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David Pescovitz at 11:12 am Wed, Jan 9, 2013

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NewImage Image uncredited, but please comment if you know its provenance! It's from a clever Garnier Fructis ad campaign by Publicis; more here! (via Reddit)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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  • nvlady

    Dude put his torso on backwards this morning. His mullet is going the wrong way, or his GF just isn’t the right height ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/hexxiiiz Chris Shaver

    Two illusions: (1) The guy has a beard; (2) He has a front-butt.

  • http://www.facebook.com/XrayAgent J Michael Carter

    It’s part of a Garnier ad series.
    http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2012/12/garnier-red-blonde/

    • LinkMan

       Corroborated here:
      http://www.gutewerbung.net/garnier-fructis-campaign-by-publicis/

      • David Pescovitz

        Thanks so much! Updated!

  • Michael A

    why half step.. if you’re going to slip your hand under her belt, just go for the gusto & under the waist of her jeans themselves duhhh

  • http://2000ah.blogspot.com/ Edward

    Nice front butt. LOL

  • http://twitter.com/agger_modspil Carsten Agger

    Speaking of beard illusion, lookit this. It was Danish poet and radio speaker Keith Thomas Lohses Movember project, and it was taken by his girl friend. Warning, NSFW!

    • welcomeabored

      When Robin William did a similar bit using his hairy forearm, I laughed so hard I had to stop the tape — I couldn’t breathe.  Around 1:34… NSFW.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKkuhOcoxg

  • That_Anonymous_Coward

    So what we have here is an ad agency with no gays in it or gays that are to ironic.
    So we take a dude, and we give him a beard… thats a woman!
    MUHAHAHAAH
    Check please….