Blue Ribbon Baby
“I was a newborn when my Mother and Father took me to the photo studio at the department store to have my first ‘professional’ photos taken for family. My Dad thought it would be funny to put me holding a beer. The real question is why did he have a Pabst Blue Ribbon at the department store?”
(submitted by Jeremy)
String Theory
“I confess I’m the father in this picture. I was understandably reluctant to have my picture taken, but I must have relented on a particularly unfortunate day. The pornstache, the pudge, the restrained toddler and squashed-face baby, and the violin that nobody played….all a perfect family tableau. I do not miss the 90s.”
(submitted by Mark)
Tree-creation
“The first picture was taken in 2000, and the recent one was taken in 2015. This tree was in our grandfather’s front yard, and every kid to grow up in the family played in this tree. Our Father captured the cute photo of us as children and it kind of became “The picture” that everyone hung in their houses. After 15 years we decided to recreate ‘the picture’ and it was hilarious.”
(submitted by Alexandra)
The Pre-Photoshop Days
“This pic of me and my Dad was on his desk at work for over 25 years. Wasn’t until he retired that I noticed this…”
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My New Bestie
“A friend brought his pet raccoon ‘Stevie’ down to our shore house one Labor Day weekend. I was exhausted from partying pretty heavily and laid down on our front lawn. And Stevie felt pretty comfortable with me…and I him.”
(submitted by Jeff)
Third Wheel Life
“This is my sister (looking at the camera) and my husband and me. We were testing out the timer on our camera and didn’t intend to get any kind of keep-able photo out of it, but after seeing the look on her face, we thought it was well worth keeping!”
(submitted by Kali)
Sweater Inception
“It was picture day and I wanted to wear my favorite sweater and my favorite pants. Nine-year-old me didn’t give a heck if they matched or not. Surely one of the miniature sweaters ON my sweater matched my pants. Also, I had this problem of just smiling as big as I could in pictures no matter what.”
(submitted by Valerie)
Grin Trouble
“Before taking my kindergarten school picture, my mom was adamant that I “show my teeth” when I smiled. This was the result.”
(submitted by Sarah)
Target Practice
“This is a picture of my father and I when I was 6 months old. Oh clueless first time dad!”
(submitted by Autumn)
Family Appreciation Day
“Pictured here: my sweet, loving grandmother, my sister, her husband and their cute baby boy. The nursing home set up a photo studio and invited the families of residents to come in for a FREE family portrait for their annual ‘Family Appreciation Day.” This is the photo we got! It’s inexplicable that the photographer let this one slide, but now we have this delightfully tragic image to feel weird about for years to come. Thanks?”
(submitted by Fran)
