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From: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Ken Arromdee)
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Subject: Re: IDIOT TEST (NOT Eric's)
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 16:23:03 EST
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> 2. How many birthdays does the average person have?

Ambiguous; birthday can mean "the day you were born" or "the particular day
of the year in which you were born some other year".  (Though I suspect the
former meaning is meant, making the answer "1".

> 3. Some months have 31 days, some have 30. How many have 28?

Ambiguous: do you mean "28, and possibly some more" or "exactly 28"?  (I
suspect the answer is 12, using meaning 1)

>10. If you have 3 apples and you take away 2, how many apples
>    do you have?

Really ambiguous; the answer is 1, 2, or 3, depending on what each "you" means.

>15. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many does he have left? 

Also really ambiguous; does having a dead sheep count as having a sheep?
The answer is 9 or 17, depending.
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Kenneth Arromdee
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