Well, this explains a lot.
President lacks features
WASHINGTON, D.C. (GP) – Millions of Americans watching the President’s State of the Union address on Tuesday will mistake him for a box of lentils or other common object.
That is the implication of a newly-released study which found that a very small percentage of US citizens can successfully pick the President of the United States out a line-up of everyday objects.
“Most Americans will think they’re looking at a plate of peas or a test pattern and wonder what that voice is,” said one researcher who worked on the eight-month study.
When placed amid an aggregate of utensils and other easy-to-find consumer items, the leader of the free world was accurately identified by an average of 1.7 out of 100 shoppers. This held true even when the focus groups were prompted by a small mustachioed man with a megaphone saying, “Ok shoppers, which of the items in front of you is the President of the United States?”
Read the whole article here. Truly Onion-worthy, even if that isn’t the source.