Jan 05 2010
How to Waste Time on the Internet :: Can You Find the 37 Mistakes?
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If you’ve been to Latin Cafe on 41st Street in Miami Beach, you know about this placemat. It’s a great placemat. Possibly the best. I’ve never tried their food.
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I pared down my list to try to include only those I figured the authors intended, replacing others with XX:
Baseball scene
1. Pitcher has football
2. Batter has tennis racket
3. Batter is missing a sock
Street scene
4. “GO” sign
5. Upside down ice cream sign
(XX. “Sunday” is often spelled “Sundae”)
6. Woman has mis-matched boots
7. Man is missing pant leg
(XX. Woman has no face?)
8. Umbrella upside down
9. Umbrella holder wearing only one mitten
10. Man walking duck
11. Man walking duck has duck foot
Home scene
12. Cat in bird cage
13. Upside-down lampshade
14. Upside-down picture
15. Table missing leg
(XX. Chair also missing leg?)
16. Book held in wrong position?
17. Moon and sun both visible adjacent to one another — not impossible but hard to see in real life
(XX. Single curtain on one side of window, possible but unusual)
Snowman
18. Snowman incongruous in summer/spring scene
Calendar
19. February misspelled
20. February has an extra day or two
Super Market
21. Woman walking pig
(XX. Pig has non-pig tail)
22. Backwards L in SALE
(XX. “Bread” initially capitalized; “MEAT” and “EGGS” all caps)
23. Dog wears hat and tie
24. Boy has half-long-, half-short-sleeved shirt
25. Woman with cart missing shoe
26. MAKRT lacks E
Motorcycle Scene
(XX. Rider wears bowler instead of helmet)
27. Rear wheel square
28. Rider wears roller-skate
29. Stoplight colors mis-configured
30. Potted plant on house roof
Football Scene
31. Backwards 3 on jersey
32. Cowboy boot instead of cleat
33. Softball instead of football
34. Mitten on hand
35. Carrots on tree
36. Placemat says there are 36 mistakes but there are only 35
37. Herocious says there are 37 mistakes but there are only 36
Wheels on cart are misshapen. Probably can’t roll.
Snowman scene:
Two petals on middle flower are green instead of pink.
Baseball scene:
Pitcher seems to be pitching from a base, not the rubber on a pitcher’s mound.