# The Portrait of Homer Simpson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321 "2006-02-07T00:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/1 "2006-02-07T00:16:24Z")
Found [this](http://www.robertoparada.com/gallery2/homer.html) today. Kinda cool. Definitely creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/2 "2006-02-07T00:28:50Z")
cool ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/3 "2006-02-07T00:29:56Z")
Linky no worky. ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/4 "2006-02-07T00:31:16Z")
Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/5 "2006-02-07T00:32:37Z")
Wierd, tried in both IE and Firefox. Doesn’t work in either of them. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/6 "2006-02-07T00:35:19Z")
The eyes! Aaaaaaghhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/7 "2006-02-07T00:36:23Z")
He doesn’t look fat enough IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/8 "2006-02-07T00:50:34Z")
I can’t get it to work for me either. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/9 "2006-02-07T01:00:08Z")
For those who can’t see it, are you getting an error? ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/10 "2006-02-07T01:01:15Z")
I think we broke it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/11 "2006-02-07T01:03:34Z")
For those having trouble with the link, here’s a different site: [http://www.pauiglesias.com/archives/?article\_id=161](http://www.pauiglesias.com/archives/?article_id=161) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/12 "2006-02-07T01:06:34Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > For those having trouble with the link, here’s a different site: > > [http://www.pauiglesias.com/archives/?article\_id=161](http://www.pauiglesias.com/archives/?article_id=161) Thanks, Biff! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/13 "2006-02-07T01:14:46Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > The eyes! Aaaaaaghhhh… Yes, they follow you… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/14 "2006-02-07T01:19:46Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > The eyes! Aaaaaaghhhh… They remind me of that woman who made the talk show rounds a few years ago who could bug her eyes out. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/15 "2006-02-07T01:22:55Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > They remind me of that woman who made the talk show rounds a few years ago who could bug her eyes out. And you had to _say_ that? Yikes! Homer I can take. That other thing is at least as scary as that screaming monster you get on some of those “quiet” settings. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/16 "2006-02-07T02:04:02Z")
That one worked… I’m scared now, though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/17 "2006-02-07T03:40:19Z")
Kind terrifying - I swear I have a Cthulhu Mythos book with that picture in it 😛 - but interesting. It’s a pretty good resemblance. He doesn’t look very fat, but the fingers are thick and most of Homer’s bulk is around his waist. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/18 "2006-02-07T03:42:12Z")
That’s pretty good. I like the idea of depicting cartoon characters as if they were real people. I’m reminded of the _Simpsons_ episode where Homer imagines his family as “real” people. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/19 "2006-02-07T03:50:59Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > That’s pretty good. I like the idea of depicting cartoon characters as if they were real people. I’m reminded of the _Simpsons_ episode where Homer imagines his family as “real” people. What ep was that? ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321/20 "2006-02-07T04:08:52Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > What ep was that? “Lady Bouvier’s Lover.” The ep where Homer’s dad dated Marge’s mom and Homer thought their children would be inbred freaks with pink skin, five fingers, and no overbites. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portrait-of-homer-simpson/343321.md?page=2)