Ok.. I think I've got it! The Grandmothers are widows, and each have a son. Each Widow marries the son of the other, they in turn have a daughter. Laura -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Happy New Year.............ots Shelby and everyone on this list. Happy New Year but I have a riddle for you to solve This comes from the NGS newsletter "Supposedly an 1848 Epitaph in Paris, Va" Here lies: 2 grandmothers, with their 2 granddaughters; 2 fathers, with their 2 wives; 2 mothers, with their 2 sons; 2 sisters, with their 2 brothers; Yet but 6 corpses in all lie buried here, All born legitimate, from incest clear. Can anyone solve it? I can do okay till I get to the 2 sisters with their 2 brothers. Someone please solve it and let me know. VA in VA ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
That is it. Congratulations! Two widows each had a son. (4 people) Each widow married the son of the other widow. (Still 4 people) Each couple then had a daughter, making a total of 6 people. (The 2 daughters would be the 2 sisters of their 2 brothers, same as the 2 granddaughters, ergo 6 people total). The clue I gave about a "cougar" is a slang term for older women who marry younger men. I don't know what the term would be for older men who marry younger women....... My mother was 12 years older than my dad. Dodie Laura Loding <[email protected]> wrote: Ok.. I think I've got it! The Grandmothers are widows, and each have a son. Each Widow marries the son of the other, they in turn have a daughter. Laura -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Happy New Year.............ots Shelby and everyone on this list. Happy New Year but I have a riddle for you to solve This comes from the NGS newsletter "Supposedly an 1848 Epitaph in Paris, Va" Here lies: 2 grandmothers, with their 2 granddaughters; 2 fathers, with their 2 wives; 2 mothers, with their 2 sons; 2 sisters, with their 2 brothers; Yet but 6 corpses in all lie buried here, All born legitimate, from incest clear. Can anyone solve it? I can do okay till I get to the 2 sisters with their 2 brothers. Someone please solve it and let me know. VA in VA ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.