# 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:** 262
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5223 "2022-06-21T13:08:55Z")
reply to pjd: Did the child think the cosmetic was mayo and give it to the hider who then ate it and needed somewhere to vomit ? No. But that’s a guess that made me laugh! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5224 "2022-06-21T14:06:54Z")
Was the person being fed a hobo? Was that damned Larry Mondello involved somehow? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5225 "2022-06-21T14:19:30Z")
reply to kayaker: Was the person being fed a hobo? No. Was that damned Larry Mondello involved somehow? No. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5226 "2022-06-21T14:21:44Z")
Was that the episode where Eddie Haskell talked Wally into trying to flush Beaver down the toilet? Just kidding. To the best of my knowledge, that wasn’t really an episode. But it should have been. Real question: Did something happen that rendered the toilet unusable? (Given that it was Beaver Cleaver, there’s a pretty good chance of it.) ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5227 "2022-06-21T14:44:13Z")
reply to dirtball: Real question: Did something happen that rendered the toilet unusable? (Given that it was Beaver Cleaver, there’s a pretty good chance of it.) No. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5228 "2022-06-28T19:56:21Z")
I give up. (I was sure my mayo/vomit theory was right.) ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5229 "2022-06-28T20:06:05Z")
I’d also like the answer. Does anyone have a puzzle to go next? @Biotop ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5230 "2022-06-28T20:09:09Z")
Was some sort of pet involved? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5231 "2022-06-29T05:14:44Z")
reply to Chronos: Was some sort of pet involved? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5232 "2022-06-29T22:58:33Z")
Did it have to do with flushing a pet (goldfish? alligator?) down the toilet and PETA or Humane Society or other animal-advocasy group complain? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5233 "2022-06-30T01:38:46Z")
Close enough. The kids were denied a pet by their dad. So they ordered a baby alligator secretly through the mail. They kept it in the toilet. Television censors objected, not for animal cruelty, but because toilets were forbidden on TV. A compromise was reached and the toilet tank only was allowed to be shown for a quick shot —never the toilet bowl. But it is the first toilet ever on TV. I was reading an article about this episode and watched it. What I like is that Ward and June have their own lateral thinking puzzle. Eggs and alcohol disappeared because YES an animal expert told the kids to feed the alligator the chicken eggs and the alcohol(!) to help it grow. The beauty cream was supposed to help the alligator’s dry skin. The parents wrestled with the mystery but then wrongly solved the puzzle by accusing the maid of sipping the brandy, using the eggs to sober up and applying the cream to look pretty after she got high. Too bad the parents did not have someone to ask yes/no questions. The maid is never seen again and the parents reward Wally and Beaver by relenting and giving them a dog because they cared for the alligator so well. One hopes the dog never got any brandy. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5234 "2022-08-17T19:13:22Z")
Tuesday is the best day for me to rate how cashiers at my store are performing a certain task even though I want them to do this task well every day of the week and they likely have to perform the task more often on some other days. No special reports are issued Tuesday and sales are not especially high or low that day of the week. What is the aspect of their job I am judging, and why do I find it easiest to judge this aspect on Tuesday? ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5235 "2022-08-17T19:19:43Z")
Does it have to do with Tuesdays relationship to another day of the week? The weekend? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5237 "2022-08-17T19:21:34Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > Does it have to do with Tuesdays relationship to another day of the week? The weekend? 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:** [August 17, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5238 "2022-08-17T19:21:58Z")
> [@grahamsnumber](#): > > Do special offers generally start on a Wednesday? No. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5239 "2022-08-17T19:29:26Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > sales are not especially high or low that day of the week Is this what makes Tuesday an especially good day for this evaluation–that it’s a perfectly average day, or at least as close as you’ll get to one consistently? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5240 "2022-08-17T19:31:57Z")
reply to dirtball: Is this what makes Tuesday an especially good day for this evaluation–that it’s a perfectly average day, or at least as close as you’ll get to one consistently? No. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5241 "2022-08-17T19:32:42Z")
Is there something that **does not** ever happen on Tuesday, which would influence your rating on other days when that thing might happen? Do you rate cashiers every single week or is it only occasionally? ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5242 "2022-08-17T19:36:07Z")
Would this have something to do with a delivery of something the store receives on Tuesdays? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/5243 "2022-08-17T19:40:14Z")
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