# What if someone offered you a picture of yourself in 20 years? Would you take it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182 "2003-11-19T21:08:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/41 "2003-11-20T14:53:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*In _English_! We use _English_ here! Not @#$^ing Leetspeak! \*\* They _are_ speaking English. British English, that is. 1 stone (st)=14 lbs, so 7st 3 = 101 lbs and 9st = 126 lbs. As an American, I wish we used stone over here–it sounds cooler to tell people, for example, that I weigh 8st 10 rather than 122 lbs. Of course I might be getting wooshed and you understand all of this. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/42 "2003-11-20T15:00:55Z")
Thank you Angel Heart. I couldn’t be bothered to explain. And if we are getting whooshed, then can I just say, as a Brit Doper: It’s our language, we invented it, we’ll use it how we want. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/43 "2003-11-20T15:02:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*In _English_! We use _English_ here! Not @#$^ing Leetspeak! \*\* It wasn’t leet speak. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/44 "2003-11-20T15:05:47Z")
Someone beat me to it. Oh well! That what happens when my post takes so long to go up! ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/45 "2003-11-20T15:28:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*I like your answer **Fairychatmom** - very nice. My wife and I do not have children, but when we do we are not going to find out the sex…it’ll be the biggest surprise of our life! \*\* But finding out… whenever that happens is still the biggest thrill! I’m very thankful we found out with both kids. Knowing we were having a girl and then a boy helped me during the pregnancy to think of them more concretely as a she or he instead of it or peanut or munchkin… Also, Grandma didn’t live to see her great grandson but she knew he was coming and we had some wonderful chats about the impending little boy and she was so happy and proud to know her grandson was having a son of his own. The perfect compliment to his beautiful daughter. (Great Grandmas are never impartial) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/46 "2003-11-20T15:33:18Z")
I don’t even want to look at a picture of myself NOW, much less 20 years from now. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/47 "2003-11-20T15:35:32Z")
Nope. I need these things to creep up on me s l o w l y so I don’t freak out :eek: :eek: :eek: . One wrinkle at a time, fuckyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/48 "2003-11-20T16:02:32Z")
If the picture reflects my situation (family etc) in twenty years, then probably not. If it’s just a picture of me and only me, then yeah I’d take up the offer, it’ll be good for a laugh 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/49 "2003-11-20T16:16:00Z")
Aw hell NO I wouldn’t look - I don’t like looking at pictures of myself NOW! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/50 "2003-11-20T16:38:40Z")
Pretty diverse crowd huh…I guess thats why we love it here! ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/51 "2003-11-20T16:42:58Z")
I would totally look. If my future self knew when the picture was going to be taken I would find a way to give myself lottery numbers or some such along the way too. For example, I would wear a jacket like [Matthew Lesko](http://www.mlesko.com/g2/store.htm) but have the numbers all over it with the powerball circled. However, if I didn’t know when the picture was going to be shown to myself I would simply look normal. It would be interesting to see what has changed and what has stayed the same. I would look in 50-100 years too. I wouldn’t mind looking at the ashes if it came down to it. I figure when I get to be around 70 I will still have the same or similarly colored hair seeing as my father who is 68 still has his natural color without even a hint of salt. Same goes for my mother but she is 57. Only one of my grandparent’s hair turned gray in old age, but not until my grandfather turned 85. Then it was a sudden turning. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/52 "2003-11-20T17:20:02Z")
I wouldn’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/53 "2003-11-20T18:19:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AngelicGemma \* > \*\*It wasn’t leet speak. \*\* Oh. :smack: Sorry…what _was_ it? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/54 "2003-11-20T18:23:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*Oh. :smack: > > Sorry…what _was_ it? 😕 \*\* British-English. (See **Angel Heart** ’s post.) ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/55 "2003-11-20T18:53:20Z")
British-English - thats almost as good as: “What language do you speak?” “…uhh…errr…I SPEAK AMERICAN!” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/56 "2003-11-20T19:00:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*British-English - thats almost as good as: > > “What language do you speak?” > > “…uhh…errr…I SPEAK AMERICAN!” :smack: \*\* lol. I used it to imply that it was English used in Britain, rather then America. As I was refering to the weight given by a British doper who gave her weight in stones, which Anericans do not do. 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/57 "2003-11-20T19:26:47Z")
I was just making fun of us Americans. Sometimes some of us make it so easy to do that…;)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/58 "2003-11-20T19:33:15Z")
opps. \*Americans ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/59 "2003-11-20T19:34:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*I was just making fun of us Americans. Sometimes some of us make it so easy to do that…;)🙂 \*\* ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-someone-offered-you-a-picture-of-yourself-in-20-years-would-you-take-it/214182/60 "2003-11-20T19:36:50Z")
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