# From this photo what profession do you imagine this guy ending up in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865 "2011-10-26T15:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/21 "2011-10-26T17:13:10Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > Well, judging by the picture, he has the sculpted physique of somebody who’d go on to be an astrophysicist, so I’m going to go with that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/22 "2011-10-26T17:21:54Z")
Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/23 "2011-10-26T17:28:17Z")
Reminds me of [photos like this one](http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/young-college-man-barack.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/24 "2011-10-26T17:32:00Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Reminds me of [photos like this one](http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/young-college-man-barack.jpg). Or this person: [http://www.ashleyperez.com/media/k2/items/cache/97aa066dcc42404e7602768333af5659\_L.jpg](http://www.ashleyperez.com/media/k2/items/cache/97aa066dcc42404e7602768333af5659_L.jpg) Before you tineye, make a guess. (though, you might not have to because this childhood picture is well known) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/25 "2011-10-26T17:43:54Z")
It looks like… Churchill? I say that because of the Victorian [unigarmet](http://histclo.tripod.com/dress.html). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/26 "2011-10-26T17:53:46Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Reminds me of [photos like this one](http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/young-college-man-barack.jpg). My first guess was Gregory Hines. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/27 "2011-10-26T17:55:46Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > It looks like… Churchill? I say that because of the Victorian [unigarmet](http://histclo.tripod.com/dress.html). Sorry, no. It’s FDR. And we all know what a girly-boy he grew up to be. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/28 "2011-10-26T18:03:28Z")
Musician? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/29 "2011-10-26T18:55:42Z")
I thought boxer - look at those biceps! StG ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/30 "2011-10-26T18:57:28Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I thought boxer - look at those biceps! > > StG Boxing with the Stars! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/31 "2011-10-26T19:00:53Z")
I never would have guessed Neil, even though that t-shirt obviously came from the Harvard COOP. (Thanks, **robert**. They’ll always have Yalta.) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/32 "2011-10-26T19:12:39Z")
Indy hipster musician? Isn’t that what we’re posting pictures of these days? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/33 "2011-10-26T19:41:32Z")
I was gonna say “Rick James, bitch!” Looks like he spent some time on display at the gun show, that’s for sure… ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/34 "2011-10-26T21:02:59Z")
He’s not suitable for gainful employment without any tattoos at all. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/35 "2011-10-26T21:46:30Z")
yay me!, Got it in one and that’s unusual for me because I’m woeful putting names to faces. Though of course a couple of things helped me. A) It looks like him B) I know who he is C) The tone of the question suggested a profession at odds with the photo E) What happened to D? D) ah! there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/36 "2011-10-27T00:35:31Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > Well, judging by the picture, he has the sculpted physique of somebody who’d go on to be an astrophysicist, so I’m going to go with that. First correct response. I gotta say, when I saw the picture I knew that I knew that face from somewhere, but I don’t think I would’ve made the connection without the answer. NDT - prominent astrophysicist, total badass! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/37 "2011-10-27T00:36:37Z")
actually, looking back again, I guess the tee-shirt is a clue. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865/38 "2011-10-27T01:47:55Z")
I’ve had a crush on him since I “discovered” him on Nova Science Now. Totally geeked out when he did a guest appearance on Stargate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-this-photo-what-profession-do-you-imagine-this-guy-ending-up-in/600865.md?page=1)