Behind the Awkwardness: The Patriot

November 15th, 2009

My grandfather is the star of many awkward family photos. Here, he poses pantsless, with a pair of kettlebells, artistically composed at his feet to highlight his lack of pants and booty short spandex. The  flag in the background pretty much says it all: this is AMERICA.”

(submitted by Hannah)

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221 Responses to “Behind the Awkwardness: The Patriot”

  1. Jaimee says:

    HAHAHA!!!! I love those relatives that can make basically any picture awkward… I love how Hannah is facing AWAY from her grandfather so she doesn’t have to see his white legs in her peripherals haha!! :) ) very much enjoying this… as I was scrolling down my mouth dropped, my hand covered my mouth and i chuckled a great deal :) )

  2. BigMan says:

    Everybody is forgetting that grandma is in pretty good shape too!!!

  3. Peter says:

    Isn’t that flag back to front?

  4. VZG says:

    Those kettlebells are awfully close to his bare feet. I’d be nervous my toes would get squished.

  5. Dan says:

    Hannah is a hottie!

  6. Becca says:

    Great for our enjoyment, but I totally would have told gramps to put some pant’s, short’s something on before snapping off the photo!

    • furpurr says:

      A personal pet peeve, totally unrelated to the photo, but directly related to your comment. I’ve noticed this trend in America in the past couple of years, & it is only getting WORSE: why, oh WHY do people now think an apostrophe should be placed before EVERY SINGLE “S”?!?!?

  7. Joshua Stringer says:

    It’s me in 40 years

  8. Larry says:

    Song playing right now in grandpa’s iPod, “…every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man…”

  9. Pete says:

    The Dad looks a little like J.K. Simmons lol

  10. Margaret says:

    They look like a really happy AMERICAN (not sure why that was included) family!

    • Cara says:

      You mean the giant flag in the background in front of the door went completely unnoticed by you?

    • wookie says:

      It was included because when people do wacky things we cite “this is America” in other words, we’re FREE- free even to be weird and act like total goobers if we want!

  11. Jack Dubious says:

    I know this sounds creepy….but you should wear heels with that dress. You would look superHAWT! :)

  12. Rebecca says:

    We ladies can appreciate his “kettle balls”, as you put them, but what do you call those things on the ground in front of him?

  13. customcartoons says:

    Yea, you laugh. But you don’t mess with Gramps, either.

  14. Sheyrie says:

    Not bad looking for a grandpa! Laughing is what life is about!

  15. Renee says:

    Warning: do not view this at work! I started crying from laughing so hard and then had to try and help customers with tears running down my face! Wonderful funny family picture! Be thankful that you still have your grandfather around in your life to do hilarious stuff like that – even if he is embarrassing, he’s still with you!

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