# 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:** 35
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/681 "2019-11-28T14:23:21Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Was he using a navigation display? Yes > [@KellyCriterion](#): > > Was the “picture” a photograph, taken with some sort of camera? YES > Is it relevant whether the picture was in digital form or physical form? If yes, was it digital? Physical? > > Yes. It was digital. > > Is Danilo in the picture? NO > Is Danilo’s wife in the picture? YES > Is the person Danoli’s wife is having an affair with in the picture? YES > If it’s a photograph, was the picture taken on the bridge? NO > If it’s a photograph, was the picture taken near the bridge? YES(I think so) > If it’s a photograph, was the picture taken in the same city as the bridge? YES > If it’s a photograph, was the picture taken in the same country as the bridge? YES > [@Isamu](#): > > Did he see graffiti on the bridge, like a love heart with people’s names inside? NO > [@Chronos](#): > > Is this event recounted in a movie? NO ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/682 "2019-11-28T15:30:30Z")
So, the picture was in some sort of display in the bridge’s structure? Or near the bridge’s structure? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/683 "2019-11-28T15:44:27Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > So, the picture was in some sort of display in the bridge’s structure? > Or near the bridge’s structure? No ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/684 "2019-11-28T15:45:33Z")
A bus? Some sort of vehicle? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/685 "2019-11-28T16:10:00Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > A bus? > Some sort of vehicle? **No**. I’m cheering for Go\_Arachnid\_Laser at this point. He’s really trying hard! Come on! Go back over the info. I think enough is there. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/686 "2019-11-28T16:35:40Z")
I have a riddle to give and nothing can be done until we solve the Danilo issue. All right- The GPS thing. Is it relevant? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/687 "2019-11-28T17:23:02Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > I have a riddle to give and nothing can be done until we solve the Danilo issue. > > All right- The GPS thing. Is it relevant? Yes. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/688 "2019-11-28T17:31:54Z")
Did the GPS display some information or photo based on where the vehicle had been driven in the past by his wife? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/689 "2019-11-28T17:37:57Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Did the GPS display some information or photo based on where the vehicle had been driven in the past by his wife? No…but you guys are getting the idea. What else might have happened? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/690 "2019-11-28T17:52:04Z")
The wife’s… smartphone… connected to Danilo’s car Bluetooth… or… No. I’m lost. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/691 "2019-11-28T18:30:21Z")
Was he using something like google streetview to help navigate? Google would blur faces but maybe something similar doesnt. Were the faces blurred? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/692 "2019-11-28T18:33:02Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Was he using something like google streetview to help navigate? > > Google would blur faces but maybe something similar doesnt. > > Were the faces blurred? Ooooh! That has to be 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:** [November 28, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/693 "2019-11-28T18:45:06Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Was he using something like google streetview to help navigate? > > Google would blur faces but maybe something similar doesnt. > > Were the faces blurred? Yes, and this is the end of it. You got it! Danilo was going to cross a bridge, but didn’t know the way. He used Google Maps to look it up and used the street view to view it. When he did, he saw his wife with another man on a bench near there. The picture was a few years old, but it was her and this lead to their divorce. [You can read about it here.](https://www.techspot.com/news/76878-couple-divorce-after-google-street-view-captures-wife.html) [Here is a direct link to the image he saw.](https://static.techspot.com/images2/news/bigimage/2018/10/2018-10-11-image-9.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/694 "2019-11-28T18:48:14Z")
Oh, great. My turn! **Gabriel was waiting to kill his best friend. People who saw what he was doing were angry at him, but nobody called the police. Why?** ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/695 "2019-11-28T18:57:24Z")
Is Gabriel a human/adult/male? Did he commit a crime? Did his friend actually die? Was this at a time before telephones or police existed? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/696 "2019-11-28T19:01:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yes, and this is the end of it. You got it! > > Danilo was going to cross a bridge, but didn’t know the way. He used Google Maps to look it up and used the street view to view it. When he did, he saw his wife with another man on a bench near there. > > The picture was a few years old, but it was her and this lead to their divorce. > > [You can read about it here.](https://www.techspot.com/news/76878-couple-divorce-after-google-street-view-captures-wife.html) > > [Here is a direct link to the image he saw.](https://static.techspot.com/images2/news/bigimage/2018/10/2018-10-11-image-9.jpg) I guess it doesn’t really make a difference, but Peru ain’t in Asia. 😛 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/697 "2019-11-28T19:11:24Z")
_ **Gabriel was waiting to kill his best friend. People who saw what he was doing were angry at him, but nobody called the police. Why?** _ > [@kk\_fusion](#): > > Is Gabriel a human/adult/male? YES > Did he commit a crime? NO > Did his friend actually die? NO > > Was this at a time before telephones or police existed?NO ---
**Author:** ![Taesahnim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taesahnim/32/84_2.png) [@Taesahnim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taesahnim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/698 "2019-11-28T19:11:24Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Oh, great. My turn! > > **Gabriel was waiting to kill his best friend. People who saw what he was doing were angry at him, but nobody called the police. Why?** Is Gabriel a human? Is he male? Assuming these two are true, I’ll hazard a guess: Gabriel is a street bum who has decided to off his buddy. As such, he’s waiting for him in open sight. People are mad at at him for being a bum, but nobody calls the cops because he’s not hassling anyone. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/699 "2019-11-28T19:12:55Z")
_ **Gabriel was waiting to kill his best friend. People who saw what he was doing were angry at him, but nobody called the police. Why?** _ > [@Taesahnim](#): > > Assuming these two are true, I’ll hazard a guess: Gabriel is a street bum who has decided to off his buddy. As such, he’s waiting for him in open sight. People are mad at at him for being a bum, but nobody calls the cops because he’s not hassling anyone. NO ---
**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:** [November 28, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/700 "2019-11-28T19:19:59Z")
Does “kill” refer to the act of homicide? Do “his”, “he”, and “him” all refer to Gabriel? Could this happen at any time and place? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=36)