Many BIRCHIES were asked to identify this picture. Of course, no one really knew the answer, so here are some of your creative suggestions. (At the bottom is the true description.)
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SCOT - Michael Richards arrives in the afterlife and discovers that the Lord has a humorous sense of irony.

BINA - African War Dancer?

CHRIS - A side of Katie Holmes rarely seen.

DIG S - The still -- and always will be -- very single coal miner's daughter.

JERRY - Come on!! Where did you get a picture of Strait in Blackface?

WHAT IT REALLY IS: A man dressed as a Hajfirooz, which is a traditional character to symbolize the arrival of the Iranian New Year, performs during a ceremony to mark the holiday, called Norouz, in Tehran, Iran, on March 17, 2008.