Choose My Mugshot
For some time now staff and students of the School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences at the University of Sussex have complained that the picture of me on my office door is of a non-bearded person. Recently therefore I made a visit to a professional photographer so he could take a picture of the hirsute me and tried his best to make me look presentable in the process. I am now told I have to pick one of the following three shortlisted photographic representations. They all suffer from the problem that they look like me, so I have no idea what to pick. I thought I’d have a bit of a laugh and see if I can crowd-source a favourite.
Here are the contenders:
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- Photo A: Look into my eyes
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- Photo B: I heard that. Pardon?
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- Photo C: Il Penseroso
Please vote here
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In the Dark 
October 15, 2014 at 11:27 pm
You could simply have photoshopped a beard…
October 16, 2014 at 8:41 am
I couldn’t do that. Astronomers have no skill at image processing…
October 16, 2014 at 7:39 am
Better still – add a beard to the existing picture with a felt-tip – a la Molesworth…
October 18, 2014 at 12:14 pm
I thought academics were always required to share an office with at least two other people, with their names on oddly-typed laminated cards blu-tacked to the door with no pictures. Then, when some annoying visitor pops their head round the door and says ‘Is Peter here?’ you can shrug and say ‘He just popped out’ before escaping to the library or somewhere.
October 19, 2014 at 9:26 am
http://pizzacomedy.com/pictures/dr-hedgeh-is-starting-to-get-pissed/
October 15, 2015 at 11:44 pm
Is there an embarrassing tattoo on the right-hand side of your face?