Is that a sparkle in your eye, or....

I love this story and simply couldn’t resist posting about it. OK, so here’s the story in a nutshell – there’s a picture on the web of US VP Dick Cheney fly-fishing, which in itself is pretty dull, but it’s a certain reflection in the VP’s sunglasses that has everyone talking.

Have a look at the pic to the right (or here for a bigger pic) and check out the reflection in his glasses – what do you reckon it is? Well some seem to think it’s a naked woman and you can see why.

The amazing thing about this is hat the whole web is buzzing about the story with bloggers and surfers all over the world offering up their own opinions on what it is: "Naked woman? That explains his heart problems!!", "Clearly the picture shows a hand casting a rod".


But one digital expert came along and spoilt the fun by stating "In one lens of his sunglasses you can clearly tell it is a sleeved arm of Mr Cheney or a fishing companion. The other lens has an extreme distortion that, without looking at it closely, could be misconstrued.”

MyTake – There’s nowhere to hide for public figures. In a week where a UK court ruled in favour of a British tabloid’s battle to post a video of Formula one boss Max Mosley in a somewhat compromising position with five…erm…lady friends, famous people of the world should sit up and take notice – you make for juicy online content! The point is that there IS a story here, even though there isn’t – once again the power of gossip combined with the web has taken it to prolific proportions.