Sneak can’t help noticing a tiny quirk in the animated logo people that are currently encouraging people to buy and sell things among the Nigerian scammers, bootleg sellers and knock-off merchants on eBay. The four little cartoon people spring out of the eBay logo before discussing, say, what the phrase “I wanna box” might mean (when “I wanna refund” might be more apt). Anyway, peer closely at the mismatched quartet and you’ll notice that each has a pair of eyes that’s not the same size. Now when Sneak went to caricature school there was only one reason why you’d give a cartoon character mismatched eyes - one big staring eye and one small squinty eye is shorthand for craziness. It’s a way to indicate that a character is stark, staring mad. It’s also a lot easier to draw than a straitjacket with all its confusing buckles and straps. So, all in all, the odd-eyed cartoon people were an unexpected choice from eBay’s advertising department, but a truthful one nonetheless.