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A twenty year old photograph of me has gone viral

andyvine [Edit] [Delete] 112 replies 09:58, 21 March '12

The other day I was on Twitter and someone posted a picture. This picture was of a boy drawing on a dog. That boy was me, about twenty years ago.

The dog was called Lola, my grandparents' English bull terrier. She was the softest dog I have ever met, as demonstrated by the photo. The pens were washable, the dog was white, it made perfect sense. Needless to say the dog needed a bath afterwards which she was less than pleased about. My sister found the picture a few months ago and posted it on Facebook. It was my profile picture for a while. I don't know about my sister's settings, but my profile pictures are public. I don't think any of my others are.

Anyway, I contacted the person who tweeted it. He said he had found it on stumbleupon. Their source was Odd Stuff Magazine, who I had never heard of before, but it looks like some crappy online magazine where they post those naff lists of faux-inspirational photos of marines hugging their kids with badly sub-edited captions. Here is my picture. http://oddstuffmagazine.com/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words.html/attachment/29898 I emailed them asking for the source and this was their reply.

Hi ..

it was taken from a russian news agency .. can't disclose the real location .. sorry about that . .

but the pic is great :)

Thanks
Jaspal
Admin

I don't know where to go from here. This is the strangest thing to happen to me in a long time.

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  • Why the crap are you abusing that dog Vine?

    wilykit | 21 Mar '12, 10:00 | X
    Pale-eyedBadger this'd this
    • Don't make me repeat myself

      They were washable

      andyvine @wilykit | 21 Mar '12, 10:06 | X
  • oh my god that is good

    i love you av

    cat_race | 21 Mar '12, 10:01 | X
    PickledOeuf, DarwinDude, nice_squirrel, broomstick, cocodaLOL, _TheBeautifulOnes_, JaguarPirate, and Antelope this'd this
    • <3

      andyvine @cat_race | 21 Mar '12, 10:08 | X
  • Horrible sofa

    Should have drawn on that instead.

    Steved | 21 Mar '12, 10:01 | X
    • It was the 80s

      Everyone had one

      andyvine @Steved | 21 Mar '12, 10:07 | X
  • Brilliant pyjamas!

    deadwrong | 21 Mar '12, 10:02 | X
  • You could ask them to expand on the quite vague

    a russian news agency angle.

    xheathenx | 21 Mar '12, 10:03 | X
    andyvine this'd this
    • Yeah that's what I was thinking

      andyvine @xheathenx | 21 Mar '12, 10:22 | X
      • were you drawing

        anti-Soviet propaganda on the dog?

        Russian 'news agency'?

        ??? ?????? ???????????!

        incandenza_ @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 12:15 | X
        • that was supposed to say something funny in Russian

          hinting that you were being watched by the KGB.

          incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 21 Mar '12, 12:18 | X
          • Russ something funny ian

            Say what you see

            andyvine @incandenza_ | 21 Mar '12, 13:01 | X
  • This is exactly the reason why I don't draw on dogs

    thewarn | 21 Mar '12, 10:03 | X
    fuck_this_band this'd this
    • this is exactly the reason why my dad's new bull terrier will soon be green

      cat_race @thewarn | 21 Mar '12, 10:04 | X
      • It starts out with a piece of paper, it finishes with full canine art work.

        hip_young_gunslinger @cat_race | 21 Mar '12, 10:06 | X
        cat_race this'd this
    • It's the reason I'm considering stopping drawing on dogs

      andyvine @thewarn | 21 Mar '12, 10:09 | X
  • Does this mean that this explanation will now go viral? Are we going to be famous?

    If so, HI MUM! And more importantly, HI ANDYVINE'S MUM, LAST NIGHT WAS LOADS OF FUN!

    hip_young_gunslinger | 21 Mar '12, 10:07 | X
  • That dog clearly wishes he was dead

    you're history's greatest monster

    Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 10:08 | X
    • Why would a male dog be called Lola

      YOU'RE history's greatest monster

      andyvine @Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 10:10 | X
      • damn

        you got me there.

