A riddle

[wisaweumachque]

This is a Riddle I had to read, and figure out for my sociology class. I thought it was amusing, and it stumped me for a LONG time, so I decided to post it.

A father and his son were driving to a ball game when their car stalled on the railroad tracks. In the distance a train whistle blew a warning. Frantically, the father tried to start the

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[aioyp]

so yes, you must tell me if i was right or not, i left you a message on icq. yepyep. ~AIOYP

Got it!

[vulpessolus]

Then again, I've had sociology before, so I knew what train of thought they were looking for, so to speak. I won't post the answer though, as that would be a bit rude - the answer is up to you to post, since it's your riddle.

Time: something under 2 minutes.

umm..hi...

[zhenaveeve]

yeah,this is mike's friend...i was just wondering if you could tell me the right answer to the riddle?i just had to post,i hope you don't mind,because i'm curious.is the surgeon the boy's mother? because if it's not,then i TOTALLY have no idea.anyway,thanx for letting me post,hopefully you'll be able to answer my question.~ zhena

Re: umm..hi...

[wisaweumachque]

yes you are correct

I put it in my lj cuz

[zodac]

Hey dinger, i put it in my lj cuz i don't have your email or anything. Sounds to simple to be true, but its there in an lj cut. If you can tell me if I'm right 'd be cool.

[sexysadie6666]

I wonder what the results would be like if this question were asked in a society with more female surgeons, mostly because I think this riddle purposely tricks the mind into thinking about men because it mentions only men directly.