Caption Contest: Here, Kitty Kitty
21 January 2009 | 2:44 PM
All right, it’s been eons since the my last caption contest around here, and it’s high time to whip another one out. Now, as a rule I’m not big on making fun of poor random slobs (being a random slob myself, it sort of hits close to home), but this one just, well…..I have no words:
All right, people, the rules for this one are the same as always: submit your entry as a comment on this post; profanity remains acceptable, if not downright encouraged; submit as many captions as you wish; those submissions which play upon thinly-veiled sexual and/or otherwise juvenile material will receive higher consideration than others; all entries must be submitted before the contest is over; the winner will be selected by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Ridonculousness, namely me.
All entries must be received by 5:00p CDT on Thursday, January 22, 2009. This contest’s winner will receive something random from one of the last few boxes in my basement that I’ve yet to unpack.
Get a move on, people – let me see your funny.
Contrary to popular belief: I’m no fool. I’m fully capable of admitting failure when I see it. Now, by most reasonable measures, this particular caption contest was a flop: there were only three submissions (one of which, sadly, I don’t even really get) and there were two protests-of-lameness lodged. Again, by most yardsticks, this would make even the hardiest of blogger admit defeat. However, there was one glimmer of hope, which came in the form of Tammy’s (winning) response:
“Aaaahh, pussy control, oh”
I’ll be damned if she didn’t go all Artist-Formerly-Known-As-Credible on us. Not only that, her caption reflects a) my favorite Prince song and b) the exact idea that popped into my head the moment I saw the photo above. So, Tammy, congratulations: you’ve earned yourself an official Nitty Gritty birthday mug (why it’s followed me around to this day is beyond me), which I promise I will run through the dishwasher before passing it along. And to all your haters out there I say, “fine, be that way”, but next time, you guys need to suggest the picture to caption then.
And now, I bid you adieu. Viva la caption!
Posted by Andy in Caption Contests
I’m not going to participate in this one, there’s nothing bad I can say about it. The guy may look like a dork in this photo, but he looks happy, the cat looks… tolerant. I think there’s something endearing about it.
While I’d agree that the guy looks happily dorky, it’s the cat that draws me to this photo. Contrary to your opinion, I think the poor thing looks either terrified or horrified, take your pick. Perhaps I’m projecting?
“It was at this point in the day’s festivities that Neville thought to himself, ‘Why couldn’t I have been born a wolverine?’”
Aaaahh, pussy control, oh
Southdale High has never had a more elegant prom king and queen, either before or since.
I guess I agree with chrisash. There doesn’t seem to be much bad that I can say about the guy aside from how dorky he looks and he could probably turn around and say just the same thing about me.