Thursday, October 13, 2011

zebra stripes

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If asked to describe a zebra, I would probably say it's a horse-shaped animal with black and white stripes.

But is it a white animal with black stripes or a black animal with white stripes? Somehow the mind longs to say one or the other.

Not that it matters.

I'm just curious.
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2 comments:

  1. TamchoOctober 13, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    You see what you want to see,
    merely optical delusion.

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  2. M. G. SheetOctober 13, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    In the animated film "Madagascar", Marty the Zebra is quoted saying: "I'm ten years old. My life is half over and I don't even know if I'm black with white stripes or white with black stripes!"
    Then Alex the Lion goes like: "27, 28, 29, 30. Hmm, 30 black and only 29 white, looks like you're black with white stripes after all. Dilemma solved. Good night!".

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