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Brain Game: The Brain Brothers?
by Sandy - May 15, 2008 - 6:30 AM

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I’ve always been fascinated with the psychology of twins and their relationships. Today’s Brain Game is a “related” riddle (pun intended) that we hope you’ll enjoy:

Jon and Don were born to the same parents
on the same date of the same year
at the same hospital, but they’re not twins.

How is this possible?

Click here for the answer.

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  1. I was thinking that their parents were lesbian partners, who both got pregnant and who happened to deliver simultaneously. I guess I over-thought that one.

    posted by Amy on 5-15-2008 at 8:14 am

  2. Dag nab it, I guessed they were quadruplets.

    posted by Witty Nickname on 5-15-2008 at 8:36 am

  3. Not only did I guess the triplets angle, I even went with Ron for the third!

    posted by Kevin on 5-15-2008 at 9:20 am

  4. Finally, I know one… then I see Kevin got it. Booo.

    posted by adrienne on 5-15-2008 at 9:22 am

  5. But what if they were born nine months apart on the same date (say the 15th) of the same year, but different months? Many a mother who thought breast feeding would protect her from getting pregnant and found out nine months later that it didn’t, can vouch for this one. Not to single out any nationality, or belittle anyone, but I believe they used to call this Irish Twins.

    posted by kcz on 5-15-2008 at 9:28 am

  6. Amy, I was going with the lesbians angle, too… looks like we both need to brush up on our Occam’s Razor…

    posted by Abby T on 5-15-2008 at 10:45 am

  7. Hmmm. I was thinking that Jon and Don might be houseflies, two of hundreds of baby houseflies born that day. Which wouldn’t speak well of the hospital, now, would it? (And why would they even have names in the first place?)

    posted by buddz on 5-15-2008 at 11:20 am

  8. I missed the 3rd one’s name…thought it might be Susy…

    posted by ann on 5-15-2008 at 12:53 pm

  9. “‘Chesnut! Chesnut!’ he said, gnashing his teeth … ”

    I think I got the Hobbit quote right. Anyway: They’re two of a set of triplets (or other multiple birth larger than twins).

    posted by Joanna on 5-15-2008 at 1:59 pm

  10. finally, an easy one.

    posted by derek on 5-15-2008 at 5:09 pm

  11. My guess was that this was based on the whole “man gets pregnant” news story, and that both the man and the woman were pregnant. Occam’s Razor in action!

    posted by Sillstaw on 5-22-2008 at 10:58 pm

  12. I said they were cousins, the same parents were their grandparents….

    posted by Julia on 6-25-2008 at 1:20 pm

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