# 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:** 70
**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 31, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1381 "2019-12-31T23:17:27Z")
Was the crime theft? Was the crime robbery? Was the crime burglary? Was the crime vandalism? Was the crime fraud? Was the crime embezzlement? Was the crime counterfeiting? Was the crime related to what would usually be called gambling? Was it a “white-collar” crime? Just for simplicity in future questions, is Eli male? Is Christy female? Are both adult humans? (if any pronouns are off in the following, answer as if they were correct) Did Christy help with the criminal act? Did she know at the time that she was helping with a criminal act? When she did whatever it was that led to Eli getting caught, did she do it for the purpose of getting Eli caught? Was it something that she would have done even if the criminal act hadn’t occurred? ---
**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 31, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1382 "2019-12-31T23:20:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Was the crime theft? > > NO > > Was the crime robbery? > > NO > > Was the crime burglary? > > NO > > Was the crime vandalism? > > NO > > Was the crime fraud? > > YES(?) > > Was the crime embezzlement? > > NO > > Was the crime counterfeiting? > > YES - definitely > > Was the crime related to what would usually be called gambling? > > NO > > Was it a “white-collar” crime? > > YES > > Just for simplicity in future questions, is Eli male? > > YES, Eli is male. > Is Christy female? > > NO > > Are both adult humans? > > NO > > Did Christy help with the criminal act? > > YES, kind of. > > Did she know at the time that she was helping with a criminal act? > > NO > > When she did whatever it was that led to Eli getting caught, did she do it for the purpose of getting Eli caught? > > NO - though was very compliant > > Was it something that she would have done even if the criminal act hadn’t occurred? > > YES kk ---
**Author:** ![LennieB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8dc957/32.png) [@LennieB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LennieB)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1383 "2019-12-31T23:29:55Z")
Is Christy a dog? ---
**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 31, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1384 "2019-12-31T23:43:10Z")
I’m guessing Christy was a dog, like **LennieB** said, but just to cover other possibilities: Is Christy a cat? Is Christy a mammal? Is Christy a bird? Is Christy a domesticated animal? Is Christy a machine? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1385 "2020-01-01T00:49:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is Christy a cat? > Is Christy a mammal? > Is Christy a bird? > Is Christy a domesticated animal? > Is Christy a machine? No. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1386 "2020-01-01T00:51:49Z")
Is Christy a storm? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1387 "2020-01-01T01:32:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is Christy a storm? Christy is an organization of sorts. People are in it, but it isn’t an individual. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1388 "2020-01-01T05:03:24Z")
Does “He wouldn’t have been caught” mean that nobody otherwise knew about the crime at all? Or did people know there was a crime, but not know Eli was the criminal? Or did they know he was the criminal, and “caught” means he was actually apprehended because of something Christy did? Is Christy a religious organization? Like… a Christ-y one? Is the counterfeiting money? Documents? Art? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1389 "2020-01-01T05:17:57Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > Does “He wouldn’t have been caught” mean that nobody otherwise knew about the crime at all? > > YES > > Or did people know there was a crime, but not know Eli was the criminal? > > People did NOT know there was a crime > > Or did they know he was the criminal, and “caught” means he was actually apprehended because of something Christy did? > > NO. No one knew there was a crime or Eli was a criminal. > > Is Christy a religious organization? Like… a Christ-y one? > > NO > > Is the counterfeiting money? Documents? Art? > > ART Yep ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1390 "2020-01-01T05:33:18Z")
Is “Christy” Christie’s, the British Auction House? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1391 "2020-01-01T14:10:29Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Is “Christy” Christie’s, the British Auction House? YES ---
**Author:** ![LennieB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8dc957/32.png) [@LennieB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LennieB)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1392 "2020-01-01T14:16:41Z")
Art forger Ely Sakhai and Christie’s! He wouldn’t have been caught, except that both Sotheby’s and Christie’s auctioned off forgeries of the same original painting! OOPS! > **[Update: Gallerist Goes to Prison on Art Forgery Charges](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/update-gallerist-goes-to-prison-on-art-forgery-charges-1959/)** > > On July 6 Ely Sakhai, owner of the Exclusive Art gallery, New York, was sentenced by a Manhattan federal judge to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to restitute $12.5 million to unsuspecting … ---
**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:** [January 1, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1393 "2020-01-01T14:24:50Z")
Yes, he bought the original painting and made a copy, which he sold on his own. He then took the original to an Sotheby’s and they sold it(no problem). The PROBLEM is that his copy also came up for sale at Christies across the street **at the same time**. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1394 "2020-01-01T23:41:09Z")
Okay, let me try one. **Maurice’s six-legged brother was badly in need of help. But when Maurice found him, he shot him.** ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1395 "2020-01-02T00:35:43Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > Okay, let me try one. > **Maurice’s six-legged brother was badly in need of help. But when Maurice found him, he shot him.** All humans? Does shot mean “shot with a gun”? Like a bullet comes out of a gun into maurices brother? Was Maruice helping him by shooting him? Is this a true story? ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1396 "2020-01-02T01:49:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > All humans? **Yes** > > Does shot mean “shot with a gun”? Like a bullet comes out of a gun into maurices brother? **No** > > Was Maruice helping him by shooting him? **No** > > Is this a true story? **yes** ---
**Author:** ![LennieB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8dc957/32.png) [@LennieB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LennieB)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1397 "2020-01-02T04:18:28Z")
Is Maurice a photographer? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1398 "2020-01-02T05:23:46Z")
Was Maurice’s brother carrying something like a chair or the table? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1399 "2020-01-02T07:14:44Z")
Is Maurice’s brother a serial killer? Were all the legs involved regular human legs? Did they all look like human legs? Was Maurice’s brother born with said six legs? ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1400 "2020-01-02T09:22:44Z")
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