I love reading jokes; and there have been some funny
ones in this thread (some not so much
). Unfortunately I never remember one well enough to tell it effectively. But there is this riddle I've stumped a lot of people with over the years.
Before you read it, I have a request. If you've heard it before or you have an immediate insight to the solution, please don't blurt it out (via a post here). PM me instead. I'd like to give anyone, who chooses to, a chance to ponder it. OK? Here's the riddle:
So, if you're interested, PM me with your solution or even if you're stumped. I'll confirm or correct your answer, then report back here in a few days with the intended solution ... as well as with the interesting answers received (and there have been some doozies).


Before you read it, I have a request. If you've heard it before or you have an immediate insight to the solution, please don't blurt it out (via a post here). PM me instead. I'd like to give anyone, who chooses to, a chance to ponder it. OK? Here's the riddle:
Bobby and his father are in a horrible car accident that instantly kills Bobby's father.
Bobby himself is seriously injured and rushed to the hospital.
The surgeon takes one look at Bobby on the operating table and says: "Oh my God! I can't operate on this boy. He's my son!"
How can this be?Bobby himself is seriously injured and rushed to the hospital.
The surgeon takes one look at Bobby on the operating table and says: "Oh my God! I can't operate on this boy. He's my son!"
So, if you're interested, PM me with your solution or even if you're stumped. I'll confirm or correct your answer, then report back here in a few days with the intended solution ... as well as with the interesting answers received (and there have been some doozies).