Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Pareidolia - by Jon

It appears there is some confusion with respect to one of my esteemed posts yesterday. Given that we only have 5 or 6 readers (that includes the four writers….we love you Brodie_B!), I’m sure you know which post I am referring to.

That’s right, the dog ass! To put it cogently, I am making reference to the psychological term pareidolia – when a vague or fuzzy stimulus (like a picture or cloud or what have you) is perceived as clear and distinct. You may recall such cultural examples as ‘The Virgin Mary in the grilled cheese sandwich’ (which sold on e-bay to a casino in Vegas for 10’s of G’s), or ‘Elvis on a floor tile’, ‘Homer Simpson on the Moon’ (or maybe it was Mars). Of course there is the popular ‘Face-on-Mars’. Google that, it will surely convince you aliens exist.

The vague humanoid-like figure on the dog’s ass is simply a parody of the aforementioned. Or maybe it really is a sign. Of course, if that were the case it provides plenty of brain food – out of all places god could have given the sign…

3 comments:

  1. Remember that the moral of the story is as follows:

    If one stumbles upon any food, rock, block of wood (whatever) that resembles anybody famous, you keep it and post it on e-bay. Some nut-job will pick it up somewhere.

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  2. I am still disgusted by the dogs ass

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  3. oh its an ass! i thought it was standing on its hind legs!

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