Lateral Thinking · Ages 12–15
Riddle #168
A night watchman tells his boss he dreamed the boss's morning flight would crash. The boss cancels his ticket, the plane really does go down — and the boss fires the watchman anyway. Why?
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Open-ended riddle: think it through, then reveal the answer.
Answer: To have dreamed it, the watchman must have been asleep — on the night shift he was paid to stay awake through.