# How would you interpret this album cover? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726 "2017-06-24T04:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726/61 "2017-06-25T03:46:07Z")
To be clear, I didn’t see a man’s face: I saw his entire body. I think what I called a man is the same thing others are calling a dinosaur. I _think_ that what you’re calling an eye, we’re calling a head, and what you’re calling a forked beard, we’re calling legs. And the black splotch is a bit catfishy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726/62 "2017-06-25T05:52:59Z")
Moved from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726/63 "2017-06-25T21:21:53Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > To be clear, I didn’t see a man’s face: I saw his entire body. I think what I called a man is the same thing others are calling a dinosaur. I _think_ that what you’re calling an eye, we’re calling a head, and what you’re calling a forked beard, we’re calling legs. > > And the black splotch is a bit catfishy, too. Well in my defense, everyone who says they see a T-Rex also had the elixir of suggestion from Leaffan. Quicksilver and I saw the same thing, sans suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726/64 "2017-06-25T21:28:37Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Well in my defense, everyone who says they see a T-Rex also had the elixir of suggestion from Leaffan. Quicksilver and I saw the same thing, sans suggestion. Upon rereading Quicksilver’s post, I do note some ambiguity that could be interpreted in different ways. I read it as a similar observation to mine. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726/65 "2017-06-26T18:43:19Z")
It’s an alligator on the left sneaking up on the front view of a giraffe taking a pee that is running down between it’s legs. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726/66 "2017-06-26T19:36:03Z")
Everyone seeing a T. rex specifically is due to suggestion, but seeing the same figure as a man or an ostrich (but in all three cases, with the same legs and head) is not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-interpret-this-album-cover/789726.md?page=3)