Lateral Thinking · Ages 12–15
Riddle #163
A boy is rushed to the hospital emergency room. The ER doctor looks at him and says, 'I can't operate on him — he's my son!' But the doctor is not the boy's father. How is this possible?
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Answer: The doctor is the boy's mother.