# Do you have a mental 'picture' of Dopers you haven't met? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917 "2012-04-05T15:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/1 "2012-04-05T15:45:02Z")
Just what it says. Dosn’t apply if you’ve met or seen a picture. Through personality, descriptions in posts, or just randomness, do you associate an image with any particular poster? I wll admit mine that occurs the most frequently: When I see **Chronos** , I picture [Peter Norton.](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oX56jzHcL.jpg) I have absolutely no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/2 "2012-04-05T15:48:04Z")
Yeah, I do. Disturbing, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/3 "2012-04-05T15:57:22Z")
Could also be something as simple as this impression of me from an [old thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14802839&postcount=76) > [@Explain you username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-you-username/613694/76): > > I’m bummed as you’ve ruined the mystery. Every time I saw your username I thought it had to do with eating vomit…or something. > > 🙂 **FoisGrasIsEvil** pops up in my head as a duck. Yes, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/4 "2012-04-05T17:53:30Z")
Of course. All Dopers have jobs as actors on such shows and NCIS and Criminal Minds. Brains, looks, & personality. The guys are all irresistable (to people interested in guys). Even the hopeless geeks. The gals are all on my dream team. Even the ones that will never be in Playboy. If Hettie were 20 years younger, look out! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/5 "2012-04-05T18:12:13Z")
If anybody here thinks I am the internet personification of Archie Bunker I can die a happy man… ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/6 "2012-04-06T05:51:49Z")
Not so much a complete image, per se, but a hairstyle and a voice. For example, **Sicks Ate** , this is [your hair](http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=%22%22men%27s+1950%27s+hairstyles%22%22&start=169&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1436&bih=726&tbm=isch&tbnid=rN_z65VAmk1ROM:&imgrefurl=http://coolmenshairstyles.com/tag/mens-fashion-hairstyles&docid=XNyWWlWRUKHOtM&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_30PRmkOl4ro/SgghqF3fs1I/AAAAAAAAPxk/R-EJx27JrgI/s400/Hot-Hairstyle-Trends-for-Men-in-2008-15517.jpg&w=297&h=400&ei=J4F-T7-5FcS4iQfmi-mmBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=303&vpy=34&dur=1009&hovh=261&hovw=193&tx=109&ty=137&sig=113344895862835752052&page=7&tbnh=166&tbnw=123&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:169,i:196). And to hear yourself in my impossible head, listen to ‘Paul’ [here](http://www.naturalreaders.com/sample.htm)… ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/7 "2012-04-06T14:25:03Z")
Yes. And when I check against the gallery I’m almost always waaaaay wrong. Not always bot often enough. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/8 "2012-04-06T15:08:25Z")
**Anaamika** is Aishwarya Rai. Has been since I first read her name. **Quadgop the Mercotan** is avuncular-looking. I don’t know how better to describe it than that. **Malleus, Incus, Stapes!** dresses like a student at Hogwarts. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/9 "2012-04-06T16:39:22Z")
**[Francis Vaughan](http://images.45cat.com/frankie-vaughan-milord-womans-own.jpg)**. I can’t help it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/10 "2012-04-06T20:38:10Z")
**pulykamell** is [Andrew Zimmern](http://www.millsentertainment.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/zimmern.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/11 "2012-04-06T21:05:39Z")
I look sorta like [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4SMKrnWygW8/TKfpKgvrCkI/AAAAAAAACLw/msr07PUQpLg/s1600/muppets-chef-lrg.png&imgrefurl=http://ironmike08.blogspot.com/2010/10/from-farm-to-face-in-9-hours.html&h=450&w=322&sz=367&tbnid=VuV25Fm9CW1x0M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=64&zoom=1&docid=QU8oi5yu_fYJnM&sa=X&ei=fVp_T7uRD8LJiQLwifm7Aw&ved=0CFsQ9QEwBA&dur=252). ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/12 "2012-04-07T03:11:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I look sorta like [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4SMKrnWygW8/TKfpKgvrCkI/AAAAAAAACLw/msr07PUQpLg/s1600/muppets-chef-lrg.png&imgrefurl=http://ironmike08.blogspot.com/2010/10/from-farm-to-face-in-9-hours.html&h=450&w=322&sz=367&tbnid=VuV25Fm9CW1x0M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=64&zoom=1&docid=QU8oi5yu_fYJnM&sa=X&ei=fVp_T7uRD8LJiQLwifm7Aw&ved=0CFsQ9QEwBA&dur=252). That’s exactly what I pictured. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/13 "2012-04-07T06:18:08Z")
Perhaps [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239129&highlight=camel+spits) from 2004 will give you an idea of how some Dopers were imagined. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/14 "2012-04-07T07:10:06Z")
No I do not have a mental image of any Dopers that I do not already know or have seen a picture of. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/15 "2012-04-07T07:35:29Z")
I can’t imagine what people must picture me as. I have an image for Covered in Bees but it isn’t not pleasant as it is a person covered in bees which is like a nightmare for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/16 "2012-04-07T08:10:18Z")
I have a mental picture of Dopers having a mental picture of me having a mental picture of them having a mental picture of me. Just what it says. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/17 "2012-04-07T08:52:06Z")
That’s mental, **Kozmik**. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/18 "2012-04-07T09:04:57Z")
In my mind I see 6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast leaping out of bed with a solution to a problem. There is a slide rule on the desk and a vast book shelf. In tha background, bacon sizzles. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/19 "2012-04-07T09:38:47Z")
**Cicero** , while I frantically search the place for hidden cameras, here’s your [hair](http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://img.yaboon.com/person/6799.jpg&imgrefurl=http://skazu.204.at/key/travis%2520van%2520winkle%2520filmography&usg=__tS5hv3pS2dnAfZAz63PuBDawdSA=&h=400&w=267&sz=20&hl=en&start=24&zoom=1&tbnid=qQaHP65o0zNSYM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=106&ei=nQqAT_yoB4vjmAXZ74HdBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmens%2Bhairstyles%26tbnh%3D159%26tbnw%3D115%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26sig%3D113344895862835752052%26biw%3D1436%26bih%3D724%26tbs%3Dsimg:CAQSHwl1KEdFCneFEBoLCxCo1NgEGgIIFwwh5T1wO5u563E%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=543&vpy=345&dur=6027&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=89&ty=223&sig=113344895862835752052&page=1&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0,i:95), and you sound like [Ken Nordine](http://www.wordjazz.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917/20 "2012-04-07T09:53:37Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > **Cicero** , while I frantically search the place for hidden cameras, here’s your [hair](http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://img.yaboon.com/person/6799.jpg&imgrefurl=http://skazu.204.at/key/travis%2520van%2520winkle%2520filmography&usg=__tS5hv3pS2dnAfZAz63PuBDawdSA=&h=400&w=267&sz=20&hl=en&start=24&zoom=1&tbnid=qQaHP65o0zNSYM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=106&ei=nQqAT_yoB4vjmAXZ74HdBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmens%2Bhairstyles%26tbnh%3D159%26tbnw%3D115%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26sig%3D113344895862835752052%26biw%3D1436%26bih%3D724%26tbs%3Dsimg:CAQSHwl1KEdFCneFEBoLCxCo1NgEGgIIFwwh5T1wO5u563E%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=543&vpy=345&dur=6027&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=89&ty=223&sig=113344895862835752052&page=1&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0,i:95), and you sound like [Ken Nordine](http://www.wordjazz.com/). If only… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mental-picture-of-dopers-you-havent-met/617917.md?page=2)