red750 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I thought I might start a topic to post a few mind testers. Here is one to start. Name four days of the week starting with "t". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Tuesday, Thursday, today, tomorrow? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Name the day of the week beginning with "o". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Correct, Jerry. Two fathers and two sons go fishing. How many in the boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Three 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) None, they fished off a jetty. Edited September 1, 2022 by pmccarthy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 23 hours ago, red750 said: Correct, Jerry. Two fathers and two sons go fishing. How many in the boat? Two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 rgmwa is correct - grandfather, father and son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Could I just point out that if two fathers are fishing, they are also both somebody's sons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Yes, but those somebody’s aren’t fishing, or.if they are, they aren’t in the same boat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Yes, but Marty, the grandfathers father was not there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I understand your premise. Grandfather and father, that's 2 fathers. Father and son, that's 2 sons. BUT in that scenario the father is being counted as both a father and a son. In my scenario, you have two unrelated blokes who are family men, so they're both fathers. However by definition any male is also somebody's son, so they are both sons as well. 2 fathers, 2 sons. In fact in your grandpa/father/son scenario you could remove the son as well, because even grandpa was someone's son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) But Marty, although your two blokes are definitely sons they are not necessarily fathers. We only have your word that they are family men. Edited September 1, 2022 by rgmwa 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 28/08/2022 at 12:50 PM, old man emu said: Name the day of the week beginning with "o". "Oh shit, it's Monday again?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 28/08/2022 at 12:50 PM, old man emu said: Name the day of the week beginning with "o". Overmorrow: the day after tomorrow. A calque of German übermorgen; equivalent to over- + morrow. "Calque": A borrowing by word-for-word translation: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 O my gosh I'm late for Mass. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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