# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1741 "2020-01-22T01:06:14Z")
Holy cow! 5"10 dude in a suitcase! That’s some skills right there… ---
**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 22, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1742 "2020-01-22T04:24:33Z")
\*\*There are a lot of strange things on the internet. But one of my favorite sites is a streaming live view of P.D.'s remarkable pet. Now in real time you can see what P.D.'s pet is up to. You can watch people take selfies with P.D.'s pet. Or perhaps you can just “people watch” the various folks who come to look at and contemplate the wonder and mystery that is P.D.'s pet. When this is solved I will provide a link so that you too can experience P.D.'s pet in all its glory. Exciting indeed! So why is P.D.s pet so remarkable? Hint: P.D.'s pet died in 1902 and has been thrice featured in _Ripley’s Believe it Or Not._\*\* ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1743 "2020-01-22T06:13:53Z")
So, it looks obvious but it’s always worth asking just in case… Is P.D.'s pet a stuffed animal? ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1744 "2020-01-22T06:36:31Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > So, it looks obvious but it’s always worth asking just in case… > > Is P.D.'s pet a stuffed animal? **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:** [January 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1745 "2020-01-22T07:01:05Z")
All right. Is it a skeleton? Is it something else that only died metaphorically, as in a clock that stopped working? ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1746 "2020-01-22T07:06:03Z")
**reply to Go\_Arachnid\_Laser** All right. Is it a skeleton? **No** Is it something else that only died metaphorically, as in a clock that stopped working? **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:** [January 22, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1747 "2020-01-22T07:18:05Z")
Is (or rather, was) the “pet” an animal? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1748 "2020-01-22T08:15:06Z")
Does PD’s pet move at all? Does it have legs? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1749 "2020-01-22T11:31:13Z")
Is PD’s pet taxidermied? Is PD’s pet larger than a Great Dane? Larger than a Beagle? ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1750 "2020-01-22T13:27:49Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Is (or rather, was) the “pet” an animal? **The pet was an animal.** ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1751 "2020-01-22T13:30:05Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Does PD’s pet move at all? > > Does it have legs? **No to all**. ---
**Author:** ![Calavera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calavera/32/70_2.png) [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1752 "2020-01-22T13:30:38Z")
Is “PD” someone you would expect us to have heard of in his/her own right, regardless of his/her pet? ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1753 "2020-01-22T13:34:43Z")
\*\*There are a lot of strange things on the internet. But one of my favorite sites is a streaming live view of P.D.'s remarkable pet. Now in real time you can see what P.D.'s pet is up to. You can watch people take selfies with P.D.'s pet. Or perhaps you can just “people watch” the various folks who come to look at and contemplate the wonder and mystery that is P.D.'s pet. When this is solved I will provide a link so that you too can experience P.D.'s pet in all its glory. Exciting indeed! So why is P.D.s pet so remarkable? Hint: P.D.'s pet died in 1902 and has been thrice featured in _Ripley’s Believe it Or Not._\*\* ++++++++++++++++++++++++ **reply to Cheesesteak** : Is PD’s pet taxidermied? **No** Is PD’s pet larger than a Great Dane? **No** Larger than a Beagle? \*\*No…unless you are talking about a puppy. \*\* ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1754 "2020-01-22T13:39:53Z")
> [@Calavera](#): > > Is “PD” someone you would expect us to have heard of in his/her own right, regardless of his/her pet? **I certainly would not “expect” you to know. But I would not be at all surprised if you did know.** ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1755 "2020-01-22T13:49:20Z")
Is the pet fossilized? Is it preserved in a jar? Was it famous before its death? ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1756 "2020-01-22T13:58:28Z")
> [@kk\_fusion](#): > > Is the pet fossilized? > Is it preserved in a jar? > > Was it famous before its death? **No to all.** ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1757 "2020-01-22T14:42:40Z")
Was the pet’s manner of death the thing that made it famous? Is the pet a type of animal I could easily obtain at a local breeder or pet store? ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1758 "2020-01-22T14:46:24Z")
Mammal? Reptile? Bird? Fish? Amphibian? Arthropod? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1759 "2020-01-22T15:13:20Z")
Is the pet a combination of more than one species? Is the pet altered in some other way than normal appearance? Is the pet naturally preserved? ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1760 "2020-01-22T15:16:06Z")
**reply to Cheesesteak** : Was the pet’s manner of death the thing that made it famous? **No** Is the pet a type of animal I could easily obtain at a local breeder or pet store? \*\*I doubt your local pet store has this animal, but you could get the creature from a breeder I think. \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=89)