Just heard this one:
We're sons of the same father and mother, but we're not brothers.
What are we? :-)
Re: Riddle
domm on 2005-01-19T14:16:49
... schizophrenic
Re: Riddle
cog on 2005-01-19T14:24:54
Wrong :-)
Re: Riddle
domm on 2005-01-19T19:24:05
I thought so ... Me too!
wrong sex
bart on 2005-01-19T15:58:18
Sisters, of course.
Re:wrong sex
cog on 2005-01-19T16:06:23
Nope :-)
Re:wrong sex
bart on 2005-01-19T22:16:25
Oh d*mn, you said "sons". I misread that as "children".
My guess
gsiems on 2005-01-19T16:12:48
Me, myself and I?
Re:My guess
cog on 2005-01-19T16:16:03
Wrong again :-)
Definitions are in order
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 same mother and father mean they have the same parents?
In other words - would the following restatement of the riddle still have the same answer?
There is more than one male with the same biological parents but the males are not legal or biological brothers
Re:Definitions are in order
cog on 2005-01-19T16:41:59
I guess...
Re:Definitions are in order
Mr. Muskrat on 2005-01-20T00:55:14
My guess is that "sons", "father", and "mother" have nothing to do with genetic connections.
Language?
Mr. Muskrat on 2005-01-20T00:42:11
Is this the language that it was told in? If not, could something have been lost in the translation?
Re:Language?
cog on 2005-01-20T08:44:35
It was told in Portuguese, but nothing was lost in the translation.
The answer will follow shortly.
The answer is here
cog on 2005-01-20T09:09:37
You're so gonna hate me for this one, but here it goes anyway :-)
