Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Guessing Game

What is this? Seriously, WHAT is that thing in the picture above? Is it a person human? Is it a bag of clothespins? Is it a Mars Orbiter? Is that a muffin top? Is it a "Monopoly" board game?

It looks like something I should recognize, but my brains can't quite get it. I see familiar pieces, but the assortment and arrangement are unfamiliar...

Is it a fruitbat? Is it a salad? Is that thing a Tamagotchi? Is it a stack of rupees?

At first glance, it could almost pass for Faye Dunaway -- if you squint hard and drizzle drain cleaner between your wide-open eyelids.

I think it might be a "Mortal Kombat" arcade machine. Or is it a mince pie? Perhaps, a Blackhawk helicopter? Or, Minneapolis...