# Your worst childhood photo. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706 "2005-03-03T04:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/21 "2005-03-03T14:23:17Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > Have you considered quite how much like Little Jimmy Osmond you look in that pic? šŸ˜ƒ Ugggh! _bluggggghhh!_ Ahhhh, I do! Thatā€™sā€¦horrible!! **pinkfreud** , thatā€™s a darling picture. I donā€™t think you look any different from any other photos Iā€™ve seen of girls in that era. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/22 "2005-03-03T14:25:17Z")
> [@ggurl](#): > > Awwwwww, **Amazon** , you were _cute_!! If you look even cuter now, that doesnā€™t make you ugly back then. šŸ™‚ Thanks, but tell that to the boys in my class back then! They sure didnā€™t think I was cute, and they let me know it, many times. Little beasts. At least I know how to dress now, anyway. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/23 "2005-03-03T14:39:52Z")
Iā€™m not too proud of the one Mom took the day I found the brown clay/fingerpaint/foodstuff in my diaper. But at least I was a baby then! In my 9th grade school yearbook picture, I was wearing a turquoise and red striped polo shirt (ugh!), had a very short self-inflicted haircut, and was wearing earrings which closely resembled bloated turquoise-colored plastic ticks hanging from my ears. After that year, I moved away, then came back as a senior (much improved). Imagine my horror when my new friends got out their old yearbooks and realized who I was! ---
**Author:** ![dearissues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dearissues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dearissues)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/24 "2005-03-03T14:49:51Z")
Not my [worst](http://www.geocities.com/april_diane/dancing.jpg) , but definitely a bad one. Taken at the happiest moment of my highschool life - I was finally dancing with my crush, and I looked like crap (Iā€™m the girl). ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/25 "2005-03-03T16:01:44Z")
My ninth grade picture in 1988. I have crimped hair, a red cable-knit crew-neck sweater, and braces ONLY on my top teeth. Man, what a sex kitten I was. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/26 "2005-03-03T16:08:33Z")
Heh. Yā€™all shole was ugly. I donā€™t know exactly why I 'm doing this, but [here you go](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/neeeeeerds.jpg). I was in the 8th grade and just received a science award. I had it all. Ugly sweater with sleeves that are too short? Check. Highwater pants? Check. Ugly tennis shoes with extra long laces? Check. Why was I even WEARING high top tennis shoes w/ that outfit? Oversized glasses? Check. But look how proud my mom was of me! šŸ˜ƒ Ah good times, good times. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/27 "2005-03-03T16:41:31Z")
> [@DorjƤn](#): > > Heh. Yā€™all shole was ugly. I donā€™t know exactly why I 'm doing this, but [here you go](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/neeeeeerds.jpg). > > I was in the 8th grade and just received a science award. I had it all. Ugly sweater with sleeves that are too short? Check. Highwater pants? Check. Ugly tennis shoes with extra long laces? Check. Why was I even WEARING high top tennis shoes w/ that outfit? Oversized glasses? Check. > > But look how proud my mom was of me! šŸ˜ƒ > > Ah good times, good times. Jeez, **Dorjan** , did our moms shop at the same sweater store? That sweaterā€¦looks like it was made out of a Persian rug. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever seen a pattern like that on a sweater. Sorry dude. But that _PATTERN_ā€¦ (you were cute, though. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/28 "2005-03-03T16:43:26Z")
Actually, I think **I** picked out that sweater. I blame it on the 80ā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/29 "2005-03-03T17:24:22Z")
> [@DorjƤn](#): > > Actually, I think **I** picked out that sweater. > > I blame it on the 80ā€™s. The 80ā€™s werenā€™t as cruel as the 70ā€™s for clothes, but there was still a lot of stuff that _hurt_. I remember wearing stirrup pants. With velcro sneakers. That was pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/30 "2005-03-03T17:37:35Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > [This](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/Science_Fair_1962.jpg) is my least favorite photo of my youth. I hate the cat-eye glasses. I hate the attempted bouffant hairdo. I hate the memory of having been a pathetic nerdette who didnā€™t get asked on a date until college. I too, find this photo of you oddly compelling. You are just really attractive in this picture. My worst picture, well it would take a huge team of photo experts to sort through them all to choose only one, but the first photo ever taken of me is really bad. Iā€™m lying in the little crib, with the little sign saying Baby Boy Zebra ect. Iā€™m crying. Oh and it looks like I have a ā€˜loadedā€™ diaper and yes the leg has gapped open and is showing it. Trust me, they went downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/31 "2005-03-03T17:43:38Z")
