HardLateral
"When does tomorrow come before yesterday?"
Answer
In a dictionary
Explanation
In alphabetical order, T comes before Y. So the word tomorrow comes before the word yesterday when arranged alphabetically in a dictionary.
This is a hard riddle in the Lateral Thinking category — Riddles that require thinking completely outside the box.
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Tags:wordplaylaterallanguage
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