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Looks like beans on toast to me.

Correct French would be « Ceci n'est pas un extraterrestre ». As is, this means « This is not a foreigner ».

By Jérôme ^ (not verified) on 03 Dec 2010 #permalink

Oh no! Bad Google Translate! Thanks Jérôme.

That is so appropriate! Awesome.

@6 . I guess the original copyright belongs to Magritte, and the photo of the Mono Lake bacteria to Wolfe-Simon, but it's all fair use.

You can reuse this if you wish but as Jérôme points out, my French is bad!