# Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193 "2019-10-23T21:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2061 "2020-02-02T14:31:02Z")
\*\*Reply to Aspidistra: Who is that famous lady under the giant tongue?\*\* Is the tongue the tongue of a real creature? No A representation of a real creature? No Is it the “tongue” of a non-creature artifact (eg, like shoes have tongues)? Yes Is the famous lady a real person? No A representation of a real person? No Is the (real) famous lady alive now? No Is the tongue touching her? No ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2062 "2020-02-02T14:32:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is it a representation of the tongue of a creature of a real species? > Is it a representation of the tongue of a creature of a fictitious species? > Is the tongue metaphorical (meaning, for instance, a language)? > Is the lady inside of a mouth (in whatever same sense as that she’s under a tongue)? > Is the lady in close proximity to a mouth (in the same sense)? **No to all** ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2063 "2020-02-02T16:30:35Z")
Is famous lady a representation of a human female? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2064 "2020-02-02T16:40:39Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Is famous lady a representation of a human female? No. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2065 "2020-02-02T16:48:25Z")
Is the tongue a part of a shoe? Is the tongue a part of a wagon? Is the tongue a piece of wood joinery? Is the tongue a geographical feature? (I hope it’s one of these, because I don’t know of any other sorts of non-creature artifact tongues) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2066 "2020-02-02T17:16:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > (I hope it’s one of these, because I don’t know of any other sorts of non-creature artifact tongues) Well… I hate to namedrop, but my buddies Merriem and Webster know three more… Is the tongue tapering flame (a tongue of fire)? A movable pin in a buckle? Metal ball suspended inside a bell? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2067 "2020-02-02T17:48:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is the tongue a part of a shoe? > Is the tongue a part of a wagon? > Is the tongue a piece of wood joinery? > Is the tongue a geographical feature? > > (I hope it’s one of these, because I don’t know of any other sorts of non-creature artifact tongues) **Shoe** ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2068 "2020-02-02T18:42:08Z")
Is it Mother Hubbard? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2069 "2020-02-02T18:44:16Z")
Actually, is it the old woman who lived in a shoe, who had so many children she didn’t know what to do? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2070 "2020-02-02T19:37:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Actually, is it the old woman who lived in a shoe, who had so many children she didn’t know what to do? I thought this immediately but it isn’t an actual representation of a female human? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2071 "2020-02-02T23:35:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Actually, is it the old woman who lived in a shoe, who had so many children she didn’t know what to do? \*\*This is the answer. I will try and do better next time.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2072 "2020-02-02T23:44:19Z")
\*\*Jeremy, his friends, and strangely even his enemies all continued to contribute to society well past their own life. What did they do and how is this possible? \*\* Have fun! ---
**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:** [February 2, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2073 "2020-02-02T23:53:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > \*\*Jeremy, his friends, and strangely even his enemies all continued to contribute to society well past their own life. What did they do and how is this possible? > \*\* > > Have fun! Are they humans? Did they create art? Did they contribute medically? Was it the contribution something from/of their bodies? Money? Was it a positive contribution? Was the contribution intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2074 "2020-02-03T00:00:25Z")
Jeremy, his friends, and strangely even his enemies all continued to contribute to society well past their own life. What did they do and how is this possible? \*\*Jeremy, his friends, and strangely even his enemies all continued to contribute to society well past their own life. What did they do and how is this possible? \*\* > [@Biotop](#): > > Are they humans? > > NO > > Did they create art? > > NO > > Did they contribute medically? > > NO > > Was it the contribution something from/of their bodies? > > YES > > Money? > > NO > > Was it a positive contribution? > > YES > > Was the contribution intentional? > > NO(not by Jeremy and the others) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2075 "2020-02-03T00:46:49Z")
Are Jeremy et al plants? Do their bodies decay in a beneficial way? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2076 "2020-02-03T00:51:35Z")
\*\*Jeremy, his friends, and strangely even his enemies all continued to contribute to society well past their own life. What did they do and how is this possible? \*\* > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are Jeremy et al plants? > Do their bodies decay in a beneficial way? NO to both. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2077 "2020-02-03T03:39:13Z")
Were they plankton and/or bacteria? Did their dead bodies turn into fossil fuels? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2078 "2020-02-03T15:05:20Z")
Are Jeremy et al mammals? Birds? Fish? Fungi? Are their body parts used in some beneficial way? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2079 "2020-02-03T19:38:17Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Were they plankton and/or bacteria? > > Did their dead bodies turn into fossil fuels? NO > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are Jeremy et al mammals? > Birds? > Fish? > Fungi? > > Are their body parts used in some beneficial way? \*\*MAMMALS YES to body parts being used in some beneficial way.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2080 "2020-02-03T20:03:30Z")
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