Can you solve this dog puzzle?

[@addol95]

Whoever is running this youtube channel - thank you for adopting the critique we've put forward about the thumbnail and title spoilers. The experience of following along has greatly improved!

[@lucbloom]

@@totlyepicThey want the titles to engage/tantilize AND match the content (clickbait-y, without the lying) Maybe those restraints were hard on them?

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

Here, here for the production team!

[@donsample1002]

I got this one almost immediately, and spent most of the episode thinking “none of these people have ever had a dog.”

[@TWW2]

I had it as soon as she said it was "almost the opposite" of the dogs solving the puzzle.

[@glyphin343]

​@@TWW2yeah same here, and I laughed out loud when Tom mentioned an eating competition

[@erictaylor5462]

I have a friend who is a high school teacher. She had assigned a pretty big project to her students that would take several weeks to complete. The project came do and the students turned in their projects on a Friday and took them home to grade over the weekend. She woke up Saturday morning to find it had snowed in her living room and the reports were gone. She had to go into school on Monday and tell her students, "My dog ate your homework."

[@Elwaves2925]

Completely different but your story reminded me of teachers messing up. My maths teachers lost my mock exam, so insisted I take it again over a lunchtime. I was not happy with them. A week later they found it and gave me the choice of which exam to put through but they wouldn't tell me the result of either. I protested as it wasn't my fault and we settled on an average of the two. Thankfully there was only a 2% difference.

[@ichmagschokolade537]

​@@Elwaves2925 for another unrelated story that your story reminded me: I once had a German teacher (i live and grew up in the German speaking part of Switzerland) that lost our exams because she fell asleep on the train to the school and then the bag with the exams got stolen (As she was sometimes really unorganised, we students speculated, that the bag wasn't stolen but she forgot where she had put it in the train)

[@Elwaves2925]

@@ichmagschokolade537 There is something to certain teachers being really disorganised. Maybe we all have one of them, just like there's the realy strict one and so on.

[@undefined40]

There is even a picture of one of those vacuum robots on that wall

[@IceMetalPunk]

Weirdly, there's also pictures of... children?

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@IceMetalPunk toddlers will chew anything.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@kellydalstok8900 You do have a point 😂

[@sorrynotsorry8224]

Knew about this as soon as I heard "Liberty Puzzles". I love this story. It went viral on Reddit a few years back. The wall also has a washing machine which is hilarious.

[@tricks.2661]

a long time ago I used a bit of software (shareware) that was mostly free to use but if you'd send the creators an image (postcard, toy, drawing,..) of a hamster (and a self-addressed envelope) they would enable if fully. I've sent them a picture of my hamster in it's cage and got a licence to use the software in return.

[@meloentje4673]

Hamsterware

[@stapler942]

Hamster Dance Mode unlocked

[@lilywashere27]

How did you find out about that deal? Was it in the Terms and Conditions?

[@mementomori5580]

My guess was that there is a puzzle out there with some instructions that you can only read once you solved the puzzle and the instruction was to send a photo of your pet to a certain address (which happened to be the address of the company) or something like that.

[@aidanbrumsickle]

Initial thoughts: if they're a jigsaw puzzle company, maybe the photos are of dogs who immediately ruined people's puzzles

[@chilanya]

that would be cats

[@danielsimmonds4913]

I thought this too, especially with the massive ones that are 5,000-10,000 pieces that take months to years.

[@danielleoliver1734]

In my mind people send in photos of their dog in hope they get put in a puzzle

[@Cossieuk]

This is the first one I have gotten right away where I have never heard of it before. Normally I only get them if I have heard about it before or after a few guesses for those in the video

[@michaelwisniewski6047]

Hmm, I had after she said “it’s almost the opposite”

[@helenbaumander3953]

Yeah. They were doing a mix of over complicating it and drawing it out for comic effect.

[@roecocoa]

I got this almost immediately because I used to pet-sit for a family that loved English Labradors and jigsaw puzzles.

[@RandomOnlineIdiot]

"All dogs tessellate" I'd read a book based on that as a title alone!

[@zwiesinn]

it would have been so funny to have Karen Puzzles on the show (also that's the person Tom was talking about)

[@TarunoNafs]

She might have known the answer to this one. And Karen was on another episode.

[@thoughtstorms_keith]

I believed this until Anna said that there was even a fish. Anyone who knows these four people - know that there is no such thing!

