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Our company has a new strategic initiative to increase market penetration, maximise brand loyalty, and enhance intangible assets.

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In pursuit of these objectives, we've started a new project --

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for which we require 7 red lines.

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I understand your company can help us in this matter.

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Of course!

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Walter here will be the Project Manager. Walter, we can do this, can't we?

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Yes, of course.

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Anderson here is our expert in all matters related to drawing red lines.

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We brought him along today to share his professional opinion.

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Nice to meet you! Well, you all know me.

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This is Justine, our company's design specialist.

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Hallo...

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We need you to draw seven red lines.

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All of them strictly perpendicular; some with green ink and some with transparent. Can you do that?

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No. I'm afraid we --

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Let's not rush into any hasty answers, Anderson! The task has been set and needs to be carried out.

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At the end of the day, you are an expert.

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The term "red line" implies the colour of the line to be red. To draw a red line with green ink is --

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well if it is not exactly impossible, then it is pretty close to being impossible.

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What does it even mean: "impossible"?

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I mean, it is quite possible that there are some people, say suffering from colour blindness,

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for whom the colour of the lines doesn't really make a difference.

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But I am quite sure that the target audience of your project does not consists solely of such people.

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So in principle this is possible.

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I'll simplify.

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A line as such can be drawn with absolutely any ink.

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But if you want to get a red line, you need to use red ink.

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What if we draw them with blue ink?

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It still won't work. If you use blue ink, you will get blue lines.

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And what exactly did you mean, when you talked about the transparent ink?

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How to better explain?

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I'm sure you know what "transparent" means?

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Yes, I do.

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And what a "red line" means, I hope I don't need to explain to you?

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Of course not.

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Well... You need to draw red lines with transparent ink.

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Could you describe what you imagine the end result would look like?

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C'mon, Anderson! What do we have here, kindergarten?

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Let's not waste our time with these unproductive quarrels.

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The task has been set; the task is plain and clear.

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Now, if you have any specific questions, go ahead!

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You're the expert here!

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Alright, let's leave aside the colour for the moment.

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You had something there also relating to perpendicularity?..

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Seven lines, all strictly perpendicular.

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To what?

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Erm, to everything. Among themselves.

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I assumed you know what perpendicular lines are like!

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Of course he does. He's an expert!

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Two lines can be perpendicular.

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All seven can't be simultaneously perpendicular to each other.

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I'll show you.

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This is a line, right?

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Yes.

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And another one. Is it perpendicular to the first line?

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Well...

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Yes, it is perpendicular.

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Exactly!

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Wait, wait, I'm not done. And a third one: is it perpendicular to the first line?

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Yes, it is! But it doesn't cross the second line. They're both parallel.

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Not perpendicular!

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I suppose so.

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There it is. Two lines can be perpendicular --

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Can I have the pen?

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How about this?

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This is a triangle.

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It's definitely not perpendicular lines.

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And there are three, not seven.

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Why are they blue?

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Indeed. Wanted to ask that myself.

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I have a blue pen with me. This was just a demonstration --

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That's the problem, your lines are blue. Draw them with red ink!

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It won't solve the problem.

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How do you know before you've tried?

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Lets draw them with red ink and then let's see.

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I don't have a red pen with me, --

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but I am completely certain that with red ink the result will still be the same.

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Didn't you tell us earlier that you can only draw red lines with red ink?

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In fact, yes, I've written it down here!

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And now you want to draw them with a blue ink. Do you want to call these red lines?

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I think I understand. You're not talking about the colour now, right?

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You're talking about that, what do you call it: per-per, dick-dick --

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Perpendicularity, yes!

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That's it, now you've confused everyone.

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So what exactly is stopping us from doing this?

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Geometry.

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Just ignore it!

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We have a task. Seven red lines. It's not twenty; it's just seven.

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Anderson, I understand; you're a specialist of a narrow field, you don't see the overall picture.

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But surely it's not a difficult task to draw some seven lines!

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Exactly. Suggest a solution!

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Any fool can criticise, no offence, but you're an expert, you should know better!

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OK. Let me draw you two perfectly perpendicular red lines, --

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and I will draw the rest with transparent ink.

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They'll be invisible, but I'll draw them.

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Would this suit us?

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Yes, this will suit us.

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Yes, but at least a couple with green ink.

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Oh, and I have another question, if I may.

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Can you draw one of the lines in the form of a kitten?

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A what?

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In the form of a kitten.

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Market research tells our users like cute animals. It'd be really great if --

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No-oh...

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Why?

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Look, I can of course draw you a cat.

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I'm no artist, but I can give it a try.

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But it won't be a line any more. It will be a cat.

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A line and a cat: those are two different things.

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A kitten. Not a cat, but a kitten.

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It's little, cute, cuddly. Cats, on the other hand --

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It doesn't make a difference.

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Anderson, at least hear her out!

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She hasn't even finished speaking, and you're already saying "No!"

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I got the idea, but it is impossible to draw a line in the form of a cat...ten.

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What about a bird?

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So, where did we stop? What are we doing?

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Seven red lines, two with red ink, two with green ink and the rest - with transparent.

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Did I understand correctly? --[br]-- Yes.

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Excellent! In which case that's everything, right?

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Oh, oh, I almost forgot, we also have a red balloon.

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Do you know if you could inflate it?

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What do I have to do with balloons?

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It's red.

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Anderson, can you or can you not do this? A simple question.

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As such, I can of course, but --

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Excellent. Organise a business trip, we'll cover the expenses, --

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go over to their location, inflate the balloon.

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Well this was very productive, thank you all!

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Can I ask one more question, please?

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When you inflate the balloon, could you do it in the form of a kitten?

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Of course I can!

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I can do anything, I can do absolutely anything.

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I'm an expert!