What is the story behind your avatar? - Page 11

JSWolf · 08-12-2011, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimW

Garry Trudeau patterned Duke from Thompson's persona and the likeness was intentional. The name "Duke" was taken from Thompson's alternate identity, Raoul Duke.

The problem I have with your avatar is he's smoking. I find that a very disgusting habit.

JSWolf · 08-12-2011, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wodin

Schrödinger’s Cat, obviously.

Actually, Cheshire cat

AlbertaCowboy · 08-13-2011, 12:03 AM

My avatar is a photo (of me) that a friend of mine won a photography contest with. What, I have to sign a release? That makes me a model? Score!

TimW · 08-13-2011, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem I have with your avatar is he's smoking. I find that a very disgusting habit.

Actually, smoking was one of Hunter's more benign habits. Since I know you dislike my avatar, that gives me another good reason to keep it.

The Terminator · 08-13-2011, 12:16 AM

Mine was mass produced in a factory where machines manufacture machines to wipe out the human race.

Ea · 08-13-2011, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem I have with your avatar is he's smoking. I find that a very disgusting habit.

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Dylrob · 08-13-2011, 12:40 AM

They're my fuzzy bottoms!

Ervserver · 08-13-2011, 12:45 AM

Uploaded it while I was drunk, no idea where it came from

Bikeridr · 08-13-2011, 06:03 AM

My avatar is a self taken picture of "our nearest neighbour". The Andromeda Galaxy some 2,2 million light years away. The Andomeda Galaxy is the most distant astronomical object that can be observed "naked eye".

(It's taken with an ordinary digital camera with a 200mm telephoto lens, piggybacked on an equatorial mount to compensate for Earths rotation. A 4 minutes exposure).

GeneS · 08-13-2011, 07:37 AM

I grew up in the 1950s in the era when TV was first making its inroads to the American home. Probably only 1% of families owned one. I was walking home from school with a friend who asked me if I would like to stop at his house to see their new television set. Having never seen one, I readily agreed.

The program playing on the set at the time was "Howdy Doody." His face (if "face" is the proper term here) was the first TV image I ever saw.

MickeyC · 08-13-2011, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneS

The program playing on the set at the time was "Howdy Doody." His face (if "face" is the proper term here) was the first TV image I ever saw.

Like you, I grew up in the 50's and we got our first TV in 52. My dad bought it from Sears who sent out technicians to hook it up. First image I saw was Kate Smith although Howdy Doody was the next. Needless to say, I quickly fell in love with Princess SummerFallWinterSpring. And tried to model my life after Clarabell.

WT Sharpe · 08-13-2011, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Mine is one I designed myself, for my wife's Goth clothing accessories business. It's a Celtic ankh superimposed over a..., well you can work that one out for yourself...

...toilet seat?

Ryvyan · 08-13-2011, 01:12 PM

I got mine off the interwebs, possibly ONTD@Livejournal or some Tumblr.

It expresses my skepticism of religious texts. No disrespect, just not bothered.

Dodge · 08-13-2011, 06:20 PM

It's my first book, Distortion. Shameless self-promotion. The artwork is also fantastic imo.

orlok · 08-13-2011, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

...toilet seat?

.....

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GeneS eBook Enthusiast Posts: 120 Karma: 726 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-350, Astak PocketPro, iPhone, Asus eee Pad Transformer	I grew up in the 1950s in the era when TV was first making its inroads to the American home. Probably only 1% of families owned one. I was walking home from school with a friend who asked me if I would like to stop at his house to see their new television set. Having never seen one, I readily agreed. The program playing on the set at the time was "Howdy Doody." His face (if "face" is the proper term here) was the first TV image I ever saw.

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