Comments on: Google Street view spots Waldo buying an iPhone

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:58:52 +0000

Looks like Wally has to use the biffy….

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:24:43 +0000

For those that keep asking:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_Wally%3F#Origins

By: Vas the Man

Vas the Man — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:02:44 +0000

@DPintheB: in other English-speaking markets, the books are called “Where’s Wally”
Oops…forgot to say great post! Looking forward to your next one.

By: Vas the Man

Vas the Man — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:38:17 +0000

@DPintheB: in other English-speaking markets, the books are called “Where’s Wally”

By: coolfactor

coolfactor — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:08:54 +0000

Waldo is North American, I guess.

By: Jonathan AKA Chaplare

Jonathan AKA Chaplare — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:02:15 +0000

Well, Waldo has a lot of Alias’ … he is known as -

Wally, Waldo, Walter, Charlie, Holger, Valli, Willy, Hetti and Effy …

Originally in 1987, he was Wally when invented by Martin Handford in the UK, the name change was adapted to make him morelovable in the 28 different countries he’s been released in.

Source – http://www.quazen.com/Games/Puzzles/Wheres-Waldo-Wheres-Wally-Wheres-Walter.584051

By: roy

roy — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:04:55 +0000

since it was shot in england it is wally not his american cousin waldo
lol macbook says waldo isnt a word
and looks like he has given up so little effort in that shot

By: DPintheB

DPintheB — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:33:59 +0000

There are books called “Where’s Waldo” written by Martin Handford… they’ve been around for ages.

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:35:20 +0000

This has been around for ages, it turns out it was a Easter egg by the UK Google Street View team.

By: Chris Leither

Chris Leither — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:34:44 +0000

He is called Walter in Germany… at least does his name start with a W