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Riddle: who am i looking at?

 
 
ianmac
 
Reply Thu 16 Sep, 2004 09:24 am
Brothers and sisters have i none,
this man's father is my father's son. :wink:
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 16 Sep, 2004 09:25 am
your son
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kev
 
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Reply Thu 16 Sep, 2004 08:35 pm
yourself
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markr
 
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Reply Thu 16 Sep, 2004 09:00 pm
It's my son. "My father's son" is I. Therefore, "this man's father" is I, so it must be my son.

If it were myself, then "this man's father" would be my father who can't be "my father's son."
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kev
 
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Reply Fri 17 Sep, 2004 02:05 am
http://www.geocities.com/oosterwal/puzzle/dadsona.htm
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Fri 17 Sep, 2004 02:40 am
That riddle is sooo old. I think I was a teen-ager when I first heard it. I am 65 now.
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ianmac
 
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Reply Fri 17 Sep, 2004 04:53 am
yaaay, u got it right.
it is his son. And yes it is a very old riddle, but still pretty good.
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kev
 
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Reply Fri 17 Sep, 2004 02:49 pm
markr wrote:
It's my son. "My father's son" is I. Therefore, "this man's father" is I, so it must be my son.

If it were myself, then "this man's father" would be my father who can't be "my father's son."


Markr, the question is: you are looking in a mirror and (of the image you see) you say:

this mans father is my fathers son. Thats all there is to it. The answer is it's YOU not your son.
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markr
 
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Reply Fri 17 Sep, 2004 07:03 pm
Kev: No, the question was:

Brothers and sisters have i none,
this man's father is my father's son.
Who am I looking at?

You added the mirror.

However, if there is a mirror, and if it is being held so that the speaker sees himself, then the statement "this man's father is my father's son" is false.

And if you bothered to look at the fourth entry on the web site that you provided a link to, you would see the answer is "my son."
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