MediumLateral
"I am a party where the guest of honour cannot attend. I is a gathering held for someone who no longer gathers. I is sombre yet I often ends with stories and laughter. What am I?"
Answer
A Funeral
Explanation
A funeral is held to mark a death — the guest of honour, the deceased, cannot attend in the usual sense. Funerals are solemn occasions yet often end with a wake where mourners share memories and stories, which frequently produces both tears and laughter.
This is a medium riddle in the Lateral Thinking category — Riddles that require thinking completely outside the box.
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