# 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:** 97
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1921 "2020-01-28T03:37:32Z")
Did the train cross a time zone? Does this involve a change to or from Daylight Saving Time? ---
**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 28, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1922 "2020-01-28T08:46:09Z")
Is this fiction? If so, is time travel/warp speed/etc. involved? ---
**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 28, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1923 "2020-01-28T09:40:10Z")
Is the nature of the work equipment 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:** [January 28, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1924 "2020-01-28T10:06:36Z")
Was it a really, really, reaaaaally long train? ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1925 "2020-01-28T12:15:41Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Was it a railroad train? NO > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Did the train cross a time zone? > > Does this involve a change to or from Daylight Saving Time? NO to both. > [@kk\_fusion](#): > > Is this fiction? > > If so, is time travel/warp speed/etc. involved? NO to both. > [@Aspidistra](#): > > Is the nature of the work equipment relevant? I’d say **YES**. I mean, kind of, anyway. > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was it a really, really, reaaaaally long train? 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 28, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1926 "2020-01-28T12:50:13Z")
Was the equipment or the wagon with the equipment separated from the rest of the train somehow? ---
**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 28, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1927 "2020-01-28T13:10:57Z")
Can regular-sized people ride on this train? Was this a reduced scale train, such as a model or toy? Was the equipment bigger than a bread box? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1928 "2020-01-28T13:55:25Z")
Was the train travelling under its own power, on a railway? Was it being transported by another vehicle? ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1929 "2020-01-28T14:12:40Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the equipment or the wagon with the equipment separated from the rest of the train somehow? NO > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Can regular-sized people ride on this train? > > Perhaps, though this is not its purpose. > > Was this a reduced scale train, such as a model or toy? > > NO > > Was the equipment bigger than a bread box? > > YES > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Was the train travelling under its own power, on a railway? > > YES > > Was it being transported by another vehicle? > > YES…but also 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:** [January 28, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1930 "2020-01-28T14:20:28Z")
Was the equipment… Industrial (as in, machinery for a factory)? Other vehicles? Electronics? Something to do with trains? Weapons? People? Animals? ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1931 "2020-01-28T14:42:46Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the equipment… > > Industrial (as in, machinery for a factory)? > > Other vehicles? > > Electronics? > > Something to do with trains? > > Weapons? > > People? > > Animals? They put different things on the train at different times. This is not a one-time incident and the train carries many different things. I would say that the things that go on this train are possibly: **electronic-related machine-related** But NO to most of the categories above. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1932 "2020-01-28T14:47:30Z")
Was this in Florida? ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1933 "2020-01-28T14:50:47Z")
You describe the train as one of the fastest ever built. Is its top speed greater than 100 miles per hour? 10 miles per hour? 1 mile per hour? ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1934 "2020-01-28T15:01:02Z")
Was the equipment somehow responsible for the train arriving late? Did the train take the wrong route? Was the route really curvy, like in alpine mountains? ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1935 "2020-01-28T15:25:16Z")
Was the train malfunctioning? Did it need to be dragged by animals? ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1936 "2020-01-28T16:35:18Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Was this in Florida? NO > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > You describe the train as one of the fastest ever built. > > Is its top speed greater than 100 miles per hour? > 10 miles per hour? > 1 mile per hour? YES to all. Faster than 100 MPH. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Was the equipment somehow responsible for the train arriving late? > > NO > > Did the train take the wrong route? > > NO > > Was the route really curvy, like in alpine mountains? > > NO > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the train malfunctioning? > > Did it need to be dragged by animals? NO to both. ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1937 "2020-01-28T16:46:56Z")
Was the train going at standard speed? Was the thing that made it take this long the rails? ---
**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 28, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1938 "2020-01-28T16:47:58Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Was the train going at standard speed? > > YES > > Was the thing that made it take this long the rails? > > NO kk ---
**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 28, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1939 "2020-01-28T17:03:03Z")
Is the route distance relevant? Was the equipment loaded correctly? (Anchored down, strapped, etc.) Did the equipment arrive the same time as the train? Was there more than one trip? ---
**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 28, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/1940 "2020-01-28T17:09:47Z")
Was the train on a barge? So, I work in Bayonne, NJ and looked out the window while waiting for a meeting to start when I noticed some train cars being barged across the bay. “Well, that’s not something you see everyday.” says I “You mean, the rail barge that takes rail cars from Brooklyn to Jersey City? The one that runs every single day?” says my coworker. “Yes, that’s the one.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=98)