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From: mbr@aoa.UUCP (Mark Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Re: ANSWERS TO IDIOT TEST
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 18:50:20 EST
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In article <1869@jhunix.UUCP> rsx_zisc@jhunix.UUCP (Laurah Limbrick) writes:
>>> 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).
>>> 
>
>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.

Then try leaving out step 2.  The question now reduces to: is bigamy legal?

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