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[Mull]

Cigar

[the village idiot]

Just now, Mull said:

Cigar

[eggsarascal]

Just now, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Enlighten us Mr E!!  

I'll not deny it, when I first saw it I didn't see it.

 

It's a lit cigar stuck in the brickwork.

 

the eyes/mind are funny things.

[Mull]

Very clever, but it’s been photoshopped in☹️

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 minute ago, the village idiot said:

Some people truly can't see it until it is pointed out.

 

Good clue though.

Bollocks!  I'm not buying it!!  I've already interrupted my Netflix addiction to House of Cards, put my whisky down, gone next door to get my glasses and all I can come up with is - it's an attempt to make me stare at a picture of bricks trying to find David Bowies kneecap in a moonscape to distract me from posting in other threads....

 

I'm not 'aving it!

 

 

[Mull]

Keep looking.
 
When you see it you can't unsee it.
 
It's a good example of the fact that our brains form a guess of what they assume is there rather than giving us a true representation of what is actually there.

Not really, the cigar is hidden in the picture?

[onetruth]

20 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

I'm just being very silly. Have a look at their hands.

Haha! I had wondered.

Normally a joke that needs to be explained isn't funny, but somehow not getting it added to the payoff in this case!

[the village idiot]

No, it's in plain view.

 

Your brain was just fooled, that's all.

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

2 minutes ago, the village idiot said:

No, it's in plain view.

 

Your brain was just fooled, that's all.

 

I couldn't see it even after you'd told me what I was looking at....

 

Then I just went back and tried again and, boom, there it was!

 

You are a wizard Sir!

 

(shall go to bed confused, wondering if there is any merit in looking at pictures whose sole purpose is to deceive us and wake up wondering what the purpose / meaning of such trickery might be....)

[the village idiot]

1 minute ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

You are a wizard Sir!

How dare you!

 

You've known me long enough to know my thoughts on wizards.

 

Go back to the picture again and try not to see that there is a big cigar sticking out of the wall at a right angle.