We all make mistakes
We all make mistakes. When I realised I’d made an error in the Rudi Radish book my stomach turned. Not just one but two! My mum pointed them out to me and I couldn’t believe it. After all those hours of checking, a last minute change had resulted in me putting in an error – ooops.
To make myself feel better I decided to look at where mistakes and imperfections have made things more valuable. Because most of the time we manage, either on our own or collectively, to get things correct things that are created with mistakes or flaws in them are super special and can become collectors items, worth more money than the perfect item.
A mistake worth making
In 2009 the Royal Mint released into circulation somewhere in the region of 50,000 and 200,000 undated coins – Ooops. However since this was such a rare thing, an error not encountered for over 300 years, the coins became worth £50 instead of 20p.
A mistake worth making
See below the page from Bong, Bong, Bongity, Bong starring Rudi Radish. Have a look at your copy, if you have two mistakes on these two pages, your book is a first edition and may soon be worth millions of pounds for its unique imperfections.
Spot the mistake
I feel particularly bad for making a grammatical error in a children’s book, what if Seed Agents never learn when to use the verb (sun) set and not the noun sunset? Hopefully Seed Agents will learn a lot more than getting their grammar and spelling correct by being part of the Secret Seed Society. I apologies for making this mistake and I hope we all learn from it, it never hurts to get someone else to check your work again before you hand it in.
