# Official Picture Thread of the Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109 "2006-06-25T19:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/61 "2006-06-25T23:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Your wedding pic reminds me of Mo Rocca. [/QUOTE] I am trying to determine if that is a good thing. Considering I look more like Kevin Smith these days, I’ll take it as a compliment. 😉 **silenus** , I use to work with your doppleganger. Do you have any relatives in New Jersey? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/62 "2006-06-25T23:58:35Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Well, since you asked real nice plus you are supporting me in my old age. here’s [swampbear](http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/bearswga/behr02.jpg)! [/QUOTE] I just clicked on this and did a double-take. Without the beard you’d look _eerily_ like my father ca. 1972. His dad got around and you’re from the same general region… hmm… ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/63 "2006-06-25T23:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Community theater of Arsenic & Old Lace, of course. [/QUOTE] Dude, those pictures are so badass. I _love_ that movie. [QUOTE=ArchitectChore] …Playing me sitar… [/QUOTE] OMG, you play the sitar! That boosts your awesome factor by 68% [QUOTE=Anastasaeon] …My favourite self-portrait :D… [/QUOTE] You are so adorable. It’s almost sickening. Please let me know if things don’t work out with your husband 'cause, baby, I’d totally go hetero for you. :-\* [QUOTE=Ale] …Picture at work, I´m the one in the middle… [/QUOTE] Ryan Beckwith… is it you? 😮 You look _just_ like a character from John Allisons webcomic **Scary Go Round**. I would so stalk you because of that in RL. [QUOTE=Telperien] What, you don’t smile? Oh, that’s right. You’re a teenager. (Disclaimer: above statements are jokes, albeit bad ones. Please to not take the offense.) [/QUOTE] Heh, I make a practice of _not_ smiling in photographs. It makes them seem so forced and my smile isn’t one of my best features. Seriously-- when I smile it makes the baby Jesus cry. [QUOTE=Sunspace] Here’s a recent one of me. The picture I used to use for these threads is now old enough to be grossly misleading. [/QUOTE] You kind of remind me of Bill Pullman. Or, wait… maybe I’m thinking of Bill Paxton. Well, whatever. You look like one of them. Err, hope that doesn’t offend you. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/64 "2006-06-26T00:07:22Z")
[Here’s my Yahoo album](http://photos.yahoo.com/maxthevool) Look in the main directory. The top left photo is my with my cousin, and is my favorite picture of me ever. Also note the pictures of my enormous coke can pyramid from my last job. I’m not sure what you should do with that information after noting it, but please note it. ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/65 "2006-06-26T00:08:57Z")
Oh, I am **so** getting in on the photo action while it’s good and early! The most recent photos of me were taken at a show I played in May, and they’re some great photos, so here are a couple of them: [Singin’ my heart out.](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e400/grolby/CCshowcase1.jpg) [Isn’t that a GREAT shirt?](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e400/grolby/CCshowcase6.jpg) Hope I’m up to Doper standards ;). ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/66 "2006-06-26T00:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] Heh, I make a practice of _not_ smiling in photographs. It makes them seem so forced and my smile isn’t one of my best features. Seriously-- when I smile it makes the baby Jesus cry. [/QUOTE] Ha! I don’t smile much in photographs, either, since my smile is exceedingly goofy. But you look kind of sad in those pictures. It makes me want to pat you on the shoulder and say, “There, there.” Were you sad or am I misinterpreting? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/67 "2006-06-26T00:12:41Z")
[QUOTE=Grelby] Hope I’m up to Doper standards ;). [/QUOTE] I’m sorry but you miss the weight criteria by 5 lbs. and we’re already stocked up on black hair. Try again when you’ve had some doughnuts and maybe a bleach job. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/68 "2006-06-26T00:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] **silenus** , I use to work with your doppleganger. Do you have any relatives in New Jersey? [/QUOTE] Jersey? Nah. My antecedents mucked around South Carolina, Kansas and Arkansas. They prefered inbreeding to toxic waste and the Yankees. 😃 I do like Kevin Smith though… ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/69 "2006-06-26T00:16:21Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > But you look kind of sad in those pictures. It’s not sad, it’s emo! Trust me… $3500 on braces, and my daughter wouldn’t smile in a picture if her life depended on it. I like your pics, **Clockwork & Candy**. Seriously though, whenever people say they don’t like their smile, it makes me sad. There’s nothing more attractive than happiness. **Grelby** , that is indeed a great shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/70 "2006-06-26T00:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I’m sorry but you miss the weight criteria by 5 lbs. and we’re already stocked up on black hair. Try again when you’ve had some doughnuts and maybe a bleach job. [/QUOTE] It only **looks** black - it’s _really_ reddish brown ;). You’re right about the weight, though :(. On the other hand, check out that kickin’ black guitar! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/71 "2006-06-26T00:22:06Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] As for me: [an older one](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dareva70609/detail?.dir=8a9c&.dnm=77f9.jpg&.src=ph)… [/QUOTE] Hey, you changed your username! Sheesh, fall asleep one time while reading the boards and see what you miss… * * * I’ve posted some other pics to older incarnations of the photo thread. But here’s a new one I took recently and posted when setting up a MySpace profile: [Self-made mug shot](http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rmyers/pics/bob1.jpg). It follows the “Enough With the Goofy Fake Smiles” theory of self-portraiture mentioned previously by **Clockwork and Candy** ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/72 "2006-06-26T00:25:35Z")
