Fun With Stock Photos is here again! This time, I was inspired by an old post on Urlesque by blogger friend Eliot Glazer, commenting on the purveyance of stock photo images showing women in bed with laptop computers. I decided to test his theory that stock photo galleries are teeming with pictures of ladies lying in bed with their laptops. AND BOY WAS HE RIGHT. I'm talking thousands. So today, I'm going to show you a variety of examples - and give you some pointers on how to create the classic "lady on a bed with a laptop" stock photo.

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It was completely pointless to resist doing a Valentine's Day edition of Fun With Stock Photos. When I searched our stock photo library, I noticed a theme: people looking completely confident in their romantic tactics. Like everyone is just SOOOO sure that the box of chocolates they're holding is completely going to get the girl. That's why I'm calling this the "This Is Going To Totally Work" Stock Photo Collection. Enjoy.

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Fun With Stock Photos is back. This week's edition: "TOUGH GUY." Warning: lots of chiseled, confident man nipples ahead.

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Wooo! Today is the first Fun With Stock Photos of the year! Happy new year, stock images. I think stock photos resolved to be more ridiculous than ever this year. This time, I searched for the term "breaking up." The results? Phenomenal. I even found a sub-category of photos I call the "She's Behind Me, Isn't She?" Series. You'll see. FUN!

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This time on Fun With Stock Photos, when I entered my search term, "santa," I fully expected to be filled with holiday glee. Instead, I found picture after picture of the saddest, most pathetic-looking Santas. They say that Christmas can be a hard time for a lot of people - but maybe Santa is the one that suffers the most?

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It's the holiday season, and it's also time for a new Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: MISTLETOE. Because there's no better way to awkwardly force someone to kiss you. Especially at work.

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It's Thanksgiving and that definitely means it's time to play Fun With Stock Photos with the search term, THANKSGIVING! There are so many stock photos to be thankful for.

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This week on Fun With Stock Photos, I searched our stock photos library for the word "DRUNK." To the people who make stock photos, and to the models that pose in them - thank you. Thank you for so many amazing versions of the concept of "drunk."

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This time on Fun With Stock Photos, I searched for "CELL PHONE." The pictures really seemed to be showing me all about the Do's and Don'ts of cell phone usage - so I've put together a little guide for you on CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE. Feel free to forward any of these to that person in your life who is rude with their mobile device. There's also some general advice about life in here - you're welcome.

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Today, I'm doing something a little different with Fun With Stock Photos. The term I looked up this time was "handshake," and it got me thinking - there are so many different types of handshakes out there. Why not chronicle them here for you? Consider this a handy guide on the world of handshakes - you might even learn a new technique for the next time you're going to "shake on it."

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Time for another Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: MANNEQUIN.

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Fun With Stock Photos has returned!! In Fun With Stock Photos, I enter a random word or phrase into our stock photo library and I see what bizarre photos pop up. This week's edition: "CAT LADY."

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Aaaaand Fun With Stock Photos is back! This week's edition: POLITICIAN.

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It's that time again: Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: WATER COOLER. Gather round with your coworkers and enjoy:

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This time on Fun With Stock Photos, I searched for the term "Bored Man" and it was not boring at all. Hopefully today's edition will cure you of whatever boredom you may be enduring.

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I've been doing Fun With Stock Photos for a few months now, where I take a search term, pop it into our stock photos collection, and see what sort of zany pictures come up. I figured it was time to pause and take stock (get it?) of what we've experienced:

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We're getting WILD with Fun With Stock Photos this week! I decided to see what would come up if I searched our stock photo archive for the term "NUDITY." Among many pictures of nakey babies and women's breasts, I found a ton of hilarious (and moderately safe for work) pictures that defied explanation. ENJOY!

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It's time again for Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: EVIL!!! You might want to get our your respective spiritual texts for this one. Because this edition will be perilous to your SOUL.

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Fun With Stock Photos has returned!! This week's edition: "FIRED." Though I hope you never have to go through the feeling of being fired, I think these pictures convey feelings we've all experienced.

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Fun With Stock Photos is in full effect today. This week's edition: "BAD MOM."

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Time to take a ride on the Fun With Stock Photos train!! This week's destination: "THIEF."

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Look out everybody, here comes another installment of Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: TEEN ANGST. Put on your favorite Smiths album and enjoy!

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This time on Fun With Stock Photos, it's all about the "surprised man." When I entered this phrase into my stock photo account, I had no idea how brilliant the results would be. Prepare yourself!!!

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It's been a while since we did Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: "Sexual Harassment." Sexual harassment is a serious workplace issue you guys - and as you can tell, you're going to need a lot of stock photos when you conduct sensitivity training. These pictures should help get you started.

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It's that time again!!! Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: "FUTURISTIC COUPLE." Hold on tight - it's about to get mad futuristic up in here.

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Are you ready for the next installment of Fun With Stock Photos? I sure as hell am. This week, we're mixing it up a little, gettin' a little high concept. This time, I searched for SHRUGGING. And these were the results:

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It's that time AGAIN!!! Fun With Stock Photos!! This week's edition: EMBARRASSED MAN. Genius.

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It's time for another installment of Fun With Stock Photos!! This time, I searched for the phrase "frustrated woman," and the results were stellar. Check it out.

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On Friday, I brought you a list of some of the most bizarre and hilarious stock photos that I found by searching for the terms "angry businessman." After staring at the sequence of pictures in #11 for a good three hours this weekend, I realized this would make a great animated gif. (Thanks Cory for your mad gif skills.) I've made this my wallpaper:

Also, I accidentally left one out on Friday! See what it is, after the jump.

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You will soon learn that I am completely obsessed with stock photos. I love the idea that an entire crew of photographers, producers, assistants, models, interns, and designers put an enormous amount of effort to make pictures that represent abstract ideas in images, all so that we can use them in a brochure or powerpoint presentation. Sometimes I love to just randomly search for something in our stock photo library to see what comes up. Today, I searched for "ANGRY BUSINESSMAN," and the results...STUNNING! I've added captions to a few - but here are the top 21 results:

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