CHANCE ENCOUNTER

A YOUNG student reported for a final examination that consisted of only true/false questions.

The student took a seat in the hall, stared at the test for five minutes, removed a coin from his pocket and started tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet according to the result of the toss – heads meant true, tails meant false.

The student finished the exam in 30 minutes while the rest of the class was sweating it out.

Suddenly, during the last few minutes of the allotted exam time, the student began desperately throwing the coin again, sweating profusely.

The moderator, alarmed, approached the student and asked what was going on.

“Well, I finished the exam in half an hour,” said the student, “but I thought I ought to re-check my answers.”

Ed Zortails, email