School Photos
Bat In The Cave
“From the photographer to the teachers in the school, how did nobody notice the huge bat in the cave?”
(submitted by Brian)
I’m With The Band
“Circa 1984. Dad felt my school band photo failed to capture the spirit of my role in the North Stafford High School marching band, so he decided to stage a photo of me in my uniform…in the woods…in a chair that just happened to be there…without my sax. I think I look like the young regent of Sherwood Forest, perhaps its constable, given the bobby hat. In the truest sense of the term, this is an awkward family photo.”
(submitted by Chris)
The Drowsy Kindergartener
“These are my son’s original kindergarten photo and the retake. Somehow the retake was worse.”
(submitted by Katherine)
OG Napoleon Dynamite
“My senior yearbook photo, shot in the summer of 1977. My mother handed me her charge card (with a note allowing me to use it) and dared to let me go alone to pick-out my photo attire. She was horrified when I brought home a green leisure suit, sans tie. She marched me back to Montgomery Ward and returned it, and purchased this proper three-piece corduroy suit, in rust, complete with a clip-on tie and matching suede shoes. Not only was I Napoleon Dynamite before he was even born, when I looked at the yearbook photos the next year, most of the boys wearing leisure suits didn’t graduate. Thanks Mom!”
(submitted by Gabriel)
My Many Fashion Mistakes
“This was me in 8th grade, in ’92 or ’93. I don’t know what is worse: the perm, the ribbon, the tucked-in shirt that no sensible middle schooler would ever wear, the black shoes with white socks, the way-too-obvious black watch, the ’97 for my graduating year or the fact that I was trying to look cool. Epic fail!”
(submitted by Dola)
My Son’s Inheritance
“The photo on the left is my son’s first grade photo. We DID do a retake, but the photographer was so tickled by the photo that he allowed us to keep the original! The photo on the right is his Dad and my husband, Doug. Looks like great first grade pictures are biological!”
(submitted by Cristy)
It’s A Mauve Mauve World
“My mom saved this for some reason. I don’t know whether to be mortified by it or love it.”
(submitted by Tim)
