# 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:** 51
**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 15, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1001 "2019-12-15T00:52:31Z")
Is this nonfiction or fiction? Is this a situation most people have heard of? Is the person who chuckled famous? Is their name important? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1002 "2019-12-15T01:48:27Z")
\*\*His chuckling was a crime. Why? \*\* Did he find something funny, as in funny-ha-ha? Or did he find something funny, as in funny-peculiar? ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1003 "2019-12-15T03:36:10Z")
\*\* reply to Mahaloth\*\*: Is this nonfiction or fiction? Nonfiction Is this a situation most people have heard of? Yes Is the person who chuckled famous? No Is their name important? 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:** [December 15, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1004 "2019-12-15T03:43:42Z")
\*\*His chuckling was a crime. Why? \*\* **reply to Personal** : Did he find something funny, as in funny-ha-ha? I guess so, he guffawed and all. Or did he find something funny, as in funny-peculiar? No. Does one chuckle at peculiar things? Maybe. ---
**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 15, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1005 "2019-12-15T05:07:15Z")
Would any similarly loud noise had been considered criminal too? Was the crime that by laughing he offended some people’s feelings? Was he laughing at a human? A representation of a human (ie: a statue)? An animal? A plant? An object? Did his laughter give something away about him? ---
**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 15, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1006 "2019-12-15T12:25:08Z")
**His chuckling was a crime. Why?** ++++++++ **reply to Go\_Arachnid\_Laser** Would any similarly loud noise had been considered criminal too? No Was the crime that by laughing he offended some people’s feelings? No Was he laughing at a human? Irrelevant A representation of a human (ie: a statue)? Irrelevant An animal? Irrelevant A plant? Irrelevant An object? Irrelevant Did his laughter give something away about him? 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:** [December 15, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1007 "2019-12-15T12:30:28Z")
Was the moment in time he laughed important? Was the people around him relevant? Was there people around him? Would it had been a crime if anybody else had chuckled? Was he working at the time? Was he interrupting somebody at the time? Did the laughter caused another event to happen (say, he dropped something)? ---
**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 15, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1008 "2019-12-15T12:44:20Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the moment in time he laughed important? > > Was the people around him relevant? > > Was there people around him? > > Would it had been a crime if anybody else had chuckled? > > Was he working at the time? > > Was he interrupting somebody at the time? > > Did the laughter caused another event to happen (say, he dropped something)? **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 15, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1009 "2019-12-15T12:49:01Z")
So he was alone? Was he recorded? ---
**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 15, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1010 "2019-12-15T12:56:56Z")
Was this in the US? Would a similar situation in the US have been illegal? Is the polity where this occurred relevant? ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1011 "2019-12-15T13:08:15Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > So he was alone? > > Was he recorded? Not relevant ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1012 "2019-12-15T13:15:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Was this in the US? > Would a similar situation in the US have been illegal? > Is the polity where this occurred relevant? I will say in the US because that’s where I read about it. I am pretty sure the crime is a crime most everywhere regardless of location, politics or government. ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1013 "2019-12-15T14:44:04Z")
Was he on a jury? (I’m assuming no since it’s not in court…) ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1014 "2019-12-15T14:52:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Was he on a jury? > > (I’m assuming no since it’s not in court…) 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:** [December 15, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1015 "2019-12-15T14:56:13Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Would it had been a crime if anybody else had chuckled? I said no to this but to make sure I am right please clarify the question. ---
**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 15, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1016 "2019-12-15T16:31:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I said no to this but to make sure I am right please clarify the question. Was chuckling a crime in this situation for everyone there? Or: - was it a crime for just him? - was it a crime for just a select group of people? ---
**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 15, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1017 "2019-12-15T18:48:01Z")
\*\*reply to Mahaloth \*\* Was chuckling a crime in this situation for everyone there? Or: - was it a crime for just him? \*\*Yes \*\* - was it a crime for just a select group of people? \*\*No, just the guy \*\* ---
**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 15, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1018 "2019-12-15T19:11:25Z")
Is it relevant what he was chuckling about? Was he laughing at a police officer? What decade was this in? ---
**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 15, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1019 "2019-12-15T20:10:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is it relevant what he was chuckling about? > > Was he laughing at a police officer? > > What decade was this in? No, no, and I don’t know (not relevant) ---
**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 15, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1020 "2019-12-15T20:13:24Z")
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