# 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:** 59
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1161 "2023-09-17T22:43:40Z")
Nope The dip is made with a specific ingredient. I tell you it in the puzzle. ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1162 "2023-09-17T22:57:31Z")
It is described as **onion dip** in the puzzle. Do other ingredients in the dip matter? Is it made with yogurt? sour cream? Mayo? Other dairy? Only onions? other plants? Irrelevant? Would the puzzle work with any other dip? Guacamole? Sour cream and chive? ---
**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, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1163 "2023-09-17T23:15:16Z")
Is the dip made with ingredients harvested from your lawn? ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1164 "2023-09-17T23:23:05Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Do other ingredients in the dip matter? Is it made with yogurt? sour cream? Mayo? Other dairy? Only onions? other plants? Irrelevant? > > Would the puzzle work with any other dip? Guacamole? Sour cream and chive? > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Is the dip made with ingredients harvested from your lawn? Nopers to all ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1165 "2023-09-17T23:30:02Z")
Please be more specific. Nopers to all is a contradiction. I mean, you say both that the other ingredients don’t matter, and also that they are not irrelevant. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1166 "2023-09-18T14:00:25Z")
Are these lyrics to a song? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1167 "2023-09-18T14:18:32Z")
Other ingredients do not matter. It only works with onion dip Ingredients are not from my lawn. Not the lyrics to a song. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1168 "2023-09-18T14:45:52Z")
Are you in a movie or show? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1169 "2023-09-18T14:47:05Z")
Is it French onion dip? ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1170 "2023-09-18T17:20:04Z")
> [@Ana\_Byrd](#): > > Are you in a movie or show? Nope > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Is it French onion dip? Nope. French onion uses dried onion. This dip is homemade onion dip. ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1171 "2023-09-18T18:36:59Z")
Is it a particular kind of onion? Say, Walla Walla sweet onions? Are you in the United States? ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1172 "2023-09-18T18:38:16Z")
Yes a particular type of onion but not Walla Wallas No I am not and especially not in Walla Walla ---
**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 19, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1173 "2023-09-19T10:53:58Z")
Is this kind of onion normally white? Yellow? Red? Purple? ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1174 "2023-09-19T14:17:01Z")
Is the onion only grown in a limited area? Did the person in the puzzle grow it themselves? buy it as locally grown? buy it as shipped in from outside the region? Is it a long-day or a short-day onion? ETA: does the onion have anything to do with the lawn? ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1175 "2023-09-19T16:00:08Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Is this kind of onion normally white? Yellow? Red? Purple? It can be white or yellow. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Is the onion only grown in a limited area? > > Did the person in the puzzle grow it themselves? buy it as locally grown? buy it as shipped in from outside the region? > > Is it a long-day or a short-day onion? > > ETA: does the onion have anything to do with the lawn? Let’s say 1 region mainly Not grown myself. It could have been but the reality of 2023 farming it was imported. I believe it is a short day onion No it does not. ---
**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 19, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1176 "2023-09-19T16:56:01Z")
OK. So we’re probably below 38 - 40º latitude, if the person can grow short day onions. And we’re not in the United States. Are we in the Americas? Europe? Africa? Asia? Islands? ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1177 "2023-09-19T17:08:29Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > OK. So we’re probably below 38 - 40º latitude, if the person can grow short day onions. Yes > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > And we’re not in the United States. Are we in the Americas? Europe? Africa? Asia? Islands? The region where these are grown is NOT the same as where I am. > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Not grown myself. It could have been but the reality of 2023 farming **it was imported**. So are you asking where the onions were grown or where I’m at? I’ll make it easy Onions are from the Americas I am on islands ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1178 "2023-09-19T18:17:43Z")
(slaps self) Bermuda onions. Bermuda grass. Bermuda shorts. Bermuda! ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1179 "2023-09-19T18:26:13Z")
I’m having some chips and **Bermuda** onion dip for lunch. Later I’ll put on some **Bermuda** shorts to mow the **Bermuda** grass. Tonight our band plays and we hired Jon “ **Bermuda** ” Schwartz as our drummer. Where am I? Bermuda ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214/1180 "2023-09-19T19:35:16Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > The region where these are grown is NOT the same as where I am. > > Not grown myself. It could have been but the reality of 2023 farming **it was imported**. OK. You said, if I read that right, that the onions “could have been” grown by the person; which to me meant that they were in the region, or one of the regions, where those onions do grow, even though in 2023 there weren’t any local ones available. > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Onions are from the Americas > I am on islands But nevertheless identifying the onions will help tell us where you are? > [@Ana\_Byrd](#): > > (slaps self) Bermuda onions. Bermuda grass. Bermuda shorts. Bermuda! Aha! It does make sense after all! Good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-third-time-is-best/987214.md?page=60)