Should I Sue?

[sunny-dave]

I'm off for a City Break to Liverpool soon - and my companions said "For Funks Sake stop being in denial and get a Bus Pass, Dave - it'll save you loads of beer money".

So earlier this week I spent hours getting myself tarted up and then filled in the online form - using my webcam for the photo.

The photo I submitted was (to my eyes) a fetching combination of George Clooney and Jose Mourinho with a hint of a smile playing on my lips

My bus pass arrived today - with a picture that seems to be of a leering drunk, with a red face and a shockingly bad haircut.

I am considering getting BarMaid to initiate proceedings for defamation ...

old dave xx

[Buenchico]

The truth can't be defamatory, Dave.

Just spend some of that money you've saved on a few bevvies and then look again at the photograph. You'll then see an incredibly handsome guy looking back at you ;-)

[EDDIE51]

You didn't upload a photo of Donald Trump by mistake did you?

[EDDIE51]

Chris has it right 'Beer Goggles' are the answer.

[andy-hughes]

Just be grateful they didn't ask for a video!

At least with a photo you can give yourself a swerve with the worst bits - you can't do that with a video!

[Davemano]

Reminds me of part of a phrase, Scottish I think, 'To see ourselves as others see us'.

[Patsy33]

Yes, sue them handsomely Dave....

[Buenchico]

>>> part of a phrase, Scottish I think

"O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
An' ev'n devotion!"
(R Burns, 'To a Louse', 1786)

[sunny-dave]

One of Rabbie's cleaner efforts ... I remember researching his works for a Burns Night reading - my but he wrote some seriously (and amusingly) filthy verse ...

[Peter Pedant]

//The truth can't be defamatory, Dave. //
it can be when you look like Dave hur hur hur

but it is a thing of value - so it doesnt matter much that yo look like a dog in it

[gness]

Yes it does, Peter.....we're already drawing lots for who has to stand next to him when he's showing the buss pass.........if he's allowed on the bus at all!.... ;-)

[Buenchico]

It's mandatory for all buses to have a nutter on board, isn't it?

[gness]

It is, Chris.....but two is one too many..... ;-)....x

[Davemano]

Bc - that's the one but all I ever heard was the first couple of lines and never knew the origin. So the bus pass photo has benefitted me.

[Barmaid]

I'm a lawyer not a bloody miracle worker

[pixie374]

Lol BM:-). Could he sue his parents for genetics or something?

[Tilly2]

I used my bus pass recently and the bus driver said, 'I prefer your hair as it is now.' Cheeky monkey!

[sunny-dave]

If mine says that I'll be assuming his guide dog is driving ...

[Tilly2]

So, y'all going on a bus trip?

[albaqwerty]

having mopped up the keyboard and wiped down the monitor, I'll suggest BM for Best Answer

Now, how on earth do I get to keep those two darlings out? Re-inforce Hadrian;s Wall somehow?

[jno]

I always take some time photoshopping picutres submitted for driving licences, passports etc (I know they say you mustn't do it for passport photos but they can't tell). I've never succeeded in making myself look beautiful but at least I can reduce the appearance of wild-eyed madness and alcoholism.