# I defy you to produce a better childhood photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678 "2008-01-31T04:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/1 "2008-01-31T04:03:25Z")
I do not believe [this picture of my husband at around 10 years old](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultimate-childhood-photo.html) can be topped by anyone. Go on. I dare ya! ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/2 "2008-01-31T05:23:51Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I do not believe [this picture of my husband at around 10 years old](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultimate-childhood-photo.html) can be topped by anyone. Go on. I dare ya! [/QUOTE] Oh…wow. I MUST HAVE those pants! ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/3 "2008-01-31T05:29:11Z")
I see your dare and raise you. [Rico in pre-modding days.](http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj247/modrico/ric2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/4 "2008-01-31T10:24:21Z")
Well I can see why he needed the sunglasses… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/5 "2008-01-31T10:48:26Z")
Not as good as the one in the OP, but I do like this one of [my friend’s cousin](http://www.crowaptok.com/enthusiasts/images/fishboy.jpg). I can’t find a higher-res pic. Note the long socks under shorts so they look like pantyhose. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/6 "2008-01-31T10:54:57Z")
BWHAHAHAHAHA! That is friggin’ hilarious. Gonna be tough to top that. ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/7 "2008-01-31T11:16:02Z")
My sister sent me [this](http://glasgowuni.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=468886&l=33dad&id=223002038) pic she took of me about fifteen years ago, when she was studying photography. It’s my facebook profile pic, currently. Cape does not enable user to fly… ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/8 "2008-01-31T14:30:54Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I do not believe [this picture of my husband at around 10 years old](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultimate-childhood-photo.html) can be topped by anyone. Go on. I dare ya! [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s gonna be hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/9 "2008-01-31T14:45:07Z")
Okay, so it’s not me, but [this](http://goldthang.blogspot.com/2007/09/horse-scares-poo-out-of-kid.html) is obviously what childhood fears are made of. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/10 "2008-01-31T15:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Okay, so it’s not me, but [this](http://goldthang.blogspot.com/2007/09/horse-scares-poo-out-of-kid.html) is obviously what childhood fears are made of. [/QUOTE] That one’s so ripe for a photoshop contest… ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/11 "2008-01-31T15:34:02Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] Oh…wow. I MUST HAVE those pants! [/QUOTE] I think if you spend a lot of time in second hand stores, you may eventually luck on a enough kitchen curtains with that pattern from the 1970s to enable you to sew those pants - no sewing skill necessary. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/12 "2008-01-31T15:44:40Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I do not believe [this picture of my husband at around 10 years old](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultimate-childhood-photo.html) can be topped by anyone. Go on. I dare ya! [/QUOTE] He looks like a double agent for Goodwill Industries. Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/13 "2008-01-31T15:55:29Z")
I’m very slightly stark naked in it, so I’ll just describe: According to the back, it was taken in [1987](http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g), so I’m four years old. I’m standing in the doorway between what looks like a dining room and a living room, [drab blue-grey carpet](http://www.kimptonflooring.co.uk/offers/files/Carpet%20Tiles/Heuga%20530%20Grey-blue..jpg) throughout, beige walls with [swirls in the plaster](http://www.weishuhndrywall.com/graphics/swirl1.jpg), and nearby is a sofa upholstered in an [atrocious toile](http://www.housefabric.com/images/ProductDetail/20737.jpg). I can see a hint of a tree, so this must be around Christmas. I’m wearing a [She-Ra](http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/merchandise/html/apparel/images/02/shera-mask-01.jpg) mask and holding a broom over my head (in lieu of the [Sword of Protection](http://members.aol.com/abishort/she-ra/pictures/SheRa.gif), presumably–like [this whisk broom](http://images.acehardwareoutlet.com/Products/1002740h.jpg), but yellow and with a long handle). The ensemble is completed with a [white leatherette belt](http://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/b6/82/18_1_b.JPG), fastened just below the rib cage (I remember a cape–two, actually, a [short red one](http://www.halloweenfantasy.com/files/details/d_787.jpg) and a [long black one](http://www.gwtw4ever.com/FinaleFull.jpg) that trailed on the floor–but I’m not wearing either in this picture). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/14 "2008-01-31T16:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] That one’s so ripe for a photoshop contest… [/QUOTE] Isn’t it? I have that on my cube wall. No matter how many times I’ve seen it or how bad of a mood I may be in, that instantly makes it better, watching the look of sheer terror on that kid’s face. Yes. I’m an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/15 "2008-01-31T16:45:22Z")
He is totally rocking the shirt/pant combo. [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/16 "2008-01-31T16:54:58Z")
Why yes, yes I can. [Teh hawtness](http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v122/92/24/510166125/n510166125_318939_748.jpg). For reals. And everyone knows that the only thing better than a pink and mint green sweatsuit is a [pink and mint green sweatsuit with red socks](http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v122/92/24/510166125/n510166125_318934_9819.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/17 "2008-01-31T16:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] Bwhaahaaahaaa! Oh man, that slayed me! Sheeeee… where’s a rag… spit, tears, now there’s fluids everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/18 "2008-01-31T17:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I do not believe [this picture of my husband at around 10 years old](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2008/01/ultimate-childhood-photo.html) can be topped by anyone. Go on. I dare ya! [/QUOTE] Was he dressed as Hunter S. Thompson for Halloween? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/19 "2008-01-31T17:25:06Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Was he dressed as Hunter S. Thompson for Halloween? [/QUOTE] I’m glad someone else sees the resemblance. That’s the first thing I thought of. But no. I asked him what the occasion was and he just said, “I liked that shirt.” No mention, however, of the pants. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/20 "2008-01-31T17:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] He is totally rocking the shirt/pant combo. [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] OK, that got a belly laugh outta’ me. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678.md?page=2)