i’m sure there’s some good explanation for this old skool photo. but let’s just have fun with it!
best caption gets the ys book of yer choice.
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holy cow — i thought there might be the occasional “ass” comment on this one, but i had forgotten the floodgates that would open when youth workers are given permission to slip in a double-usage of the word! ha. you guys crack me up.
ok, here are the ones that have really tickled my funny bone so far…
Why do I have to carry the pinata?
Comment by Jeff Myers
He ain’t heavy…he’s my burro.
Comment by Jeff Myers
Saving Private Ryan’s Ass
Comment by Jeff Myers
Eddie Murphy’s voice: Are we there yet?
Comment by Jeremy
“Lions led by donkeys” is a phrase popularly used to describe the British infantry of the First World War and to condemn the generals who commanded them. The contention is that the brave soldiers (lions) were sent to their deaths by incompetent and indifferent leaders (donkeys). The phrase was the source of the title of one of the most scathing examinations of British First World War generals, The Donkeys by British historian Alan Clark. The origins of the phrase pre-date the First World War. During the Crimean War, The Times of London wrote of the British Army, “The Russians say we are lions led on by asses.” The Times recycled the phrase as “lions led by donkeys” with reference to French soldiers during the Franco-Prussian War. There were numerous examples of its use during the First World War, referring to both the British and the Germans.
Comment by Andy Jack
(ysmarko: i had to include andy’s simply because it’s the single longest caption ever submitted in a photo caption contest! andy thought this was a “create an article that goes along with photo” contest!)
“I left 99 and all I could find was this.”
Comment by William
Tom Hank’s next project: Band of Burros
Comment by Jeremy
Christopher Robin still has “issues”
Comment by Rob
(ysmarko: this one made me laugh out loud and almost shoot coffee out my nostrils this morning at the coffee shop when i first read it!)
I’m protecting him from weapons of ass destruction.
Comment by Jeremy
The 1938 NYWC had some innovative giveaways in the the convention center, and if it’s free, youth workers will take anything.
Comment by Bob
Does this ass make my butt look big?
Comment by Todd
The bitter truth of why John McCain is a Republican.
Comment by Len
Matthew 11:30 – For my yoke is easy and my burrow is light.
Comment by Ben
How do you explain this Vietnam flashback to your shrink?
Comment by Murphy
Private…hurry up or we will have to leave your ass behind.
Comment by Murphy
annie liebowitz’s “the democrats march out of 1984? remains an unsung masterpiece in her body of work.
Comment by Rob C
and the winner is…
wow — great crop of captions this time, and LOTS of them! quite a few rise to the top as the ‘cream of the crop’, so to speak. but i just don’t think i can get past rob’s Christopher Robin still has “issues” for pure, twisted creativity and comic value. rob, you and your issues win. email me the book of your choice and your address.
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“Pull over, I’m driving!”
We can only assume the donkey is a female, but you know what assuming does…
Move your ass soldier!!
I am not sure why this Jesus fellow needs a donkey anyway…
“somewhere in Mexico a man is trying to ride a telecommunications pack back to his village”
Does this ass make my butt look big?
let’s go over the plan one more time. you put on the donkey camo and infiltrate the farm. we’ll cover you.
Talk about having your a** on your shoulders!
The bitter truth of why John McCain is a Republican.
I think it was Jesus who said, “Take up your donkey and follow me.”
Just goes to show the army couldn’t find their ass if it wasn’t strapped to their back.
in an effort to infiltrate the ever elusive donkey mafia the CIA has created a new camouflage backpack.
(i just posted CIA on a website. i wonder if marko will get investigated for this.)
Private Young misunderstand when the Seargent said “Get your ass up that hill soldier!”
Donkey: “We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I’m making waffles!”
- from Shrek.
You think this guy has it rough, the picture doesn’t show the guy who is having to carry Shrek.
Matthew 11:30 – For my yoke is easy and my burrow is light.
That sargeant: What a pain in my ass!
“If God can use Balaams ass, He can use yours.”
The only way we’re making it up this hill is on a wing and bray-er
“My giant ass is killing my back! I need to do yoga.”
“Dang, at least the horse is willing to be led to the water.”
I know my ass is big, but i think i carry it well.
All they’ve been able to find of Osama Bin Laden…
after years of carrying foxes and digging holes. Troops are now having to dig entirely new kinds of holes.
How do you explain this Vietnam flashback to your shrink?
Private Don Key Hote…the German windmills did not stand a chance.
Private…hurry up or we will have to leave your ass behind.
The other guys laughed at him until they got to the mountain range. Then he, of course, laughed on his ass all the way to the top.
No ass left behind…
Whole new meaning to the need to lmao…
In true Junior High style…..You said ass.
Camoflage my ass!
At least I don’t have a monkey on my back…
Wait till they see my white elephant gift this year!
Bob misunderstood the meaning of the phrase “beast of burden”.
annie liebowitz’s “the democrats march out of 1984″ remains an unsung masterpiece in her body of work.
Inspiration for Marks Batterson’s next book “In a field with a burro on a hot summer day.”
Why does the cook always want to keep the meat fresh?
1917 Flanders
Top prize for shooting ten ducks at the local fair. Solder walks away with stuffed donkey.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him take the point.
After taking a series of beatings from Balaam, Balaams Donky hired a personal security staff
“Hey! Why is that soldier carrying the youth pastor that just fired me on his back?”
come on man. my idea was brilliant!
After years of carrying foxes on their backs and digging foxholes, new soldiers carrying asses are digging… a new kind of hole.
comic genius i say!
CONTEST CLOSED
see winner at bottom of post
Wow …you were assking for it by putting that pic up and asking for comments =)
Where did you get this pic? Do you know what the actual story is behind it?
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