# What IS this image?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-image/327889>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 25, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-image/327889 "2005-10-25T21:32:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![RMuldrake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@RMuldrake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMuldrake)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-image/327889/1 "2005-10-25T21:32:41Z")

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I’ve seen this photo a couple of places, but I have no idea what it is of. It depicts a man tied to a railing outside with a huge robotic arm shoved into his mouth! I don’t know if it’s real, some kind of joke, or what.

It should be on the front page here: [http://www.captionmachine.com/](http://www.captionmachine.com/)

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-image/327889/2 "2005-10-25T21:38:06Z")

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[Deadly Mouth Bomber](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171375,00.html)!

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**Author:** ![RMuldrake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@RMuldrake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RMuldrake)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-image/327889/3 "2005-10-25T21:48:07Z")

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Oooohh. So _that’s_ the explaination. Thank you!