Riddle Me This...

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by MsPisces. on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 and has 27 replies.

Understanding the Riddle of the Surgeon and the Boy

The surgeon is the boy's mother. This riddle highlights assumptions about gender roles and emphasizes that women can be surgeons and mothers. Recognizing this helps challenge stereotypes and broadens understanding of family dynamics and professions.

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A father and son are in a car accident. The father dies instantly. The boy, in critical condition, is rushed to the nearest hospital for emergency surgery.

The surgeon looks at the child aghast and says, "I can't operate on him! He's my own son!"

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You know the answer because you've heard this before, or you just know? If its the former, than ya, let someone else answre.

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Two girls are born on the same day, in the same hospital, at the same date, in the same year, at the same time, to the same parents, but they are not twins, how?

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Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?

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That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant. But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother. Who is lying?

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Once upont a time, at a perfect Christmas party, there was a perfect meeting between a perfect man and a perfect woman. They went on a perfect date, and after a perfect courtship, they celebrated a perfect wedding. Their life together was - of course - perfect.

Then, one snowy Christmas Eve, the perfect couple were driving their perfect car along a steep winding road. They noticed a man at the side of the road calling for help. Of course - being the perfect couple - they stopped to see if they could help.

There, at the side of the road, stood father Christmas, with a huge sack full of toys. The perfect couple - not wanting to destroy the magic of Christmas - bundles Father Christmas and his sack into their car, and drove off to start delivering the presents.

The driving conditions were poor, and only ten minutes down the road there was a serious car accident. Unfortunately, only one of the occupants survived.

Who was the survivor?

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it was his mother.

Kai, riddl eme thise:

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand.I have a long neck, but no head.I cannot see, and I'm neat and tidy as can be

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Posted by Claire

Posted by chinesecheese
it was his mother.

Kai, riddl eme thise:

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand.I have a long neck, but no head.I cannot see, and I'm neat and tidy as can be

A neatly decapitated centipede. (With a long neck). 🙂

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nopezors! A centipede actually has a VERY small neck.

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