Correct. Although I didn't know that at the time I first got the avatar (back in 2003).NO WAI.
It's totally a GELERT.
This WAS my first avatar here. No, at the time it did not contain a shirt. That came later.
Oh, and actually on topic, the gorilla in question wasn't there to mess the viewer up. The volunteers with the basketballs were there to mess you up. It was the test to see if you noticed the gorilla or not.