• OT - Something to placate the grumpy old men!

    From David Brooks@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 08:19:03 2022
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    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! πŸ™‚)

    --
    Have a great day!

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to FromTheRafters on Wed Aug 31 12:11:45 2022
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    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    It was sent to me by a Christian Scientist who works in 'end of life'
    care for folk who are dying - where things which may be important to YOU
    are no longer really relevant.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to FromTheRafters on Wed Aug 31 12:07:13 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    YOU probably think that the cat is coming UP the steps!

    It is, in fact, going DOWN! ;-)

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  • From FromTheRafters@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 06:55:16 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

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  • From FromTheRafters@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 09:14:48 2022
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    David Brooks expressed precisely :
    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    YOU probably think that the cat is coming UP the steps!

    It is, in fact, going DOWN! ;-)

    It is obvious!

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  • From Robert James@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 17:58:36 2022
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    FromTheRafters typed something on some Usenet group:

    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet
    -finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.


    Give the kitty a ball of twine, and it will walk right into the violin
    store. Actually it was a myth that violin strings were made from cat guts.

    --
    I am the true champion of all existence, and shudder the petulant worm who dares darken my brain with ridicule!

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  • From Steve Carroll <"Steve@21:1/5 to FromTheRafters on Wed Aug 31 18:37:42 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 2022-08-31, FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    David Brooks pretended :
    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    It was sent to me by a Christian Scientist who works in 'end of life'
    care for folk who are dying - where things which may be important to YOU
    are no longer really relevant.

    So what, that is a complete non sequitur. Hint: Forget the cat and look
    at the steps.

    You've never seen steps with a 'safety' bar on them? ;)

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  • From Robert James@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 18:43:21 2022
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    FromTheRafters typed something on some Usenet group:

    David Brooks pretended :
    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-intern
    et-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    It was sent to me by a Christian Scientist who works in 'end of life'
    care for folk who are dying - where things which may be important to
    YOU are no longer really relevant.

    So what, that is a complete non sequitur. Hint: Forget the cat and
    look at the steps.


    I get it. It's the angle of the camera. Is the photographer on top or
    below? I'd have to know to tell which way the cat is clawing! Or maybe I do
    not get it, if I want optical illusions; I'd just brew some Ayahuasca.

    --
    I am the true champion of all existence, and shudder the petulant worm who dares darken my brain with ridicule!

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  • From FromTheRafters@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 14:30:44 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    David Brooks pretended :
    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    It was sent to me by a Christian Scientist who works in 'end of life'
    care for folk who are dying - where things which may be important to YOU
    are no longer really relevant.

    So what, that is a complete non sequitur. Hint: Forget the cat and look
    at the steps.

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  • From FromTheRafters@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 16:58:35 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    Robert James laid this down on his screen :
    FromTheRafters typed something on some Usenet group:

    David Brooks pretended :
    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-intern >>>>> et-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    It was sent to me by a Christian Scientist who works in 'end of life'
    care for folk who are dying - where things which may be important to
    YOU are no longer really relevant.

    So what, that is a complete non sequitur. Hint: Forget the cat and
    look at the steps.


    I get it. It's the angle of the camera. Is the photographer on top or
    below?

    Yep, that's the idea alright. Little to no visual information as to orientation. It's like calling a movie a 'mystery' because they
    withheld all information up until the butler confesses.

    I'd have to know to tell which way the cat is clawing! Or maybe I do
    not get it, if I want optical illusions; I'd just brew some Ayahuasca.

    They need a better suited staircase in order to pull this one off. :)
    Something with no clues about which is riser and which is tread.

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  • From FromTheRafters@21:1/5 to After serious thinking Steve Carrol on Wed Aug 31 17:02:56 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    After serious thinking Steve Carroll wrote :
    On 2022-08-31, FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    David Brooks pretended :
    On 31/08/2022 11:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
    David Brooks was thinking very hard :
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! ?)

    Wow, simple minds are easily amused.

    It was sent to me by a Christian Scientist who works in 'end of life'
    care for folk who are dying - where things which may be important to YOU >>> are no longer really relevant.

    So what, that is a complete non sequitur. Hint: Forget the cat and look
    at the steps.

    You've never seen steps with a 'safety' bar on them? ;)

    The 'let's stick out there and trip them' feature is usually made to
    trip them going up the stairs rather than down. Probably too many
    lawsuits. Sure, it could be staged, with special 'let's stick out there
    and trip them' down steps, but I'm not buying it.

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  • From T@21:1/5 to Robert James on Wed Aug 31 14:00:59 2022
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    On 8/31/22 10:58, Robert James wrote:
    Actually it was a myth that violin strings were made from cat guts.

    Huh??? Dang, my last reason for cats DASHED!

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Wed Aug 31 23:47:47 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    David Brooks <David@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    Well - what do *YOU* think?

    https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/is-this-cat-going-up-or-down-the-internet-finds-a-new-dressgate-754520

    (Go on, John - you know you want to! πŸ™‚)

    As always, I think that *YOU* are incredibly stupid.

    This is 7 and a half years old. It was stupid and obvious when I first saw
    it. The fact that *YOU* just found this and find it a challenge is just further evidence of how stupid and behind the times *YOU* are.

    What’s next? Are *YOU* going to show us The Dress? πŸ™„

    Please get a life. Or sober up. Do SOMETHING different.

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