# How recognizable are people by their butts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510 "2004-02-04T17:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yellowcakesolid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cdc98d/32.png) [@yellowcakesolid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowcakesolid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/1 "2004-02-04T17:34:07Z")
Could you use facial recognition software on backsides? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/2 "2004-02-04T17:40:51Z")
You could try, but everyone you scanned would be identified as Popeye the Sailor. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/3 "2004-02-04T17:55:01Z")
[And then use the results to tell your fortune](http://www.jacquelinestallone.com/rumps.html). This could revolutionize Rumpology as we know it! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/4 "2004-02-04T17:58:04Z")
Where is this place that people bare their butt and cover their face? No, seriously, I want to go there. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/5 "2004-02-04T17:59:58Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Where is this place that people bare their butt and cover their face? > > No, seriously, I want to go there. You may be interested in the movie **Eyes Wide Shut**. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/6 "2004-02-04T18:05:02Z")
> [@yellowcakesolid](#): > > Could you use facial recognition software on backsides? I’m almost loathe to ask, but do you have a reason for asking this? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/7 "2004-02-04T18:11:12Z")
I like to think that I can recognize Sophie Sweet’s ass in a sea of asses, through the fog, at 100 yards. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/8 "2004-02-04T18:17:38Z")
Wha? No mention of J-Lo yet? ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/9 "2004-02-04T23:17:08Z")
I get recognized from the back a lot. Even when I’m wearing a hat. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/10 "2004-02-05T02:38:37Z")
I don’t know about butts, but I once recognized a teacher from my middle school by his man-boobs. I was sitting down and he walked past, and I thought, “Hey, that looks like Mr. Wardrum.” And it was. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/11 "2004-02-05T02:42:14Z")
> [@BellaDellaItalia](#): > > I get recognized from the back a lot. Even when I’m wearing a hat. That’s because nobody else wears a hat on their ass 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/12 "2004-02-05T02:46:42Z")
I bet that goat guy sure is easy to recognize. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/13 "2004-02-05T02:56:55Z")
I knew someone in high school who could identify every member of the football team from their butts. The woman obviously had a talent. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-recognizable-are-people-by-their-butts/227510/14 "2004-02-05T13:09:20Z")
Baby got back!! 😃