Both ;)

Time again I, recently, had this occasion of surprising my audience with a succinct response. A special one that loosely reminds me of the incident narrated by Richard Feynman that lead to the title of the book: "Surely, you are joking Mr. Feynman".

In 1998, the first time I wore spectacles; my friends asked me whether it had negative power or positive. I would say, "Both", to take them by surprise. Indeed I had -0.25 power to my left eye and +0.25 to the right one!

Come to April 2010. While loitering in the maternity lobby, other expectant fathers would ask me whether my wife was through. When answered positively they further queried, "Is it a boy or girl?". With a mischievous smile I would say, "Both!".

It would take few seconds to make sense of what I had said, even as they wondered whether I was joking.

But then, why not! We have just become parents of twins; a baby girl and a baby boy. :)