I am informed that this dual umbrella is sold as a novelty
item, though I've never seen one. Certainly it's geometrically
impossible for the object to be two separate umbrellas. Yet
the caption is unequivocal about it's being so. Furthermore, there is
a similarly patterned umbrella in the background that's
clearly normal, and it also reinforces the notion that the
object in the foreground must be two more of the same.
So if you know about the novelty umbrella, you can appreciate
the joke, but if you don't, you might think dark thoughts about
this being an altered photo. Either way, you'll have a greater
appreciation for the disingenuousness of photo captions.
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Charles Packer
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