# 53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 9, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868 "2017-07-09T19:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/841 "2017-07-30T13:21:21Z")
Your son isn’t anything like [these boys](https://youtu.be/acZgPptGKCw) is he? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/842 "2017-07-30T14:52:40Z")
I’m not sure how tricky this one is, might be a one and done. Because of a bet, a body part is revealed. This leads to hundreds of petabytes of network traffic. Why? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/843 "2017-07-30T15:33:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Your son isn’t anything like [these boys](https://youtu.be/acZgPptGKCw) is he? I hated that episode. I’d actually never seen the show before, and I watched it because it was a Jewish-themed ep, as described in the on-screen guide. I couldn’t believe how bad it was. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/844 "2017-07-30T15:40:11Z")
Heh, **Rivkah** , I was out of college before I learned that my mom actually liked the moustache I grew. Which is a good thing, because I grew it as an expression of teenage defiance, and if I’d known she liked it, I’d have done something else. To **Folly** : 1: Was the body part one which is normally, in the US, considered indecent to expose? 2: Before the reveal, would the body part have been covered by typical clothing? I’m pretty sure I know the gist of this one, but I’ll wait to just dive in until others give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/845 "2017-07-30T15:41:14Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I’m not sure how tricky this one is, might be a one and done. > > Because of a bet, a body part is revealed. This leads to hundreds of petabytes of network traffic. Why? Something to do with strip poker? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/846 "2017-07-30T16:08:16Z")
Was the context of the bet important? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/847 "2017-07-30T16:29:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Heh, **Rivkah** , I was out of college before I learned that my mom actually liked the moustache I grew. Which is a good thing, because I grew it as an expression of teenage defiance, and if I’d known she liked it, I’d have done something else. > > To **Folly** : > 1: Was the body part one which is normally, in the US, considered indecent to expose? > 2: Before the reveal, would the body part have been covered by typical clothing? > > I’m pretty sure I know the gist of this one, but I’ll wait to just dive in until others give it a shot. 1. Yes 2. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/848 "2017-07-30T16:31:05Z")
Actually, I thought of another possibility: 1: At the time of the reveal, was the body part attached to a living body? 2: Was it a human body part? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/849 "2017-07-30T16:31:12Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Something to do with strip poker? No. > [@raventhief](#): > > Was the context of the bet important? Yes. > [@Chronos](#): > > Actually, I thought of another possibility: > 1: At the time of the reveal, was the body part attached to a living body? > 2: Was it a human body part? 1. Yes. 2. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/850 "2017-07-30T16:32:12Z")
OK, I didn’t know the gist, because I was expecting a “no” to both of my first two questions. I was thinking that the body part was a scalp, and that someone shaved their head on a bet. EDIT: So given that this is a typically-indecent part: 1: Was the body part a female breast or portion thereof? 2: Was the body part a penis? 3: Was the body part the vulva or a portion thereof? 4: Was the body part an anus? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/851 "2017-07-30T17:00:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So given that this is a typically-indecent part: > 1: Was the body part a female breast or portion thereof? > 2: Was the body part a penis? > 3: Was the body part the vulva or a portion thereof? > 4: Was the body part an anus? 1. Yes ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/852 "2017-07-30T17:11:57Z")
Did it have anything to do with breastfeeding? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/853 "2017-07-30T17:20:11Z")
Did the person whose breast was revealed lose the bet? Was the breast reveal intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/854 "2017-07-30T17:22:38Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Did it have anything to do with breastfeeding? No. > [@Biotop](#): > > Did the person whose breast was revealed lose the bet? > > Was the breast reveal intentional? 1. No… not really. 2. Probably… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/855 "2017-07-30T17:26:54Z")
Was it a “Wardrobe malfunction”? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/856 "2017-07-30T17:30:46Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Was it a “Wardrobe malfunction”? With your use of quotation marks, I’m going to say ‘yes’. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/857 "2017-07-30T17:40:25Z")
Was this during the Superbowl halftime show? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/858 "2017-07-30T17:51:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Was this during the Superbowl halftime show? Yes. Assuming the ‘this’ refers to the body part being revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/859 "2017-07-30T23:24:15Z")
OK, so that pretty much has to be Janet Jackson and “Nipplegate”. Just to be sure: Was the breast that was revealed Janet Jackson’s? But I have no idea what a bet has to do with anything. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868/860 "2017-07-30T23:54:30Z")
Digging a bit into the recesses of my memory: Are the lyrics of the song they were singing immediately before the reveal relevant? Would Justin Timberlake (I think he was the other singer, right?) have been one of the parties to the “bet”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/53-bicycles-a-lateral-thinking-puzzle/790868.md?page=44)