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! 🙂)

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Have a great day!

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.

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! ;-)

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.

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!

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!

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.

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? ;)

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!

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.

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!

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.

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! 🙂)

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? 🙄

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