Lateral Puzzles

<p>Was the fact that he had something that he took the crime?
Was the way in which he took it the crime?
Does the man’s location matter?
Is the man’s crime severe?
Did the man know it was a crime?
Did anyone else important know it was a crime?
Did anyone assist him in this crime?
Was this a rape?
Did he take someone’s innocence?</p>

<p>Is the thing he took a tangible thing thisor an intangible thing?
Is the court a civil court? no
A criminal court?yes
Is this court in the United States? irrelavant
Was the fact that he had something that he took the crime? huh?
Was the way in which he took it the crime? no
Does the man’s location matter? no
Is the man’s crime severe? N/A
Did the man know it was a crime?N/A
Did anyone else important know it was a crime? N/A
Did anyone assist him in this crime? N/A
Was this a rape? N/A
Did he take someone’s innocenceno</p>

<p>Is the “something”…
bigger than a stick of butter?
bigger than the seventh Harry Potter book?
mutli-colored? mostly one color? black and white? clear? invisible?
flat? round? square? thick? soft? hard?
made of metal? wood? paper? plastic? fabric? rubber? glass?</p>

<p>Does the “something”…
have a recognizable smell? taste?
belong to someone else?</p>

<p>Is the “something”…
bigger than a stick of butter? yes
bigger than the seventh Harry Potter book? generally no
mutli-colored? mostly one color? black and white? answers variable
clear?no
flat? yes round? nosquare? answers variablethick?no soft?no hard? no
made of metal? wood? no
paper?yes
plastic? yes
fabric? norubber? noglass?no</p>

<p>Did it belong to someone else?</p>

<p>Is it academic in nature?</p>

<p>Was he called in to be tried for a crime?</p>

<p>Or as a witness? Jury member? Other?</p>

<p>I’ve got another one for when this one finishes.</p>

<p>Is it academic in nature? meaning what?
Was he called in to be tried for a crime? no
Or as a witness? thisJury member? Other?</p>

<p>by the way, you have to find out what he took and why it cause him to go to court</p>

<p>Did he “take” it in the sense of “took a course”?
Or “took a picture”?
Or “took a measurement”?
Or was “it” an actual physical object?
Or none of the above?</p>

<p>Did the fact that he took it make him more qualified as a witness?</p>

<p>Did he “take” it in the sense of “took a course”? no
Or “took a picture”?yes
Or “took a measurement”?no
Or was “it” an actual physical object?yes
Or none of the above?</p>

<p>Did the fact that he took it make him more qualified as a witness? yes</p>

<p>So he took a picture. Was this picture important evidence of a crime?</p>

<p>Did he deliberately photograph a crime or crime-related scene?</p>

<p>Or accidentally?</p>

<p>Was he called to testify on the conditions under which the photograph was taken?</p>

<p>So he is a witness who took a picture of the crime, right?</p>

<p>yea…</p>

<p>it was too easy…</p>

<p>the photo was evidence</p>

<p>^might want to edit that. You’re setting yourself up for a “your mom” joke :D</p>

<p>Alright, my turn:</p>

<p>Only the thief survived.</p>

<p>(while we’re on the subject of crime and punishment…)</p>

<p>Did civilians die?
Did law enforcement or military personnel die?
Was the thief on a heist?
Was the thief a criminal?
Would I have survived?
Would you have survived?
Did the thief know he would survive?
Did the others know that they would die?
Does the location matter?
Is the person understood to be the thief, actually a thief?
Is the thief a person?
Was there a dangerous situation which the thief managed to escape or evade (survive)?</p>

<p>Did civilians die? Yes.
Did law enforcement or military personnel die? No.
Was the thief on a heist? No.
Was the thief a criminal? No.
Would I have survived? Possibly.
Would you have survived? Possibly.
Did the thief know he would survive? No.
Did the others know that they would die? No.
Does the location matter? Yesish.
Is the person understood to be the thief, actually a thief? Yes.
Is the thief a person? Yes.
Was there a dangerous situation which the thief managed to escape or evade (survive)? Yes.</p>

<p>Did the thief steal something?
Did the thief steal something tangible?
Was there a natural disaster?
Was there a car/plane/train/other mode of transportation accident?
Was there a fire?</p>

<p>Did the thief cause the danger?
Did civilians cause the danger?
Was the danger a “natural” danger?
So the thief is someone who steals, but he is not a criminal?
And the thief is a human? Male? Female?
Was what the thief doing important?
Does it matter that the thief is a thief and not a criminal?
Does the location matter as in what country the thief is in?
Is the thief not a criminal because of the laws? or the circumstances?
Is the thief Indiana Jones?
Are you Indiana Jones?
Can I come with you on your adventures?</p>

<p>Did the thief steal something? Yes.
Did the thief steal something tangible? Yes.
Was there a natural disaster? No.
Was there a car/plane/train/other mode of transportation accident? No.
Was there a fire? No.</p>

<p>Did the thief cause the danger? No.
Did civilians cause the danger? Yes.
Was the danger a “natural” danger? Yes.
So the thief is someone who steals, but he is not a criminal? Yes.
And the thief is a human? Yes. Male? This. Female?
Was what the thief doing important? Define important.
Does it matter that the thief is a thief and not a criminal? Yes.
Does the location matter as in what country the thief is in? No.
Is the thief not a criminal because of the laws? or the circumstances? What?
Is the thief Indiana Jones? No.
Are you Indiana Jones? No.
Can I come with you on your adventures? Unlikely.</p>

<p>Did the thief take something that helped him survive?
Was this theft thus justified(and thus does not make him a a criminal) by self-preservation</p>