Itā€™s funny, I think everybody whoā€™s posted a picture was really cute (if sartorally challenged). I especially like the cats eye glasses. If you guys are lucky Iā€™ll find a school picture or two when I get home. 80ā€™s perm, Coke bottle glasses, creative orthodontistry, and truly tragic fashion sense. The thing is, it wasnā€™t fashionable then either - I also didnā€™t get any dates until college. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/32 "2005-03-03T17:50:20Z")
[This](http://www.thesextonco.com/images/photos/UH/UH-KodakStereoStrobe-1.jpg) picture isnā€™t really that bad, except for some truly hideous pants. Hey, it was 1979. There are worse pictures, of course, but I donā€™t seem to have any of them on the computer. I canā€™t imagine why. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/33 "2005-03-03T18:35:39Z")
Hey, **JSexton** , you look just like my son at that age. If you were my son, though, that camera would be in numerous pieces. And not the pieces it is supposed to be in, either. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/34 "2005-03-03T18:46:36Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Hey, **JSexton** , you look just like my son at that age. If you were my son, though, that camera would be in numerous pieces. And not the pieces it is supposed to be in, either. Heh. If it were MY camera, it probably would be thoroughly disassembled. That one didnā€™t belong to us, though. My father makes underwater housings for cameras. This shot is from his website. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/35 "2005-03-03T18:48:07Z")
[I was not entirely pleased.](http://www.angelfire.com/va2/iampunha1/5thgrade.jpg) Not the worst, but I do not exactly have boxes of old photos around. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/36 "2005-03-03T19:03:40Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > [I was not entirely pleased.](http://www.angelfire.com/va2/iampunha1/5thgrade.jpg) > > Not the worst, but I do not exactly have boxes of old photos around. Angelfireā€™s blocking, so youā€™ll have to cut and paste: [http://www.angelfire.com/va2/iampunha1/5thgrade.jpg](http://www.angelfire.com/va2/iampunha1/5thgrade.jpg) I think we would have been friends in grade school. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/37 "2005-03-03T19:58:34Z")
Pffft. [Amateurs](http://img156.exs.cx/img156/4192/dorkpower4bh.jpg). Itā€™s a cellphone picture of a wallet-sized photograph, but it gets the point across. Beige sweater lovingly knitted by Grandma? Check. Half-inch-thick glasses with horn-rim frames? Check. Green-and-white pinstriped shirt with collar sticking out of sweater? Check. Hair longer than shoulder-length? Hard to tell in this pic, butā€¦check. And this was 1992. Yeah. I rule. You know it. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/38 "2005-03-03T20:07:43Z")
I should try to find the family portrait we had made when I was about 15. My mom didnā€™t tell me we were going until about 15-20 minutes before, and wouldnā€™t let me have time to shower and wash my hair. Soā€¦oily hair pulled back off my very high forehead with combs? Check. Braces shining? Check. Overly severe navy dress? Check. Yech. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/39 "2005-03-03T20:14:32Z")
Bah, you people are a bunch of amateurs (and quite attractive too!). I didnā€™t see much wrong with any of your outfits. ( **DorjƤn,** you were obviously in the middle of a growth spurt and your proud mom obviously hadnā€™t had time to go shopping for you because she was too busy raising [and feeding!] a smart kid. But I digress.) Anyway, you people made me haul out my scanner and finally sign up for a Photobucket account just to win this little contest. I actually have two entries because Mr. S and I disagreed on which one was the ā€œbest worst.ā€ Submitted for your disapproval: [5th grade](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/scarlett67/5thGrade.jpg) (my nomination) Too-small glasses, perching on the end of the nose? Check. Shapeless hair with too-long bangs split stupidly down the middle? Check. Flap from overalls dress (yes, it was a dress) flapping in the breeze? Check. [8th grade](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/scarlett67/8thGrade.jpg) (his nomination) Corny 80ā€™s perm? Check. Huge plastic 80ā€™s Coke-bottle glasses? Check. Zits oā€™plenty? Check. Picket-fence teeth one year before the application of orthodontia? Check. Dorky sweater/shirt combo (yes, thatā€™s a fake shirt) with gold threads? Check. Cheap necklace clasp sticking out? Check. Neither of those is a genuine smile, just a grimace for the photographer. School didnā€™t give me much reason to smile. Also, consider that these are the _best_ representations of me on film and you can appreciate just how dorky I really was. By the way, last year Mr. S worked in an elementary school and a girl there looked exactly like me in the 5th grade picture. He says he was extra nice to her. I thanked him on behalf of dorky girls everywhere. We appreciate every bit of positive attention we can get! (Thank Og I look very little like either of these pictures now. Maturity works wonders.) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706/40 "2005-03-03T20:19:06Z")
I almost forgot, there is also the time when I was 14 and decided that Iā€™d treat my poker-straight, shoulder-length hair to a spiral perm. By this age I was also wearing glasses. I am not kidding when I say that perm and those glasses made me look just like Weird Al Yankovic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-childhood-photo/292706.md?page=3)