Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dogs vs. Cats and the Petco Logo
Let me ask you a serious question: is the dog in front of the cat, or is the cat in front of the dog? Cat first? Dog first? This is serious. I want answers.
Though you may not consider this news-worthy, you would be wrong. It certainly is, and is part of a series of yet-to-be-written pieces entitled "The Petco Controversy." This is part one of nine....hundred.
Seriously.
-KV
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Whoa, you must be really serious about this Petco question--you posted it a second time. But how serious could you really be, if it still says controvery instead of controversy?
The answer is: dog in front.
Now it says "controversy." Damn.
Dog in front? Do take another look.
I guess it is equally possible that the cat could be in front too, but my first instinct is the dog. Is this actually a personality test you've concocted? Like the spinning girl?
Like the aloof but cuddly types see the cat in front, but the drooly but cuddly types see the dog in front?
Does it mean I'm drooly?
Neither! They are side-by-side and they fit perfectly next to each other. Like the ying yang symbol.
This is an important issue though, Petco should not take sides in the dog versus cat controversy.
Janice Phelps Williams, Author of "Open Your Heart with Pets: Mastering Life through Love of Animals."
Yin and yang of the pet store logo world. Nice.
There seem to many possibilities, Laura. I see them all, and I see none.
Was Janice a brief infomercial? Did she really write a book entitled "Open Your Heart with Pets"? Did you (Klaus Varley) make that up?
I am a bastion of disbelief today.
I did not make that up.
I'm going to guess Janice is real, for if someone was going to fake author-spam, they'd want to create a better title than "Open Your Heart with Pets: Mastering Life through Love of Animals."
I would pick "Red vs. Blue: How Conservatism and Liberalism are Like the Dogs and Cats in the Petco Logo."
Or something like that.
At first glance, it appears the dog is in front. The dog is larger, a spatial cue often used to identify foreground Vs. Background, and it is also a brighter and more-doominant color.
Close inspection, however, reveals clues to the contrary. It appears that the dog's right ear (to your left) is impinged upon by the cat's ears. Either the dog's left ear is larger, or the cat's head is in front of the dog's right ear.
At this point, reality steps in front of the bus, forcing a hard left turn. The dog is not in front of the cat, nor is the cat infron of the dog. The cat is to the left of the dog (to the dog's right.) The dog's ear is above the cat's head. In their two-dimensional world, there is no fore or aft. Shall I ask you whether you are earlier or later than your friend? The question simply makes no sense.
Klaus is correct... but real author-spam is making me think of a tiny woman writing in a little tin box. Hey, that is me!
Where are the parrots in the Petco logo? That's what my pet wants to know.
Janice
I agree with Janice - side by side but in an optical-illusional kind of way so you may think at one minute it's the cat, then the next that it's the dog. Whoa! Nice trick, Petco! Wanna Scooby snack? There's a good boy.
This is suddenly the most popular post in the history of the "new" Literary Brothel.
I shall post about it again...now?
Now.
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