Stuff to think about

Me and my friend Emma were sharing stories at Ohiwa a few weeks back on the little grassy knoll overlooking the vast expanse of sea. These were lifted from actual books. The 'sad stories' are from Affluenza which is about consumerism, and the riddles are from 'the tenth circle' which is a Jodi Picoult book that everyone goes ape for right now. They're not grammar'd and spell'd good because they're lifted from my memory.

SAD STORY

A workaholic man finds himself with one free day off work for the first time of his life. He is so intensely dedicated to his work that he neglects his wife and their depressed teenaged son so he decides to spend his free day taking his son fishing. So they go fishing and the boy has the time of his life and they really felt a connection to each other for the first time and the boy is lifted from his depression, even though they catch nothing. After that day the man returns to his work and they never share another day together again. However the boy really cherished that day and felt that it gave him the will to live happily again. Many years later the father dies and the boy grows up, but never forgets the day they went fishing together. In his death the father leaves behind the work diaries he kept when he was still working . The boy looks at the entry under the date of their fishing trip and it said “Waste of a day.”

Moral of the story?


ANOTHER SAD STORY

Another Father-son epic fail tale.
A certain boy wants a car for his 17th birthday, which his father had agreed with. However, on his 17th, he receives not a shiny red corvette he'd wanted but a Bible. He considers this to be an insult and leaves home hastily without a word to his parents, and travels across the country to avoid any contact with them. Despite many attempts to contact him again, his parents never see him again. 15 years later the boy is fully grown and receives a message that his father has died. The boy reaches into his bedroom drawer and looks at the Bible he received for his 17th birthday that drove him and his father apart to their deathbed. He opens it for the first time and finds inside a cheque for $5000, enough to buy his ideal car.


These stories are true, BTW.



RIDDLE:1:

A woman meets a man at her mother's funeral, whom she considers to be the love of her life and her soulmate, but she forgot to get his number. A week later she murdered her sister. Why?

Think of your own answer before you scroll down.































The woman murdered her sister in case she would meet the man again at the funeral.

If you hadn't answered like this, congratulations, you are not a psychopath :)
Most serial killers in prisons respond with this answer when the question is given.




RIDDLE:2:

A father and his son go out fishing. However, during their fishing trip the son injures his leg badly and is rushed to hospital in the ambulance. He is sent to the operating table in hospital but the surgeon sees him and goes “Hey, that's my son!”

How is this possible? Think and it will come to you as an incredibly obvious answer. Scroll down if you're desperate.

ANSWER: The surgeon is the boy's mother.

This riddle proves the sexist ideals in the career world