# a mystery to solve (aka, have you seen this picture?) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728 "2004-06-23T00:34:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/1 "2004-06-23T00:34:59Z")
I’m trying to track down the rest of this picture: [![](https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userpics/userpic-user.png) ](https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userpics/userpic-user.png) Every time I see it, I think to myself that I have seen it somewhere before, but I don’t know where. If you’ve seen it (not the snippet, but the rest of it) I’d really appreciate a link. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/2 "2004-06-23T13:16:57Z")
Linda Hamilton’s right earlobe in Terminator 2, after they’ve escaped from the mental hospital. She’s about to ask Arnold about Dyson. Shouldn’t this be in Cafe Society? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/3 "2004-06-23T13:24:13Z")
is [this](http://www.chu-jensen.dk/Images/pictures/sean%20driving%20dads%20car%201.JPG) the rest of it? ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/4 "2004-06-23T13:27:25Z")
If so, someone please move it. I have the feeling its from a national ad campaign (like there aren’t a million of those) maybe MSN or something; I’m not sure.\ Trunk, no. Cute kid, though. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/5 "2004-06-23T14:21:55Z")
You know those optical illusions where there’s two-pics-two-pics in one? Like the old lady and the young lady thing? This picture could be one of those. For 5 minutes, I sat staring at this picture trying to figure out what the hell it was, and kept seeing some shroud-like form cowering in the corner of the rear seat. \*\*Ethilrist’s \*\* comment finally got me to look at it the right way. I dunno, it looks familiar to me too, but that’s probably because I’ve been staring at it so long 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/6 "2004-06-23T14:51:28Z")
It doesn’t look familiar to me. Might I ask where you found it? ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/7 "2004-06-23T15:18:42Z")
it was/is used as one of someone’s live journal pictures. I’m just trying to identify the original source. The journal is apparently abandoned, attempts at emailing the person are complete and utter failure. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/8 "2004-06-23T15:22:41Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > You know those optical illusions where there’s two-pics-two-pics in one? Like the old lady and the young lady thing? > > This picture could be one of those. For 5 minutes, I sat staring at this picture trying to figure out what the hell it was, and kept seeing some shroud-like form cowering in the corner of the rear seat. \*\*Ethilrist’s \*\* comment finally got me to look at it the right way. > > I dunno, it looks familiar to me too, but that’s probably because I’ve been staring at it so long 😉 It looks to me like a picture of a woman in the passenger (driver if in the UK) seat of a car, head thrown back and laughing; I think I’ve seen it before but I’ve no idea where. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/9 "2004-06-23T15:37:31Z")
It looks like my car’s navigation, climate control and audio system. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/10 "2004-06-23T16:24:42Z")
Most of the kinds of LJ userpics I see like this are just the person whose journal it is. Wow, bad grammar. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/11 "2004-06-23T16:33:32Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > It looks like my car’s navigation, climate control and audio system. What do you do when she stays home? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/12 "2004-06-23T16:43:58Z")
I was gonna incorporate it into the camel spider picture and upload it…but I don’t know how to upload images for review on the boards. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/13 "2004-06-23T17:10:40Z")
> [@caphis](#): > > Most of the kinds of LJ userpics I see like this are just the person whose journal it is. > > Wow, bad grammar. Most images I see stored as LJ userpics are images of the journal’s owner, pets, friends, family, et cetera. Howz dat for an edit? Anyway, yah, I was trying to establish that it came from somewhere else and is not the journal owner’s photo or other self-portrait. And it just looked so damn familiar. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-to-solve-aka-have-you-seen-this-picture/251728/14 "2004-06-23T17:35:11Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > What do you do when she stays home? Oh, I manage through my skills as a surgeon, “the greatest pistol shot in the world,” and a Navy pilot.