# This is what happens when you give Adults a child's coloring book. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990 "2015-11-19T16:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/1 "2015-11-19T16:47:11Z")
Chive posted several of the funniest and naughtiest. I don’t think these were quite the responses the children’s book publishers anticipated. 😃 my two favorites are the Little Mermaid and the flying, pooping dragon. > **[Creepy – theCHIVE](https://thechive.com/category/lifestyle/creepy/)** > [@](#): > > Coloring Book Corruptions is a website that publishes user submitted photos of children’s coloring books. > Well, they were children’s coloring books, until adults came along and made them horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/2 "2015-11-19T19:30:22Z")
Thank you, these are pretty hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/3 "2015-11-19T19:36:16Z")
#22, the girl wading in the lake with the puppy on the shore, was the one that cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/4 "2015-11-19T20:48:47Z")
tons of hilariousness on there thanks…I’m on the phone trying not to break up laughing! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/5 "2015-11-19T20:58:51Z")
Street Walker Elmo? was my favorite… ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/6 "2015-11-19T21:24:02Z")
Pole Dancer Thor was my favorite. Can anyone figure out what’s going on with the Peter Pan/Tinkerbell one? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/7 "2015-11-19T21:31:16Z")
If you look closely, you’ll see that Tink has been shooting up. There are syringes laying around on the mushroom. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/8 "2015-11-19T21:33:58Z")
Dora the Explorer evading border patrol got me. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/9 "2015-11-19T21:38:48Z")
Thank you very much. That f-ing just triggered our content warning. I guess I can expect a visit from my boss. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/10 "2015-11-19T21:42:43Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Thank you very much. That f-ing just triggered our content warning. I guess I can expect a visit from my boss. Sounds like the “job you hate” problem might be solving itself… ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/11 "2015-11-19T21:43:56Z")
Billfish78: > [@](#): > > Street Walker Elmo? was my favorite… I think that was Grover, actually. I like the snowboarder boots one best. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/12 "2015-11-19T21:48:57Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Sounds like the “job you hate” problem might be solving itself… I hope not, being able to bitch about it is one of the things I love. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/13 "2015-11-19T22:01:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If you look closely, you’ll see that Tink has been shooting up. There are syringes laying around on the mushroom. And she has her arm tied off. Props for what looks like a prison teardrop tattoo on Peter Pan. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/14 "2015-11-19T22:51:32Z")
I don’t quite understand the severed head on the turtle. Any particular meaning or is it just supposed to be cool looking? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/15 "2015-11-19T22:53:35Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Thank you very much. That f-ing just triggered our content warning. I guess I can expect a visit from my boss. 😕 The Chive is pretty mainstream just like Cracked dot com . I’m surprised any company would red flag content from either. Block them? Maybe, if they are concerned employees are killing too much company time on the web. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/16 "2015-11-19T22:56:44Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > #22, the girl wading in the lake with the puppy on the shore, was the one that cracked me up. That’s the one that already has unfortunate implications in the original. I was surprised they didn’t go further that way. She appears to be flashing the dog. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/17 "2015-11-19T22:58:02Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I don’t quite understand the severed head on the turtle. Any particular meaning or is it just supposed to be cool looking? > **[List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_characters#Tortuga)** > > Breaking Bad is a crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan. It started with the television series Breaking Bad (2008–13), and is followed by a prequel/sequel series, Better Call Saul (2015–22), and a sequel film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). The following is an abridged list of characters appearing across the productions. > Walter Hartwell White (also known by his alias Heisenberg) (played by Bryan Cranston) is an overqualified high school chemistry teacher... ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/18 "2015-11-19T23:00:46Z")
The girl on the washing machine is kind of subtle but I get the meaning of whats going on. 😉 Thanks BigT! I didn’t see that show and didn’t know the reference. The drawing makes sense now. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/19 "2015-11-20T00:46:20Z")
So funny. I like 12 the best. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-adults-a-childs-coloring-book/737990/20 "2015-11-20T01:00:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The girl on the washing machine is kind of subtle but I get the meaning of whats going on. 😉 > > Thanks BigT! I didn’t see that show and didn’t know the reference. The drawing makes sense now. To tell the truth, neither had I. I just had this vague memory of hearing “tortuga” connected with “decapitated head” (probably in a discussion about the show.) I actually expected it to be some sort of mythical beast. Also, now that I can say it without triple posting: I think the “bear hug” one is cheating! You can’t remove one of Mickey’s feet using just colored pencils and a black marker. And colored pencils don’t work well on white out. They had to use a computer or some photocopier trick. (Note, exclamation marks like that mean a playful tone.)