OK.  For grins and giggles, here is the "back story" on the picture linked to above.

When I was still in high school back in the '60's, I came across that picture.  I had about 25 wallet sized copies made and gave most of them away.  I kept one in my wallet.  While I have no idea of the actual source of the photo, I was told that a darkroom genius had composed that photo from the features of six different guys combined into an image of a really ugly girl.  But, hey.....wouldn't it be likely that six guys would be uglier?

Then, the fun began when I was in the Army.

The guys in the barracks would get to talking about their girl friends and then begin to start showing pictures of them.  Seeing the pictures usually led to raucaus laughter and kidding about "that girl probably dating one's best friend while one was in the Army."  When that process would begin, I would hold back until someone asked me, and that normally was when there were a number of guys involved.

I would whip out that photo and the effect was immediate.  It would be dead silence at first as each one tried to come up with a "nice" comment about "my girlfriend."  I mean, after all, could one even say that "she was lovely?"  Following the moment of silence as the viewer's mind raced to think of something to say, they would glance up to look in my eyes.  Their expressions would generally be indicative of someone desperately searching for something nice to say and looking to me for an idea for those thoughts.

As new people came along and the process started again, the "experienced" guys would stand behind me so that they could see the faces and the reactions of the new viewer when I showed off my girl.

So, now you have an idea of why Jo is guaranteed a place in Heaven.  After all, she has had to live with the "spawn of Satan" for the last 44 years.  She's had her time in Hell.

Terry

PIEERE wrote:

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Didn't know you had it in ya? A quiet joker at heart!!! I swear though "she" looked like a girl I was in the same school with. I hope she made enough $$$$'s to get a "face makeover". I actually had empathy for her as every one stayed away from her.

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Pierre,

I actually have a reputation with reference to the bolded text above.  When I used to drive an 18-wheeler out of Dodge City, Kansas back in the '70's, there was group of us that hauled Anhydrous Ammonia as a fertilizer.  On the CB radio net there, the rest of the guys were known as "the Wild Bunch."  They referred to me as the "Dodge City Straight Man" because I never caroused around like the rest of them did.

Then, I pulled one little practical joke on only one of the guys in the Wild Bunch and my reputation was forever ruined.  After that little stunt, everytime something happened that no one could lay at the feet of one of the others, they would turn and look at me, trying to read my expressions or actions to see if they could confirm I had done it.

I have a reputation as being one to really "pick on" those that I like a lot.

Terry

That's a woman?

Hina wrote:

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That's a woman?

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 Did you read my second post in this thread?  That one explained the photo.

Terry