I was having a conversation with another Pal recently, and we spoke of the various Pals meetings we had attended. I said I was surprised at his description of a certain Pal, who I had always imagined as resembling his avatar.

So, do Pals resemble their avatars? Mine is a representation of my hairdo.

Yes...very much so.

I closely resemble a downcast Canadian, carved in stone, and best observed when under-lit!



Bruce

I also seem to be regularly surrounded by road works.

If I resemble my avatar, then I am nothing but a blank space!!

Stephen



(I am waiting for a photograph of my Great Grandfather to come to light, until then it remains blank)

eeeeee, Kate, are you saying I have big teeth, bad hair, a nervous tic and a desperate need for a bath? Who's been telling

I'm a tree.

PS: and I certainly do not resemble my dog - he's a big black labrador, and I is a girl!!!!

Having met you once at Avrils that's a description that Is a loooooooooong way from reality.

Regards
Blank Space

Not me - couldn't find a picture of Zeus

A tree in Nottingham by any chance?

Stephen

It's the best place to be!

I'm a quiet, tranquil place.....I wish!

Jim

So other people's pets can p on you?

Being a mod, you kind of get used to being p**** on.

All I can say is poor old Egbert !

Meoww!

Having met Kim at Avril's I can categorically state that she looks nothing like Muttley.....except the wagging tail, obviously!



Bruce

I don’t believe I do...those who know me might disagree

Hi
I most resemble a tree.

Keith R. Wood

My avatar is Celtic captain Billy McNeil lifting the European Cup, the first time in British hands and the only time in Scotland. What he is doing is what I dreamt about doing as a kid. So looking like him no, wishing I could have copied him, very much so. There are plenty professional footballers who wish they could copy him, even Pele didn't lift it.

Kevin.

Since Pele never played for a European team, he would have found it impossible!



Bruce

Pele had to settle for this:-

I don't smoke and I only wear the tin hat when summoned to the boss's office....


Steve.

...Only when in contact with my Feminine Side!!

he wasnt good enough to get into a European Cup winners team, he had to make do with the World Cup where the opposition is a heck of a lot lower standard than those great European sides of the 60's . He may have got a game for Celtic if they had subs at the time, a sort of guest appearance with 5 mins to go.

Kevin

I'm glad that grinning pig went am sure he was prettier than that.

My avatar is Bishop Odo, it is of course up to others to point out any resemblance. .

Is the two handed battle-axe an optional extra amongst today's clergy?

Bruce

As a matter of interest, Odo, the likely commissioner of the Bayeux Tapestry, is shown frequently in 'impressive' situations. He is holding a club in the battle scenes as opposed to an edged weapon. Clergymen were not allowed to spill blood. Bludgeoning your enemy to death was apparently perfectly acceptable however.

Mine was a heroine of the great war. Seen wearing her Allied Subjects Medal.
Julie-Celestine Baudhuin.
Don't think I look very much like her though.
John

Being a bald bike rider I think my avatar represents me very well.

Only difference was Pantani found it easy to climb mountains, I don't!

(As an aside on a team building excercise we were asked to write down 5 things that came into our heads when a persons name was mentionned. My team, on hearing my name, came up:

Light bulb, cue ball, Duncan Goodhew, Fester from the Adams Family and Pierre Luigi Collina the superstar Italian football ref.......I'm picking up a theme developing here)

I would get out of that team quick Matt, they can't count to 5. it's more like 20

Kevin

My avatar is the spitting image of me. Just ask any other of the stick men.

Serious question,
Assuming your Avatar is of a Relative,killed in WW1.do you resemble him?
George
p.s.Can't answer the question.My Namesake died at the age of 24 and I'm pushing 60.

Kate here you are.

Leonard Nuttall, my gt uncle died 25/06/1916 (i colourised the photo) And Me

Eeeeek, your wearing a tie and it doesn't match your shirt!!

Stephen

Never one to be stylish Stephen. But is was matched in Next!!!!!! Cutting edge of fashion my friend.

It was taken in early 2006. Best angled one i could find.

Neil.

Matched in Next, explains it all

Stephen

thats it expalined Used my 70% staff uniform discount on that suit.
See a likeness?

Neil

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A skinnier, less baldy me (on the right), and my great-grandfather (who died in his 90th year). I'm probably about 22 in that photograph, I imagine my grandfather to be about 18-20 in his. Sadly I have my dad's hairline...

Neil there is some likeness despite the obvious age difference in the two photographs.

Barrie, you definitely look like your Great Grandfather, no doubt at all

Stephen

I too can see a likeness in Barrie's pics.

Leonard was aged 32.

Neil

Likewise Neil - a definite similarity there. By the way, nothing wrong with getting shirts from Next - only problem is my colour vision is a bit wonky so I manage to pair up some awful shirt and tie combos

[Edit - just realised that in that picture i'm wearing my old staff uniform - a lovely 100% polyester JJB tee-shirt! How's that for classy!]

Def see the likness between you and yer great grandather Barrie, hope you sort your shirt and tie combos before december

Tafski

ps baz you iknow i have no dress sense

Barrie....there will come a time when, upon visiting the barber, it costs more in Pledge and for the haircut! (I speak from experience!)

A definite likeness there, in the photos.

Bruce

I need to age

Funnily enough, Neil and Barrie were two of the Pals I had in mind when starting this thread. Both of you bear a likeness to your relatives, Barrie uncannily so.

Makes you wonder what would happen if you superimposed modern dress onto the former generations. What will happen NEXT I wonder!!!

in reply to the question: YES, but I am not quite so handsome.

Barrie, thats an amazing resemblance, you need to borrow a re-enactors hign collar uniform jacket for a photo shoot!
regards
Matt