By Vurdlak on August 13, 2009, with 133 Comments
I’m still not hundred percent certain why I kept this optical illusion private, but somehow I never gained enough courage to share it with you – my audience. Probably because the topic was somehow edgy, and balanced between SFW (safe for work) and NSFW. Anyhow, here it goes… The picture you see below circled the internet few months ago, and was more than popular in those days. Apparently the lamp pictured inside the photo could be understood in more than one way. Not only was it funny – it was extremely sexy too! But wait… there’s more! If this was the whole story I wouldn’t make so much fuss about it. More interesting part is what happened afterwards. The real twist came month later, when the “original author” published the second photo which revealed the truth. You can see it below the first one, but I hid it inside the expandable box so I don’t ruin the effect. Be sure to check it out, but only after reading this text and figuring the previous image first. Theory about second twist exists as well, but it relies on Photoshop theory – which (in this case) isn’t important at all.
There is something extremely sexy about this lamp! What if the pic was turned upside down...?
(67 votes)
hum… wat happen, there was a lamp
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
O.o My eyes!
I was freaky surprised. Like omg, what the hell is this erotic picture doing on my homepage. Thanx for this great one!
It took me a minute to see the lamp!
…wow…that is sooo
lol he ever did that fooled alot of people
where’s the lamp :->
i couldnt find anything nearthe lamp
that was very sneaky. nice
lamps with orange paint…..
Wow, that picture is very erotic.
OH MY GOD XD
Very good twist! XD
I guess light reflects different off flat surfaces
Even at the very first sight of the picture (the lamp) I was sure it looks like some sexy part of a woman ^^
Apparently the Lamp is a Lie IS a lie.
http://thelampisalie.com/thelampisalieisalie.jpg
Who on Earth would tatoo upside down teddy bears on her bottom? The lamp is real.
The lamp is a lie.
A beautiful lie.
=D
Wow…… That isn’t a lamp?!?!?!?!?
The reason why you kept this private is that you didn’t have the courage to share it with us, until now.
This one is photoshopped. =)
I like this on e , but wher is the other photo?
I also turned it upside down – it’s great .
0_0
OMG!!! I do not see that comming… is very incredible how the mind works
LOL
I have seen this before (a lot), and I am 99.9% sure that it IS a lamp, and somebody photoshopped the woman picture. She would have pretty weird legs/behind if that were real. :/
Hmm.
lol thats really funny, i saw the “plant” in the bottom right and i thought it kinda looked like a tattoo :P
i take my first comment back.
the supposed real picture with the girl in it looks fake if u look down where the legs are. no shading or texture. maybe it is just a lamp
wow…thats crazy!
Aww, that’s a good one. I didn’t see it until I looked at the answer. You got me, you got me good!
amazing. lol
ROFL!!!
wow i thought it really was a lamp! lol a lamp that looks like girl’s behind.
Cool! People are very creative!
Although you have to strain your eyes to force yourself to see it as a sexy picture instead of a lamp and a background wall. I guess it’s due to the brightness of the lamp that makes it hard for your eyes to perceive it as the background object instead of the foreground object.
And as for the second image, the twist: it’s definitely photoshopped! But it’s still good anyway. You go to all the trouble to match the illusion picture with real life picture to make it seem as if it’s not an illusion. There’s some awkward parts here and there, but all in all, it doesn’t look too bad and quite believable.
This is a good one, Vurdlak! Especially adding the twist into the illusion. Ha! KUTGW!
Wow! Awesome :)
Darn I don’t see anything. Only a lamp. ): I feel so left out.
whoa
This is so old.
And not that sexy.
*yawn*
nice. lol^_^
The reason you kept it private is because, despite the fact that it IS an optical illusion, it’s a sexist one. Unless you’re about to start running optical illusions that look like phalluses or men’s crotches, I’d stick to the safe for work stuff. It brings the whole tone of the blog down.
at first, i really thought that it was a lamp!
It’s a fake… well done (but very “small” as resolution, so that you can’t be sure), but a fake… or the girl is very stupid, because has a little christmast bear tattoed upside on the leg…
That and some other problem with light and shadows that make impossible the “pin-up theory”…
Oh… there is also a problem of shape of that tanga… so… FAAAKEEEE!!
It really is a lamp. The you can see the base of where the light goes is slightly wider then the stem. If it were truly panties it wouldn’t do that. It would be all one piece. The Lie is the lie.
OMG! first comment!
Awesome optical illusion!!!!!!!!!!!
I saved it as desktop!!!!!
Ha, never saw the “soultion”. Makes the illusion even more witty in my opinion
brilliant
it’s evidently NOT all in the eye of the beholder
THAT LAMP IS A TRAMP!!!
The second photo is a fake one as you can make out the outline of the upside down picture cannot be exactly like the lamp seen in the 1st picture
Nah, that not true. It was proved that the second image is a photoshop.
so it really isn’t a lamp… hahaha… cool…
what the..
LOL now That’s funny! xD
Who would’ve guessed? =D
Wow that is crazy. first i was like i dont get it its a lamp then im reading click the box wtf! I thought was a lamp!
Lol:P “is a lie” ^_^ heh
Although yeah on my iGoogle i could tell that it was something to do with that(the solution), i actually just thought the right way up, laid back with legs up… but i guess not huh? :D Haha nice illusion of a lamp lol
That thong, th, thong tha thong!
Oh wow! Really nice one Vurdlak. I thought that it was a sexy lamp as soon as I saw it but that second picture really just left me with my eyes wide open ._.
Obviously to those in work today that second picture isnt recommended >.>
Wow! I would love to have that lamp in my room!
i don’t see it
Fascinating
jajaja, I refuse to see the lamp!
bad taste!!
When I was scrolling down I saw first the white part of the “Lamp” and the tan of the “Walls” and for some reason my first thought was Oh’ it must be woman’s legs designed to look like some thing else, then I looked at it fully and said dang. I then toght it must be painted or something. And now I realize How close I really was!
HAHAA!!! I laughed my ass off all day. Cause I have optical illusions on my google homepage..got me everytime!
“Oh, behave!”
HAHA THATS HEARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!
omfg! the truth is revealed at last!! =O
ok dats just disturbing, n all that time i convinced myself dat it was a lamp, kind of a let down..
O_o omg…I can see a black panty >_>…
…and a couple of bears with christmas hats O:…and…
…
3 seconds later after open da link..
O_o…omfgosh!
da lamp is an ilusion D:!!!
Da black panties are real @_@…
Woah there!
Oh my. Lol. I really thought it was a lamp when I saw this on one of the Facebook quizzes.
WAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA LOL I SEE IT!!!!!!
I guess is one more twist:
http://thelampisalie.com/thelampisalieisalie.jpg
Hahah, I just cant believe this!
Dude its getting annoying to have to see that “lamp” everytime i open firefox (with igoogle) and gross things coming to my mind for already 3 days, its very disgusting.
Is that a reference too Portal? ( The cake is a lie?)
Freaking awesome.
Freaking awesome!
I’m sorry, but I’ve never enjoyed this type of illusion. They’re kind of sick. I would suggest, instead of it appearing on my desktop when I get home, that you have another picture posted on all the blogs. I really wouldn’t want to answer questions from young children if they saw that on my computer. Thank you.
I don´t wonder why you haven´t posted it earlier. If you look at it first it really looks strange :o)
xD great motivational!
But i still think this was photoshopped….the curves simply don’t look natural.
But all in all, this is really an awsome one, in my opinion! =D