History Headscratchers / DiaryOfAWimpyKid

** He's a middle school kid and it was just two or three splotches of paint; I doubt he'd have gotten arrested once they determined it was him. Heck, when he explains exactly what happened to the principal, the principal basically says "you should have told me sooner" and gives him a comparatively light punishment (makes him clean the paint off with inefficient tools). If the police had been the ones to track him down, chances are they'd do what most police do in situations like this: explain it to the kid's parents and let them handle it.

* If Greg had gotten arrested in ''Cabin Fever'', would he have gotten a trial and been able to defend himself by saying the neon green paint was not his fault, but it was rainy when the posters were put up?

* If Greg had gotten arrested in ''Cabin Fever'', would he have gotten a trial and been able to defend himself by saying the white paint was not his fault, but it was rainy when the posters were put up?

** One of two options: 1) Rowley's AmbiguousDisorder has prompted the school to go against the idea of editing it, whilst ignoring Greg's egomaniac tendencies and possible sociopathy. 2) [[ButtMonkey It's Greg.]] The laws of physics would bend just to '''humiliate the kid.'''

** One of two options: 1) Rowley's AmbiguousDisorder has prompted the school to go against the idea of editing it, whilst ignoring Greg's egomaniac tendencies possible sociopathy. 2) [[ButtMonkey It's Greg.]] The laws of physics would bend just to '''humiliate the kid.'''

* Why was Greg's "creighton the cretin" comic edited so much, but Rowley's "Zoo-Wee Mama's" wasn't edited at all?

* How can Roderick call himself a rocker and not know how to spell "door", as in "TheDoors"!

** Maybe they believe there's no risk of spreading diseases as long as the leftovers are heated properly.

** He might just type very slowly and his parents decided it's be easier if someone else did it.

** Alternatively, Rodricks parents did try to wake him up, but he managed to sleep through all of their attempts so they stopped trying

** like all sites such as these, yes there is a password recovery system - however remember that Greg is an UnreliableNarrator - he probably doesn't state it because he doesn't ''know'' that it has a Password Recovery system. Alternatively, it might require an email address from his parents - meaning he'll have to ask them.
* I know that Greg is an UnreliableNarrator, but they use all the leftovers that the kids don't eat. Doesn't this strike ''anyone'' as unsanitary?!

** like all sites such as these, yes there is a password recovery system - however remember that Greg is an UnreliableNarrator - he probably doesn't state it because he doesn't ''know'' that it has a Password Recovery system. Alternatively, it might require an email address from his parents - meaning he'll have to ask them.

** Alternatively, Rodricks parents did try to wake him up, but he managed to sleep through all of their attempts until they gave up

** Some schools give a four-day weekend over fall, either Monday-Tuesday or Thursday-Friday is off. It could have been during a fall recess - Greg doesn't state specifically ''when'' this happened, only that it was "last fall", so this could have been a "Fall recess". Not only that, but it's likely that, since Greg is an UnreliableNarrator, he left a few things out - As the person above said, you have to remember just ''who'' these parents are, but it's possible their dad didn't throw Rodrick out of bed because Rodrick was sick, and they didn't tell Greg or Manny. (What reason do they have to want to do ''ANYTHING'' with Rodrick anyway?)

** If DOAWK takes place in the modern era, then they probably didn't for fear Greg would become autistic. If anything, I'm surprised Greg and others went through Preschool, kindergarten, ''and'' elementary school ''without'' getting Chicken Pox.

* In book 6, Manny changes Greg's Net Kritterz password so he can't get into his account. Shouldn't the site have a password recovery system?

** You're forgetting ''who'' these parents are.

** For the last one, it'd be rather hard for him not to notice at some point. If there was nothing else to alert him to it through the week, he'd at least realize it when the weekend comes and he still thinks it's a school day.

* Greg's claim that the longest Rodrick has slept is 36 hours seems very implausible. Lets check some facts: Considering how much their Dad despises laziness from his sons, it doesn't seem likely that Frank would let Rodrick sleep that long and would wake him up around hour 13 at the most. Then it's shown Rodrick asking where Monday Night Football is after he wakes up, so we can assume he sleeps from a Sunday night all the way until Tuesday morning. Since he's wondering where Monday Night Football is, this clearly happened in Fall, hence school is in session. Did Susan and Frank actually let Rodrick miss school just so he could sleep? If they tried to wake him up to no avail, shouldn't they think something was wrong with him and they would call someone? Unless of course this was a Holiday Weekend like Columbus Day. Which brings me to my final and most important point: What kind of asshole parents don't immediately tell their son that he slept through an entire day of his life?????? What if he never noticed??? Would they ever have told him??? Ugh.

* Why doesn't Greg just keep his bedroom door shut so the dog can't get to his bed?

** He might just type very slowly and his parents decided it's be easier if someone else did it.

** This is Rodrick we're talking about. He probably knows how to type at least basically, but acts like he doesn't so that his dad will do it for him.