[Me](http://www.flickr.com/photos/45186998@N00/?saved=1) Let me know if it doesn’t work. I’m the guy in the pic, btw. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/73 "2006-06-26T00:32:08Z")
**Clockwork and Candy** –you’re hot, but kind of young. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/74 "2006-06-26T00:46:19Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Jersey? Nah. My antecedents mucked around South Carolina, Kansas and Arkansas. They prefered inbreeding to toxic waste and the Yankees. 😃 I do like Kevin Smith though… [/QUOTE] Oh, inbreeding and toxic waste are definitely Yankee fan symptoms. So is frothing at the mouth and throwing money at problems. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/75 "2006-06-26T00:49:47Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy, concerning ArchitectChore] OMG, you play the sitar! That boosts your awesome factor by 68% [/quote] And the excellence factor of just being in the same thread as someone who plays the sitar isn’t bad either. 🙂 > [@Clockwork And Candy](#): > > You kind of remind me of Bill Pullman. Or, wait… maybe I’m thinking of Bill Paxton. Well, whatever. You look like one of them. Err, hope that doesn’t offend you. That’s okay. I have no idea who either of those people are. If they turn out to be axe murderers or something, _then_ I’ll be offended. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/76 "2006-06-26T00:51:39Z")
[QUOTE=Grelby] …Isn’t that a GREAT shirt?.. [/QUOTE] That is _Indubitably_ a great shirt. But evidence in your photographs also leads me to believe that you might be a scenester/trend-whore. And for that my brain is telling me I must hate you but… you come here (SDMB), so you can’t be all bad. I’m rather conlicted. ☹ [QUOTE=Telperien] Ha! I don’t smile much in photographs, either, since my smile is exceedingly goofy. But you look kind of sad in those pictures. It makes me want to pat you on the shoulder and say, “There, there.” Were you sad or am I misinterpreting? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=DianaG] It’s not sad, it’s emo! Trust me… $3500 on braces, and my daughter wouldn’t smile in a picture if her life depended on it. I like your pics, **Clockwork & Candy**. Seriously though, whenever people say they don’t like their smile, it makes me sad. There’s nothing more attractive than happiness. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure what I was feeling when the pictures were taken. Just normal, I guess. I don’t like to smile because when I do something goes wrong. My lips go up too high and it makes my chin look _ginormous!_ Comments about it from my Mum and siblings have assured that I will NEVER smile in public again. I try to smile with my eyes now. People have said I qualify as emo in the past, but I rarely update my myspace and I’ve never been in a **Hot Topic**. I swear! I’m just me, and that’s all. [QUOTE=Monstre] But here’s a new one I took recently and posted when setting up a MySpace profile: [Self-made mug shot](http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rmyers/pics/bob1.jpg). It follows the “Enough With the Goofy Fake Smiles” theory of self-portraiture mentioned previously by **Clockwork and Candy** [/QUOTE] No, see, you’re really cute. You should smile. [QUOTE=Black Train Song] [Me](http://www.flickr.com/photos/45186998@N00/?saved=1) Let me know if it doesn’t work. I’m the guy in the pic, btw. [/QUOTE] The link works. You look very distinguished. Like a retired actor or the captain of a ship. [QUOTE=Mirror Image egamI rorriM] **Clockwork and Candy** –you’re hot, but kind of young. [/QUOTE] Yes, but I could be your young boy-toy. It’d be such a status symbol. Think of the doors it would open. You’d be like… like Ivana Trump, 'cept without all the ugly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/77 "2006-06-26T01:01:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] That’s okay. I have no idea who either of those people are. If they turn out to be axe murderers or something, _then_ I’ll be offended. 😃 [/QUOTE] [Game over, man! Game over!](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000200/) (And [Bill Pullman](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000597/) was the president in “Independance Day”) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/78 "2006-06-26T01:06:27Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] Yes, but I could be your young boy-toy. It’d be such a status symbol. Think of the doors it would open. You’d be like… like Ivana Trump, 'cept without all the ugly. 🙂 [/QUOTE] This underaged boy’s importuning and soliciting… and it’s not to _me_! Arrest him! Have the eunuchs give Grelby his titles and space on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/79 "2006-06-26T01:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Oh, inbreeding and toxic waste are definitely Yankee fan symptoms. So is frothing at the mouth and throwing money at problems. 😃 [/QUOTE] Frothing at the mouth in this area is better known as the “[Bronx Cheer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_cheer)”, inbreeding is not a Jersey thing, but throwing money at problems is indeed a Yankee Trade mark and has been throughout the Steinbrenner Era. Toxic waste, well we’ll be cleaning this up for the next century, but Louisiana & Texas now exceed us by a large amount. 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109/80 "2006-06-26T01:19:31Z")
[At Dublin Castle, Ireland last year](http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7303/amberdublincastle8fg.jpg) [Taken last night!](http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1373/pic0673wx.jpg) [This is my goofy face…](http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8767/61706061r4wk.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-picture-thread-of-the-straight-dope/362109.md?page=5)