English Riddle: Can you answer the question?

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A father and son have a car accident and are both badly hurt. They are both taken to separate hospitals. When the boy is taken in for an operation, the surgeon (doctor) says 'I can not do the surgery because this is my son'. How is this possible?

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Answer

'A father and son' does not mean the same family. A father means somebody who has children. Here, the son is not his son.

i think,the doctor is mather

i think,the doctor is mather

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nori.

The surgeon is the mother.

i can think of the answer

the surgoen is a grandpa

The surgeon is his mother

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the fooling

i donot expect that new idea i will try it with my frends

The surgery is a mother

The surgery is a mother

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"He's the son of my father and he's not my brother. Who is that?"

it's YOU!

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It's his mother

answer

The Doctor is his mother

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The text never implies that

The text never implies that the son and the father in the car are from the same family. Also, the doctor could be the son's mother.

i guess

this is son's mother
or
this will be dad if father is foster-father
or contrary

answer

this is his mother

the surgeon is the son's

the surgeon is the son's mother...

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The surgeon is the child's

The surgeon is the child's mother.

he is his father and

The surgeon is his father and surgeon can not operation their son.

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Because the surgeon is the

Because the surgeon is the boy's mother.