Post a pic of you with something cool in the background...

[pointblank]

preferrably, but not necessarily, while half-crocked.



Here is me doublefisting 5 dollar beers in Chicago this past summer on the Navy Pier.


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[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. goat in background

[pointblank]

2. RAD!!!

Goats are cool.

Ever read the book "My Pet Goat?"....good reading I tell ya!

[democracyindanger]

3. Are you a giant?

'Cause those are awfully small beers for five bucks.

[pointblank]

6. Ever drank beer at Navy Pier?...it aint cheap

OK maybe four bucks a beer, I really dont remember the exact price, but I always tip a dollar a beer....so around five bucks.

I have ex-bartender-waiter guilt I guess...I overtip like crazy.

[BikeWriter]

4. Me, a friend, and a couple of favorite horses.

[pointblank]

15. Where's Dubya??

Oh wait, he's skeered of horses.

:rofl:

[BikeWriter]

45. Yep, he is neither a Texan, nor a cowboy.

[petronius]

90. Horses are cool, but the thread instructions explicitly stated

something cool in the background. I'm afraid you can't receive credit for this submission...

[x-g.o.p.er]

5. Me and a .50 cal

[pointblank]

8. That

is a cool pic.

Everyone should have a 50 cal of their own I say...builds character.

[x-g.o.p.er]

69. Thanks!

I thought so...

[GOPisEvil]

7. Me with Lake Union in the background.

I bet it's cool and refreshing.

[pointblank]

9. I take it

Lake Union is in Texas by your sig....Where exactly though? I am going there for the first time this summer and that does look mighty cool AND refreshing!!

[GOPisEvil]

11. Lake Union is in Seattle.

I was visiting and staying on a friend's houseboat.

Texas does have plenty of lakes though.

[Texasgal]

12. Awwww!!!

Your so cute David!!!

[djeseru]

24. ...

*swoon*




:P

[GOPisEvil]

29. ...

*laughs like a 12 year old*


:P

[Kerrytravelers]

10. Here I am many moons ago...

Disneyland, 1981, in the background with my mom and her wonderful parents.

[qnr]

37. Yes, that stroller in the background is simply fascinating :)

Just kidding - nice - I never made it to any of the Disney-thingies. :hi:

[RandomKoolzip]

13. Me with a Neiman-Marcus card in the background.

The first person who manages to decipher the number on it gets to use it.

[pointblank]

14. Uhhhhh

looks like you blacked out the last 8 numbers...cause my supersomputer managed to decipher the first 8

































;-)

[RandomKoolzip]

20. I'll give you a hint:

The last eight numbers are divisible by 1.

[pointblank]

22. OK

I'll work on it and get back to ya

:hurts:

[GirlinContempt]

16. Are you drunk?

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Right now? No.

In that pic? DRUNK WITH POWER THAT COMES FROM HAVING A STOLEN NEIMAN-MARCUS CARD!

[GirlinContempt]

35. You look drunk

it's a good pic

[RandomKoolzip]

42. I'd been completely sober for almost three years when that pic

was taken.

People often think I'm fucked up on something even when I'm at my most lucid. You're not the first to remark on this. :shrug:

[GirlinContempt]

47. I think it's just that you're too cool to be sXe

So people overcompensate by assuming you have a closet drinking problem.

[RandomKoolzip]

48. That's the oddest, most tortured way of saying "You look unkempt,

even in a tux" I've ever heard.

[GirlinContempt]

53. HAHA no you look stunning

Stellar. Lush. I'd totally hit it.



















:P

[RandomKoolzip]

60. "Hit...'it?'"

You mean Neiman-Marcus, right? Please say you meant Neiman-Marcus.

[GirlinContempt]

73. If by Neiman Marcus you mean this:

YES

[ghostsofgiants]

99. I'm not sure, but I think I should somehow take offence to that.

[GirlinContempt]

119. Don't worry

I think you're high all the time

[ghostsofgiants]

125. Most people do.

[BikeWriter]

49. I partied with one of the Marcus heiresses in Colorado...

She was a hoot!

[RandomKoolzip]

51. Really? Tell her I said "Thanks for the dough, dollface."

Uh...if you see her again. that is.

