# 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:** 109
**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 10, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2161 "2020-02-10T20:41:55Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > So, animals. > > Insects? > Reptilia? > birds? > Mammals? > if so, bears? > Wolves? > Racoons? birds ---
**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 10, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2162 "2020-02-10T20:43:00Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Migratory birds? > > Specifically Geese? Yes, no ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2163 "2020-02-10T21:48:44Z")
Starlings? Crows? ---
**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 10, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2164 "2020-02-10T22:16:01Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Starlings? > > Crows? No, yes You’re 90% there. Come up with the reason they wanted to scare crows away, and this will be a wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2165 "2020-02-10T22:17:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > No, yes > > You’re 90% there. Come up with the reason they wanted to scare crows away, and this will be a wrap. Noise? Attacking people? Poop? ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2166 "2020-02-11T00:43:21Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Noise? > > Attacking people? > > Poop? Yes, Poop! The crows gather every winter at this particular cemetery, then flock around and leave slimy poop everywhere. This animal control group is trying to train them to avoid downtown. [This Minnesota City Has A Bird Poop Problem, But The Crow Patrol Is On It](https://www.npr.org/2019/12/05/784728412/this-minnesota-city-has-a-bird-poop-problem-but-the-crow-patrol-is-on-it) ---
**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 12, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2167 "2020-02-12T00:01:56Z")
\*\*I am driving and I see a man praying next to his car. I ask what he is doing and he says he is making peace with God as he knows he is going to die because he has been bitten multiple times by a deadly snake. He shows me his arm which is covered in bites and the snake, which he has killed. We are far from civilization….no hope to call for help. I sat with him all night and in the morning….he was still alive. How did he survive? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2168 "2020-02-12T07:22:02Z")
Did you help him? Did he survive just barely, i.e. show signs of severe poisoning? Were you able to extract antidote from the snake’s body? Did you have antibodies in your blood from a previous bite? ---
**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 12, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2169 "2020-02-12T11:28:51Z")
Was the snake actually a deadly snake? Did you stay with the man at the same location where you found him? ---
**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 12, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2170 "2020-02-12T13:06:59Z")
Did you pray too? Did you have something in your possession that helped the man? Is there a reason you didn’t drive him somewhere? Had he actually been bitten by the snake? Did anybody else show up during your vigil? Is the victim somebody famous? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2171 "2020-02-12T15:41:38Z")
Did he already have at least partial immunity to the venom for some reason? Were the bites ‘dry’ bites, no or little actual venom injected? Are all the hes and hims the same person, being the person who was bitten? By ‘sitting with him,’ do you mean sitting in your car? ---
**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 12, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2172 "2020-02-12T16:17:10Z")
> [@kk\_fusion](#): > > Did you help him? > > NO(just my presence was my help) > > Did he survive just barely, i.e. show signs of severe poisoning? > > NO > > Were you able to extract antidote from the snake’s body? > > NO > > Did you have antibodies in your blood from a previous bite? > > NO > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Was the snake actually a deadly snake? > > YES > > Did you stay with the man at the same location where you found him? > > YES > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Did you pray too? > > NO > Did you have something in your possession that helped the man? > > NO > > Is there a reason you didn’t drive him somewhere? > > YES - I thought he was too injured > > Had he actually been bitten by the snake? > > YES > > Did anybody else show up during your vigil? > > NO > > Is the victim somebody famous? > > NO > [@Folly](#): > > Did he already have at least partial immunity to the venom for some reason? > > NO > > Were the bites ‘dry’ bites, no or little actual venom injected? > > YES > > Are all the hes and hims the same person, being the person who was bitten? > > YES > > By ‘sitting with him,’ do you mean sitting in your car? > > Outside the car YES to the dry bites, but why did this happen? ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2173 "2020-02-12T16:33:45Z")
Was it a wild snake? Species relevant? Was he bitten inside the car? While driving? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2174 "2020-02-12T16:38:36Z")
Was the man the owner/caretaker/transporter of the snake? Had the snake been recently milked for venom? ---
**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 12, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2175 "2020-02-12T16:48:05Z")
> [@kk\_fusion](#): > > Was it a wild snake? > > YES > > Species relevant? > > NO > > Was he bitten inside the car? While driving? > > NO, outside the car > [@Folly](#): > > Was the man the owner/caretaker/transporter of the snake? > Had the snake been recently milked for venom? NO to both ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2176 "2020-02-12T18:15:45Z")
Did the victim live near where he was bitten? Had he attempted to handle the snake before it bit him? Was the snake’s physiology somehow altered? Does the size of the snake matter? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2177 "2020-02-12T18:19:47Z")
Did the snake bite something else before biting the man, depleting its venom? Perhaps a car tire? Boots or other clothing items of the man? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2178 "2020-02-12T19:31:21Z")
Were you aware that they were “dry bites” when you first saw him? Was there something specific about the victim that caused the bites to be dry? Was there something specific about his clothing that caused the bites to be dry? Was there something specific about the snake that caused the bites to be dry? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2179 "2020-02-12T19:49:35Z")
Was the victim’s car an automobile? If so, did the victim stop in the middle of nowhere because of car trouble? Does the victim have any prostheses? ---
**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 12, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2180 "2020-02-12T23:54:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Did the victim live near where he was bitten? > Had he attempted to handle the snake before it bit him? > Was the snake’s physiology somehow altered? > Does the size of the snake matter? No to all > [@Folly](#): > > Did the snake bite something else before biting the man, depleting its venom? > > YES > > Perhaps a car tire? > > NO > > Boots or other clothing items of the man? > > NO > [@Telemark](#): > > Were you aware that they were “dry bites” when you first saw him? > > NO > > Was there something specific about the victim that caused the bites to be dry? > > NO > > Was there something specific about his clothing that caused the bites to be dry? > > NO > > Was there something specific about the snake that caused the bites to be dry? > > NO kk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=110)