2)

  by bart (450)

  Sisters, of course.
  • Re:wrong sex (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    Nope :-)
  • Re:wrong sex (Score:1)

    by bart (450)

    Oh d*mn, you said "sons". I misread that as "children".
• My guess (Score:1)

  by gsiems (1343)

  Me, myself and I?
  • Re:My guess (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    Wrong again :-)
• Definitions are in order (Score:1)

  by Limbic Region (3985)

  Ok - I have thought about the possibility that two brothers are adopted and originally had the same parents but are now not legally related as brothers. This doesn't make them not biological brothers.
  
  I have also thought of the weird implimcations of surrogates, sex changes, and what not - but it seems that would be too complicated for the riddle.
  
  So I am left with guessing that the riddle is worded the way it is because we are assuming things that are not true.
  
  So...
  Does the fact that the sons have the sa
  • Re:Definitions are in order (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    I guess...
  • Re:Definitions are in order (Score:1)

    by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

    My guess is that "sons", "father", and "mother" have nothing to do with genetic connections.
• Language? (Score:1)

  by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

  Is this the language that it was told in? If not, could something have been lost in the translation?
  • Re:Language? (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    It was told in Portuguese, but nothing was lost in the translation.
    
    The answer will follow shortly.
• The answer is here (Score:1)

  by cog (4665)

  You're so gonna hate me for this one, but here it goes anyway [perl.org] :-)