Puzzle 8: Twin a few, Lose a few

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Bob and Sam were identical twins born in London in 1911. Bob was born before Sam but Sam was older than Bob. How come? Bob+and+Sam+were+identical+twins+born+in+London+in+1911%2e+Bob+was+born+before+Sam+but+Sam+was+older+than+Bob%2e+How+come%3f

Digilady

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:18 pm Click here to edit this post

~ bump ~

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:45 pm Click here to edit this post

Was Bob born on February 29, and Sam born minutes later on the first of March? NO

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:46 pm Click here to edit this post

(By the way, my birthday is the first of March... :) for a long time i thought i was born at midnight and nearly missed being screwed for birthdays, but it turned out it was noon :) hehe)

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:54 pm Click here to edit this post

Was bob born in February at all? NO

(maybe i didn't word it right)

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:56 pm Click here to edit this post

Is the month they were born important? NO...

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:57 pm Click here to edit this post

Is how they were born important? NO

Is a medical explanation part of the answer? NO

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:57 pm Click here to edit this post

Is the year they were born in important? NO

Is the location important? NO

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:58 pm Click here to edit this post

Is sam older than his identical twin brother, bob?

"Sam was older than Bob"

Ocean_Islands

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 01:59 pm Click here to edit this post

Is this riddle based on a true story? YES

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 02:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Was Sam delivered by caesarian section? NO

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 02:01 pm Click here to edit this post

Sam could have been older than his dad, Bob Sr :)

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 02:05 pm Click here to edit this post

Were they born on the day when we change our time back an hour, and Bob was born BEFORE the change, and Sam born AFTER THE CHANGE, therefore making Sam born "first"?

DING DING DING

Bob and Sam were born on the night when clocks are set back for summer time. Bob was born at 1:45 AM, and Sam 30 minutes later. The clocks were set back at 2:00 AM, so Sam’s official time of birth was 1:15 AM.

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 02:08 pm Click here to edit this post

And the minutes Bob was born before the change were, of course, proportional to the minutes Sam was born after (i.e. Bob was born 50 minutes before the change, so Sam had to be born within 10 minutes after the change

Spamgirl

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 02:09 pm Click here to edit this post

Woo hoo! I finally finished doing the first part of my work, come here, find a puzzle, and solve it! hehe what fun

Hostess1

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 - 02:10 pm Click here to edit this post

Good Spam!

Prize announced later. Suggestions welcomed!!

Guruchaz

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 10:30 am Click here to edit this post

Ok, I'm here for the puzzle. lol!