# What's funny about this picture, if anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069 "2005-12-04T19:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 27, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/21 "2005-12-27T14:04:16Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Surfing through the site I came across a few that weren’t funny. I did see this one though that made me fall in love. > > [http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~shane/stasj/pics/humor/div/424.html](http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~shane/stasj/pics/humor/div/424.html) That could almost be the living room of the Casa Di’Chi. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/22 "2005-12-27T20:09:20Z")
Look down at the bottom, along the beach. The dog appears to be barking at some type of amphibious creature crawling out of the surf. Or maybe it’s just Babs taking a swim; hard to tell them apart… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/23 "2005-12-27T20:28:48Z")
The joke is that the guy living in the mansion on the left doesn’t realize that his wife is having an affair with the poolboy at the mansion in the middle, while at the same time his _wife_ doesn’t realize that he is _also_ having an affair with said poolboy… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/24 "2005-12-27T20:36:22Z")
Being unfamiliar with the geology of that coastline, it looks to me as if the side of that cliff is dropping off in good-sized chunks all along the beach. One of those structures also appears to be one good heavy rain from pitching over the edge, too. In our part of the world there are frequent signs proclaiming “Watch for Falling Rock.” Looks like a few of them might be good adornment on that beach. Can anybody figure what that area with the red tape is all about? Is that a circus going up? New construction? A crime scene? I think that drain pipe may be part of some hidden message, too, **pravnik**. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/25 "2005-12-27T21:52:04Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > [Now that is a dog.](http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~shane/stasj/pics/humor/div/450.html) Actually I believe that’s a [hyena](http://www.showstudio.com/projects/hyena/start.html) and a badass. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/26 "2005-12-27T22:01:38Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Actually I believe that’s a [hyena](http://www.showstudio.com/projects/hyena/start.html) and a badass. “did you just laugh at my dog?” ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/27 "2005-12-27T23:23:13Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > No, but this is: > > [http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~shane/stasj/pics/humor/div/427.html](http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~shane/stasj/pics/humor/div/427.html) I found it hilarious as well. Unfortunately my sister did not. Be sure to check the recipients irony meter before sending links.You think they would be used to my sense of humor by now. I mean, they saw me spend how many hours watching Monty Python and Blackadder growing up … if you don’t it like, fine, but, jeesh, don’t tear my head off. Eh. C’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/28 "2005-12-27T23:30:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Being unfamiliar with the geology of that coastline, it looks to me as if the side of that cliff is dropping off in good-sized chunks all along the beach. One of those structures also appears to be one good heavy rain from pitching over the edge, too. Being from there, I didn’t find anything funny about the photo. People build their houses there, and every year houses fall into the ocean. It’s just normal, not amusing. (Except it’s a little amusing that people re-build their houses in the same place so that they can be washed into the ocean again.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/29 "2005-12-27T23:37:01Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I know the joke is supposed to be that it’s Streisand’s house, but if that’s not a vagina, my name ain’t Sigmund Freud. Sometimes a bush is just a bush. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/30 "2005-12-27T23:40:05Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Being from there, I didn’t find anything funny about the photo. People build their houses there, and every year houses fall into the ocean. It’s just normal, not amusing. (Except it’s a little amusing that people re-build their houses in the same place so that they can be washed into the ocean again.) Thanks for clarifying. Another thing in that picture that’s in so many neighborhoods that border the sea is how almost every house has a pool. I have never quite understood why one would want waterfront property and still prefer the ordeal of a pool. A shower near the beach would get the salt and sand off okay and you wouldn’t have to deal with chlorine, scooping leaves, tarps for cover and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/31 "2005-12-27T23:43:50Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Thanks for clarifying. Another thing in that picture that’s in so many neighborhoods that border the sea is how almost every house has a pool. I have never quite understood why one would want waterfront property and still prefer the ordeal of a pool. A shower near the beach would get the salt and sand off okay and you wouldn’t have to deal with chlorine, scooping leaves, tarps for cover and all that. A friend of mine went to Hawaii last year. He was amazed at the people who paid big bucks for a beachfront hotel, and then spent their time in the hotel’s swimming pool with the beach and the ocean only steps away. As for the people who own the houses in the photo: I think they might have the same attitude as the people in Hawaii who used the pool instead of the beach. But to give them the benefit of the doubt, it’s a long way down from their back yards to the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/32 "2005-12-27T23:51:52Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > A friend of mine went to Hawaii last year. He was amazed at the people who paid big bucks for a beachfront hotel, and then spent their time in the hotel’s swimming pool with the beach and the ocean only steps away. > > As for the people who own the houses in the photo: I think they might have the same attitude as the people in Hawaii who used the pool instead of the beach. But to give them the benefit of the doubt, it’s a long way down from their back yards to the beach. Worthy retort! I certainly wouldn’t be wanting to have to rappel down for a little dip and then have to climb back up with pitons and such. I can picture Babs doing that and _that_ **IS** funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/33 "2005-12-28T02:32:40Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Actually I believe that’s a [hyena](http://www.showstudio.com/projects/hyena/start.html) and a badass. REALLY! (blinks twice) ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/34 "2005-12-28T05:49:51Z")
There are two surfers in the water and not a wave in sight for them to ride in. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/35 "2005-12-28T06:07:48Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > As for the people who own the houses in the photo: I think they might have the same attitude as the people in Hawaii who used the pool instead of the beach. But to give them the benefit of the doubt, it’s a long way down from their back yards to the beach. But have you any idea how awesome an [infinity pool](http://phoenix.about.com/library/blpooltypes11.htm) would look on that cliff? ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/36 "2005-12-28T10:05:11Z")
> [@](#): > > **Zebra** > REALLY! (blinks twice) Indeed. And apparently they love lunching on zebras. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/37 "2005-12-28T10:07:50Z")
> [@DoperChic](#): > > There are two surfers in the water and not a wave in sight for them to ride in. Those are kayaks. They work fine without waves. 🙂 I’ll stick with the Streisand theory for this one. There’s nothing inherently funny in the picture itself. A vagina? When’s the last time you saw one up close? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069/38 "2006-01-05T17:03:01Z")
I just saw this, so forgive me for posting to a week old thread. But it looks like there’s a dirt road going through the middle of the area. (upper third of the photo, most of the way across) Upper class area with a dirt road strikes me as funny. Of course, I may just be seeing things that aren’t there. Russell, who will actually be joining the boards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-funny-about-this-picture-if-anything/334069.md?page=1)