Bob and Joe sat next to each other taking a test. When they finished, the teacher called them up to the front of the room and said,
- “Boys, I will have to give both of you a zero on this test”
- “W-why?” they wanted to know, though Joe was shifting uncomfortably.
She said, “Your answers were too nearly alike. One of you cheated and the other one let him do it.”
- “What makes you think we cheated?” Bob asked. “That could have been a coincidence.”
The teacher said, “I might have believed that if it wasn’t for the fact that when you became to question number 10, Bob wrote in ‘ I don’t know’ for the answer, and you, Joe, put ‘me neither!’”
- “Boys, I will have to give both of you a zero on this test”
- “W-why?” they wanted to know, though Joe was shifting uncomfortably.
She said, “Your answers were too nearly alike. One of you cheated and the other one let him do it.”
- “What makes you think we cheated?” Bob asked. “That could have been a coincidence.”
The teacher said, “I might have believed that if it wasn’t for the fact that when you became to question number 10, Bob wrote in ‘ I don’t know’ for the answer, and you, Joe, put ‘me neither!’”
