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From: rsx_zisc@jhunix.UUCP (Laurah Limbrick)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Re: ANSWERS TO IDIOT TEST
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 13:13:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 13:13:34 1986
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>> A variation on this question is:  "Is it legal for a man to
>> be married to his widow's sister?"  The answer is YES.
>> 
>> Here is how:
>> 		1)  Man marries woman A.
>> 		2)  Man and woman A are divorced.
>> 		3)  Man marries woman B, who is woman A's sister.
>> 		4)  Man dies.
>> 
>> Since woman A is woman B's sister, and Man was married to woman A,
>> AT ONE TIME, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIDOW'S SISTER (A).
>> 
>> Now don't you feel elevated?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Daniel J. Barrett
>> Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
>> Johns Hopkins University
>> Baltimore, MD  21218

But if the man and woman A are divorced, then she is a divorcee', and NOT 
considered his widow when he dies.  Therefore, he still has not married 
his widow's sister.