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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:49 am

Okay, this one's easy. No clever baiting required. I will personally give a Premium Membership to the first member who can identify the lovely woman in my avatar. But wait! There's fine print:

The contest is only open to new members who have joined since August 17, 2011! If you joined prior to that date, PLEASE do not post any guesses and spoil the contest!

The first member who joined since Aug. 17th 2011 who correctly identifies my avatar wins a Premium Membership. If the winner is already Premium, he or she can choose a member of their choice (regardless of signup date) as the recipient.

Am waiting. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:23 am

I have been here to long participate in this premium membership. But I decided to give it a shot anyway and searched the depth of my mind and came up with the right answer that is ... oh yea right i don't wanna piss off a mod like that.

But i am gonna pm Juan to give him the right answer and so that he knows the level of my awesomeness. And also to tell him what a douche he is for excluding me in this.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:54 am

She musta been before my time.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:45 pm

Good job Dr. Mike! Very Happy

I'm sorry you don't qualify for the prize but I'm impressed with how quickly you nailed the answer.

Baiting Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 2531 Location: AU

it's Dora of course

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:01 pm

Jimmy Finlayson! Before the mustache.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:08 pm

Master wins! Very Happy

Oh, wait. Close but no cigar.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:05 pm

<showing age> She looks a lot like Betty Grable ... but BG was a bit heavier in the jowl in the movies I remember. </showing age>

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:08 pm

Sorry.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Jan 2012 Posts: 10

Thelma Todd?

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:28 pm

Ladies & Gentleman, we have a winner! clapping

Yes, it's the beauteous Thelma Todd, may she rest in peace:

Tribute video, movie clips

Tribute video, photos and film clips

Long photo compilation

Sectusempra, you'll be going gold as soon as Rover can press the right button. Congratulations! Very Happy

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Jan 2012 Posts: 10

Yayyy! Thank you so much Smile

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:40 pm

Good work sectusempra. Now how did you do the research or are you one of those people that are good with names and faces?
Looking forward to see you in gold

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Jan 2012 Posts: 10

Thanks, Dr. Mike!

I'm generally good with names and faces but not in this case. I found a friend in Google + memorable leading ladies. (And lots of image-staring and comparing.)

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 669

Congrats to you sectusempra!

That gal is a beauty, for sure. I adore much of the style shown in those pictures and others from that era.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:19 pm

Then i can tell you how i did it, it took me way less time (approx. 2,3 minutes) and it saved me from having red eyes, plus i got to impress Juan. And the best of all, it is something that you all can use when baiting too.

Step:

1. Download Juan's avatar to your desktop and rename it to crazycutewonderfullybeautifulgirlinjuan'savatar.jpg

2. Go to www.tineye.com and do a reverse image search on crazycutewonderfullybeautifulgirlinjuan'savatar.jpg (google reverse image search probably work just as well). This is also a nice thing to do when you wanna nail your lad when he uses a fake photo. Just don't educate him on how it is done.

3. This will yield exactly 0 hits. This is because Juan is a wee bit smarter than our average lad.

4. Open crazycutewonderfullybeautifulgirlinjuan'savatar.jpg and flip it horizontally 180 degrees. Then redo step 2. This will give you a few results that quickly allows you to draw the conclusion that the girl in crazycutewonderfullybeautifulgirlinjuan'savatar.jpg is Thelma Todd.

5. Impress your nearest Mod and collect your prize, if you are eligible to participate that is.

The reason why Juan flipped the photo is of course that he wanted it to be harder to find. And that is also something you can use yourself. Just as you can catch lads using fake photos, they can catch you doing the same, at least theoretically. But if you flip the image first it will take more for the lad to find the photo on the web should they be familiar with tools such as tineye or google image search.

That is todays lesson from Dr Mike to you all. Use it well and ask your lads why his personal photos are all over the web.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:31 pm

^^^^
Exactly right!! Very Happy

The avatar was way too easy to track in Google or tineye in proper orientation. I got it in the first or second hit. Reversing it prevented it from showing up.

I use Dr Mike's method whenever I try to find where a love lad stole his pictures.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:08 pm

Hubba Hubba Juan! Bravo likey! Those ladies had class back then.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Jan 2012 Posts: 10

Thanks, Benjamin_Franklin!

And thank you for the lesson, Dr Mike!

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:49 am

Congrats, sectusempra! You look nice in mugu gold!

Dr. Mike said:

Quote:

4. Open crazycutewonderfullybeautifulgirlinjuan'savatar.jpg and flip it horizontally 180 degrees.

DAMN! I forgot to do this part!! Which is ridiculous since I always flip every photo we send Shorty.

And Tineye was participating in the blackout when I checked it.

Those are my excuses (along with the fact I wasn't eligible) and I am sticking to them!! Razz