[stlsaxman]

17. Me with some road in the background....

[pointblank]

32. Is that Boise Idaho?

I knew a girl named Abbey there once. She was sweet!

[stlsaxman]

39. It sure is! They named that street after her...

Abbey Street! Here I am waiting for her to come out 'n' play... (or was that Prudence...?)

[petronius]

94. There are some seriously intoxicated street-line painters

in that town... I can clench a paintbrush between my buttcheeks and draw a straighter line than those!

(Okay, I don't know that I can, but I think so...)

[stlsaxman]

118. Yeah those crazy Brits- started doing that at all intersections and

crossings to show approaching traffic. Makes sense but it ruined the picture for all of us "purists"

[Shine]

19. My daughter and I in Big Sur, last summer:

:hi: pointblank! I like your pix, too. I love the Chicago area.

[qnr]

38. Which one is which?

:hi:

[Shine]

46. yuk, yuk....

xo,
:pals:

[pointblank]

44. Thanks!

Nice pic there.

The bridge in the background really puts the size of that mountain into perspective!


:hi:

[jane_pippin]

74. That's a beautiful photo, Shine!

Lovely ladies, lovely setting--it has it all. :hi:

[Shine]

77. Thanks, jane!

:hi:

[djeseru]

21. Do meteor craters count?

That same week as the perfect synchronicity day...

[Shine]

25. I meant to comment on that shot earlier, djeseru. It's very cool.

You're looking oh-so-glamorous and windblown!
:hi:

[djeseru]

33. Thank you Shine!

The winds were why we couldn't hike around the rim that day! :-( Hopefully, the third time will be the charm - I want to hike that someday.

:hi:

[Shine]

50. where, exactly, was that? good luck on your third try!

I'd love to do the hike to the top of Half Dome one of these days....You can do it all in a day. 17 miles roundtrip, 5,000 elevation gain...it's very challenging, but do-able. I'd actually trained for it a couple summers ago with the hubby, then it just so happened there was a fire the very week we were visiting, so that blew our plans. Bummer. Haven't done it yet....

like you said, "someday"...hopefully.

[djeseru]

61. It's just east of Flagstaff, AZ.

I'm not certain of what they call it these days! I just remember it being outside of Winslow.

Half Dome would be a huge challenge, but I can't imagine the disappointment after training for it, then having a fire come along with a monkey wrench.

*sigh* Yep, someday! :pals:

[EstimatedProphet]

70. Barringer Meteor Crater

[Xithras]

145. You trained for Half Dome?

I've been up there several times, and it's not a particularly arduous hike. The 5000 foot elevation gain sounds challenging, but most of the ascent is very gradual and most of the steeper sections have long since been carved into steps or stepped terraces. The only real tough part is the last climb up the cables, and while it's steep, it's also fairly short. As long as you're in reasonable shape, you can make it without any special practice. Just remember to bring LOTS of drinking water...you'll need it and there's practically none on the trail.

[qnr]

26. Of course. That's a wonderful photograph. n/t

[djeseru]

34. Thank you!

:hi:

[pointblank]

28. Of course they do!

Especially with you in the picture!! ;-)

[djeseru]

52. Yeah, I thought I prettied the place up.

Big hole in the ground...

;-)

[GOPisEvil]

36. ...

*swoon*



:P

[djeseru]

56. ...

*blush*


:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

57. ...

:blush:

:hug:

:*

[djeseru]

66. I think I've run out of non-things to say.

So, I'll just leave it with a goodnight. Sweet dreams...

:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

67. Good night!

You have pleasant dreams, too. Talk to you tomorrow! :hug:

[Bzzzz]

23. Sturgis 2004...

[qnr]

40. I can see that hanging on a wall - great shot.

:hi:

[Bzzzz]

112. Thanks...

we went with two other couples and one of the gals shot the pic of us. :)

[qnr]

27. How about: "Something 'cool' with me in the background"? Just as a switch

[pointblank]

30. That works!!

and may I say, nice hairdo!

