# 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:** 58
**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 19, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1141 "2019-12-19T15:13:21Z")
_ **Jeff wanted to stop his children from watching their favorite show. Why?** _ > [@Biotop](#): > > Are the kids imitations annoying anyone? **YES** > Does the imitation lead to an unexpected negative consequence? **NO** > Does someone or someones misinterpret the imitation? **NO** > Is the imitating something that promotes undesirable behavior in kids (such as bickering?) **NO** > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is the thing they are imitating: > > - dangerous? **NO** > - annoying ? **YES** > - rude ? **NO** > - illegal ? **NO** > - causes damage to property? **NO** > - wastes time? (Fritter away their noontime, suppertime, chore time too) **NO** ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1142 "2019-12-19T15:25:45Z")
Is the annoying thing: - a dance ? - a song ? - a catchprase ? ---
**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 19, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1143 "2019-12-19T15:27:22Z")
\*\*\*Jeff wanted to stop his children from watching their favorite show. Why? * * * > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is the annoying thing: > > - a dance ? **NO** > - a song ? **NO** > - a catchprase ? **NO** ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1144 "2019-12-19T15:42:59Z")
Is the annoying character a bird? Cat? Dog? Farm animal? Aquatic? ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1145 "2019-12-19T16:38:09Z")
Does the imitation bother the neighbors? Or some other person outside the household? ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1146 "2019-12-19T16:55:13Z")
_ **Jeff wanted to stop his children from watching their favorite show. Why?** _ > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Is the annoying character a bird? > Cat? > Dog? > Farm animal? > Aquatic? \*\*Nobody said anything about any annoying character. The characters in the cartoon the kids are watching are cartoon characters, and all of them annoying, but that’s not the point.\*\* > [@Biotop](#): > > Does the imitation bother the neighbors? **NO** > Or some other person outside the household? **NO, just Jeff** ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1147 "2019-12-19T16:57:50Z")
Does the imitating sound like something else? ---
**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 19, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1148 "2019-12-19T17:00:51Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Does the imitating sound like something else? You mean, like something other than a voice? ---
**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 19, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1149 "2019-12-19T18:24:35Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > You mean, like something other than a voice? Like something other than what it is, kids imitating tv? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1150 "2019-12-19T18:50:12Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > **Nobody said anything about any annoying character.** > [@](#): > > Is the character female? YES > Male? NO > Is the character human? NO > Animal? YES > Alien? NO > Monster? NO Clarify. ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1151 "2019-12-19T19:10:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Clarify. Yes, the main character of the show is a female animal. Since I’m limited to YES or NO questions, I realized you were assuming they were imitating that particular character, but I couldn’t do anything other than answer with yes or 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 19, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1152 "2019-12-19T19:11:07Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Like something other than what it is, kids imitating tv? I don’t know how to answer that. Can you rephrase? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1153 "2019-12-19T19:13:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Nobody said anything about any annoying character. Okay then, is the female animal main character: - a bird? - Cat? - Dog? - Farm animal? - Aquatic? - a pet? - wild animal? - zoo animal? - insect/ bug/ worm - a mammal? ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1154 "2019-12-19T19:15:05Z")
Sure. Kids are imitating a tv noise. Jeff does not want that to continue because the noise sounds like something else, not simply kids imitating tv. Is that right? ---
**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 19, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1155 "2019-12-19T19:20:50Z")
_ **Jeff wanted to stop his children from watching their favorite show. Why?** _ > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Okay then, is the female animal main character: > > - a bird? **NO** > - Cat? **NO** > - Dog? \*\*NO \*\* > - Farm animal? **YES** > - Aquatic? **NO** > - a pet? **NO** > - wild animal? **NO** > - zoo animal? **NO** > - insect/ bug/ worm **NO** > - a mammal? **YES** > [@Biotop](#): > > Sure. Kids are imitating a tv noise. Jeff does not want that to continue because the noise sounds like something else, not simply kids imitating tv. Is that right? **YES** ---
**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1156 "2019-12-19T20:31:07Z")
Peppa Pig? ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1157 "2019-12-19T20:39:10Z")
_ **Jeff wanted to stop his children from watching their favorite show. Why?** _ > [@half-elf](#): > > Peppa Pig? _ **YES** _ ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1158 "2019-12-19T20:48:03Z")
Let me see if I have what we have at this point, though I may have missed some details. **Jeff wants his kids to stop watching Peppa Pig because the lead character sounds like something else.** Is this right? If not, can you summarize what we have at this point? ---
**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1159 "2019-12-19T20:57:36Z")
I’m guessing it’s the snorting. ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1160 "2019-12-19T20:57:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Let me see if I have what we have at this point, though I may have missed some details. > > \*\*Jeff wants his kids to stop watching Peppa Pig YES > > because the lead character sounds like something else. NO\*\* > > Is this right? If not, can you summarize what we have at this point? Jeff wants his kids to stop watching Peppa Pig because of some reason related to the way the characters sound. The solutiion is very close. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=59)