# What are your SDMB avatars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444 "2020-01-15T05:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/61 "2020-01-22T04:07:25Z")
My SDMB avatars are the little images that you see next to my screen name. But that’s not important right now. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/62 "2020-01-22T04:51:03Z")
Polar bear in a blizzard. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/63 "2020-01-22T05:39:47Z")
Mine is Peter Gabriel on stage, wearing a crown of thorns, during the “Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man” portion of “Supper’s Ready.” GESancMan… Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man… geddit? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/64 "2020-01-22T07:48:46Z")
Mine is a photo I took at a scrapyard. You can see a bigger version of it [here](https://swazoo.zenfolio.com/p892612441/haae84600#haae84600). ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/65 "2020-01-22T07:57:18Z")
The garrison flag of Fort McHenry (with 15 stripes), flown the morning after the bombardment by the British in the War of 1812, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became the lyrics of our national anthem. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/66 "2020-01-22T14:56:56Z")
My avatar is the Palais des congrès, a convention centre in my town, renowned for its colourful stained-glass look. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/67 "2020-01-22T15:33:19Z")
A hobyah. Not a lot of people are familiar with [the tale](https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/meft/meft27.htm), but it’s been scaring the pee out of kids in my family for generations. My daughter talked me into getting matching tattoos, and my avatar is [from mine](https://i.imgur.com/68VejIL.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/68 "2020-01-22T15:53:32Z")
My picture is of my dearly missed little buddy Goliath. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/69 "2020-01-22T16:02:31Z")
All so interesting! I remember recognizing \*\*Shoeless’s \*\*the first time I saw it but I never would have recognized, for instance, Jorma or Peter Gabriel due to the size. I wish we could click on them and see the full size versions 🙂 Mine, which is fairly obvious by now, is Eddie Murphy doing an impression of Buckwheat on SNL. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/70 "2020-01-22T16:06:25Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Mine is a photo I took at a scrapyard. You can see a bigger version of it [here](https://swazoo.zenfolio.com/p892612441/haae84600#haae84600). I love your avatar picture. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/71 "2020-01-22T16:13:44Z")
I’m kinda a health nut. My avatar is a smoothie I drink whenever I need a pick-me-up. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/72 "2020-01-22T16:27:31Z")
I started a similar thread recently… [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=885759](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=885759) Can anyone explain the two in my OP? I’m still curious. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/73 "2020-01-22T16:55:22Z")
Me as a baby. The eyes are red because I was user # 666 at another forum, one which did allow avatars (this was 2005, guys and gals), so I colored them red. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/74 "2020-01-22T17:37:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > A loach. I always think of [this kind of loach](https://www.azgardens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Gold-Dojo-Loach.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/75 "2020-01-22T17:38:46Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > I started a similar thread recently… > [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=885759](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=885759) > > Can anyone explain the two in my OP? I’m still curious. It would help if you would tell us what the usernames are. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/76 "2020-01-22T18:03:33Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Mine is a microscope picture of the first organic gears found in nature. Wow, fascinating! I had thought it was merely a zipper. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/77 "2020-01-22T18:29:59Z")
It’s an axe. I have plenty of other cool images I use in other places, but that’s about all I could hope to fit in 50x50. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/78 "2020-01-23T05:24:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It would help if you would tell us what the usernames are. 1. One avatar I’ve seen here appears to be a man (face obscured), molesting a marionette. That one was BPC, who was later banned, so I’m guessing we can’t see the avatar anymore. 2) Someone else has a user name that must be something to do with video games, or anime, but when I looked it up, this is all I got…“Yet another French tosser. Thinks he’s funny. Isn’t.” The avatar is an androgynous-looking anime/cartoon cat. I can’t remember the name now, but I’m going to look. Thanks Colibri, and everyone posting, some names and avatars are lost on me, and so many of the avatars are too tiny to see very well. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/79 "2020-01-23T08:06:25Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > It’s an axe. I have plenty of other cool images I use in other places, but that’s about all I could hope to fit in 50x50. I haven’t seen a labrys like that since the '70s. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444/80 "2020-01-23T09:45:12Z")
Howard the Duck in a classic pose I always liked; rushing the viewer, cigar in the corner of his mouth, hand outstretched to grab someone by the throat. In terms of personal art, I like Big Daddy’s “rat stuff” better overall. But whoever did it that one picture of Howard just always reached me — trapped in a world he never made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sdmb-avatars/846444.md?page=5)