An optical illusion
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Stare at this picture for one minute without blinking. Now, quickly look at a white wall while you shoot yourself in the head for electing them.
5
comments · Commenting is closed
Sedition·com
Quien engaña no gana.
Devil’s Dictionary X™
About · Referring queries · Random article · Random doc · Recent comments (XML) · Contact · XML/Atom
articles · document pages
Chalkboard what is this
One year ago today
Recent articles
» The greatest quote of the 21st century (so far)
» Your candidate, I presume? #2.1
» Your candidate, I presume? #2
» Austin, Texas is the new Austin, Texas
» George Foreman I is going down in the first
» I don’t win every fight in my dreams
» How on Earth are there only two results in Google for this?
» You know what occurs to me seeing Harvey Weinstein doing the perp walk?
» Dennis Perrin’s still got it –OR– #Oprah2020
» Those who do not leave a reason…
» Re: The deaths in Charlottesville, Virginia today
External links
Randomly selected
- Blog Law » 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know
- Clients From Hell
- EconLog: Archives
- Extreme Perl - Home
- Norman G. Finkelstein
- PostSecret
- Protected health information - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Protovis
- Quadrant Online - Sceptics in Wonderland
- Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles, First Black Rebels to Beat American Slavery
- Steel White Table
- stolenpixel.com // Bubble King
- The Nature Conservancy - Protecting nature, preserving life
- Truth in Justice
Newest
- Barnaby Hazen Author Page
- this isn't happiness™ Peteski
- Celebration Flower Paintings: At Celebration Flower Paintings award winning artist Patrick Williams creates master crafted, creatively upscale oil paintings of flowers for all occasions.
- Homepage - American Lung Association
- Source-Filter » Statistics, Models, Language, Cognition, and Assorted Whatnots
Recent miscellaneous documents
» How to run *old* perl Kwiki (like 0.38) on PSGI
» Convert image sources to data URI with Perl: img2data
» Flugblätter der Widerstandsbewegung in Deutschland.
» Flugblätter der Weissen Rose. IV
» Flugblätter der Weissen Rose. III
Fiction & teleplay
Short storiesPublic domain goodies
History of the United States · Æsop’s Fables · Mother Goose · Christina Rossetti · Anthem · A Princess of Mars · Hans Christian Andersen · Doré Bible GallerySedition·com is green
We use carbon neutral web hosting to serve pages and our software, images, and auxiliary content are developed using 100% wind power; no, seriously.
Æsop’s fables…
The Shepherd and the Lion
A Shepherd, counting his Sheep one day, discovered that a number of them were missing.
Much irritated, he very loudly and boastfully declared that he would catch the thief and punish him as he deserved. The Shepherd suspected a Wolf of the deed and so set out toward a rocky region among the hills, where there were caves infested by Wolves. But before starting out he made a vow to Jupiter that if he would help him find the thief he would offer a fat Calf as a sacrifice.
The Shepherd searched a long time without finding any Wolves, but just as he was passing near a large cave on the mountain side, a huge Lion stalked out, carrying a Sheep. In great terror the Shepherd fell on his knees.
“Alas, O Jupiter, man does not know what he asks! To find the thief I offered to sacrifice a fat Calf. Now I promise you a full-grown Bull, if you but make the thief go away!”
We are often not so eager for what we seek, after we have found it.
Do not foolishly ask for things that would bring ruin if they were granted.
Take that, subspace.
©1989–2021 except where noted ·
Site code, design, and graphics by PangyreSoft.
Discussion
Comments
Re: An optical illusion
I know I'm getting a reputation as a heartless, persnickety quibbler, but people who shoot themselves in the head gain more style points if they get in the tub and draw the shower curtain closed first. It's far from silly! It's simple courtesy. While their little bit of the universe is over for good, the clean-up crew soldiers on. A neatly contained mess is less of a burden. I believe it was originally King Arthur who advised the knights of the round table on this. So there's precedent, too, an ennobling precedent, sort of -- although he was talking about chopping off heads, not shooting.
By Vagrant on 10 October 2007 · 23:16
Re^2: An optical illusion
Don’t know why it took till now to think of this–
we just got new carpet, for christsakes
sure there’s things left to say
and a closet full of brooms,
sure theirs may go guilt
unanswered and cobwebs fill her womb,
but he could have at least killed
himself in the bathroom.
–1.18 17.6.94
By A is A on 11 December 2007 · 12:11
Re: An optical illusion
Wow, the contrast on Hillary's mustache is stunning in negative!
By William Shakesweasel on 11 October 2007 · 09:01
Re^2: An optical illusion
Nice. But it’s Pelosi. Though the joke remains in force.
“Gennifer! Gennifer! Gennifer!”
By A is A on 11 October 2007 · 18:05
Re^3: An optical illusion
Sorry, I was judging by the hair helmet. Although black teeth haven't been in style since feudal Japan......
By William Shakesweasel on 13 October 2007 · 16:01