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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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Theory: the Pac-Man video game was inspired by a lily pond. The lily pads, with their triangular missing pieces pointing toward colorful flowers, inspired the munching mouth who chases ghosts. When we flip Pac-Man art upside down, the ghost resembles a water lily blossom.
A detail of a lily pad photo from 53x.org.
A rotated detail of Pac-Man art, via.
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