Archives for: February 2010

Caption Contest: Late February, 2010

February 27th, 2010

Your caption could be here.

Each day*, a random* image is selected from the internet* for the caption contest.

Click on the comments/feedback section to see current caption entries or to add one of your own. I choose a winner at midnight EST*. Winning captions are generally the most funny and/or thought provoking. Crass humor, while welcome, is less likely to win than that which is genuinely clever and witty. The winner receives the adoration of the world, and the scorn of the other equally deserving participants.

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New project at work

February 27th, 2010

Sorry I've been delinquent in updating the site. I have this new project at work that is devouring my time. I have not completely abandoned the site. I will post at least one new contest next week. I promise. [Update: I did, I did post a new contest!]

In the meantime, here's a funky cold medina:

I just played the word "medina" in Scrabble, and googling for it eventually turned up this.

p.s. If you long for some automated 3-panel captioning, the site has been faithfully generating contests for months, and you can still play there.

Caption Contest: 11 February, 2010

February 11th, 2010

The votes are being tallied.

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Caption Contest: 3 February, 2010

February 3rd, 2010

"Where the Wild Things Really Are"

By JP

Runner up:
"Coming Soon: Walt Disney's Othello!"
By Paul Yost

Thanks to JohnnyB for simplifying the voting.

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Caption Contest: 1 February, 2010

February 1st, 2010

From the Huntington Beach Independent: Everyone mourns the death of a goldfish differently. Jeanette Clash of Huntington Beach, for example, stages an elaborate homage on the anniversary of the death of Puzzle, who died in 1972 in strange circumstances while being cared for by her older brother Walter, to whom she is no longer speaking.

By Richard Hine

Award for first ever Lady Gaga reference on this site that I am aware of:
Gaga's Academy Awards get-up.
By Lauren

Bad pun award:
[Sign, just out of view]: Mermaid looking for employment. Will work for scale.
By Tim H

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