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What's the Story Behind this Pic?
Written by Linda 
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As part of our ongoing WTF? Wednesday series we present you with this uncanny image of two men holding out a surging hoard, but why? And where is it taken?
If you guess correctly, or give us a good enough/entertaining answer, our friends over at Neatorama will give you a free T-Shirt of your choice from their online shop and we'll give you a 'big up' next WTF? Wednesday.
All you have to do is drop a guess in the comments section below, along with your name and email. We’ll then contact you if you win (emails addresses will not be published). Enjoy! .
PS. A teensy weensy clue is: August 31st, 2008
Last WTF? Winner
Congrats to Ben who guessed correctly that the last WTF? image of a toilet within a tree was a powder-room pit-stop in a Baobab tree, Zambia; a sight which is pretty common around certain parts of Africa.
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david (not verified) says:
May 12th, 2009 at 7am
Actually, the two guys on the other side weren't invited to the party-
it's the crowd that's holding them out.
m4k (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 6pm
let me guess? the last ever bob marley concert? but they 4got 2 tell evri1 hes like...
dead .. sniff :(
lol :p
Tom Reed (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 6pm
The door swings open to the crowd. The door is being held shut BY THE CROWD. The two men are trying to OPEN the door, not "holding out a surging hoard."
Justin Korn (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 7pm
They all pre-ordered the Canon 50D and just heard about the Nikon D90 and are trying to revolt at the Canon factory?? :)
Tubidge (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 8pm
No, no, no. Clearly what is happening in the scene is this:
The two men on the right were the first men in Kenya to sell contraceptives to women. But...because the only object within the mens' facility is sand and themselves, they didn't have anything to test their product on. And as you can clearly see, the product was defective.
Bill in Detroit (not verified) says:
Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3am
Well, it would be funnier if this was the Black Friday half-off sale at Bed, Bath and Beyond ... but it really -is- a crowd of women desperately trying to get food for their children.
Ace (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 8pm
Bush and Cheney hold back a surging hoard of democrats.
Richard Wagner (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 9pm
The picture is of a UN facility during the Rwandan Civil War as hundreds of Tutsi flee from persecution.
salih nur ahmed (not verified) says:
Aug 27th, 2008 at 10pm
in Darfur Sudan, people storming the gate to get food.
bboytrife (not verified) says:
Aug 28th, 2008 at 9am
this picture is harsh... a picture by Omar Vega. a look at everyday life in Niger. starving hungry people with almost no way out...
good post for awareness
Maisha ni Matamu (not verified) says:
Aug 28th, 2008 at 10am
I'm guessing this is a women or children clinic or registration center in Sudan with some kind of deadline on 31/08/08.
Alli (not verified) says:
Aug 28th, 2008 at 5pm
To be specific:
"Two members of the Africa Muslim Agency attempt to brace the front gate as thousands of mothers carrying their malnourished children try to push into the therapeutic feeding center in Maradi, Niger."
How frickin horrible. To make things worse apparently a truck hit n killed one of the moms and her kid, starting a stampede. Click on my name for more info.
RD (not verified) says:
Aug 28th, 2008 at 9pm
Somewhere in Sudan, David's Bridal One Day Sale is officially about to begin.
Mark Entel (not verified) says:
Aug 28th, 2008 at 11pm
[caption] Two Republican lawyers engage in 'poll monitoring' drills in anticipation of November's election
Linda says:
Aug 29th, 2008 at 10am
@ DJ
Hi, yes it very well could have been. We've been having some problems with comments disappearing after they've been approved so please do post your comment again.
Cheers.
L
sean (not verified) says:
the last starbucks is about to close down in their village and they need their morning coffee-anyone who's seen the colbert report might know what im talking about.