        SHE does look depressed though

        Smyth2 @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 10:12 | X
        • It is/was a transvestite dog. LOLA. L.O.L.A. LOLA

          La la la Lola....

          zxcvbnm- @Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 10:16 | X
          thewarn, Parsefone, Blackjack_Bauer, and JaguarPirate this'd this
        • She had quite a few phantom pregnancies

          I hate to say it but from the size of her nipples she may have been in the midst of one :-/

          <abandon reply/>

          andyvine @Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 10:17 | X
  • that photo could be the front cover to a 7" on Underwater Peoples

    (thats a compliment)

    guntrip | 21 Mar '12, 10:09 | X
  • Such a expert manipulator of the media.

    I bet 20 years ago your cold calculating mind predicted the unstoppable rise of the Internet and knew that the morons that used it would lap up a picture of a cute little boy drawing on a dog. This is your dream come good, admit it.

    rich78 | 21 Mar '12, 10:10 | X
    • The caption was 'Future artist'

      Well use some of my more recent work then. It's still dog-themed but less abstract

      andyvine @rich78 | 21 Mar '12, 10:15 | X
  • LOL(A)

    Balonz | 21 Mar '12, 10:11 | X
  • I saw that picture fucking AGES ago.

    I mean it must have been over a year, I'm sure.

    So all I can say is: good effort.

    TheoGB | 21 Mar '12, 10:12 | X
    xheathenx, deadonthestairs, TomViolence, fappable, fuck_this_band, jazz-ballet, and vamos this'd this
    • Seriously?

      What the actual fuck is happening

      andyvine @TheoGB | 21 Mar '12, 10:15 | X
      • Seriously. Or there's a similar picture

        It was in a list of, well, that sort of photo on Digg or somesuch.

        Honestly it feels like over a year but I guess it could have only been a couple of months ago?

        TheoGB @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 10:17 | X
        • that's 14 dog months

          maybe that's why you're confused.

          zxcvbnm- @TheoGB | 21 Mar '12, 10:21 | X
          andyvine this'd this
          • :-)

            TheWza @zxcvbnm- | 21 Mar '12, 10:27 | X
            deadonthestairs, TheoGB, justanothersheeldz, and JaguarPirate this'd this
        • I bet my cousin's got a copy of it

          She put loads of old pics of my grandparents up on Facebook a few years ago and she probably doesn't bother setting her profile to private, I bet it's amongst them

          andyvine @TheoGB | 21 Mar '12, 10:24 | X
  • I did a similar thing few years back, except it was on a human and my art medium of choice back then was

    knives. Still, it got some international news agency coverage as well.

    prison_keith | 21 Mar '12, 10:13 | X
    DaddyorChips this'd this
    • <3

      hip_young_gunslinger @prison_keith | 21 Mar '12, 10:16 | X
      Smyth2, andyvine, PickledOeuf, wilykit, dead_fred, Parsefone, Antpocalypsenow, fihiki, broomstick, _TheBeautifulOnes_, and JaguarPirate this'd this
  • *laughsnort*

    good work vine, good work.
    as deadwrong said, pretty fucking cool pj's.

    chickenbones | 21 Mar '12, 10:16 | X
    PickledOeuf this'd this
  • Well...

    i guess it depends if you feel the photo going viral can do any serious damage to your brand.

    If not, there's no further action to take beyond a bit of a laugh with your friends and family.

    If so, sure, hire a solicitor, issue a C&D Order, get yourself a new suit and prepare to spend thousands of pounds you don't have taking a couple of Russian students to court.

    forzaborza | 21 Mar '12, 10:19 | X
    • Of course not, it's a great pic

      It's just a bit creepy

      andyvine @forzaborza | 21 Mar '12, 10:26 | X
  • Can't disclose the real location

    ChintzyLacroix | 21 Mar '12, 10:21 | X
  • Just popping in to say that I had that exact pyjama top.

