In past articles in which your participation was not only requested but also helpful and humorous, I did not give the answers to questions which I have posed to you; so this article contains the answers to past articles — Part 40 — along with links to the aforementioned articles…
Answers to Past Articles — Part 40: Off! Awry Traffic Signs Hertz at Ruby Tuesday
…and the links are embedded in the titles of each section as well as within the sections themselves; so please click on the links in each section to take you to the original article.
The Favorite Answer will usually be the correct answer by a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen — along with a Favorite Comment from the same article which I found to be funny or informative.
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 196
This residential street in a quiet neighborhood may not be without chaos: someone must have taken the Keep Left traffic sign — which is rather rare and unusual in the United States — too literally and crashed into a light pole, causing it to lean.
An orange pylon was placed there to apparently warn everyone else of the serious danger here.
Favorite answer by derek: “The conventional way is to drive to the right of the center divider, but this is an odd left. It seems that someone hit the light post, too.
“The lack of paint on the road suggests this is not the UK. It looks like the US.”
Favorite comment by Jim F.: “Hmmm…where’s the center divider/median on what looks like a fairly narrow street winding through a residential area?”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 197
Once again, Ruby Tuesday commits a careless error in one of its advertisements: in the circle on the left in the image is the text “$7.99 until 4PM”; but the text claims that “Until 4pm – Load up on our Endless Garden Bar for only $6.99.”
How much do you want to bet that $7.99 is the correct price and not $6.99?
Favorite answer by Thomas Richard Potter.: “The photo claims the price before 4 PM is 7.99, the text under the photo advertises the price at 6.99 before 4 PM…I’m wondering where that extra dollar went?”
Favorite comment by Jim F.: “If “Endless” and “Entree” are being used synonymously here (which I’m pretty certain they are), diners should be prepared to argue for the advertised price of $6.99…on Wednesdays…until 4pm.”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 198
Some of the product in the can was already used; so some of its residue had to have been on the surface of the can where the fly was located.
Favorite answer and comment by Jim F.: “If that’s a ‘biting fly,’ it doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. (The label, which is hard to read, says the product ‘provides long lasting protection from mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies, gnats & chiggers.’)”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 199
I have no idea what Hertz was attempting to say in the last part of the last sentence at the bottom of this advertisement. Exactly by when does the customer need to join as a member of the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards membership program in order to take advantage of this offer?
Favorite answer by Jim F.: “Mmm…what, exactly, is ‘M! r. % 1.*’? And, technically speaking, does one really benefit ‘…from day one’ if rewards only kick in ‘…the next time you rent 2+ days’?”
Favorite comment by Lee: “When hiking in the wilderness, one does not usually see transparent rental cars parked sideways blocking the trail. Also ‘M! r. % 1.* looks wrong, but that is technically not part of the photo.”
What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 200
Someone apparently installed the sign — which forbids drivers from conducting a U-turn on this street — upside down.
Taxpayers actually paid this person to incorrectly install this sign.
Favorite answer by Jim F.: “Maybe the worker installing the sign thought s/he was in the UK, driving in reverse…. Anybody else want to see what the sign on the other side is?”
Favorite comment by Jackson: “The good thing is if you get pulled over, you can argue you did nothing wrong ”
Access to Past Articles in the What is Wrong With This Photograph? Series
You can refer to this definitive list of past articles of the What is Wrong With This Photograph? series of articles — which also includes articles which reveal the answers — and that list will be continuously updated as additional articles are written and posted here at The Gate With Brian Cohen. This is to ensure that future articles in this series are not encumbered with a long list of links — especially when viewing and reading them from a portable electronic device.
Your constructive input as a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen is always appreciated.
Final Boarding Call
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