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Identifying Wood
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About
Identifying Wood refers to the cover photograph of the book with the same name in which a middle-aged man is shown examining the texture of a wooden panel with a microscope. A prime example of an exploitable stock photograph, the image has spawned a series of photoshopped parodies featuring an individual carefully studying a commonplace and easily identifiable object and a caption based on the snowclone "yep, it's (X)."
Origin
The original image was featured on the cover of the reference book Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools,[1] written by R. Bruce Hoadley and published in 1990.[2] The earliest known variation of the meme was created by adding the caption "Yep, it's wood." to the image, likely to highlight the humor behind writing an entire book dedicated to identifying something so commonplace.
![Unedited cover Copyrighted Material IDENTIFYING ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS R. Bruce Hoadley Copynightee](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/775/ba6.jpg)
![Cover Copytighted Material IDENTIFYING ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS R. Bruce Hoadley YEP IT'S WOOD ite](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/782/cce.jpg)
Spread
On May 22nd, 2007, a thread[3] was posted on the community website FARK requesting photoshops of the book cover. The thread, receiving 36 replies prior to being archived, produced several examples of the meme (shown below).
![686.jpg Copyrighted Material IDENTIFYING MIND-BLOWING RESULTS WITH KICKASS TOOLS R Bruce Headley](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/836/686.jpg)
![f7a.jpg Copyrighted Material HOWTONEVERGET LAID EVER R. Bruce Hoadley](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/843/f7a.jpg)
In 2008 and beyond, the original image continued to make appearances on various internet humor sites and forums, including FunnyJunk[9], eBaumsworld[7] and Actual Funny Pictures[8], and by 2011, the image had reached Reddit[11] and Tumblr.[10]
Notable Examples
![afb.jpg IDENTIFYING ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS R. Brúcelos Hoadlor YEPJITS HERESY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/803/afb.jpg)
![974.jpg Copyrighted Material IDENTIFYING ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS Hoadley YUP,IT'S BAIT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/781/974.jpg)
![45d.jpg IDENTIEVING GLASSHSAPETOCLE ACCURATE RESULTS by Whale YEP,IT'S GLASS anvas Publishing House, Ltd](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/816/786/45d.jpg)
![7ad.jpg Copyrighted Material IDENTIFYING HAPPENING ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS YEP, IT'S HAPPENING](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/816/777/7ad.jpg)
![635.jpg Copyrighted Matenal IDENTIFYING ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS That YEP IT'S FEEL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/816/778/635.jpg)
![e27.jpg BATS ACCURATE RESULTS WITH SIMPLE TOOLS by B. Mam YEP.ITS A BAT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/816/779/e27.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Amazon – Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools
[2] Goodreads – Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools
[3] FARK – Photoshop this guy and his wood
[4] 2FlashGames – Identifying Wood
[5] Lanarchy Forum – Funny Pics
[6] My Funny Cool Pics – Identifying Wood
[7] eBaumsworld – Identifying Wood
[8] Actual Funny Pictures – Yeup, It's Wood
[9] FunnyJunk – Identifying Wood
[10] Tumblr – Tagged results for Identifying Wood
[11] Reddit – Image Results for Identifying Wood
Top Comments
ProjectENDO
Aug 25, 2014 at 06:51PM EDT
lessthan jake
Aug 23, 2014 at 04:57PM EDT