Spider dog

Someone kindly sent me this (I have tried to track down who it was, and can’t find the email now – sorry!)…..Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…..I give you……spider dog

Can you figure this out?

This is a great illusion…..

….can you figure out what is happening?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

Over the weekend CNN posted this interview with my good self about spoon bending and other weird stuff.

On Friday I set this puzzle….

During a high stakes poker competition preceded by a sit-down dinner, Dick, Tom, Harry and Fred played together. At the end of the evening, all four had more cash than when they arrived. In other words, none of them lost although they were playing for money. How could this be?

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now.  For everyone else, the answer is after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

OK, here is the puzzle……

During a high stakes poker competition preceded by a sit-down dinner, Dick, Tom, Harry and Fred played together. At the end of the evening, all four had more cash than when they arrived. In other words, none of them lost although they were playing for money. How could this be?

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle (UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Give me 11 seconds of your time and I will make you gasp

David B sent me this amazing clip….

So, how many times did you have to watch the clip before you spotted it?

Real Duck Rabbit Illusion

I am a big fan of the old Jastrow Duck-Rabbit illusion….

So imagine my joy to find a taxidermy version…

And this rather strange one…..

and this real life one….

Which is your favourite?

Sign of the times

Yesterday I posted this rather inappropriate sign on Twitter, and it received over 11,000 views, so I thought I would put it on the blog….

Then I went looking and found…..

Plus the classic…

Which is your favourite?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

Exciting news!  We have had terrible problems shipping enough copies of Paranormality into the USA, but have now set up a new way of doing things, and so it is available on Amazon.com right now at a cheaper price than before and with free shipping!  Click here for details.

On Friday I posted this puzzle.…..what number comes next in the sequence?

1    4    7    11    15    19

Clue: It is less than 19.

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now.  For everyone else the answer is after the break….

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

It’s that time again!  OK, here is the puzzle…..what number comes next in the sequence?

1    4    7    11    15    19

Clue: It is less than 19.

As ever, please do NOT post your answers, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took.  Solution on Monday.

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle (UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

86% of parents wouldn’t hand over their rioting teenager to the police!

Yesterday I set-up a little thought experiment.  We had some rioting here in the UK recently, and the police have asked the parents of rioting teenagers to bring their children into police stations so that they can be charged.

I asked people to imagine that their 18 year old teenage child had stolen a bottle of water from a shop during the riots, and decide whether they would hand over their child to the police.

Half of you were asked to imagine that the teenage rioter was male and the other half imagined that the rioter was female.  In fact, that didn’t matter at all.  Thousands of people took part and the results clearly showed that around only 14% of people said that they would give their child over to the police.

How do you feel about that finding?  Shocked?  How can people justify not handing their criminal child to the authorities?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little thought experiment….

As you may have heard, we had a spot of rioting here in the UK recently.  Some of the violence was caused by teenagers, and the police have asked the parents of the rioting teenagers to bring their children into police stations so that they can be charged.

So, it seemed like a good time for a thought experiment. To take part, toss a coin.  If it comes up heads, click here.  If it comes up tails, click here.  Many thanks!  Results tomorrow!

Best optical illusion video ever?

Teavee kindly sent me this…..

P.S. – For those of you in Edinburgh, I am speaking at the book festival on Thursday.  Details here.

It is a stunning real-life version of the classic shadow illusion, and I love it.  What do you think?

 

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

On Friday I set this puzzle……

Which is a better fit (i.e., results in less wasted space), a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?

If you have not tried to solve the puzzle, have a go now.  For everyone else the answer is after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

An easy one this week…..What caused the recent riots in Britain?  Just kidding….here it is……

Which is a better fit (i.e., results in less wasted space), a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?

As ever, please do NOT post your answers, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took.  Solution on Monday.

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle (UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Amazing purse!

I am a big fan of Danny Cole’s videos and this one is especially deceptive…..

Like it?