We have a winner in yesterday's Caption Contest.
The first runner-up is Ed Driscoll:
It's a Sicilian message. It means Howard Dean's candidacy sleeps with the fishes.
Our second runner-up is Scott H.:
"HULK SMASH FISH!"
And the winner is...
AND THEN I'LL THROW A HALIBUT! AND A TUNA! AND SOME RED SNAPPER! AND A BUNCH OF MINNOWS! AND THEN I'M GONNA GET A WHOLE BASKET FULL OF FLOUNDERS AND THROW THEM IN WASHINGTON D.C.!
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAGH!
from Will Collier.
Thank you, thank you, you're a great audience, I'll be here all week.
(Actually, I thought mine was kind of lame; my fave was the one about Dean committing seppuku with a fish...)
With a little help from this Academy Award Speech Generator:
Thank you! Oh! Thank you! I can hardly believe I was nominated--let alone come in as second runner-up! I feel so lucky! And this statue - it's so suspiciously phallic! Oh, thank you again! I just want everyone to read in the tabloids that even in my wildest hallucinations, I never would have frantically prayed that this could ever happen to me. And to the other brilliant nominees, I want each of you to know how totally wonderful your plastic surgery makes me feel right now!
You know when they first told me I was nominated, I just had to take a minute and think about how generous my experiences have been. I guess it all just makes me feel kinda numb--but oddly tingly all over.
Finally, I want to thank God--and Gilgamesh, for being such a powerful force in my loins. And to the US Supreme Court, who taught me to take life by the fifth of bourbon. And of course, to all the producers I slept with - I couldn't have done it without you!
Finally, if Will or Lt. Smash are unable, for whatever reason, to fufil their roles as winner and first runner-up, I'm ready, for the next year, to proudly take their place.
Thank you America, and good night!
Ed
Stephen,
I have to disagree. Driscoll's "It's a Sicilian message..." was the top dog. I'm from South Philly, an Italian neighborhood, and that Godfather caption was my laugh of the week. Contest was a great idea. Have another again sometime....Brian at Tomfoolery of the Highest Order
Ed, I believe as first runner-up you're next in the line of succession. I'm just happy to place. (I've used a Dean-as-Hulk joke before)
Dig it. The animated remix:
http://veepers01.budlight.com/service/RetrieveCard?id=4A091FD8-58DC-11D8-9E9E-E3635E514682
Well, I've got to admit that was better than what I was thinking of, but didn't post:
"Kyoo no tema wa kore desu!"
I didn't think anyone would get it. (You see, it would be that the fish was the secret ingredient of the day on Iron Chef, and Dean thought he was Chairman Kaga, or something...see, I told you you wouldn't get it.)
There was a caption contest? Darn, I missed it. I had already posted the pic on my blog and gave it this title:
Unable To Locate A Knife, Howard Dean Improvises As He Practices For His Upcoming Role As Norman Bates
"Sufferin' Catfish! Something's sure fishy about how our government is being run. George Bush flounders around and doesn't do Carp; he's ALL mouth; full of unfulfilled promises; like this big, dead fish, he too stinks. Remember, you heard this from the man with Sole, Howard Dean, NOT Jimmy Dean!"
