"The cat on the stairs" = the new "The Dress"

Is this cat going up the stairs or down the stairs?

The viral image website 9gag is largely responsible for this latest optical illusion. A version of the image was uploaded there on March 29th under the title "Forget about the golden dress".

However, the photo goes back at least 2+ years. It was uploaded to the Arabic website fay3.com in 2012 with a title that roughly translates as "Cat is neither climbing nor descending."

The debate over the cat on the stairs brings to mind #TheDress question that captivated social media, the Internet and the media at large in February. Walt still says the dress was gold and white.

The lure of the limerick, the colour of the dress

Ed. here. Walt is tired and downhearted. Nearly every headline that catches his eye raises his blood pressure. So Doctor Daniels has ordered him to bed, on a strict diet of vitriol and Kellogg's Grumpies. Until he gets back, he has asked me to fill this space with something light and humorous. With what, I asked myself. Then I heard Homer Simpson say that he once knew a man from Nantucket (in "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"), and thought, hey, I know that one. I won't post it here, but will copy out four other delightful limericks, which I hope will bring a smile to your face... and Walt's.

There was a young man of Calcutta
Who had a most terrible stutta.
He said "Pass the ham
"And the j.. j.. j.. jam
"And the b.. b.. b.. b.. b.. b.. butta."

There was a young man from Darjeeling
Who got on a bus bound for Ealing.
It said at the door
"Don't spit on the floor!"
So he carefully spat on the ceiling.

There was an old fellow named Cager
Who proposed an incredible wager
By offering to fart
The whole oboe part
Of Mozart's Quartet in F Major.

The was a young fellow named Clyde
Who fell in an outhouse and died.
Along came his brother
And fell in another
And now they're interred side by side.

Afterthought: Are you telling me the dress isn't gold and white?! Go on wi' ye!!!