http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=man+frowning&imgurl=4033b25e624f81ad
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:26 (seventeen years ago)
http://shoppingblog.dallasnews.com/US%20NEWS%20NJGOVERNOR%201%20PH.JPG
― velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)
oops i think that was too largehttp://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=man+frowning&imgurl=4033b25e624f81ad
my dad makes this face all the timei am invested in this thread
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)
^^thought about posting that one myself (xp)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)
lineker_after_gazza_started_blubbing_Italia_90.jpg
which the internet is strangely failing to give up for me.
― bidfurd, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)
good call. also, is it made by women and animals?
― harbl, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 4:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z4/palladiate/Politics/tard.jpg
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)
i think it is called a grimacehttp://blog.kir.com/archives/jeff%20skilling%20grimacing.jpg
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:30 (seventeen years ago)
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0avU7Cpf3W68l/340x.jpg
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:34 (seventeen years ago)
http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/JimmyCarter.jpg
― velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:35 (seventeen years ago)
http://lizarrasmith.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/grimace1.jpg
― Ca-hoot na na na oh oh (HI DERE), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:35 (seventeen years ago)
blago's face ^^ in there pls
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:36 (seventeen years ago)
Lineker! (at a different moment though)http://www.topnews.in/sports/files/Gary-Lineker.jpg
― Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:39 (seventeen years ago)
Damn, mouth going up the wrong way...
http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/050604/images/lg_dwf15-314682.jpg
― velko, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:41 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.glamorati.com/celebrity/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/michael-jackson-mugshot.jpg
"I'd cry if I could, but I can't. Botched facelift".
― Trayce, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:42 (seventeen years ago)
im doing this right now
― homosexual II, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:44 (seventeen years ago)
― bidfurd, Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:30 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/3095854301_ee391bed25_o.jpg
― Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:49 (seventeen years ago)
I'd pull that face if I turned into an oompa-loompa too.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)
ha ha no-one can ever find that. i myself had to grab it from youtube a few weeks back. football is a goldmine for this face yes.
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, you can get loads of Gazza crying but Lineker's (rather touching) response, no!
― Holden McGroin (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:55 (seventeen years ago)
They're feeling it in Illinois today:
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081209/capt.ed1520fd3e98416493cb1a7fae9a4db5.blagojevich_corruption_probe_dcsw106.jpg
― өөө (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:56 (seventeen years ago)
oh man, that's a good one
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 22:59 (seventeen years ago)
BUUUUSSSSSSTED
― Lafayette Lever hi wtf (ice cr?m), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:00 (seventeen years ago)
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081209/capt.5ef8bb68e6ed45ceb4556eeebd488369.obama_ilcd108.jpg?x=225&y=345&q=85&sig=V3aTxd5DsDXJQ0xCjwc6Yw--
― velko, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 05:59 (seventeen years ago)
tough break nigga
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 06:00 (seventeen years ago)
Oh man I make this face pretty often.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 21:30 (seventeen years ago)
kudos to the photographers who capture this face
― cutty, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)
I think I might be making this face in a 1989 family photo with Letterman stage manager Biff Henderson.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 21:34 (seventeen years ago)
the lineker face is one of my top 5 facial expressions of all time. the humanity of it, brings a tear to the eye.
― or something, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 22:20 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/eli_week2.jpg
― Me and Ruth Lorenzo, Rollin' in the Benzo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 23:09 (seventeen years ago)
can women do this face? i don't think palin pulled it off
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 23:17 (seventeen years ago)
http://blog.kir.com/archives/images/giuliani.jpg
― fwiw (rockapads), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 23:40 (seventeen years ago)
i think rueful is the official term for this facial expression.
― estela, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 23:43 (seventeen years ago)
or 'tight-lipped'
― Bob Six, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 23:45 (seventeen years ago)
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ldybup.jpg
― StanM, Friday, 12 December 2008 12:01 (seventeen years ago)
http://renalfailure.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/2006108rr_santorum_concedepj_580.jpg
― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Friday, 12 December 2008 12:11 (seventeen years ago)
overlooked girl in the back most of all
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40535000/jpg/_40535185_les_dawson203.jpg
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 12 December 2008 12:13 (seventeen years ago)
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1410/gurnks6.jpg
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 12 December 2008 12:15 (seventeen years ago)
I almost made this expression once in 1988
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/levonanddavidgoingtocamp.jpg
― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Friday, 12 December 2008 12:36 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.iamsporticus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/l-bows-torch.jpg
― negotiable, Friday, 12 December 2008 12:39 (seventeen years ago)
― estela, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:43 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Bob Six, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:45 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
or 'frowny-faced'
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 12 December 2008 13:23 (seventeen years ago)
see some of them are just frowny but some of 'em - first two especially - have a special puffed-out lips/cheeks thing goin' on which definitely implies rueful to me, or a more thoughtful kind of regret.
