# 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:** 39
**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 30, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/761 "2019-11-30T23:42:40Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > A job in politics? Yes ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/762 "2019-12-01T01:32:01Z")
Did Fred vote on something? Was his vote the deciding vote? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/763 "2019-12-01T01:59:26Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Did Fred vote on something? > Was his vote the deciding vote? No to both. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/764 "2019-12-01T02:54:41Z")
Was Fred giving a speech? Participating in a debate? On TV? In a commercial? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/765 "2019-12-01T03:31:03Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Was Fred giving a speech? > > Participating in a debate? > > On TV? > > In a commercial? No to everything. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/766 "2019-12-01T04:52:14Z")
You answered in post #719 that the specific job wasn’t relevant, could you clarify? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/767 "2019-12-01T05:33:48Z")
So Fred was not elected because he did not use his bathroom? Does it have anything to do with the water in his bathroom? With the sewage system? Did Fred lack some knowledge because he did not use the bathroom? Did this happen in the United States? Is the location important? Did Fred die because he did not use the bathroom? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/768 "2019-12-01T19:38:43Z")
> [@kk\_fusion](#): > > You answered in post #719 that the specific job wasn’t relevant, could you clarify? It is relevant. Flip that to YES. > [@Biotop](#): > > So Fred was not elected because he did not use his bathroom? > > YES > > Does it have anything to do with the water in his bathroom? > > YES > > With the sewage system? > > NO > > Did Fred lack some knowledge because he did not use the bathroom? > > NO > > Did this happen in the United States? > > YES > > Is the location important? > > NO > > Did Fred die because he did not use the bathroom? > > NO kk ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/769 "2019-12-01T19:48:17Z")
Was the problem that Fred didn’t use the shower? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/770 "2019-12-01T20:02:42Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the problem that Fred didn’t use the shower? No, though that probably contributed. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/771 "2019-12-01T21:00:39Z")
Would Fred have noticed there was something wrong with the water had he used his bathroom? Was there something about the color of the water? Did the water have adverse health affects in some 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:** [December 1, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/772 "2019-12-01T21:13:39Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Would Fred have noticed there was something wrong with the water had he used his bathroom? > > Was there something about the color of the water? > > Did the water have adverse health affects in some way? No to all. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/773 "2019-12-01T21:32:01Z")
To obtain the job, did he have to talk to one single person? To a group of two or more people? Was the job interview in a building? If so, was it in an office? Was it outside? Was the job getting elected for some office? Did Fred want to be mayor? Senator? Congressman? President? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/774 "2019-12-01T23:04:26Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > To obtain the job, did he have to talk to one single person? > > NO > > To a group of two or more people? > > NO(I mean…yes, but not like you are saying) > > Was the job interview in a building? > > There was no job interview. Go back and look. > > If so, was it in an office? n/a > > Was it outside? n/a > > Was the job getting elected for some office? YES > > Did Fred want to be mayor? NO > > Senator? NO > > Congressman? YES (representative in house) > > President? NO KK ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/775 "2019-12-01T23:30:11Z")
So he lost the elections because he didn’t go to the bathroom? Was that some sort of scandal? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/776 "2019-12-02T00:05:56Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > So he lost the elections because he didn’t go to the bathroom? > > NOT QUITE > > Was that some sort of scandal? > > Yes, I guess. Depends on what you describe as “scandal”. kk ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/777 "2019-12-02T00:12:51Z")
Does this involve use of a bathroom for other than its intended purposes? ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/778 "2019-12-02T00:37:24Z")
Is Fred’s house on the state border such that his bathroom is in a different state ? Or different electoral district ? Also in an earlier post you said plumbing is not relevant to this while you said above water is relevant to the question. Am I understanding this correctly ? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/779 "2019-12-02T00:44:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Does this involve use of a bathroom for other than its intended purposes? No > [@am77494](#): > > Is Fred’s house on the state border such that his bathroom is in a different state ? Or different electoral district? > > YES AND NO, I think. > > Also in an earlier post you said plumbing is not relevant to this while you said above water is relevant to the question. Am I understanding this correctly ? > > Well, all the bathroom uses I listed use plumbing, so it is involved and relevant in that. However, Fred did not have: > > - relevant faulty plumbing > - relevant plumbing “issues” > - relevant issues that require a plumber or any plumbing by anyone. If you have further questions about plumbing, water, etc. please ask them. Maybe you would say plumbing is kind of relevant. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/780 "2019-12-02T01:25:10Z")
Would Fred have noticed a lack of water had he used his bathroom? Is his water coming from a different jurisdiction from where his house is? Does he have well water? Does this have anything to do with fracking? Was the new job an appointed position rather than an elected position? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=40)