[qnr]

31. Why thank you. Quite windy that day, but I kept it under control

:hi:

[asthmaticeog]

41. The Swiss Alps

[GirlinContempt]

143. I woulda posted the

'hung low' if I was you

[fizzgig]

43. take yer pick

[pointblank]

54. Well

That is a cool pirate, but I have to go with the beautiful ocean!!

I wish I didnt live in the midwest right about now...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. OK...huskerlaw and myself with the sunset behind us!

[Ariana Celeste]

58. the view from my apt :)

i think it's pretty cool.

[pointblank]

63. Wow

The view from my house is boring

[alittlelark]

59. Crocked and DUing in Kauai

I'm a bit crocked in this one! Taken at the property Jurassic Park was filmed on (our friend owns it). Mount Waialeale is shrouded by clouds in the background


This is me at Waimea Canyon in Kauai


Pacific Ocean - a bit crocked here too!

[pointblank]

62. BEAAAUTIFULLLL

[alittlelark]

64. Kauai is indeed beautiful.

Gonna go back soon!

[usedtobesick]

65. Here I am some place not really cool but very telling...

picture by intheflow...

[bertha katzenengel]

131. Hi, usedtobesick . . .

Gulf Coast, 9/05? :(

[Left Is Write]

68. I'm not half-crocked, but I look like I am - does that count?

I don't know if I was scowling or in the middle of saying something or what, but my mother snapped this picture at Clemens-Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud, MN. That's the Mississippi River behind me.

[jane_pippin]

71. Here's me with some illustrations I made stuck into the background:

I'm still playing around with it so I don't know if it's done or if I want to change it some more or what. It needs some tweaking, I think.


Seeing you having fun on a nice, relaxing summer day in your photo is a pleasant break on a freezing cold day.

Here's to two-fisting beer :toast:

[In_The_Wind]

72. Those are paragliders hanging from the ceiling.

It sure looks like I was 1/2 crocked!

[Robb]

75. Some naked people behind me eating pie

Made you look. :rofl:

Anyhow.

In the background? Colorado, baby. :headbang:

[Skittles]

76. Consul Car

[Deja Q]

78. Oh, very well...

[Scout1071]

79. Will a 20 ft tall Lobster do?

[Scout1071]

81. Even better....how about a possible shark?

Taken last June. I'm in the blue kayak.

[laheina]

109. Goodness

I don't know which one of those is scarier...

but I'll bet on the shark. ;)

[ZombieNixon]

80. Does the "something cool" have to be real?

Because I can do an artist's rendition of me standing in front of a supermasive black hole drawing off material from a nearby star...I mean, if you want...

[graywarrior]

82. Me with the state of Maine behind those trees

[MrSlayer]

83. Here's me flipping off Tom Landry.

[jobycom]

89. God will punish you. You're team will self-destruct and everyone

will blame you! :-)

[Burma Jones]

84. Long Ago

At the New Orleans Riverfront

[zone]

85. First time surfing...Costa Rica (this past July)

[amerikat]

86. Me and world trade center and crazy ex

I had a broken left wrist at the time. To weird. I was just thinking about that pic the other day.

[jobycom]

87. Twenty years ago, on Notre Dame Cathedral.

Not half-crocked, though. I don't get drunk.

[swag]

88. okay

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

91. I've posted this one before but it works in this context:

[KitchenWitch]

93. How do you keep your hair from blowing?

A lot of product?

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

96. Sensitive gag reflex

:D

[NMMNG]

92. Me standing on the shore at Provincetown

You can see the water right behind me, and the town in the distance. I blacked my friend's face out as she would kill me if her pic was posted online.

[GalleryGod]

136. Racepoint Beach !

[NMMNG]

147. Really?

I didn't know it had a name. We'd just been wandering down from where our hotel was and ended up there. We came across lots of little shellfish that had ended up on the sand when the tide went out, so we spent a good deal of time attempting to rescue them by picking them up and gently putting them back into the water. Hopefully at least some of them made it.

[MrScorpio]

95. Me, My Benzo and the Dutch City of Breda! The Good old days!

[progmom]

126. Breda???

I used to live in Eindhoven! :hi:

[huskerlaw]

142. Seriously?

One of my best friends lives in Eindhoven!

