My mate George (Johnson) came on a Family skiing holiday with.

We (The Rooks)went with a couple of other family (The Hayters and The Slees).

George just came along cos he thought it would be a laugh. There were no other members of the Johnson family present on the trip.

It was fun (great skiing, great times) apart the cost of alcholic refreshments (over priced beer, average times).

At the end of the week there were some family photos taken in the hotel bar. Each family divided up and some homely snaps were taken. George (having no family to join in the pictures with) was reluctant about joining in our Rook family photo for obvious reasons, but he was assured that he was an 'honourary' Rook for the week and that it was totally appropriate for him to be in the photo.

George is on the left as you look at this photo.

Ah the classic 'Who the fuck are you' pose.

The trick is to smile pleasantly and politely right up until the very last moment before the picture is taken, then get your pose-on.

I have sucessfully employed this technique many times subsequently, resulting in, what I am sure you will agree are some of THE all-time great photographs. It is far funnier when the other people are obviously really putting the effort in to make the photo as good as it can be too....for example here

and here....

or indeed if the 'who the fuck are you' look is entirely necessary, irrespective of any comic value it may have....

or if people think you should be taking the picture more seriously than you in fact are...

under no circumstances should the pose by embellished with hand gestures of any kind, this young man clearly has a lot to learn. sort it out donnelly.

in other news, i also enjoy taking photos of my brother when he is asleep. because its funny. and if we have learned anything from all this, it is that fun is fun.