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20 July, 2026
Man in the Corner: Make bins great again
The Man in the Corner has always been fascinated by the things our brains decide to recognise. We see sheep in clouds, faces in tree trunks, and every now and then someone swears their burnt toast looks like a famous person.
This bin means business.
An eagle-eyed reader spotted something equally remarkable on an otherwise ordinary rubbish bin.
A chunk missing from the swinging lid has created a silhouette that bears an uncanny resemblance to Donald Trump's profile.
Once you see it, it’s very hard to unsee it.
The distinctive hairstyle, the nose, the unmistakable side-on outline.
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It’s all there, courtesy of a piece of broken plastic.
Scientists call it pareidolia, the psychological phenomenon of perceiving meaningful shapes.
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