    Cheers.

    dead_fred | 21 Mar '12, 10:23 | X
  • if you google kid drawing on a dog

    you're the first image that comes up

    congrats man

    Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 10:24 | X
    andyvine and PickledOeuf this'd this
    • IF

      fiddygent @Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 10:27 | X
      revgreen this'd this
    • :D

      robluvsnic @Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 12:51 | X
  • gosh, you're lovely :)

    (never seen the pic before though. will have a think about legal stuff once my brain thaws. i'll do as much as I can for free if it's something you want to pursue, although ask yourself what you really want to achieve and what harm has been suffered.... because that's what any competent authority will ask)

    PickledOeuf | 21 Mar '12, 10:25 | X
    revgreen this'd this
    • :)

      I know it's not damaging in the slightest, I love the picture but it's just proper weird not knowing how people have got hold of it. Love/hate the internet

      andyvine @PickledOeuf | 21 Mar '12, 10:28 | X
      • Odds are...

        someone's uploaded it to a social networking site at some point.

        Maybe just find who did that and cut their face?

        forzaborza @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 10:31 | X
        DannyDyer this'd this
        • Cut my sister's face

          Gotcha

          andyvine @forzaborza | 21 Mar '12, 10:34 | X
          PickledOeuf and broomstick this'd this
        • I offer some pretty competitive rates for face cutting if needed?

          and if you find anyone cheaper, let me know, I'll cut their face.

          prison_keith @forzaborza | 21 Mar '12, 10:37 | X
          • For the record

            I don't *really* want my sister's face cut, but I appreciate the offer

            andyvine @prison_keith | 21 Mar '12, 10:39 | X
            • Oh ffs!

              I suppose you expect me to be an expert in uncutting faces now as well.

              prison_keith @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 12:05 | X
      • I would just think

        WOW LOOK THAT'S ME ON THE INTERNET!! And then let it go. I'm a bit jealous. I might casually post photos of me as a child on all of the internet.

        ChintzyLacroix @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 10:42 | X
  • http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/drawing-on-your-dog-bu

    http://magnonsmeanderings.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/patience.html

    http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/boy-drawing

    http://www.clevelandseniors.com/family/pet-crayon-dog.htm

    http://uncommonpics.com/pic-5104-Kid-drawing-on-a-dog

    http://pinterest.com/pin/75857574943109004/

    rich78 | 21 Mar '12, 10:41 | X
    • Sinister

      dead_fred @rich78 | 21 Mar '12, 10:42 | X
      andyvine this'd this
    • the 2nd one is from almost 2 years ago

      Smyth2 @rich78 | 21 Mar '12, 10:54 | X
      • I bet my cousin has uploaded it as well then

        So fucking weird

        andyvine @Smyth2 | 21 Mar '12, 11:00 | X
        • Okay, glad I'm not going mad about having seen it ages ago.

          TheoGB @andyvine | 21 Mar '12, 11:36 | X
          xheathenx this'd this
          • Buzzfeed links back to this

            http://random.terminally-incoherent.com/post/84261616/via-halbot-haluze-sk

            Saying it was uploaded 3 years ago.

            TheoGB @TheoGB | 21 Mar '12, 11:38 | X
            • Ha ha

              writtenbylight reblogged this from terminally-incoherent and added:
              Let the world be your canvas. Is this an allegory of documentary photography…the photographer writing their narrative upon the lives of others…discuss…

              marsz reblogged this from whatson and added:
              lets all draw on dogs

              andyvine @TheoGB | 21 Mar '12, 11:42 | X
              broomstick this'd this
  • If you're actually curious about where it came from

    You could tell that website that if they don't do better than "russian news agency" then they're liable for secondary copyright infringement.

    It'd be a right pain in the arse/waste of time and money to pursue but it'd probably shit them up a bit.

    Epimer | 21 Mar '12, 10:47 | X
    shadyadie this'd this
  • I just hope you've never made a sex tape av.

    wilykit | 21 Mar '12, 10:51 | X
    Playhouse this'd this
    • oh shit

      andyvine @wilykit | 21 Mar '12, 10:54 | X
    • So long as he hasn't shared it with his sister, then he's probably in the clear

      PickledOeuf @wilykit | 21 Mar '12, 10:56 | X
      andyvine this'd this
      • If he was showing his sister his own skinny flick he should be asking questions regardless of whether it turned up on the internet.

        wilykit @PickledOeuf | 21 Mar '12, 12:20 | X
    • it's fine as long as it doesn't have a dog in it

      cat_race @wilykit | 21 Mar '12, 11:11 | X
      incandenza_ this'd this
      • Prude.

        wilykit @cat_race | 21 Mar '12, 12:20 | X
  • you don't look 20 in that photo

    podge | 21 Mar '12, 10:57 | X
    justanothersheeldz, fuck_this_band, Icarus-Smicarus, and berksy this'd this
  • A similar thing has happened to me before.

