Winners of Last Week’s Caption Contest
Here are the winners of our last caption contest, as determined by me and me alone. Your reward: nothing. As a reminder, here was the picture:
And here are the top ten (well, actually, top twelve, as there was a three-way tie for one spot):
10. “Your card was the Eight of Clubs, right?” — SPQR
9. How many Lightworkers does it take to change a light bulb? — Steven Den Beste
8. “My crystal ball says I am no longer the fairest of all.” — bridget
7. “If only I was this bright…” redc1c4
6. “How does this new teleprompter work?” — daleyrocks
5. “I got a damn crystal ball and I still don’t know what Biden will say next.” — Colonel Haiku
4. “THIS,” he said, holding it up for all to see, “is Bush’s fault.” — Icy
There was a three-way tie for third, with three captions along the same lines, each funny in its own way:
3. “Dammit, it keeps asking ‘Try Again.’” — Ag80
3. “Don’t try again, later.” — Elephant Stone
3. Magic 8 Ball says: “Don’t count on it.” — deb smith
Now the top two:
2 “My halo seems to have slipped off.” — htom
1. “You will soon find yourself in a new career.” — Patricia
Our current caption contest is still running, here.
Let the grousing and second-guessing begin!
Patterico (83033d) — 8/22/2012 @ 7:19 amHappy fun ball jokes should always win. The Halo one did make me laugh though.
SarahW (b0e533) — 8/22/2012 @ 7:26 amThere are all outstanding. I really enjoyed that thread. I couldn’t come up with anything, but some of y’all are very funny.
Congrats, Patricia!
Dustin (73fead) — 8/22/2012 @ 7:30 am*These
Dustin (73fead) — 8/22/2012 @ 7:30 amRats, I hoped the Cthulu comment would at least raise some recognition (or the “Cthulu Loves the Little Children” response mine generated).
Oh well, these all were excellent 🙂
ChimpZilla (39aa7f) — 8/22/2012 @ 9:59 amRacists!
Beldar (8e9db8) — 8/22/2012 @ 12:36 pmI thought Steven and I should have placed higher.
SPQR (26be8b) — 8/22/2012 @ 12:39 pmI received a phone call from someone in Nevada claiming to know that Patricia and htom were using performance enhancing drugs in this competition.
I suppose that means that the third place finishers will now be elevated to the top spot, huh ?
Elephant Stone (65d289) — 8/22/2012 @ 1:20 pmLet the grousing and second-guessing begin!
Comment by Patterico — 8/22/2012 @ 7:19 am
Err, did somebody say something like, “Oh yeah, man, I really gotta win this, ’cause wow, this is really important and meaningful”? It was a cool picture and a fun thread.
nk (875f57) — 8/22/2012 @ 1:33 pmPersonally, I cannot wait until Friday for “Where’s Perry?”, Part 2.
nk (875f57) — 8/22/2012 @ 1:36 pmnk,
Put this loss behind you.
Besides, you’ve definitely won “First Prize” in a lot of other contests around here, bro.
Elephant Stone (65d289) — 8/22/2012 @ 2:08 pmBesides, you’ve definitely won “First Prize” in a lot of other contests around here, bro.
Whad’ I get? Whad’ I get?
nk (875f57) — 8/22/2012 @ 2:50 pm#1 doesn’t make sense… he was predicting his own future and saying you?
You’re not a smart patty.
trebek (0b4ce2) — 8/22/2012 @ 4:07 pmtrebek,
Dude, the point of view of Patricia’s caption is that Obama was reading the “fortune” being predicted by the Magic 8 ball. A number of us wrote Magic 8 ball “predictions.”
Therefore, Patricia’s use of pronouns was proper.
Elephant Stone (65d289) — 8/22/2012 @ 4:15 pmThanks, SarahW and Patterico. Congratulations, Patricia!
htom (412a17) — 8/22/2012 @ 4:55 pmPatricia, that was funny.
(I wish you commented more frequently, too. Always interesting and with a nice dash of snark).
Dana (292dcf) — 8/22/2012 @ 5:15 pmThat photo had to be taken by the same media people that kept creating angelic halo photographs during the 08 election. This one looks like they were trying to hint of something like: “feel the force Luke” or Naruto’s Rasingun, or probably some new age hint of Obama the creation force. You would think the media deification of Obama would have died off by now.
Ghost_on_the_Wind (9b08f5) — 8/22/2012 @ 7:10 pmWell, he IS the Second Coming, you know.
The Second Coming of Lenin, that is.
Icy (9bbab7) — 8/23/2012 @ 5:22 amOne more: “The Stars, Like Dust”
Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 8/23/2012 @ 12:54 pmA bit after the fact, but, with this photo, I believe I’ve discovered where The One was when this photo was taken:
In Space, No One Can Hear You Vote
IGotBupkis -- "Faecies Evenio", Mr. Holder? (8e2a3d) — 9/1/2012 @ 8:37 pm