Tag Archives: Optical Delusions

Friday Funny – Paris art installation raising eyebrows

Posted on October 17, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Christmas tree, sex toy.. You decide… This inflatable “Christmas tree” erected in Paris is making passers-by feel a little uncomfortable. The 80ft-high object is raising eyebrows because of its uncanny resemblance to a sex toy, but is actually an installation … Continue reading →

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Banana Jesus

Posted on September 24, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Anytime a shape resembling a face turns up on anything, people are going to say it’s Jesus. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is pretty unoriginal. Says the author of the piece I’ve linked to: If … Continue reading →

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Jesus sighted in a moth wing

Posted on September 5, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

It’s always Jesus. It’s never going to be some random guy with a beard… From, by no surprise, the Daily Mail reporting from Texas: A Texas woman believes she’s seen the Lord in a bug’s back. Yvonne Esquiline found a … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia Hamster

Posted on September 4, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

It’s not Jesus, but I’ll take it. A cafe-goer was given the shock of their life when they were served a blueberry muffin that looked uncannily like a live hamster. The person was so surprised by their snack’s resemblance to … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia hair

Posted on July 11, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Looks more like OOOO to me… Kristin Kissee says her hairstyle is divine. As she recovered from rounds of chemotherapy and radiation in a battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Kissee posted a photo to Facebook of her regrown hair in November … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia penis

Posted on July 11, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Amused motorists driving on the M42 couldn’t believe their eyes when they looked up to find a cloud that looked exactly like a penis looming over them. Birmingham resident Mill Owen managed to snap the saucy meat-and-two-veg cloud while a … Continue reading →

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Jesus watches you pee outside and judges you

Posted on June 29, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

I’ve been waiting for another case of pareidolia and, by no surprise, the Daily Mail delivers Jesus appearing in the grit and crumble on the side of a take-away Chinese restaurant. Mr Ridley, 39, immediately took a photograph of the … Continue reading →

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Yes, I can see “the face” in the cloud…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

And it’s nice to see an article that leaves it up to the readers to decide what it is they see, rather than just quote people who claim it’s God’s face. I can see what looks like guy in a … Continue reading →

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Another final resting place for Jesus found: in a tortilla

Posted on March 2, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

Yep. I believe this is true more than I believe the tomb story written about earlier. David Sandoval says he was about to chow down on Ash Wednesday dinner last week when he saw Jesus in one of his mom’s … Continue reading →

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Old news — well, not news, but Jesus on a sock at least

Posted on January 26, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

Or rather, wrinkles on a sock that the owner thought resembled Jesus. Obviously the media had to be told all about it, with a picture to prove it’s a miracle vision. From the Daily Mail article: It is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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