Talk:Impossible trident

Elephant

Could an image be included of the elephant legs? Simply south (talk) 00:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

NPR

Does the NPR link actually have anything to do with this article? Rsduhamel (talk) 03:54, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

The Microsoft O - Blivet or Blibbet?

According to a couple of sites the MicroSoft O was known as the Blibbet, not the blivet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft#Logos_and_slogans http://www.geeknews.net/2007/01/09/word-of-the-day-blibbet http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2005/07/14/438777.aspx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.97.86 (talk) 06:31, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Original research

There doesn't seem to be any reference connecting the three-pronged gadget to the word "blivet". In fact, there seem to be no references for any definition presented in the article. One is tempted to think of the whole article as a blivet, in the (claimed but unreferenced) military sense. Those with knowledge of the subject should fix all this. --Lou Sander (talk) 13:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

It is/was actually a form of Xerox lore and/or oral lore among military and engineering subcultures (but apparently dating to back before the widespread use of copying machines), so it's not surprising if it's not received much academic attention. However, I would have no objection to renaming this article to "Poiuyt" and focusing exclusively on the impossible figure drawing... AnonMoos (talk) 16:10, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

That's a good idea. It would be a shame to lose all the other blivet stuff, though. I learned that a blivet was "ten pounds of s. in a five pound bag", but I never saw it documented anywhere. Surely some documentation of "blivet" exists somewhere. I'm thinking we should wait around until somebody finds some of it, then redo the article as appropriate. Maybe there's something somewhere that connects the poiuyt to the word blivet. Lou Sander (talk) 00:39, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't personally know that the impossible figure drawing has been referred to as a "blivet", nor do I have any great skepticism about it. However, it's currently a problem that this article is actually two articles very loosely stapled together -- one on the impossible figure drawing, and another on the general military/engineeering/other slang word "blivet". I think it would be best for the article to be split, whether or not a source for referring to the impossible figure as a "blivet" can be found... AnonMoos (talk) 02:22, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

More cited resources needed

Since a lot of the article doesn't have many cited resources, we really need to add some cited resources to make sure most of the information on this article is correct and accurate.