The Man In My Sunglasses
“We recently set our little pool up on a really hot day and I thought I’d post a photo on Facebook of myself cooling off. I thought I was the only one in the picture until a couple days later when a friend asked what exactly was being reflected in the right lens of my sunglasses.”
(submitted by Becket)
Frowny The Clown
“Every year my mom’s bowling league celebrates Halloween. If my mom looks a little scary in this it’s because this photo is one of several my dad insisted she pose for before leaving. Mom is not amused. I think she’s had just about enough.”
(submitted by Debra)
Land Of Cowpportunity
“On July 19th, 2000 we emigrated from the Netherlands to live with our family in Michigan to start a new life. In the Netherlands we milked 70 cows, but in Michigan we were living on a farm with 249 cows. More future for the boys that way. This was a nice calm cow.”
(submitted by Maria)
The Fabio Hoax
“Our daughter met Fabio at a Whole Foods when he was promoting his line of protein drinks. She asked for a photo and he was more than happy to oblige. We sent this photo out to friends and family with ‘Our Future Son-in-Law’ in the subject box, and nothing else, because, it’s Fabio. Who doesn’t know who he is? Surprisingly, more people than we thought as we started receiving cautious congratulations…”
(submitted by Karen)
Cracker Jerk
“My father was supposed to take my sister and I to get our pictures made. I am supposed to have on a matching jacket like my sister’s. He left it in the car and rather then admit he flubbed, he just told the photographer to let the picture roll. That is why I have my picture professionally made in a Cracker Jerk Tshirt. That and our mullettude makes this photo very awkward!”
(submitted by Amy)
The Mummy
“This is a photo of my younger sister, (mummified), my older brother, (proud as ever), and me (“I didn’t do it”). My favorite part of this picture is how, even though you can’t see my little sister’s face, you can tell she is smiling in a very “TA-DA!” way, and I can only imagine how proud she was to be our model. I don’t remember when this was taken, but I can look at the craftsmanship in the placement of the streamers, and the excellent color blocking techniques, and I know that’s my fabulous work – my brother must have been the project manager/supervisor. My siblings and I have talked about recreating this picture for our mom now that we are all in our 20’s, but it has been really hard to drum up this collection of oddly specific t-shirts.”
(submitted by Meredith)
Don’t Forget Me
“Our poor Mom was simply trying to get a picture of her two Boy Scouts and I had to stick my big head into the picture at the last second. Ridiculous. The background is kind of ridiculous too now that I’m looking at it as a grown-up. The whole picture makes me say…’WTF?'”
(submitted by Lisa)
Trouble With The Pose
“My mother took this picture and clearly I was going for the ‘hand on the hip’ pose’, but missed my mark. I don’t know why Mom didn’t point out that it looks like I’m punching myself. (And this picture was framed at my grandparent’s house.)”
(submitted by Amber)
Scary Christmas
“I’ve had this photo in a keepsake box for years. Two years ago I posted it on Facebook for Mother’s Day with a nice caption about my Mom. I didn’t notice the ‘serial killer’ in the background until Facebook prompted me to tag him…”
(submitted by Amanda)
Realization
“Caught on film: the exact moment my husband and I both realized what we had just done.”
(submitted by Julia)
