Family Puzzles - Net search (11)
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:30 pm1. Toby is celebrating his birthday with his friends & family at a restaurant. "I'd like to have a beer - the best you've got! Today is my sixteenth birthday," Toby says to the waiter. The restaurant manager & several customers hear what Toby says, but he is still served a beer. Why?
Hint: Toby really is sixteen years old.
Answer:
Toby & his family & friends are in a country with no legal drinking age, or a drinking age that is much lower than you will find in the United States.
2. A little girl is in Missouri, & her mother is in California. The little girl is in an accident, & has to be rushed to a nearby hospital. The little girl is the daughter of the nurse who assists her. How is this possible?
Answer:
The nurse is the father of the little girl. Many people don't immediately see this because we are socialized to think of women as being nurses, men as being doctors, etc.
Hint: Toby really is sixteen years old.
Answer:
Toby & his family & friends are in a country with no legal drinking age, or a drinking age that is much lower than you will find in the United States.
2. A little girl is in Missouri, & her mother is in California. The little girl is in an accident, & has to be rushed to a nearby hospital. The little girl is the daughter of the nurse who assists her. How is this possible?
Answer:
The nurse is the father of the little girl. Many people don't immediately see this because we are socialized to think of women as being nurses, men as being doctors, etc.