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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 ».
Oh no! Bad Google Translate! Thanks Jérôme.
Or this image:
http://xkcd.com/829/
That is so appropriate! Awesome.
Hello, is there a specific license on this image? I'd love to reuse it, thanks!
@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!