With a nod to Open Salon’s slogan “You make the headlines,” on my page,
You Make the Captions!
Last month, we had a lot of fun with CoyoteOldStyle’s OS Anniversary Photo Caption Contest. Today, if you choose to enter, I’m offering for your captioning pleasure some new “interesting” images. Because this month’s spooky theme cries out bloodcurdlingly for it, I bestow on you the ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times!” (screaming and moaning sounds in the background) And I hope all you ghostbusting photo-weenies can survive this scarily improved incarnation of CoyoteOldStyle’s Spooky Spirit Photo Caption Contest. (wolves and coyotes howling)
Write some creative, pithy, thought-provoking, silly, happy, sad or descriptive captions and indicate which photo they are for. The frightening panel of august judges will be picking winners and will update this page with the winning captions. Have at it and have fun . . .
if you dare!
A.
Winner: In the cold light of All Saints Day, Bill realized that all those joke plastic tombstones he'd bought to decorate his lawn were going to be a pain to clean up in time for his sprawling “visible from the international space station” Christmas display. (Kent Pitman)
Runner-up: ZombieLand. Off Season. (Michael Rodgers)
Honorable Mention: I always wanted a tomb with a view! (Lea Lane)
B.
Winner: OK Officer, I mighta been plastered, but Charlie and his garden were gone before we got here, fer sure! (Gabby Abby)
Runner-up: Realizing he'd left an apostrophe out of his sign, Charlie began the expensive process of building the necessary scaffolding to hold up workers with paint brushes to fix the problem in place. (Kent Pitman)
Honorable Mention: I didn't know Charlie had a green thumb. (OESheepdog)
C.
Winner: This is precisely why I hate having Sheepdog hair. (OESheepdog)
Runner-up: Cotton candy for Halloween (Chuck A. Stetson)
Honorable Mention: What the HELL? (said the newly initiated butterfly) (Gabby Abby)
D.
Winner: Robot workers at the banjo factory congregate to share suggestions on how to keep the banjos from falling off of the transport rod. (Kent Pitman)
Runner-up: Puttin' the hammer(s) down. (OESheepdog)
Honorable Mention: "Hey, you five--back in line!" (AtHomePilgrim)
E.
Winner: Frankenstein's neck bolt post-adjustment (Chuck A. Stetson)
Runner-up: Looks like the Dr. Who robot needs some rustoleum. (OESheepdog)
Honorable Mention: Fillerupsidedowntruck (Michael Rodgers)
F.
Winner: Seahorse Orgy (Michael Rodgers)
Runner-up: Witches Rice Krispie Treats on a stick (Chuck A. Stetson)
Honorable Mention: Finding star shapes too simplistic, Craig reprogrammed the DNA for his pets to grow in a more paisley configuration. (Kent Pitman)
G.
Winner: I usually don't mind little umbrellas in my drinks, but this is ridiculous. (OESheepdog)
Runner-up: headline: "Cowboys' Owner Sues Brewery over Logo" (AtHomePilgrim)
Honorable Mention: I'll think about savin for a rainy day...if they throw in the ale. (Gabby Abby)
H.
Winner: Darth! What did you drink man? (Gabby Abby)
Runner-up: Woofer madness (Chuck A. Stetson)
Honorable Mention: Speaker of the house. (OESheepdog)
I.
Winner: Photograph taken a week before lightning strike proves God uses laser targeting sights, just like everyone else. (Kent Pitman)
Runner-up: Manifestation Manor (Chuck A. Stetson)
Honorable Mention: As an orphan, my childhood home was a picture of light, but nothing was as it appeared. (Gabby Abby)
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B: Where Charlie went after the Angels left him.
C: "Lady, that's the worse dandruff I've ever seen!"
D: "Hey, you five--back in line!"
E: The search for meaning brought Prescott to an unexpected place.
F: "Shall we dance?"
G: headline: "Cowboys' Owner Sews Brewery over Logo"
H: ----
I: "Just a cottage?!?!"
b. I didn't know Charlie had a green thumb.
c. This is precisely why I hate having Sheepdog hair.
d. Puttin' the hammer(s) down.
e. Looks like the Dr. Who robot needs some rustoleum.
f. Ferniture display
g. I usually don't mind little umbrellas in my drinks, but this is ridiculous.
h. Speaker of the house.
i. Is this where "Nunsense" is playing?
B. We got Pergola Ale on tap.
C. Cotton candy for Halloween
D. Mechanized mayhem
E. Frankenstein's neck bolt post-adjustment
F. Witches Rice Krispie Treats on a stick
G. New Castle changing booths
H. Woofer madness
I. Manifestation Manor
B. Charlie doesn't have a colon either.
I. Glad you decided to be the CEO of AIG, Dad. But I like our 11 other houses better!
A. ZobieLand. Off Season.
B. I got nuttin.
C. Nefertiti’s Vagina
D. The Day the Harpsichord Died.
E. Fillerupsidedowntruck
F. Seahorse Orgy
G. I got nuttin.
H. I got nuttin.
Or did he mean Felix Frankfurter from the Supreme Court?
A. In the cold light of All Saints Day, Bill realized that all those joke plastic tombstones he'd bought to decorate his lawn were going to be a pain to clean up in time for his sprawling “visible from the international space station” Christmas display.
B. Realizing he'd left an apostrophe out of his sign, Charlie began the expensive process of building the necessary scaffolding to hold up workers with paint brushes to fix the problem in place.
C. Rather than spin more web, the lazy and somewhat aging spider took to patching holes in his web with discarded condoms.
D. Robot workers at the banjo factory congregate to share suggestions on how to keep the banjos from falling off of the transport rod.
E. Robot Suzie discovers to her horror that Joe has posted a photo of her “outie” on the Internet.
F. Finding star shapes too simplistic, Craig reprogrammed the DNA for his pets to grow in a more paisley configuration.
G. Bored board pawns quickly agreed that it was about damned time someone worked out a new castle.
H. First prototype of the Ugly Black Leech device, designed by CIA black ops division to eavesdrop on an entire building from a single inconspicuous (or, at least, visually confusing) position.
I. Photograph taken a week before lightning strike proves God uses laser targeting sights, just like everyone else.
Let that disturbing image roll around in your brain for a while.
B. OK Officer, I mighta been plastered, but Charlie and his garden were gone before we got here, fer sure!
C. What the HELL? (said the newly initiated butterfly)
D. Ba-Ba-Bum (and yours is draggin a little there buddy)
E. LIFE FORCE - Connect Here
F. Who knew pubes looked this nice up close?
G. I'll think about savin for a rainy day...if they throw in the ale.
H. Darth! What did you drink man?
I. As an orphan, my childhood home was a picture of light, but nothing was as it appeared.
I especially liked Lea Lane's “tomb with a view,” OESheepdog's “green thumb,” “speaker of the house,” and that umbrella thing, and AtHomePilgrim's “back in line.”
And I can't believe I left out the important word “starfish” from my paisley submission, but I'm glad you liked it anyway.
Thanks for running the contest. It was hard but fun, and it's especially fun when you've beaten your head against the wall trying to figure out anything decent on some of these to see how effortless some of the other contestants make it look.
Happy November!