[@JasperJanssen]

My guess: Jigsaw puzzles, and these are the dogs who’ve ate the homework - aka one of the pieces - and they send replacement pieces if you pay the dog tax.

[@qlue7881]

I miss the full episodes on KZbin

[@wyrdlg]

No Such Thing as a Fish has eaten a puzzling piece!

[@kellydalstok8900]

Someone must have dropped it in the fish tank

[@rmartin275]

This was immediately very weird to me, because I've been to the Liberty Puzzles store in Boulder CO, and I have no recollection of pictures of dogs on the walls. Maybe they were there and I missed them? It's a very visually overstimulating place. Or maybe the dog pictures are on the wall at the factory instead of the storefront?

[@lateralcast]

It's in the factory.

[@SaszaDerRoyt]

Absolutely loved this crossover as a long-time listener of both Fish and Lateral!

[@Puj0]

As I was looking for a way to recreate a missing piece in my puzzle, I learned about this

[@Puj0]

About 2 weeks after this comment, we found it on the other side of the room under some furniture

[@lumilux004]

What a pleasant surprise to have a question about a local business!

[@Jeffen]

dog ate my homework

[@chilanya]

i thought it might test prints for people who wanted a custom jigsaw puzzle of their dogs. or the cutest dog photos that were sent in for a custom jigsaw puzzle.

[@ZipplyZane]

The second he brought up having eaters on the wall, I realized it was about eating the puzzle piece. Because I knew the same thing Tom knew about them sending you the one piece you were missing. But I would have thought you'd also need a photo of the puzzle without the piece.

[@blindleader42]

"But I would have thought you'd also need a photo of the puzzle without the piece." That's implicit in the offer. How else can you accurately communicate exactly which piece you need? Actually, I can think of a couple of text based ways to do it, but in these days of digital photography, using them would be silly.

[@IceMetalPunk]

"All Dogs' Tessellation" is Matt Parker's new sequel to "All Dogs Go To Heaven". I kind of want to make jigsaw puzzles infused with catnip, but don't label that on the box. Anyone who owns a cat is punished for their lesser choice in pet 😁

[@RoryGlynn]

Also some cats: they chewed the puzzles. The company replaces puzzles for free if you send a dog photo.

[@johnnythegringo8855]

I never get these, but I somehow guessed this one almost immediately

[@Savaniel]

Shame none of them have heard of Liberty Puzzles! They're some of the best designed puzzles I've done, top notch craftsmanship for anyone who enjoys a good jigsaw puzzle.

[@dgthe3]

But are their piece counts accurate? I have it on good authority that some puzzle companies cheat you out of several pieces. Others are less bad & give a few more than what they say on the box. But they are still lying none the less. Piece count honesty should be the primary means by which a puzzle company is judged.

[@Savaniel]

@@dgthe3 They actually are! Not a round number in sight for their piece counts. I promised quality, no?! In fact, there wouldn't even be a good way to estimate their piece counts because they use a grid design or square-ish pieces. Instead, they use irregular pieces with shapes based on the theme of the puzzle. (For example, an ocean puzzle will have a handful of pieces shaped like fish, seahorses, etc.) They're beautiful wooden puzzles and the pieces slot together very cleverly. So the only way to count them is individually!

[@user-jn4sw3iw4h]

I do see how a fish could have eaten a puzzle-piece. But must agree with the assessment, this still doesn't make the fist the "guilty party"

[@lforlight]

I assumed they make custom jigsaws, and used unfamiliar dogs (either customers' or stock photos) as examples on display. Then I thought they could have a large jigsaw with a collage of dogs, assembled and put on display.

[@nanardeurlambda]

1:23 dogs that eat puzzle pieces? 6:57 I was Riiiiiiiight on the money! neat

[@Jubronic]

Don't think it's the same company, but I had to do something similar... . . . . . I was working on a Legend of Zelda puzzle over a few days and at one point my dog and one of my cats decided that a few pieces looked good. I came into the room at one point to find the cat had knocked some pieces onto the floor and my dog had bit into a few of them. The company asked me to send in a photo of them "looking ashamed" and then they sent me out a new puzzle (which was very generous) since each piece was cut different.

[@aristo999999999]

There should be a baby photo somewhere....

[@timothymclean]

I can see why they might not want to put that on the wall where anyone can see it.

