Hmmmm....

@david-green   That premise works over here, as well.

@100ford2003 That makes three of us.

@david-green Ah, David. I feel a little guilty about discouraging you from attempting a social or political analysis but someone really has just put together a fun illustration of a throwaway line from a '70s pop song. Doesn't "mean" anything!

Anything to do with left vs right politics, etc. would of course have been a clear breach of forum guidelines and the Think Tank heavies would have swung into action immediately with extreme prejudice.

@graeme-ogg "Anything to do with left vs right politics, etc. would of course have been a clear breach of forum guidelines and the Think Tank heavies would have swung into action" 

I'm so glad we keep politics off this site.  Its just ruining some people's lives.

@graeme-ogg 

Greame, you likely noticed that I made no mention of right or left wing politics in my comment, just the stresses of current living, no matter what your beliefs.

@david-green She's gotta be a Canadian farmer.......'nuff said. 😉

@david-green I was only joking, David! It was the AI that started the daft idea there might be a political explanation for this fun picture.

@jack-dodds Well, at least the ewe is in safe hands in that case.

There is a very old joke about a worker at a nuclear power station in the Scottish highlands, remote from any female company, who would wander off onto the moors every Saturday night in the hope of encountering a friendly sheep for a little bit of - ahem - harmless R&R action. When asked by his colleagues why he always wore his best suit and tie and brushed his hair carefully before setting out, he explained "Well, I want to be sure I get a good'un."

John's photo is really clever and put together well considering the answer it lightheartedly sought. It's the kind of goofy humor I grew up with and love. Here's what it is all about:

Real thing or facsimiles. The young gal wins this contest without competition.

@chris 

Lol, they look to me to just be random sized dots 🤣

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So nobody has heard of the Scottish folk rock band Stealers Wheel?

Ah, sorry Kevins, I see you figured it out with "I get the feeling something ain't right".

Stealers Wheel were a fairly short-lived outfit, to be honest. Gerry Rafferty was one of the members. Their best-known song, illustrated in the image above, was Stuck in the Middle With You - "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you" (ewe).

I'm a little surprised Claude didn't figure it out.

stuck in the middle with you - Google Search

I always, and still do, liked “Baker St” 

steve

@chris Well, strictly speaking that isn't meant to be an "optical illusion". These images are called Ishihara plates and are a standard test for red-green colour blindness. There is a number (made up of coloured dots) in there somewhere and you will see it clearly, or with a struggle, or not at all, depending on your degree of colour blindness.

Apparently around 8% of white males have some degree of deficiency (often without realizing it) but only about 0.5 of women. It's a genetic thing.

If I were you I'd just stick to looking at silly AI-generated images like JK's effort and not worry too much if you can't tell if a traffic light is red or green.

p.s. Google AI tells me the number on this plate is 73 and it is clearly visible to anyone with good colour vision. I can't see it at all but I already knew I was defective to some extent. (In my vision, I mean. Otherwise I am flawless.)

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"....strictly speaking that isn't meant to be an "optical illusion". These images are called Ishihara plates and are a standard test for red-green color blindness."

Seldom wrong and right again Graeme - I knew that (well, at least that's what the caption said ) but I was too lazy to search for the correct optical illusion  pics.      🙄 🙄   

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"73?"    I don't wear glasses, but I see "40."     Perhaps I need glasses.    🙄 😮 

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@chris Well, strictly speaking that isn't meant to be an "optical illusion". These images are called Ishihara plates and are a standard test for red-green colour blindness. There is a number (made up of coloured dots) in there somewhere and you will see it clearly, or with a struggle, or not at all, depending on your degree of colour blindness.

Apparently around 8% of white males have some degree of deficiency (often without realizing it) but only about 0.5 of women. It's a genetic thing.

If I were you I'd just stick to looking at silly AI-generated images like JK's effort and not worry too much if you can't tell if a traffic light is red or green.

p.s. Google AI tells me the number on this plate is 73 and it is clearly visible to anyone with good colour vision. I can't see it at all but I already knew I was defective to some extent. (In my vision, I mean. Otherwise I am flawless.)

Ouu, someone sure has a high opinion of themself !! 👍🤣