# What does the lady in this painting have in her lap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520 "2008-09-07T19:16:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/41 "2008-09-11T14:58:20Z")
That’s not a peach. [_That’s_ a peach.](http://www.agilitynut.com/06/3/gaffney.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/42 "2008-09-12T00:49:53Z")
Stringed instrument, probably a guitar. Never seen one from behind, have you? ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/43 "2008-09-12T09:48:03Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > The most striking thing is that she appears to be sitting on thin air, when there’s a handy chair just a few feet to her left. So that would make the title ; _Levitating lady with the cheese on her knees?_ ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/44 "2008-09-12T13:51:39Z")
It also looks like the chair is hanging on the wall. And I really hope the intended era, was when ladies wore bustles. ---
**Author:** ![Rapier42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rapier42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rapier42)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/45 "2008-09-12T21:17:58Z")
It’s obviously a guitar, I can’t believe nobody mentioned that yet. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/46 "2008-09-12T21:39:46Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > It’s me, and I’m holding one of my corgis. That was before I changed back to my natural hair color. You need to feed that dog less. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/47 "2008-09-12T21:47:29Z")
Is she sat on the arm of a chair while holding a poorly defined pig? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/48 "2008-09-12T22:11:13Z")
It’s her left hand. She is, in reality, _Fiddler Crab Girl_! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/49 "2008-09-16T14:38:37Z")
I’ve made you all part of [my evil hobby](http://www.questionableart.com). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/50 "2008-09-16T14:45:07Z")
I’m surprised no one else has recognized the famous _Woman Holding a Giant Wheel of Edam Cheese and Wishing Her Face Were Better Painted_. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/51 "2008-09-16T15:21:32Z")
This woman has one of those shrinking heads from the train your brain commercials, a ponytail so tight that her eyes are being pulled back into her head, legs that are three times longer than her torso (which helps to accommodate her two sets of knees) and is apparently a munchkin sitting on the chair of a giant. And we’re worried about what she’s holding? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520/52 "2008-09-16T16:47:39Z")
> [@jacquilynne](#): > > This woman has one of those shrinking heads from the train your brain commercials, a ponytail so tight that her eyes are being pulled back into her head, **legs that are three times longer than her torso (which helps to accommodate her two sets of knees)** and is apparently a munchkin sitting on the chair of a giant. And we’re worried about what she’s holding? (bolding mine) Further evidence that she is indeed Fiddler Crab Girl! How much more proof do we need that we’ve discovered her secret identity, people? A video of a woman in red walking sideways? Of course, now that her secret is out, it may compromise her struggle against her arch-enemy, The Trapper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-lady-in-this-painting-have-in-her-lap/462520.md?page=2)