
Relationships
Lateral Thinking 2
Level 3 · Hard
A young woman in a restaurant was approached by a tearful old lady who said, "You look so like my own daughter who passed away last year. Could you do me a favor and say 'Good-bye, Mother' when I leave?" The young woman happily agreed and said, "Good-bye, Mother" when the old lady left. Later she got a shock. What was it?
One player reads the premise and knows the answer. Everyone else asks yes/no questions until they reconstruct what happened.
Hold, or double tap.
The answer
The young woman was presented with the bill for the old lady's meal. The lady had assured the waiter, "My daughter will pay."