Tim beat me to it. Although I was thinking of two sets of identical twins at once rather than at different times.
I don't know why, but the answer came to me (however flawed) when I woke up this morning. I grew up with a couple (what else) of friends like that. It blew their minds that I could tell them apart. To this day, even I don't know how I did it. --- On Sat, 9/5/09, jw <[email protected]> wrote: > From: jw <[email protected]> > Subject: [Papermodels II 39823] Re: Hey, where's Mandy F. been? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 7:01 AM > > And we have a winner! > Two sperm, two eggs produced four zygotes. > However it is not a brain teaser, it is my own family > history. > My brother and I are identical twins, born first. > ( I am eldest because he snuck up behind me and pushed, > saying "Go see what > it's like, and let me know if it's safe to come out.") > Then my younger brother, doomed to be a mere single child > but the most > creative of the lot. > Finally Pat and Pam , identical twins, came along some > years later to add > youth and beauty to the sibling pool. > > Wildman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mandy F" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:10 AM > Subject: [Papermodels II 39822] Re: Hey, where's Mandy F. > been? > > > > > > Of course! It's one of those brain teasers... > Major fail here. :( > > > > Mandy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim McCarthy" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:26 PM > > Subject: [Papermodels II 39821] Re: Hey, where's Mandy > F. been? > > > > > >> > >> "I have a Twin sister, and we are Identical > Twins. > >> But she is a girl and I am a boy. > >> How is that possible?" > >> > >> A: Not twins of each other. > >> Two sets of identical twins in the same family, > either by birth or > >> marriage. > >> > >> - Tim > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.76/2345 - Release > Date: 09/04/09 > 05:51:00 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
