By Vurdlak on October 21, 2011, with 191 Comments
I have just received this optical illusion from my former classmate – it’s a promotional poster for some sort of product called Horlicks. I’m not gonna tell you what the the illusion here really is, as I have confidence you’ll manage to spot on your own. I’m sure you will find it sooner or later. Yet, there is a chance you won’t like it as much as I did (which is mostly because it managed to fool me when I first saw it). The only hint I can give you is this: if you think you’re seeing a hand holding a magnifying glass, think again! BTW, I was surprised how no one answered my earlier question :( !?
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Coffee cup.
It’s a mug of coffee. ‘See your little ones grow’ entails children, and parents usually drink coffee. Plus it looks like a magnifying glass.
Its a coffe cup! the bubbles around the edges gave it away!
It is a coffee mug she is holding
I see a woman’s hand holding a coffee cup…
Magnifying glass? I only see a coffee mug…
A mug with coffee, or tea, or a latte, or something similar.
Yup, I got tricked/fooled. :)
Its either a cup of tea:D
or coffee
i had to enlarge it to get a closer look, but i got it…. the inner edge of the “magnifying glass” gave it away for me. :)
nice one.
I got fooled took me about 20 seconds to realise it was a cup of coffee
I got it. But I had to enlarge image to pick it up.
At first glance it’s a hand holding a magnifying glass, but it’s actually a hand holding a coffee cup that’s colored nearly identically to the counter it’s over.
Ha. I get it.
it’s a cup of coffee!!!
COFFEE!
oh man horlick is the shiz – btw its a mug that looks like a magnifying glass :D
owh..this is awesome..
I`ve been fooled 2 times!
I would say that this is a cup of either hot chocolate or malted milk with the hand holding the handle of the cup. The thumb is in line with the handle making it appear like a handle. The same color background makes it appear as if you are looking through a glass, except for the small bubbles around the rim. Nice Photo effect.
2 spoons of sugar plz xD
Need help, can’t see it, what to do?
Got it in 2 secs flat.
I DONT GET IT!!!
a cup of coffee?!!
well, googled Horlicks and i got it now.
It’s a cup of coffee I knew it right away
I noticed the foam but for a long time a thought it was just a magnifying glass above a pint :P
mmmmm……frothy…
I didn’t get fooled but it is quite a great way to advertise!
oh, and also I am sorry for not answering your question but I don’t live in the US so thus, I cannot answer your question.
its so cool but FYI horlicks tastes teribble
oh i get if you drink it you will grow so thats what they want to show
Horlicks is a drink popular in Europe and Asia. It’s a powder you mix with hot water (or hot milk) and end up with a kind of sweet milky thing- it’s quite good, but I can’t describe the flavor exactly- sort of like a malty sweet deliciousness :)
I definitely liked this one however much you did.
It was the way the hand was holding the handle that did it for me.
Nice took me a wile tho
As a Horlicks user it is pretty obvious.
I see it! It’s not a magnifying glass! It’s a cup o’ joe!
A hand holding a cup of Horlicks :)
(Horlicks is a malted milk drink popular in the UK)
I love it <3
That is awesome. In answer to your previous question, I have no idea about how the agency’s work but TrueCrypt is open source and works fairly well.
Wow, i actually found that super easy, still good tho
Too tired to find, i’m gonna take a coffee.
horlicks is a malt drink, similar to hot chocolate, mostly drank in the evening!
oh I see it now. wow that’s really clever.
the name Holicks gave it away for me….mmmmmm
That was amazing, I laughed at my stupidity when I found it! xD
Haha the way the hand holds it gave it away for me… literally just stared at it for about 10 minutes… nice
Thanks. Your hint helped me look further, and the cafe au lait background clinched it.
I like it. Hey, I wish you could find some of the old Benson & Hedges cigarette adverts from the mid seventies. I remember one which had a huge bare packet in the corner of a blacksmith’s, covered with a cloth, and all the lettering being prepared in metal, some hanging over the anvil, some in the furnace, glowing red. They were art. Pity it was cigarettes they advertised.
I too had to enlarge then i got it very good
…to go?
Good illusion, but what was wrong with my answer yesterday?
Wow that took me a long time, even with enlarging it! I saw the word under the tags but still couldn’t see it. Love your site:)
Nice one, fooled me, but got it eventually.
For our cousins across the pond, Horlicks is a UK hot malted milk bedtime drink favoured by many senior citizens.
Thanks for the great illusions, makes my day every time I see them.
I LIKE MINE BLACK
I sure the author use photoshop for the background, the colors look samilar
smells nice
Horlicks is an old malted milk product.
Horlicks isn’t “old” – you can still buy it in supermarkets in the UK
Got it! im having one of those as we speak!
very cool…didnt see it until I enlarged
HInt: Horlicks is a hot drink.
Horlicks is a nice drink…
And yup. The bubbles really give away the illusion when you look at it closely
It’s actually a cup of hot cocoa/hot coffee
WOW, this really got me at first, thought it was a spy glass then a wand to blow bubbles then finally, a cup of hot Horlicks! I should have known as I’ve seen Horlicks in stores before now. But this stumped good at first. Good one
it fooled me, at first i thought it was a magnifying glass, then a bubble maker, and then i finally saw what it is.
I got it in… 5 seconds :) I don’t lie, seriously.
HINT: The title can help you :)
Hmmmmm, chocolate ! Or ist it coffee ;(
Horlicks is a drink, my mother used to drink it all the time, so that is what gave it away for me.
William Horlick (the namesake of Horlick High School in Racine, WI – go Rebels!) invented malted milk. With that information this illusion shouldn’t be too tough to figure out.
Horlicks is a milky hot chocolate powder, notoriously known for it’s drowzy effects and sweet sweet taste :)
Horlicks is a drink made from malt.
In answer to your earlier qusetion about encription: ANY computer cypher is breakable under brute force. It’s just a matter of time. The high “bit code” used the longer the crack takes. With current technology, a 256-bit code could take a brute force program several hundred (or even thousands) of years to crack.
So again, everything is crackable. But in 2ooo years, will you really care if they find it?
that’s a lot of cream lol
Horlicks is an english instant product apparently had just before sleeping(I’m pretty sure, I am Australian and have never tried it). I hope that is not too much of a giveaway.
same color as my coffee with half and half, i saw it immediately.
I got it pretty quickly.
wow that is really awesome……
it really is too good.
Good one and I got it ! Horlicks being spoken about here.. quite unexpected ! Its a Health Food Drink Brand here in India.. a malt based hot milk drink.
As I am an avid coffee drinker….I wasn’t fooled =)