craigbOr, just maybe, it comes from a 60's droodle? Just like this album cover... And here's a few more. Man wearing bow tie stuck in an elevator (traditional answer). Although there are always alternatives with all of these: A smartly dressed elevator.A butterfly abseiling.A smartly dressed worm.A forgotten Christmas present.A triangle admiring themselves in a mirror.A supermodel wearing a bow tie.A kite string with a bow.A double-door with triangular handles.A child's wooden diabalo from above.An hourglass balancing on a tennis net.Two triangular actors who've forgotten how to make a diamond. A spider doing a handstand.Total eclipse of the sun on a stick.A family of worms stuck on a toffee apple.A frightened mop.A dandelion seed making a perfect landing.A supermodel on a bad hair day.Albert Einstein on a good hair day.A model who stuck her finger in a electricity socket.A punk-rock dandelion An egg, sunny side down.A hat that thinks it's a bowl.A confused sunset.A pregnant worm.An alien who didn't quite land it right.A poorly built boat in a desert.A body-building snake. Tomato sandwich.Bald skier with sunburn.Hot dog on skis.The letter H with stomach ache.Rudolph looking through a letterbox.Trying to pick up a cherry with chopsticks. ...And many others.