[@CompletelyNormal]

I suppose at least one of my little brothers meets the qualifications to be featured on that wall.

[@AnasHart]

Time to eat some puzzle pieces so I can get put on the wall too XD

[@Spanner1971B]

No Such Thing as a Lateral Puzzle.

[@H0kies95]

I am surprised it took so long to get to send in the photo to get their dog photo used in a puzzle.

[@LiveFreeOrDieDH]

My first guess was that the puzzle was not a picture of the dog, but artwork made by that dog. Like, lots of colorful paw prints...

[@marwynthemage]

I have no idea how I got that immediately. I think I've heard it somewhere before

[@rapidcovers]

Tom if you want to just invite these four to be the regular costars from now on I wouldn’t be mad about it! Theyre the perfect fit for the show and make it flow so much better. I also love their podcast, maybe they’d have the bandwidth for another 😅

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

Initial thoughts: they like dogs? They're used for jigsaw puzzles? They make feeding puzzles or training puzzles for dogs (given away by the youtube title), either as police dogs or guide/helper dogs? It's a nonprofit foundation that helps save dogs that were meant to go to that farm upstate, and those are all the saved dogs?

[@dontkilImejay]

Ah had this one pretty quickly this time around.

[@helenbaumander3953]

There are actually cat puzzles and some cats like to solve them if it means food rewards.

[@amelialikesfrogs5778]

iirc its less as proof just more so they can collect them cos its fun and funny and cute

[@ThePandaKen]

My guess is that the pictures are not color photos, but xrays. And why a puzzle company would have dog xrays is something only dog owners would appreciate lol

[@thedoginthewok]

How did the fish do it?

[@boy638]

Couldn't figure it out. Puzzling.

[@TheGreatSteve]

I thought that was Graham Linehan on the thumbnail.

[@GryphLane]

Luckily they wouldn't have that horrible human on here

[@lucidmoses]

Fish? Given it's rare I would guess someone knocked over a fish bowl. Course that's more likely then the mini flood only affecting one piece.

[@ecchikitty1395]

I was thinking a Humane Society sort of thing, every puzzle sold $1 goes to help find homes for dogs, here's the dogs we've helped so far.

[@elisam.r.9960]

If I gave my cats a puzzle, they'd probably bat at it (but still not solve it, unless food is involved).

[@sabotower1792]

I have two cats and have tried to get a puzzle done in the living room, what ended up happening is one of them would end up rolling around in the loose pieces and the other would lay on the complete part of the puzzle because it was different and slightly elevated from the rest of the table

[@woodfur00]

John Green

[@evah4431]

Hmm, that title feels familiar.

[@Kumimono]

Did they all, eat a puzzle piece?

[@ottosgranary]

she funny I have never seen French puzzles

[@Leafsdude]

1:22 - You don't just know Karen Puzzles, she's been on the show before. 2:18 - Actually, enrichment puzzles for cats are probably more important for their health, because boredom among cats can be very problematic. Probably just because of the misconception that cats don't care about anything.

[@rjdverbeek]

It isn't a sudogu puzzle?

[@abigailcooling6604]

🛡SPOILER SHEILD!🛡

[@ChillaxeMake]

get this pinned

[@Lo33y_]

Hmm yes that is a very odd tapas bar

[@Martin-xh1hd]

Tomithy scott

[@dominomasked]

Tim Scott, cat slanderer.

[@karvenboom]

A very odd title

[@dgthe3]

Today, I have seen an unfortunate number of videos referencing dogs being eaten. Was hoping a Lateral video would take me away from US politics. 😥

[@NoScope_Catman]

The thumbnail is not a valid Sudoku. That is all I have to say.

[@lateralcast]

I think it's a Hitori.

[@NoScope_Catman]

@@lateralcast I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a Hitori either. To my understanding, you couldn't have "marked" sections touching orthogonally and all unmarked numbers would have to form an unbroken chain with orthogonal connections. There's also another similar looking puzzle type where you draw lines the length of the number and connect it to a matching number, which I have forgotten the name, but that also wouldn't work here.

[@CheshireTomcat68]

A fish? Sorry, there is no such thing as a fish.

[@quizmaster10]

Pardon the negativity, but they gave away the answer this time, didn't they?

[@alystair]

Should skip the title theme. Don't need to hear it on every video

[@IceMetalPunk]

I like it 🤷‍♂ You can always skip past it with the arrow keys.