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A father and his son were in a car accident. The father died at the scene, but when the boy arrived at the hospital, the surgeon said, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son." Who is the surgeon?

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A father and his son were in a car accident. The father died at the scene, but when the boy arrived at the hospital, the surgeon said, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son." Who is the surgeon?

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The surgeon is the boy's mother. This riddle plays on the assumption that surgeons are male. In this case, the surgeon is the boy's other parent - his mother.

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