    Years ago, whilst in college, I made a shit student film in the same vein as Austin Powers which required me to dress up in 70's clothing. A few years later whilst browsing the internet an advertisement for one of those gadget websites popped up. The advert consisted of a .Gif of me striking some sort of disco pose with the words *don't be stuck in the past, be part of the future* or something similar before changing to a picture of remote control helicopters and the like and the name of the companies website.
    I was going to try chasing them up about it, but I was too busy looking at Dial-Up porn.

    [/CoolStoryBro]

    MrSteveBob | 21 Mar '12, 11:52 | X
    • See that's much worse

      If they were trying to sell shit with this picture I'd be well pissed off but as it is it's just twee Tumblr fodder. Besides that, it would probably be more difficult to prove ownership of a family photo than a student film I guess

      andyvine @MrSteveBob | 21 Mar '12, 12:02 | X
  • That picture you're drawing is awful.

    Icarus-Smicarus | 21 Mar '12, 12:06 | X
    • So's your face

      andyvine @Icarus-Smicarus | 21 Mar '12, 12:36 | X
      PickledOeuf this'd this
  • I'm on the front of a book

    wasn't asked.

    DarwinDude | 21 Mar '12, 12:21 | X
    • What is the book about?

      Icarus-Smicarus @DarwinDude | 21 Mar '12, 14:22 | X
  • The pens were washable, the dog was white, it made perfect sense.

    :D

    Cementimental | 21 Mar '12, 12:22 | X
    andyvine, robluvsnic, vamos, justanothersheeldz, joeymahone, berksy, JaguarPirate, and Antelope this'd this
  • could this become a thing?

    like planking or whatever?

    People start drawing on dogs then put their pictures on social media websites?

    How do you make a thing a thing?

    I need to start a thing.

    Theo?

    zxcvbnm- | 21 Mar '12, 12:22 | X
    • dogging?

      fuckyeahdubstep @zxcvbnm- | 21 Mar '12, 14:15 | X
  • Everything about this is quite weird

    Antpocalypsenow | 21 Mar '12, 12:28 | X
    Cementimental this'd this
  • You need to draw on your dog with Tipp-Ex

    dead_fred @Diane | 21 Mar '12, 12:34 | X
    • You could say that

      http://andyandyandyvine.blogspot.com

      I realised last night (while, er, walking my dog) that my work seems to have a recurring canine theme.

      Lola was a cool dog, beyond stupid though. People were terrified of her but she was the soppiest dog in the world. The window cleaner was scared shitless of her because she would stand by the patio doors and bark at him but it was only coz she wanted to be his friend. As soon as they let her out she rolled on her back for him to rub her belly.

      My gran would give her biscuits all the time and claim she only gave the dog the broken ones, but then sat there breaking the biscuits to give to her. My grandad was insanely talented, he used to make dolls houses and remote control aeroplanes. His dream was to go kite surfing. I have a coffee table made by him out of offcuts of wood shaped to look like an eagle.

      andyvine @Diane | 21 Mar '12, 12:44 | X
      • Thanks man

        andyvine @Diane | 21 Mar '12, 14:13 | X
      • I like how the dog looks like she has an enormous cigarette in her mouth

        Tillance | 21 Mar '12, 13:42 | X
        • She was always more of a pipe smoker than a cigarette girl

          andyvine @Tillance | 21 Mar '12, 14:14 | X
      • That's not actually what 'gone viral' means, though

        That's "has been posted on a website".

        simon_t | 22 Mar '12, 06:36 | X
        • *lots and lots and lots of websites

          Repeatedly.

          Over an extended period of time.

          With no initial concerted push to make it happen.

