Pictures, art, logos, etc, that took you a long time to interpret correctly

okay, well, maybe a little...

um, in what way?

'Cause it's a golf swing and a Spartan helmet in profile at the same time

The first time someone pointed out the KKK thing on a pack of Marlboro's, I remarked that he smoked a LOT of weed.

ha the marlboro thing was pointed out to me by a friend ... who smoked a lot of weed

Always thought weed smokers bought Camels.

or American Spirits.

ha, wait wha?

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/223/screenshot20120510at115.png

does that when u try to double post

whoa I never noticed the bees on the Lyle's logo. and I was puzzled because we used to eat the Lyle's treacle cake as a weekend treat for a while when I was a kid, and how could I not have noticed? but apparently they're not on the cake packaging:
http://www.gummibako.com/gallery/d/202-1/syrup_cake.jpg

did Mr McVitie say "we're not making your cake unless we can airbrush these sodding insects out of the logo"?

"when you want sweet, delicious flavor, just remember to look for the brand with the dead cat and a cloud of buzzing insects!"

xp to Marlboros picture - hanging black men and the jew what? are those meant to be legs? why would the jew(?) have legs shaped sort of like an M? this hurts my brain

amazed by most of this in thread; had only really noticed the FedEx arrow. I have one to share! Two smilie faces, not just one:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Goodwill_Industries_Logo.svg/182px-Goodwill_Industries_Logo.svg.png

super impressed by the Spartan golf club logo right now

yeah i looked at it for a full minute while it was slowly revealed to me

http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/whsmith_redcar_graham_soult.jpg
It was ages before I figured out that each side of the cube spelled out the company name.

the head within the head is a TEMPLE do u see xp

I saw the Spartan one right away but I can only see on smilie face in FFM's pic. I'm sat here squinting my eyes and tilting my head and everything!

the g in goodwill

The 'jew' there is the letters mar upside down I guess - no idea about the black man.

WMSMITH - I can see the M/I/H - what's the T?

Hah, I was thinking that the other smiley face was the first one, but the top left corner was the nose, like it was in profile.

Amazed by many of these logos, but esp. FedEx arrow. So elegant. There's a brief interview with the designer here: http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php.
One other thing about the logo: the bottom of "ed" in Fed falls ever so slightly below the writing line. Wheels of a truck? Or am I making stuff up now I can't look at logos in a normal way any longer..?

I can see it now. YAY!

yeah the big smilie face is just a big version of the same g!

that spartan golf logo is genius

and yes idgi the lyle's logo. bees eating a dead lion? that's not a trick of the eye it's just fucked up

Wish there was a 'bees eating a dead lion' exhibit at the zoo.

I always thought that the bees were building a nest inside the dead lion?

the g in goodwill

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:28 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg!

maybe it's like those parasites that control animals, and the bees turn the lion into a puppet and it's like a zombie bee-filled lion

how could would THAT be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLCZjw2FXPE

dogs lions

that spartan golf course one is amazing

And then you break open the bee controlled zombie lion like a pinata and golden syrup comes out?

Because I think that's what JFK really wanted NASA to work on, but he settled for telling them to go to the moon instead.

the only thing cooler than a zombie lion bee golden syrup pinata is the moon, tbh

i never noticed the 31 in the BR before. That explains why that logo always makes my head hurt though.

xp If it was a zombie bee golden syrup pinata moon, then I'd agree with you.

idk a decomposing lion swarmed with bees sounds like a fitting emblem for a product called 'treacle'

I wish they hadn't shut down the space missions; we could send a bee-filled zombie lion to the moon.

xp Golden syrup isn't the same as treacle

At least in the colloquial English sense. 'treacle' usually refers to black treacle.

Except when talking about 'treacle tart', which is usually made with golden syrup.

mmm treacle tart

is treacle delicious? i hope it doesn't taste like meat bees.

treacle tastes like delicious, not at all like meat bees

Treacle sponge is also golden syrup iirc. And my parents called the golden syrup cake "treacle cake" but 1. Google is not backing me up there 2. apparently there is also a McVitie's / Lyle's black treacle cake which I have never seen in the shops and now want to try.

(Even though there is currently a cake turning to cardboard in my fridge after we ate about 2 slices each, because we are not big cake eaters. Not that you'd know it to look at me)

we need to get back to talking about signs before I start waxing lyrical about golden syrup DUMPLINGS!

Always called this 'golden syrup sponge'
http://www.deliaonline.com/Images/xlarge/ma009-steamed-treacle-spon2-18791.jpg

In 1982 necrophage bees were discovered--bees that feed on carrion. But they don't make honey in carcasses. They spit on the rotting meat and then slurp up the broken-down protein slurry and bring it back to the hive where it's partially digested again and deposited in little containers to feed the larvae.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyLSuy6fSAU/TIbzgLLDQPI/AAAAAAAAAHo/-V8nV1QiJgo/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG

Pour that over your sponge cake.

Stop trying to kill my treacle buzz...

this thread suddenly went from awesome to disgusting

meacle