# Michelle Obama's portrait unveiled. Someone's got a sense of humor. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912 "2009-03-01T20:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/41 "2009-03-02T17:23:19Z")
Hey Barak, your wife owns a couple of guns. Lovely woman. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/42 "2009-03-02T17:52:37Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Hey Barak, your wife owns a couple of guns. And he grabs 'em every chance he gets. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/43 "2009-03-02T18:04:09Z")
Yeah, my first thought in seeing her is that she can rock a sleeveless dress. I agree that the photo itself isn’t very good though. But she looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/44 "2009-03-02T22:02:59Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > I still want to know what, specifically, the OP meant by the photographer(?) having a sense of humor. I didn’t mean the photographer. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/45 "2009-03-02T23:20:29Z")
Is that an official portrait in any meaningful sense? Can they try again without the big blue chef hat? ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/46 "2009-03-03T00:38:30Z")
That has to be the most revealing dress I’ve ever seen a first lady in. Bare shoulders! Scandalous! Hopefully a couple more generations of presidents, and we’ll see some nudes… \>\_\> Joking aside, I have to say its not a very good portrait. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912/47 "2009-03-03T01:52:32Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I’d like to say a word for Frances Folsom Cleveland: > > [Google Image Result](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/y/I/frances_cleveland.jpg&imgrefurl=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/firstladiesus/ig/First-Ladies-Picture-Gallery/Frances-Cleveland.htm&usg=__LxoliBS6EyoaO_ADHPflsjR7ISg=&h=1161&w=936&sz=140&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=rytmBZfjMFxvkM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfirst%2Bladies%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ie%3DUTF-8) I’d never seen her before. I’m voting with you - she’s got beautiful bone structure and given the same access to current style and subtle cosmetics available today, she’d be an absolute stunner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obamas-portrait-unveiled-someones-got-a-sense-of-humor/487912.md?page=2)