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A man was born in 1955, yet today he is only 33 years of age. How is this possible?
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He was born in the hospital room 1955.Hide Answer Show Answer
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it could have been his house number.
Ahh...my thoughts were that he was born in 1955 but the year is only 1985. I thought he was in a book or something. Good one
if it was 1985 then he would have been 30 not 33. Goob teaser
I thought that it may of been the time 19:55. I guess that would work.
Didn't even tink of room numbers!
Didn't even tink of room numbers!
Then he would be born AT 19:55, not IN.
I thought that he died when he was 33.
i thought that "today" would be the year 1962...like "today" in a book or T.V. show or sumthin
Apr 05, 2003
I thought maybe he died and was frozen or something
Apr 30, 2003
I've heard a variant on this: "A man was born in 1955 and died in 1938. He was 83 when he died. How is this possible?" but I think I like the shorter version better.
I like yours better profwynde!
i thought it was 19:55
yeah i either thought he'd died, or that it was only 1988
I actually thought maybe he was born on leap year or something. Cute I liked it
I thought the year was 1988 too. I liked it thought it was cute.
You never specied when "today" is, ironmaiden. It could have been 1988. What you should have said is, "But today, in the year___ he is only 33."
I thought he died in 1955! That was a nice one.
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