The Grasshopper Experiment - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Raj's parents tell him to put his laptop down and gather his friends, they all huddle around the one-seat sofa. Sheldon is crouched to the left of the seat with his hands on the sidearm, yet in shots angled at the left he has disappeared from his place (as to not obstruct these particular angled shots.) (00:02:00)
The Grasshopper Experiment - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Raj is drinking with Lalita in the bar Penny works at, in one shot he raises his Grasshopper drink to his lips with his left hand. In the next shot it's in his right (this is just before he says "Oh my God, you've lost so much weight").
The Grasshopper Experiment - S1-E8
Deliberate mistake: At the end, Penny holds up a bottle of rum to show Leonard that she added it to his drink. However, the B is missing from the name "Bacardi" (00:19:30)
The Grasshopper Experiment - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: When Raj starts talking to Penny after he drinks the Grasshopper drink in her apartment, in one frontal shot he lifts the drink and begins to drink but in the next shot from behind the drink is back on the counter.
Answer: Because Raj's selective mutism seems to be caused by women that Raj sees (on some sort of conscious or subconscious level) as a potential sexual partner. An attribute that wouldn't apply to either his sister or mother.