# 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:** 179
**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 27, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3563 "2020-07-27T01:36:42Z")
Chronos reply continued: Say I wanted you to guess Sharon stole a modern art masterpiece from Harrison Ford. You ask me could this happen with a random celebrity and a random person. The answer is “yes”, but it is conditional on the random celebrity having a modern art masterpiece, and the random person having the tendency to steal. Randomly it is unlikely those conditions would both be met, but not impossible. The situation with Richie and Marilyn Monroe could happen with another person and another celebrity, but it is highly improbable. ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3564 "2020-07-27T15:38:48Z")
OK. I’m working on who Richard was. He wasn’t the photographer Avedon. The next Richard I can think of is Widmark, who apparently hated working with her on _Don’t Bother to Knock_ (a film for which she got pretty good reviews after stepping out of her sex kitten stereotype). Was Richie Richard Widmark? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3565 "2020-07-27T16:25:00Z")
OK, maybe this is puerile, but was Richard lying on his stomach to hide an erection? ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3566 "2020-07-27T16:25:49Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > OK. I’m working on who Richard was. He wasn’t the photographer Avedon. The next Richard I can think of is Widmark, who apparently hated working with her on _Don’t Bother to Knock_ (a film for which she got pretty good reviews after stepping out of her sex kitten stereotype). > > Was Richie Richard Widmark? 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:** [July 27, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3567 "2020-07-27T16:26:38Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > OK, maybe this is puerile, but was Richard lying on his stomach to hide an erection? No. ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3568 "2020-07-27T16:44:40Z")
Is Richie any Richard we’re going to have heard of? ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3569 "2020-07-27T16:48:34Z")
reply to RivkahChaya Is Richie any Richard we’re going to have heard of? Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3570 "2020-07-27T19:02:38Z")
Does this have anything to do with her grave? ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3571 "2020-07-28T00:47:49Z")
reply to needscoffee: Does this have anything to do with her grave? Yes ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3572 "2020-07-28T00:48:33Z")
Is it to do with the flowers that are left every year on her bday? ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3573 "2020-07-28T01:04:07Z")
reply to needscoffee: Is it to do with the flowers that are left every year on her bday? No ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3574 "2020-07-28T01:53:10Z")
Is Richie alive when this happens? ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3575 "2020-07-28T02:37:27Z")
Is Richie an age cohort of hers? Otherwise is he much older? Much younger? Was Richie born after she died? Is Richie’s profession significant? Is Richie related to DiMaggio? Related to Monroe? Is the fact that DiMaggio stepped forward to take care of her arrangements even though she was his ex-wife significant? ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3576 "2020-07-28T04:13:04Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Is Richie alive when this happens? No ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3577 "2020-07-28T04:15:21Z")
Was Richie buried on his stomach? ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3578 "2020-07-28T04:18:09Z")
reply to RivkahChaya: Is Richie an age cohort of hers? No Otherwise is he much older? Richard born in 1900, Marilyn in 1926. Much younger? See above. Was Richie born after she died? See above. Is Richie’s profession significant? No. Is Richie related to DiMaggio? No Related to Monroe? No Is the fact that DiMaggio stepped forward to take care of her arrangements even though she was his ex-wife significant? 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:** [July 28, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3579 "2020-07-28T04:19:27Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Was Richie buried on his stomach? Yes! ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3580 "2020-07-28T04:22:42Z")
Was he buried on his belly as a result of her funeral/burial arrangements? ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3581 "2020-07-28T04:39:37Z")
reply to raventhief: There’s a connection ---
**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 28, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/3582 "2020-07-28T05:00:11Z")
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