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(Message started by: denis on Mar 29^th, 2009, 11:24am)

Title: The two sisters
Post by denis on Mar 29^th, 2009, 11:24am

Two sisters, Jane and Amber, were both conceived at the same time and born minutes apart from the same mother. However, they are not twins. Note that the conception was natural (i.e. no artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation were involved).
Both babies and mother are all of the same species ... homo sapiens

How?

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by Vondell on Mar 29^th, 2009, 4:21pm

I've seen this one more than a couple of times, so I'll leave my response at that.

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by Iceman on Mar 29^th, 2009, 7:08pm

They are triplets.

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by denis on Mar 29^th, 2009, 7:40pm

on 03/29/09 at 19:08:13, Iceman wrote:

They are triplets.

Yep. I thought it would be nice to throw you a bone one in a while ;)

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by towr on Mar 30^th, 2009, 12:56am

Sometimes I wish my memory was a bit better (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_whathappened;action=display;num=1153730103;).

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by Vondell on Mar 30^th, 2009, 7:24am

Just to add my two cents (yet again), they don't necessarily have to be triplets. They could be quadruplets or even higher.

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by towr on Mar 30^th, 2009, 7:40am

They could be two characters in a story. Conceived at the same time in the mind of a female author, and put to paper (born) within minutes of each other.
I suppose you could argue whether they're the same species as the mother; they don't really occupy the same universe; but I think it could work.

Title: Re: The two sisters
Post by Wardub on Mar 30^th, 2009, 11:54am

on 03/30/09 at 07:40:03, towr wrote:

haha or time travel :D