Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again!

Is this nonfiction or fiction?

Is this a situation most people have heard of?

Is the person who chuckled famous?

Is their name important?

**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?

** 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.

**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.

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?

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

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

So he was alone?

Was he recorded?

Was this in the US?
Would a similar situation in the US have been illegal?
Is the polity where this occurred relevant?

Not 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.

Was he on a jury?

(I’m assuming no since it’s not in court…)

No.

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?

**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 **

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)

Is “he” a human?

Was the laughter a recording?