― sister s (ledge), Friday, 12 December 2008 13:25 (seventeen years ago)
Petted lip
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 12 December 2008 13:25 (seventeen years ago)
... no, that's not really it, "rueful" is closest
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 12 December 2008 13:26 (seventeen years ago)
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/RabitesAngelatin/OldVet-MonkeysUncle.jpg
― that karate douche (╓abies), Friday, 12 December 2008 14:17 (seventeen years ago)
Heseltine fading fast...
― Do The Touch! (gnarly sceptre), Friday, 12 December 2008 14:19 (seventeen years ago)
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/cheney.jpg
― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 17:46 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.hcoa.org/images/broadwick/8_MustacheGrimace_1993.JPG
http://images.chron.com/blogs/txpotomac/clemens%20on%20Jan.%207.jpg
― Gorgeous Preppy (G00blar), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 17:47 (seventeen years ago)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/britains-prince-andrew-reacts-end-1032568972.jpg?w=637
― jaymc, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:40 (seven months ago)
the off-duty pilot that was on mushrooms and tried to grab the controls and then open the emergency exit
https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/v2/VVOZTPRHRRAFJK2C6QVR7P54CQ.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:43 (seven months ago)
drat
Are people coached on this expression as part of their PR training? I feel like I've never seen it irl.
― jmm, Friday, 24 October 2025 17:47 (seven months ago)
before this thread existed a guy i used to know made this face a lot (he was prone to making mistakes) to the point of his gf pointing it out specifically.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:08 (seven months ago)
guessing this was the pilot photo?https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/v2/VVOZTPRHRRAFJK2C6QVR7P54CQ.jpg?auth=65bf18da09d78a721c4c88db1a2c48a128e73a9d9016383c24afdadd6af7802b&width=1280&smart=true&quality=90
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:10 (seven months ago)
same guyhttps://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23341700787590.jpg?w=1440&q=75
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:11 (seven months ago)
it's the expression people make as they watch their arrogance being publicly humiliated
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 24 October 2025 18:13 (seven months ago)
I mean it's an expression you make when you get caught lying or otherwise caught for some wrongdoing, of course it's going to be mostly people involved in politics
― silverfish, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:37 (seven months ago)
yeah! that's the shroom pilot... if anyone should be employing this expression, it is he
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 24 October 2025 18:46 (seven months ago)
how is it that “mushroom pilot” and “shroom pilot” both result in zero hits on discogs.com
― trm (tombotomod), Friday, 24 October 2025 23:34 (seven months ago)
seeing this facial expression expressed over and over is truly one of the only delights in this hellscape
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 27 October 2025 15:15 (seven months ago)
The shroom pilot walked! He's out of jail already
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 18:06 (six months ago)
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rbzy3issuaqfwgorq22z67aw/bafkreign7uejjsaklpic4qhgudx5dwrccwjjkpoklp5bnsltzgjesa3jsq@jpeg
― I said awfully coy u are. (stevie), Wednesday, 19 November 2025 16:27 (six months ago)
not quite *this* facial expression, possibly sui generis but deserving of notice:
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njhuquor23vkkeamltaxdsnz/bafkreifkxmyx6fka5wtgcvk7bwzsrdmvr6ecwqzwrli3xdvbvs5rzmplj4@jpeg
― rob, Tuesday, 16 December 2025 16:25 (five months ago)
v. star trek alien-of-the-week
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 December 2025 03:41 (five months ago)
that’s a big fur hat she’s wearing
― Modollno Kahn (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 17 December 2025 07:41 (five months ago)
One for the Celtic fans among us
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e81a022913fe6a4f293b9cba71903da6fbcee002/204_0_3135_2509/master/3135.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none
― oh the traffic around here (Matt #2), Thursday, 18 December 2025 01:09 (five months ago)
Mike Johnson caves on Senate’s DHS deal, paving way to end shutdownhttps://www.ms.now/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/260401-mike-johnson-zz.jpg
(Photo from February apparently but it's what MSNOW are going with today.)
― visiting, Thursday, 2 April 2026 03:14 (two months ago)
Can't believe that guy can make any other face at this point
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 2 April 2026 03:29 (two months ago)
deeply want to punch this guy in his face, which is not a feeling i've experienced too often
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 April 2026 03:40 (two months ago)
because we have this https://t.co/xPhGl1ODkK pic.twitter.com/H8EcAH6mJp— Conor Rogers (@conorjrogers) April 23, 2026
― piscesx, Friday, 24 April 2026 17:31 (one month ago)
OK, which one of you is @conorjrogers?
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 25 April 2026 00:36 (one month ago)
https://i.postimg.cc/g2VNC5Zv/bafkreibeal7ibx2p7hz344lf22ihlxfpdhkebcxbxurn6bjgmjse5a65mi.webp
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 April 2026 00:50 (one month ago)