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Old 02-12-2011, 11:41 AM
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I don't get some of today's Cracked.com photoshop contest

Subject is "28 Typos that would have changed everything"

#19 is obviously from a movie, but what movie and what is the significance of the leg?

#18 The lolipopper? Rippler? Licker?

#13 The Wizard of....gecko? Geico?

#2 That's supposed to be the Hindenberg right?
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Old 02-12-2011, 11:52 AM
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Oops, forgot the link

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Old 02-12-2011, 11:54 AM
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#18 is meant to be "The Diddler."

#19 would be "Mr. Robinson." (Meh.)

Lizard of Oz.

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Old 02-12-2011, 11:55 AM
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#19 is from The Graduate. The leg is a woman's leg in the actual shot. Not sure what the typo is supposed to be. Maybe instead of "Mrs. Robinson" (the person whose leg it is in the film) it's "Mr. Robinson"?
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Old 02-12-2011, 11:56 AM
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#12 is the LIZard of Oz...
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Old 02-12-2011, 11:58 AM
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I get them; I just don't get that they're so very clever.
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Old 02-12-2011, 02:44 PM
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#4 is what happened when Doc Brown sent Beavis and Butthead back in time to make sure their parents meet and fall in love. <shudder>
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Old 02-13-2011, 05:55 AM
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The problem I have with the Diddler is that it doesn't seem like the villain had anything to do with anything. If he's going to be the Diddler, he needs to do some diddling, not just stand outside of a kiddy pool bone dry.

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Old 02-13-2011, 06:11 AM
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#18 really confused me as well, I was thinking it might be something to do with the Blair Witch Project because of all the dolls hanging from the trees. I thought 'Connect Flour' should have won.
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Old 02-13-2011, 09:41 AM
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I still don't get #3.
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Old 02-13-2011, 09:55 AM
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It's an erection seat innit? Her her her.

Cracked Photoshop contests aren't Worth1000 (or even b3ta,) that's for sure. To "get" them, just imagine you're thirteen and have been huffing paint for kicks.
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Old 02-13-2011, 09:58 AM
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Ahh, I couldn't tell what the blurred-out part was supposed to be. Thanks.
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Old 02-14-2011, 03:01 PM
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It's an erection seat innit? Her her her.

Cracked Photoshop contests aren't Worth1000 (or even b3ta,) that's for sure. To "get" them, just imagine you're thirteen and have been huffing paint for kicks.
I don't even think that is enough to explain not understanding the word sarcasm.
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Old 02-14-2011, 03:22 PM
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It's an erection seat innit? Her her her.
Ah, thanks. I couldn't figure out how they's misspelled cockpit.
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Old 02-14-2011, 04:20 PM
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I thought HERPES was pretty damn clever.
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Old 02-15-2011, 09:16 AM
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Most of them were pretty unfunny, but for some reason I'm still giggling at the picture for "Stanley Kubrick's Liotta".
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Old 02-15-2011, 09:19 AM
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Oh, and "Unseasoned French Beard Crumbs" almost made me puke.
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Old 02-15-2011, 01:22 PM
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#19 is from The Graduate. The leg is a woman's leg in the actual shot. Not sure what the typo is supposed to be. Maybe instead of "Mrs. Robinson" (the person whose leg it is in the film) it's "Mr. Robinson"?
This one's not so bad. That poster is so iconic that I knew what it was just from the description in the OP.
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