a table and chairs in a restaurant
Photograph ©2023 by BLT.

Answers to Past Articles — Part 42: Reader Edition

What is wrong with these photographs?

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 42 — along with links to the aforementioned articles…

Answers to Past Articles — Part 42: Reader Edition

…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 — and this edition is entirely comprised of photographs which were contributed by readers of The Gate With Brian Cohen.

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 206: Reader Edition

shelves of food on a shelf
Photograph ©2023 by NB_ga.

While shopping in a supermarket recently, NB_ga — who is a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen — spotted this display of items that were on sale near the entrance. Apparently, Dr Pepper is now also known as Pure Leaf Tea.

Well, at least when you buy two of them, you get one free — no matter what they are called.

Favorite answer and comment by GUWonder: “‘Clean up in aisle 9.’

“Since when did Dr Pepper get marked as pure leaf tea?

“It’s safe to presume this isn’t a Lidl grocery store in North Dakota.”

What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 207: Reader Edition

a plane parked in a terminal
Source: Anonymous reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen.

At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, an anonymous reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen looked out the window while waiting for a flight and took the following photograph, finding the view rather amusing: palm trees surrounding an airplane that is operated by Alaska Airlines.

Favorite answer by Thomas Richard Potter.: “I just thought that the Eskimo looks rather pleased to be looking at a palm tree.
Although, given the recent temps in Phoenix lately, It may be a reaction to heat rash.”

Favorite comment by Tom P.: “Looks like the wing lights (e.g. to check for ice) are on (the bright dot at the right end of the horizontal part of the capital “A” in Alaska)”

What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 208: Reader Edition

a sign on a window
Photograph ©2023 by Mi Rojo Muerta.

While waiting to be seated at a local restaurant recently, Mi Rojo Muerta — who is a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen and claims to enjoy getting Susto-nance at this Mexican eatery very much — spotted this sign near the entrance which offers rewards to customers who register for their membership program. People may actually bellow below when scanning the code for a free dessert.

Favorite answer by Peter Sander: “‘Bellow’ is also wrong, but that’s not the point here.

“You should get delicious treats every time you visit, but the whole point above is that you’ll get a free desert on your next visit. What about the current visit?”

Favorite comment by Jim F.: “The easy way to remember the difference between ‘dessert’ (the after-dinner treat) and ‘desert’ (a sandy expanse [as a noun] or to abandon [as a verb]) is that a ‘dessert’ is Sweet Stuff (double letter ‘s’).”

What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 209: Reader Edition

a table and chairs in a restaurant
Photograph ©2023 by BLT.

At a restaurant which specializes in food from Louisiana, BLT — who is a reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen — spotted this poster while dining and decided to photograph it, thinking that something was off about it: the image was more like a lobster and less like a crawfish.

Favorite answer by derek: “The mural shows a lobster, not a crawfish. It looks like an American lobster and not the kind found in Australia and the Pacific. A crawfish in Louisiana has slightly different claws and is much smaller than a lobster.”

Favorite comment by Jim F.: “Also interesting…assuming this photo was taken inside the Louisiana Shack in Lawrenceville, GA…there’s not a single lobster item on the menu. And why did a seafood restaurant NE of Atlanta choose to use ‘Louisiana’ in its name?”

What is Wrong With This Photograph? Part 210: Reader Edition

a cleaning checklist with black writing
Source: Anonymous reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen.

An anonymous reader of The Gate With Brian Cohen spotted this paper which was posted to the wall of a restroom of an Applebee’s restaurant and photographed it. Apparently, it is supposed to be cleaned and disinfected at least three times per day; but the chart shows that it had only been cleaned and disinfected twice per day at the most.

Favorite answer by Jim F.: “Hmmm…‘This restroom is cleaned and disinfected AT LEAST 3 times per day.’ It appears to have only been cleaned (and disinfected?) 2 times per day on the days shown. Maybe Applebee’s is taking their cue from hotel housekeeping practices….”

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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

You are encouraged to submit photographs of your own for this feature at The Gate With Brian Cohen. When you do, please let me know if you want to have photography credit attributed to you — as well as what is the photograph; and when and where it was taken. If your photograph is selected, it will be featured in a future article here at The Gate With Brian Cohen.

All photographs ©2023by various respective sources.

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