# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/21 "2008-01-31T17:43:07Z")
Man, do I wish I knew where [my old pants](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=People&mode=&pic=Paul07.jpg&picindex=27) went. I’d be sporting them every day if I still had them… ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/22 "2008-01-31T17:59:36Z")
For the moment, I can’t top that. I don’t have everything in photobucket yet. In the meantime, how about a [dose of teh cute?](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/School%20Pictures/scan0264.jpg) I’ve never figured out why I had to have both a barrette and a giant yellow hunk-o-yarn to hold my hair back. I’ll post a doozy when I get home and have access to the full “library”. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/23 "2008-01-31T18:09:02Z")
That’s friggin’ awesome, **jsgoddess.** While I don’t think it can ever be topped, I do wish I had the picture of my brother at 7 with long hair to his shoulders (in about 1974) and a nice Captain Kirk outfit. It’s really a sight to behold. But, again, nothing like your husband here. Am I the only one who wishes for an after picture? **Beadalin** , your picture is pretty damn funny too. The very nice smiles on the rest of your family sort of take this picture from funny to sublimely hysterical. ---
**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, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/24 "2008-01-31T18:44:23Z")
[QUOTE=Caricci] But, again, nothing like your husband here. Am I the only one who wishes for an after picture? [/QUOTE] You mean him as an adult? Well, I think [this](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2005/12/putting-ho-ho-in-ho-ho-ho-since-1997.html) is the appropriate followup. 😃 ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/25 "2008-01-31T18:53:18Z")
_gasp_ I had the exact same shirt, **Hockey Monkey**! The one I posted is my very favorite family photo. I wonder what I was after down there. I hope it was candy. ---
**Author:** ![exastris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b38774/32.png) [@exastris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exastris)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/26 "2008-01-31T19:08:18Z")
[QUOTE=pretend my name is witty] 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… [/QUOTE] This picture is so ridiculously cute. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/27 "2008-01-31T19:24:22Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] You mean him as an adult? Well, I think [this](http://juliecarter.blogspot.com/2005/12/putting-ho-ho-in-ho-ho-ho-since-1997.html) is the appropriate followup. 😃 [/QUOTE] Oh, look! He continued to love head gear! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/28 "2008-01-31T21:18:29Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Bwhaahaaahaaa! Oh man, that slayed me! Sheeeee… where’s a rag… spit, tears, now there’s fluids everywhere! [/QUOTE] If you note the startling similarity of the parents, the look on the baby’s face is not so unexpected. . .I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/29 "2008-01-31T21:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] _Won’t be that funny. I’m not going to laugh._ _click_ Chuckle, snort . . . BwaHAAHA! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/30 "2008-01-31T21:32:58Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] He is totally rocking the shirt/pant combo. [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] It’s been fifteen minutes since I clicked on the link and had the pic pop up. I laughed pretty hard when I first saw it. Left it open to read some more threads and when I clicked back to it I laughed my ass off again. I just clicked it to it again and CAN’T. STOP. LAUGHING! ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/31 "2008-01-31T21:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] He is totally rocking the shirt/pant combo. [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] You win. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/32 "2008-01-31T21:43:32Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] It’s been fifteen minutes since I clicked on the link and had the pic pop up. I laughed pretty hard when I first saw it. Left it open to read some more threads and when I clicked back to it I laughed my ass off again. I just clicked it to it again and CAN’T. STOP. LAUGHING! [/QUOTE] I’ve been giggling at it all morning. It cracks me up how first you see this ordinary posed 70’s family, and then you look at little bit down…oh, it’s a wonderful picture. I hope your family put it on the wall! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/33 "2008-01-31T22:25:11Z")
**Beadalin,** that was mean! My stomach hurts and I think I peed a little bit… ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/34 "2008-01-31T22:29:01Z")
Glad it’s bringing some laughs. My parents chose a different photo from that series to be printed, but kept the proof of that one because it cracked them up. Everyone in my family now has their own print of it, though. It’s just too funny not to display. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/35 "2008-01-31T23:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=pretend my name is witty] 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. [/QUOTE] This looks like it would make a good album cover. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/36 "2008-01-31T23:58:33Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/37 "2008-02-01T00:50:51Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] He is totally rocking the shirt/pant combo. [Guess which one I am?](http://www.randycasey.com/images/family.jpg) [/QUOTE] That baby is _wasted_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/38 "2008-02-01T01:16:59Z")
Just [how adorable a baby](http://picasaweb.google.com/J.Sampiro/HomeFolks/photo?authkey=5Nnva_33tdY#5135788266466669714) was I (don’t be shy with the hyperbole)? And it’s amazing how little styles have changed [since](http://picasaweb.google.com/J.Sampiro/HomeFolks/photo?authkey=5Nnva_33tdY#5128519340321564962) I was a [kid (me center being held by my grandfather)](http://picasaweb.google.com/J.Sampiro/HomeFolks/photo?authkey=5Nnva_33tdY#5135788266466669730). ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/39 "2008-02-01T05:25:31Z")
OK, I promised some horrendousness, so I’ll try to deliver. [My aunt’s wedding c.1975.](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/scan0137.jpg) Oh the humanity! The tuxes…they burn! My mother is the one in the small hat. [Rocking the halter top. Hoochie Mamma!](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/scan0238.jpg) [Really Mom? Those pants?](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/girls9.jpg) I’m fairly certain we had matching curtains in the kitchen. [I’ve always questioned my sister’s fashion sense.](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/helmet.jpg) Um. Yeah. I can’t say much here. [Dad must’ve dressed us that day.](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/allisonandamanda.jpg) [Hey! That’s my shirt!](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/amandaallisonsam.jpg) Heh, it’s the first time I noticed that hand me down. 😛 [I’m making a definitive fashion statement.](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/fins.jpg) Never seems to have caught on. [Hey Sis, wasn’t that outfit Mom’s pants?](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/Mothers%20Day%20Disc/eatingapples.jpg) OK, so none of these examples are as good as the OP. I don’t think it can be topped. I hope you guys enjoy these though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678/40 "2008-02-01T05:38:18Z")
I love this shot of [The Fem-Bot](http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/Cartooniverse/?action=view¤t=CartooniversewithTheFem-Bot.jpg), age…8 months? Her little cowlick on top? 😃 Cartooniverse [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-defy-you-to-produce-a-better-childhood-photo/435678.md?page=3)