# Lateral Thinking Puzzles - third time is best! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 18, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214 "2023-07-18T13:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1141 "2023-09-15T16:00:38Z")
It seems these activities could be done anywhere in the world. But I do see a place name that can be associated with several elements of your clues. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1142 "2023-09-15T17:22:30Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Are you male, female, or other? > > Is the lawn you’re going to mow, while wearing shorts, visible to the public? Doesn’t matter and doesn’t matter ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1143 "2023-09-15T17:23:17Z")
Looks like Rhodes might be my arch-nemesis in LTPs. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1144 "2023-09-15T17:27:33Z")
I might know this, but I might be wrong. You mentioned your band. Is your band famous? Are you the lead singer? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1145 "2023-09-15T18:49:32Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > Are you male, female, or other? > > > > Is the lawn you’re going to mow, while wearing shorts, visible to the public? > > Doesn’t matter and doesn’t matter So we can assume that this is in a part of the world where women ordinarily wear shorts in public? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1146 "2023-09-15T18:58:17Z")
Are you close to where Jon Schwarz lives? Are you performing in the same town where you had lunch? where you mowed? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1147 "2023-09-16T03:57:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You mentioned your band. Is your band famous? Are you the lead singer? Nope and doesnt matter > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > So we can assume that this is in a part of the world where women ordinarily wear shorts in public? Yep > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Are you close to where Jon Schwarz lives? > Are you performing in the same town where you had lunch? where you mowed? Nope (and it’s Schwartz) Just one town here so yes and yes. ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1148 "2023-09-16T16:20:46Z")
Is it important to know who Jon Schwartz is? Important enough that Googling him would be cheating? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1149 "2023-09-16T16:22:36Z")
Googled him, and yes, that pretty much gives it away. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1150 "2023-09-16T17:30:07Z")
> [@Ana\_Byrd](#): > > Is it important to know who Jon Schwartz is? > > Important enough that Googling him would be cheating? Googling him would be cheating and pretty much solves it. ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1151 "2023-09-16T21:16:13Z")
Okay, let’s try some other angles. Would it help to know more about the chips and dip? Would it help to know more about the lawn? Are the shorts a clue about the climate? Are we meant to narrow it down to the country? Region? City? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1152 "2023-09-16T22:50:36Z")
> [@Ana\_Byrd](#): > > Would it help to know more about the chips and dip? > > Would it help to know more about the lawn? > > Are the shorts a clue about the climate? > > Are we meant to narrow it down to the country? Region? City? I gave you a big clue there Yes Yes and no All one in the same ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1153 "2023-09-16T23:33:17Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > All one in the same The city is the same as the country? That would pretty much have to be the Vatican, wouldn’t it? Can’t be ancient Greece, they didn’t have lawnmowers. Or shorts. Or even lawns, in anything resembling the modern sense. ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1154 "2023-09-17T00:04:13Z")
Is the real question _who_ are you, with _where_ following from that? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1155 "2023-09-17T00:51:29Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > The city is the same as the country? > > That would pretty much have to be the Vatican, wouldn’t it? or Monaco. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1156 "2023-09-17T05:24:47Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > The city is the same as the country? My mistake. There are more than one city and a lot of unincorporated area. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1157 "2023-09-17T05:25:17Z")
> [@Ana\_Byrd](#): > > Is the real question _who_ are you, with _where_ following from that? Nope. Where am I. ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1158 "2023-09-17T15:05:16Z")
Are the chips and/or dip a region specific brand? Is there anything about the lawn that an American from the suburbs would find unusual? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1159 "2023-09-17T20:40:13Z")
Nope. I guess you could say the dip was “homemade”. Depends on the region ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1160 "2023-09-17T21:45:49Z")
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