Behind The Awkwardness: Backstabber
June 13th, 2011
“I was home for the Holiday’s after I joined the Navy and completed boot camp. My father thought we should have a family portrait. My brother picked up a knife and held it over my unsuspecting father’s head.”
(submitted by Mark)
Mark, you were very, VERY dapper young man ;]
She seems to be controlling it by touch. I must take them out. Wait! No! I was’nt ready!Damn.
Why did you put an apostrophe in “Holidays” and why did you capitalize it?
Way to ruin the picture.
Dad would make an excellent Bond villain. Just look at that expression!
I actually like Mom’s outfit & shoes. She’s a perfect example of thefashions of that time.
Agreed. And the daughter’s is pretty sweet for the time too. (I would def. have worn it.) BUT. The guys are all bundled up. The girls are all sleeveless. What season is it? Somebody’s gonna be really hot or somebody’s gonna be really cold. (And I kinda wonder if Dad is allergic to the dog and about to sneeze.)
spec-fecking-tacular.
ha ha! My husband used to do this to his grandma in their family photos. She was in her late 90s and clueless about it.
Dexter, is that you in your formative years?
This looks like a “Clue” photo-op. O.o
Complete with Miss Scarlet, Mrs. White and the guy who is about to become Mr. Body.
LOL!
is that the conservatory or the cellar???
Is Dad wearing a turtle neck? How come I see cufflinks?
It looks like a “dress as your favorite tv character” pic. Trixie from Speed Racer, Dr. Spock from Star Trek, Popeye, Richie Rich, and Little Orphan Annie. And of course, one of the 101 Dalmations is on hand for the pic.
Good one!
The stabbing is clearly revenge for last year’s Christmas present: that sweater.
“The sun will come out tomorrow,
betcha bottom dollar, tomorrow,
Come what mayyyyyy!
Tomorrow, tomorrow,
It’s only a dayyyyy awayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!”
Yeah!
I’m guessing SOMEONE didn’t like the sweater Dad knitted for him……
I meant…he’s been listening to the O’Jays too much. They had a hit in the late 60s with “Backstabber.”
they smile in yo face, all the time they wanna take yo place, the backstabbers
This guy has been listing to The O’Jays too much!
Thank goodness he lost the knife before we got married!
Col. Mustard in the Library with the knife.
Win!!!!!
I wish you would post the year on these photos, if possible.
It’s actually become a game I play on this site — guessing the year of the photo. It would be interesting if the year was posted in a way that required revealing, so you could guess first.
This photo? Probably 1968 or ’69. You never can entirely be sure. Some people have style hangovers so that things look more dated than they may precisely be. But the clothes fashions, glasses frames, sweater, hair styles and color quality has me thinking that this is the late sixties.
I’m thinking 1973, the color of the young man’s sweater was popular in the early to mid-70s. In 1968/69 big hair helmet hair was still the rage, and the woman in the photo has a more natural do; that and the style of her dress says 1973-74, I had the same outfit, but mine was red, white, and blue.
Gotta love your brother’s sense of humour
For some reason he reminds me of Virgil from Thunderbirds.
Save the dog!
The only thing missing in this picture is Scooby Doo!
The holiday’s what?
Haha, glad I’m not the only one.
Me too!
Possession. People have no idea where to put apostrophes. It’s a funny photo though, and that’s what counts.
…and the punctuation police show up yet again!
The first scooby doo decided he didn’t like the first shaggy!
No one can leave tonight,because one of us in this very room….is the killer. Now to piece together the clues…oh,right,the knife. OK,then, well,me thinks we have a suspect.
Is that the Royal Tanenbaums?
Totally… the outfits, the expressions, the way the dad is sitting and holding the dog, the knife! So strange and hilarious.
That was my first thought!
The guy with the knife looks a lot like James Marsden!
so THIS is Velma’s family!
The dad definitely needs a pipe to complement his pose.
Mr. Green. In the Conservatory. With the knife.
LOL
Win!
I now have an insatiable urge to play Clue.
Ha! I thought I was the only one!
Is Mack The Knife-boy there wearing a sash? Or is that just a really funky turtleneck?
Hey Rick – the color of my dress and socks was orange – not red!
And it’s not creepy.
I was betting this was a cast photo for a production of ‘Annie’.
Velma? Is that you?
LOL!
I think the dog gets your share of the inheritance now.
this is very disturbing!
Love the look on “Father’s” face. Ummmyyeess!
It looks like Dad has seen the knife. So has the dog, he’s outta there!
Muwahaha! I don’t know what is more sinister…your brother with a knife or what appears to be a dog’s head in the basket on the floor by your mother’s feet.
Thanks for the laugh!
Yeah, that DOES look like a dog head… but on examination, I see it’s just firewood… but a weird optical illusion!
Mark, thank you for your service to our country.
Oh, the picture? Yeah that’s pretty awkward.
Amen!
The dog is so cute!
Love!
Harold and Maude vibe, anyone?
You could remove everything except the dad, the dog and the girl in the creepy red dress with matching red socks and this would still be a great photo.
Forget the knife…guy in the Navy uniform is a cutie.
This looks like a cast photo from a murder mystery dinner theater.