Did you start looking from the 'start reading'
position, the upper left corner.
If so, you started with the disturbing element in this
ad. Did you notice that guy with what appears to be a cigar coming so
straight out of his mouth that you almost can't see it's there.
In the picture below, we've turned that corner of the
ad around so that you can notice more consciously that there is
something strange going on.
Three guys have their cigars sticking out obviously.
One guy does not. He is also dresssed less formally than the others,
who have on shirts and ties.
The guy whose cigar doesn't show very much has
something strange going on at the place where his head meets his
body. Attention has been drawn to that area because the man in the
'loud' shirt' has has hand there.
Doesn't it look like: (a) his jacket is on backwards
or
(b) his head is.
Now back up to the previous page to see the ad as it
appeared in the magazine.
Answer those questions again, with this new one
added:
Do you know know why an ad would show a person who is
so out of place, because of that, looking at you that way?
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