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Last month, we had a lot of fun with CoyoteOldStyle’s “U-Haul U-Caption!” Photo Caption Contest . Once again, I’m offering for your captioning pleasure some new, and with any luck, improved “interesting” images. Continuing to remind you to bear in mind the gravitas of the ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” I present you industrious photo weenies with this pre-Labor Day edition of CoyoteOldStyle’s “August En Vacance!” Photo Caption Contest.
Write some creative, pithy, thought-provoking, silly, happy, sad or descriptive captions and indicate which photo they are for. Appropriately, the ever-popular panel of august judges are back in the month of August! They, and they alone, will be adjudicating the winners. This month they have been indulging themselves in adopting the French custom of being on vacation for much of the month of August. Be cautioned that this much rest may make the resulting choices of winners . . . more interesting than usual. I will update this page with the winning captions. Have at it and have fun!
A.
Winner: Umbrellakinesis at work (Bill S.)
Runner-up: The new pie chart for government spending is revealed. (1BN39FARedLeg)
Honorable Mention: Even flying upside-down, hell's cloverleaf looked strangely familiar. (Owl_Says_Who)
B.
Winner: Surveillance log, 8/29, Main St. , East Pinecone NH: Red SUV hasn’t moved yet. How long does it take to get doughnuts and bring them back here?! (hatchetface)
Runner-up: The Academy Of Art Vandals play a prank on the sleepy FBI stakeout team and paint their minivan red. (zumalicious)
Honorable Mention: Left with Peter Pan (tai)
C.
Winner: "hmmm, hmmm, hmmmm, I wub you." "No, hmm, hmmm hmm, I wub YOU!" "NO, HMM, HMMMM, HMMMM, I WUB YOU! YOU SMELL SO NICE!" (Kind of Blue)
Runner-up: Re-enacting a game of lacrosse from the movie Wall-E. (Kent Pitman)
Honorable Mention: Do these socks make my ankles look fat? (OEsheepdog)
D.
Winner: Two million years after he died from choking on a Dorito, George Bush pleaded "help me" as he was condemned to spend all of eternity stuck in a steel I-Beam in New Orleans. (look to the right of the white sheet.) (zumalicious)
Runner-up: Halfway through the demolition, the crew realized that the building was self-aware. (Owl_Says_Who)
Honorable Mention: The tagger had to work quickly as he lost his footing. (Michael Rodgers)
E.
Winner: Rusty, steely, irony (hatchetface)
Runner-up: A section of the main bulkhead door of Coastal Southern California's famous "Relation Ship." (Gary Justis)
Honorable Mention: So you see, this is why I never can have a shirt with two sleeves the same size. My textbooks in college were REALLY heavy. (Bill Beck)
F.
Winner: What the Ethernet looked like back when scientists thought Ether was a physical thing. (Kent Pitman)
Runner-up: The Micro-Robot soldiers stand guard against cat invasion. (1BN39FARedLeg)
Honorable Mention: World View (Robin Sneed)
G.
Winner: Why flies don't have windows on their houses.... (Bill S.)
Runner-up: The M.I.T. students insisted that their waffle maker was far superior to the Korean model. (zumalicious)
Honorable Mention: This is where we caught the blind Peeping Tom. (Bill Beck)
H.
Winner: Recently, I've noticed the sewer systems have been using some strange emoticons... (Esse Est Percipi)
Runner-up: Sanskrit drama. (Just Pamela)
Honorable Mention: Massively parallel pasta making die (hatchetface)
I.
Winner: Humans! They leave their trash everywhere! Now, I gotta move this thing! (Robin Sneed)
Runner-up: My secret stash (Ralph Tingey)
Honorable Mention: The last thing Phil wanted them to see as he went back to his burrow to sleep was his big fat ass. (Bill S.)
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Thank you for this, it brightened my day! Rated.
A) Navel Gazing
B) To Be or Not to Be
C) Don't Touch Me
D) Okay
E) Is Overrated
F) World View
G) Asylum
H) Turn That Frown Upside Down
I) Humans! They leave their trash everywhere! Now, I gotta move this thing!
So much fun, as always! xox
B. room with a view
C. two stepping
D. no words
E. communication grid
F. pipeline
G. ?
H. Urban Scrawl
I. no butt jokes
rAted!
B. Direct line for the car starter
C. Fuzzy sock on fuzzy leg
D. A one-way elevator in the projects
E. Door mat at the psychiatrist
F. Flute for farts
G. Unitarian Church Cross
H. Happy face on drugs
I. My secret stash
B. Yes, I heard you. "Next to the GREEN TREE".
C. Well Jon, my right leg would like to give you a ninth child, but my left foot is opposed.
D. And the man eating fisher building tried to lure Billy to his death by begging for help, but Billy shouted back to the building, "I'm no dummy. I see your meanie, demonic face on the floor below where you ate the contents of the last guy and left his sheet like the wrapper from a burrito."
E. So you see, this is why I never can have a shirt with two sleeves the same size. My textbooks in college were REALLY heavy.
F. So I got wise this time and put a fence around it. No one is getting my invention that turns farts into jelly beans this time.
G. This is where we caught the blind Peeping Tom.
F. Iron Age emoticons.
H. "...forty-eight......forty-nine.....FIFTY. Ready or not, here I come".
B. A place for open reflection.
C. Re-enacting a game of lacrosse from the movie Wall-E.
D. A call for help with caption-writing that the Coyote had time to write on the wall before looking down and realizing it was time to plunge earthward due to gravity.
