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If you call a tail a leg

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?

It’s riddle time.

Q. If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?

A. Four. Because calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

Now here’s another one. I’ll leave the answer as an exercise for the reader.

Q. If you estimate a new feature will take 10 hours to complete, how long will it take to complete?

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