:hi:

[insanity]

97. A couple

The first one is New Years Eve, and I'm really crocked.

The second one is from prom last year:

[ghostsofgiants]

98. Okay, here's me with GirlinContempt in the background...

She counts as something cool, right?

[Oeditpus Rex]

100. Why is her head so much larger than yours?

[ghostsofgiants]

101. Gigantism.

She developed a pretty nasty nerve tonic addiction back in her softball days.

[Oeditpus Rex]

102. Cool

Attack of the 50-Foot Contemptress.

[ghostsofgiants]

103. She used to be Ken Griffey, Jr.

[sakabatou]

104. You'll only get me eyes

[Starbucks Anarchist]

105. Me in Times Square:

[northofdenali]

106. This damn thread took 30 minutes to download!!!

Of course, I'm on dialup and have 6 windows currently open........

This is spouse & me (I'm in what my buddies call the Taliban Scarf in red) at the start line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in February of 2004. The starting area is on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks. It was 35 below - cool enough for ya? :P

[MissHoneychurch]

107. Is NYC cool enough?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

108. Hey, there!

I was in NYC, too. Check a few posts up.

[MissHoneychurch]

113. when were you there?

I was there New Year 2001/2002

[Starbucks Anarchist]

114. The last time was only a couple of weeks ago.

But I've been visiting twice a year for the last few years. I'm actually moving there by the end of summer. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

116. cool

but the city would be way to big for me. I only saw Manhattan and I was overwhelmed.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

117. I prefer Brooklyn.

That's where I was born and also where I'm moving to.

[fleabert]

110. a few... none are half-crocked, sorry. I don't allow pics when I drink.

me, flea, and the hoover dam


me and friends after a hike in Yellowstone, arriving in Gardiner, Montana at dusk


me and the Pacific ocean, in Ixtapa MX

[tjwmason]

111. The Grand Canal.

Taken on the Rialto - bloody horrid picture though, and I was sober :(

[Sugar Smack]

115. This is me with part of the New River behind me.

And this is me with Monterey (the prettiest place ever) behind me.

[bertha katzenengel]

133. Hubba, hubba!

;)

[tyedyeto]

120. It's all about the tree...

On edit:

My very first pic on DU!!!

[Brewman_Jax]

121. Me at the Georgia Renaissance Festival

[MissHoneychurch]

123. Did you think you could hide here

without me noticing you?


:loveya:

[Brewman_Jax]

124. Of course not

:hug:

got a meeting to sit in for the rest of the morning. :(

[MissHoneychurch]

127. poor you

:hug:

I am less than an hour away from going home if that makes you feel better :hug:

[Lochloosa]

122. Me with a wok full of stir fried shirmp....yeah baby.

oh and Nancy. And we were way beyond half crocked! :toast:

[progmom]

128. here's a few

grand canyon


new york


comerica park


geneva general hospital

[bertha katzenengel]

132. What's the story on the last photo, Sweet Pea?

DIG the avatar, sir. ;)

[progmom]

135. when i was 6 i was hospitalized for a month with my leg in traction

i had a weird, egg-shaped mass in my thigh that made it impossible for me to walk. it eventually shrank and went away. it was never satisfactorily diagnosed.

[swag]

129. Here's a nice big too-wide one taken south of Ronda, ES with the

Sierra Nevada in the background:

[bertha katzenengel]

130. Here are two:

Me and the Mrs. in Huntington Beach, CA



Me on the Blue Ridge, the Shenandoah Valley

[swimboy]

134. Waipio Bay, Maui, in background

I'd sure like to be there right now.

[RetroLounge]

139. Take me with?

:hi:

RL

[texas1928]

137. Is this cool enough?

[momophile]

138. maybe half-crocked from the heat

In front of a pyramid.

[elehhhhna]

140. Here's what I got when I googled my name --

but its' not me. lol

[RetroLounge]

141. Me in front of (or on) Some cable car thingy

RL

[no name no slogan]

144. Me in front of a brewery

Me at the Adnams Brewery, Southwold, England in the fall of 1991. I was 22 years old.

[GalleryGod]

146. Do Satellite Trucks qualify???