          TheWza @simon_t | 22 Mar '12, 12:38 | X
          deadonthestairs this'd this
      • That circle around the eye is making me uncomfortable

        What with kids and their dyspraxia. I'm glad you managed to stay inside (outside) the lines

        Elaina_Casoolare | 22 Mar '12, 07:51 | X
      • "Dat Dog Look like Skeloten Dog Now Bro"

        ma0sm | 15 Apr '13, 12:40 | X
        twentynine this'd this
        • Classic Mr Fun living up to his name

          http://oddstuffmagazine.com/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words.html/attachment/29898?replytocom=20788#respond

          ma0sm @ma0sm | 15 Apr '13, 14:28 | X
          _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
          • He's right you know

            Long dead

            andyvine @ma0sm | 15 Apr '13, 15:04 | X
      • amazing scenes

        berksy | 15 Apr '13, 13:32 | X
        automatik this'd this
      • andyvine

        chickenbones | 15 Apr '13, 14:31 | X
        andyvine this'd this
      • Dat Dog Look like Skeloten Dog Now Bro

        monoshono | 15 Apr '13, 15:22 | X
        Scout and Cementimental this'd this
      • Dat Dog Look like Skeloten Dog Now Bro

        monoshono | 15 Apr '13, 15:22 | X
        ma0sm this'd this
      • Dat Dog Look like Skeloten Dog Now Bro

        monoshono | 15 Apr '13, 15:23 | X
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ and Antelope this'd this
      • Dat Dog Look like Skeloten Dog Now Bro

        monoshono | 15 Apr '13, 15:23 | X
        chickenbones and cocodaLOL this'd this
      • love how the dog is just like 'whatever'

        belongs on here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/33-dogs-and-cats-that-just-dont-know-anymore-6z51

        ethricdouble | 15 Apr '13, 15:25 | X
      • Dat Dog Look like Skeloten Dog Now Bro

        _TheBeautifulOnes_ | 15 Apr '13, 20:44 | X
        niallKP this'd this
      • 17th March 2009

        http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/cat-tattooing-is-big-in-moscow

        nyodeneD | 15 Apr '13, 21:11 | X
        sexydave and badmanreturns this'd this
      • Rebuild.

        _TheBeautifulOnes_ | 16 Apr '13, 09:32 | X
      • this is incredible

        sean | 16 Apr '13, 10:44 | X
      • OH MY GOD, my friend shared this on her wall and this photo was used with the hint that the boy in the photo was mauled later by the dog, look

        https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=103475574222&set=a.74715829222.71621.742609222&type=1&theater

        marilyninthesky | 16 Apr '13, 11:56 | X
      • This was the caption I saw next to the photo.

        Warning:

        If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous breed' category, and you also have a small child, please heed this warning.

        Do Not leave your dog with the child unattended.

        A short period of time was enough for the following to happen.

        It could have been prevented. — with Tuesday Sutton, Kristi Thurman and Julie Davis.

        marilyninthesky | 16 Apr '13, 11:59 | X
        • I think you've misread it :D

          The implication is that it's a "dangerous breed" (as if that's even a thing) but she's still a soft dog. You expect to see a kid mauled, but it's a dog being drawn on. No?

          andyvine @marilyninthesky | 16 Apr '13, 12:20 | X
          marckee this'd this
          • o fuck

            marilyninthesky @andyvine | 16 Apr '13, 12:23 | X
            • Ha ha

              Also I've seen this picture with this caption probably pushing 50 times the past couple of days now. It's weird how it comes and goes in popularity

              andyvine @marilyninthesky | 16 Apr '13, 12:25 | X
              • DUDE

                that link shows it has been shared 40k times.

                justanothersheeldz @andyvine | 16 Apr '13, 12:29 | X
                • Shitting hell

                  andyvine @justanothersheeldz | 16 Apr '13, 12:44 | X
                  joeymahone this'd this
      • fuck fuck fuck

        marilyninthesky | 16 Apr '13, 12:24 | X
        • what a dick!

          marilyninthesky @marilyninthesky | 16 Apr '13, 12:24 | X
      • So Sean has kindly tweeted this thread

        thus compounding my plight. You're not going to make this viral as well, you bugger.

        andyvine | 16 Apr '13, 18:59 | X
      • I feel a little bit famous

        because I post on the same forum as you

        Seeph__ | 16 Apr '13, 20:12 | X
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