# 2007 "Worst/Stupidest Image on the Internet" Nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394 "2007-02-15T20:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/21 "2007-02-16T16:07:04Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] [Here ya go](http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mnogin/pictures/koster.jpg). [/QUOTE] The rendering is shite, but I could forgive that. The concept of dinosaurs cooking things over a fire is absurd, but, OK. The thing that freaks me out about this image is none of that. It’s the fact that _the dinosaurs are hovering a few inches off the ground_. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/22 "2007-02-16T16:38:53Z")
I suspect this is not what you had in mind, but I just had to share this. Thanks for the opportunity. [Charlie Chapain says Hi.](http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p59/RampasMornay/intraweb/?action=view¤t=Paintedcat9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/23 "2007-02-16T17:12:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] Oh, I’ve got a few candidates as someone that has to make these crappy things behave nicely in my app. [/QUOTE] I am IN AWE of Dinosaur Campfire and Cat Gazing Over Mountains. Seriously, with the cat one, my jaw dropped. ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/24 "2007-02-16T19:56:00Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] For some reason this reminds me of that ‘warning sign’ where the stick figure talks about what’s going on with him in signs depicting things like ‘do not stick your arm in the woodchipper’ and ‘beware, hazardous materials’. Does anybody know where that is? [/QUOTE] Well, I don’t know of any stick figures _talking_ about it, but there are [these](http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/tbone/warningsigns/gallery.html). The first time I saw them, I nearly suffocated laughing. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/25 "2007-02-16T19:57:05Z")
:dubious: That must have been a puzzle from the tv show CONCENTRATION 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/26 "2007-02-16T21:31:14Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Wow, that’s poorly done, poorly planned, and based on a piss-poor concept. [/QUOTE] It’s an illustration of an English idiom for an ESL program. How sophisticated does it need to be? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/27 "2007-02-16T22:08:38Z")
[Natural enemies](http://www.evvieco.com/rain.jpg) [Keep off drugs](http://www.getchy.com/2005/images/posters/angel.jpg) [Thunder Girl](http://cuteblog.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/Thunder_angel%20bride.gif) - Now with sparkles ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/28 "2007-02-16T22:16:04Z")
> [@arseNal](#): > > Well, I don’t know of any stick figures _talking_ about it, but there are these. Um, the page loads without any actual pictures in FF and IE. How do I see them? > [@gigi](#): > > It’s an illustration of an English idiom for an ESL program. How sophisticated does it need to be? Oh, I didn’t know that. I guess I was a bit harsh. ☹ (Why is that called a frown in the sidebar?) [This](http://www.capnwacky.com/warning/) is what I meant. All I had to do is google ‘Stick figure warning signs’. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/29 "2007-02-16T23:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] [One more bathed in excellence](http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mnogin/pictures/mirage.jpg). (Note: same source as above) [/QUOTE] I mean…uh, wow…yeah… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/30 "2007-02-17T00:06:17Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] [Keep off drugs](http://www.getchy.com/2005/images/posters/angel.jpg) [/QUOTE] …“by doing other stuff you like to do.” Like crossing your arms and making vee fingers. Honestly, I haven’t idea one what “stuff” the boy in the picture is supposed to be doing. Nor whether he likes doing it. His face doesn’t particularly suggest he does. But at least there’s the hand of an unseen adult giving a gentle push on one elbow…away from drugs. This is going _right_ on my laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/31 "2007-02-17T01:33:28Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] [Natural enemies](http://www.evvieco.com/rain.jpg) [/QUOTE] That one is awesome. I’m just glad I swallowed my tea before clicking on the link. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/32 "2007-02-17T01:43:05Z")
…[of the “keep off drugs” kid](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/392524381_99c2fdea58_o.jpg). Based on an idea by [Senator Ted Stevens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes) and dedicated to net addicts everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/33 "2007-02-17T01:48:26Z")
Son’s of Thunder is so pitiful, I had to laugh and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/34 "2007-02-17T03:26:30Z")
The best part about Sons of Thunder is that the poem is a _speech bubble_. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/35 "2007-02-17T06:02:24Z")
I still kinda like the nail and hammer one. It’s not just the awful colors and the crude drawing technique. It’s not just that the hammer is clearly not going to hit the “nail” on the head, or any part of it for that matter. It’s not just that the hammer appears to have been drawn from three entirely different perspectives, a feat that Picasso himself might envy. It’s ultimately that the little jaggies along the side of the “nail” make it look like it’s threaded … in other words, like it’s a screw. Now that’s Internet art at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/36 "2007-02-17T09:14:23Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] The best part about Sons of Thunder is that the poem is a _speech bubble_. [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s no poem. That’s Led Zepplin, baby. > [@fluiddruid](#): > > [Bad Habit](http://www.zianet.com/tartac/photoshop/Images/Bad_Habit.jpg) (A little NSFW) And next year’s Hallowe’en costume has been found. Oh, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/37 "2007-02-17T15:29:55Z")
I don’t know, Robo-Dolphin Vs. Cackling Unicorn in Rainbowland is my number one seed at this point. **fluiddruid** , that might just be the winner. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/38 "2007-02-18T03:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. [/QUOTE] That’s cool, I think I threw up a little in there too! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/39 "2007-02-18T04:33:57Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] Oh, I’ve got a few candidates as someone that has to make these crappy things behave nicely in my app [The realism - it hurts](http://www.willieboats.com/Bin%20Ladin%20Images/fat%20cat.jpg). [/QUOTE] I just can’t figure this one out at all. Went to the original site, and, well, they have some doozies, [this](http://www.willieboats.com/Bin%20Ladin%20Images/obl00864.jpg) being the most unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394/40 "2007-02-18T06:35:02Z")
[QUOTE=elelle] I just can’t figure this one out at all. Went to the original site, and, well, they have some doozies, [this](http://www.willieboats.com/Bin%20Ladin%20Images/obl00864.jpg) being the most unsettling. [/QUOTE] Ack! America’s being invaded and the Statue of Liberty is leading the charge! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-worst-stupidest-image-on-the-internet-nominations/392394.md?page=3)