E. Proof that people exchanged heavy thoughts even back in the Bronze Age.
F. What the Ethernet looked like back when scientists thought Ether was a physical thing.
G. Before the advent of computers, the use of graph paper to lay out designs sometimes resulted in a builder being overly literal and actually replicating all the lines and boxes in the walls themselves.
H. Recently excavated evidence that pre-historic man spent a substantial amount of time playing Space Invaders.
I. Why animals whose vision is not very good should develop other defensive skills than trying to pretend they are chameleons.
H. Recently, I've noticed the sewer systems have been using some strange emoticons...
That's all I got :(
Great pics though! I love A, I just couldn't think of a caption...
B) Red SUV's Get Lonely Too...
C) "hmmm, hmmm, hmmmm, I wub you." "No, hmm, hmmm hmm, I wub YOU!" "NO, HMM, HMMMM, HMMMM, I WUB YOU! YOU SMELL SO NICE!"
D) Shaquille O'Neal shelter from Hurricane Katrina found.
E) The Bush Administration, Communication and The Sewer - Details at 11:00
F) Motley Crue High Pressure Horizontal Shower for Post Groupie Sessions
G) The Four Lights Of Calvary
H) The New George Foreman Hieroglyphic Grill!
I) Cheney Seen Attending Waste Management Meeting
A. There's an angle to everything.
B. Don't jump!
C. Beginner Ballerina.
D. Not on your life!
E. Real Rusty talking.
F. Shock therapy rack.
G. Just some squares with no view.
H. Sanskrit drama.
I. I told you, no butt shots!
B. The goddamn SOB's red SUV is in my parking space again!
C. Do these socks make my ankles look fat?
D. Condemned building's futile plea for help.
E. We need to keep the lid on all communication.
F. Unnecessary regulation.
G: There's dirty work going on at the crossroads.
H: I guess this isn't exactly air tight.
I: I don't see no stinkin' daylight.
B) Being a Caesarian baby proved to ultimately be Harry's downfall.
C) What ballerinas do on their day off.
D) Frankenstein's inability to move quickly made him a poor choice for spreading concrete.
E) When you want to talk to a politician.....
F) How the Windows Pipe screen saver started....
G) Why flies don't have windows on their houses....
H) The heiroglyphics seemed to be telling Chad to Have It His Way.
I) The last thing Phil wanted them to see as he went back to his burrow to sleep was his big fat ass.
B. "Keep passing the open windows," he said. (Reference to Hotel New Hampshire)
C. In her dreams, she was a prima ballarina.
D. Halfway through the demolition, the crew realized that the building was self-aware.
E. Yes, we have communication covered.
F. The renovation attempted to allude to its original design as a calliope.
G. After the heavy snow, the Christmas Tree Farms were all aglisten.
H. Modern emoticons were inspired by this 11th century iron work.
I. A piece of trailer trash tail.
B) After a quick visit, Rocket J. Squirrel prepared to head home.
C) Socks and the City.
D) The final words of Jimmy Hoffa were finally unveiled for all to see.
E) My communications skills are a little rusty....
F) The new automatic coffee machine at work was a little scary at first.
G) Finally tiring of being bludgeoned by birds, the window got frosted.
H) The less popular Samuel Morse Frisbee.
I) Jack finally discovered who kept putting his trash out early.
B) Edward stood at the window, ready with the lantern. One if by Land Rover, two if by Sienna.
C) When feet go on a date.
D) All in all, you're just another brick in the wall
E) Grate Communications.
F) Edna blanched when she saw the fertilization equipment Dr. Rue had obtained.
G) Once again, Sven had clogged the cheese grater.
H) It's the new, incredible RonCo Vegetable Slicer and Pizza Pan!
I) Jed watched the fur coat he had purchased for Sadie waddle off under the outhouse.
A Umbrellakinesis stretches her cosmic appeal.
B Urbania vs. the Farmhouse. Farmhouse loses.
C Christmas socks make a rare August appearance.
D The tagger had to work quickly as he lost his footing.
E Republican communication entrance.
F Manifold Destiny.
G Glass blocking maneuver.
H Artistically Grating.
I Rodentarearendum.
B. The Academy Of Art Vandals play a prank on the sleepy FBI stakeout team and paint their minivan red.
C. The recline of western civilization.
D. Two million years after he died from choking on a Dorito, George Bush pleaded "help me" as he was condemned to spend all of eternity stuck in a steel I-Beam in New Orleans. (look to the right of the white sheet.)
E. "It was my big scene and you people walked all over my line!"
F. Obama's Top-Secret internet shutdown valves.
G. The M.I.T. students insisted that their waffle maker was far superior to the Korean model.
H. (Whispers) "I see happy faces!"
I. Screw you people! I gotta go get my grub on!
B. Surveillance log, 8/29, Main St. , East Pinecone NH: Red SUV hasn’t moved yet. How long does it take to get doughnuts and bring them back here?!
C. If I could find my shoes I’d go for a walk...to the kitchen.
D. Superman arrives too late to save Lois from the collapsing building. Time for a new writer.
E. Rusty, steely, irony
F. Access denied to the in-house sulphur gas shutoff...Better open a window!
G. In vitro tessellation
H. Massively parallel pasta making die
I. A rare glimpse of the hoary stealth gopher in it’s natural habitat.
Don't miss out on entering!!!!!
And by the way, the rehearsal was great. It's going to be a good show. Once I have something coherent, I'll post the information. But suffice it to say that we are sounding really terrific for only two rehearsals. Woo-hoo!
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