Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Family Math Issues

Mrs. Hyper: "I have 3 kids."

Dr. Grumpy: "That's nice. Boys? Girls?"

Mrs. Hyper: "One of each."
Posted by Grumpy, M.D. at 1:36 PM

10 comments:

Rachael said...

uuuummmm...... but you forgot the imaginary child.

November 18, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Amanda said...

I bet she home schools.

November 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM
D(ea)r Abby said...

To be fair, she didn't say ONLY one of each. So if she, say, had two boys and a girl, her answer is still true, she just left one out.

November 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM
The Ovingelf Man said...

Specifically, they're hermaphrodite amputee triplets.

November 18, 2009 at 4:18 PM
The Mother said...

And this after I just posted a whine about math education in this country.

November 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Frank, CPhT said...

Well, you know what they say. There are three types of people in this world, those who can count, and those who can't.

November 18, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Anonymous said...

If she is pregnant and doesn't now the sex of the child then according to quantum mechanics the child is:
a boy and not a boy and also
a girl and not a girl.

November 18, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Classof65 said...

The third child is her husband...

November 18, 2009 at 8:47 PM
The Disca Man said...

Anonymous: don't forget that you have to renormalize the wavefunctions of all three children so that the sum total adds up to one boy and one girl.

November 18, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Anonymous said...

Disca Man: But if the wave function has not collapsed yet then currently the third child is 50% male and 50% female.
Is half one way or the other?

November 19, 2009 at 3:51 PM

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