Application

[Guest guest]

"It's time to see how clearly you can think," the teacher said to his

class. "Now, listen carefully, and think about what I'm saying. I'm

thinking of a person who has the same mother and father as I have.

But this person is not my brother and not my sister. Who is it?"

 

The kids in the class furrowed their brows, scratched their heads, and

otherwise showed how hard they were thinking. But no one came up

with the right answer.

 

When everyone in the class had given up, the teacher announced,

"The person is me."

 

Little Jeffery beamed at learning the answer. "That's a good one," he

said to himself. "I'll have to try that on Mom and Dad."

At dinner that night, little Jeffery repeated the riddle to his parents.

 

"I'm thinking of a person who has the same mother and father as I have,"

he said. "But this person isn't my brother and isn't my sister. Who is

it?"

 

His parents furrowed their brows, scratched their heads, and otherwise

pretended that they were thinking hard. Then they both said, "I give up.

Who is it?"

 

"It's my teacher!" Jeffery said.

 

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Do you ever notice that when you're driving, anyone

going slower than you is an idiot and everyone

driving faster than you is a maniac?