i’ve had this baby sitting in my drafts for a long time. time to let it breathe some air. and, of course, time to subject it to the snarky brilliance of whyismarko captioners. bring it! (this is going to be a quick judging round, because i leave for vacation tomorrow, and have to wrap it up prior to hitting the road — so don’t dawdle).
CONTENDERS
Benjer
Maybe for next year’s junior high mission trip we should put a little more effort into planning our “free day” activity.
Rob
VBS before PETA… yeah, it really was an adventure…
chad
“You see, Doreen? It’s just like Shannon and Beth’s ponies, except it can EAT their ponies!”
Tom Seward
Mary had a little lamb,
Freddy had a pup,
Suzy had a crocodile
it ate the others up
Jennifer
Being the youth pastor’s daughter meant having to test out all the new ideas for youth-group games.
Andrew Seely
next slide… doreen rides a porcupine with not so great results
Phil
It’s OK, she’s the senior pastors kid!
and, a day earlier than i normally close these babies down and call a winner, since i’m leaving for a vacation this morning… it’s time:
we have a weiner
i woulda given it to rob if he’s stopped with “VBS before PETA” (sometimes shorter is better!). so i’m going with jennifer’s “Being the youth pastor’s daughter meant having to test out all the new ideas for youth-group games.” (though it would have been even stronger as “Being the youth pastor’s daughter meant Doreen had to test out all the new ideas for youth-group games.”
oh, and an honorable mention to tom seward, who all the way over in africa (mali?), wrote that cute little poem!
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that’s one way to wear your alligator shoes!
BP’s Environmentally sound, oil free transportation improvement plan???????
Great mileage but “rough” ride.
To quote the car salesman in the movie Vacation: “If you think you hate it now, wait till you drive it”
My neighbor hood was so rough I tell you I had to ride an alligator to school.
Maybe for next year’s junior high mission trip we should put a little more effort into planning our “free day” activity.
Despite childhood fame as an alligator wrestler, Agatha died an old maid because she was too tough for any man.
Man, this ride bites!
VBS before PETA… yeah, it really was an adventure…
Fluffy white dress … $100
Patten leather shoes … $50
Telling little girls I won’t bite during free rides … Priceless!
Crazy stuff like this is the real reason why they ended Prohibition.
With the closing of fairs and circuses during the Great Depression, Floridians have to get creative to entertain their kids.
-OR-
They had to decide between Lawn Darts, Red Rover, and this…guess which one they picked.
After some preliminary failures and lawsuits Huffy decided it best to go with a less adventurous and safer “Mean Green Machine” design. http://bit.ly/96luch
“These boots are made for walking….”
Pebbles Flintstone visits her cousins on their plantation in the deep south.
“You see, Doreen? It’s just like Shannon and Beth’s ponies, except it can EAT their ponies!”
Or
Clarence was a good gator. He was kind, charitable – paid his taxes and never returned a movie late. When he died, though, it took him by great surprise that he would be ferrying around children all day in gator hell, wondering to himself: ‘where did I go wrong?’
“Gator”-up
The University of Florida is yet again in hot water for NCAA rule violations after multiple archived photos surfaced Monday showing a long history of athletic recruitment abuse. It is said that UF scouts dating back to the early 50’s would hang outside local school yards and ball fields enticing child athlete prodigies with mascot rides and candy.
little sally asked for a pony for her birthday, but tragically the gator ate it…
Open the gate for the “gator”…
Mary had a little lamb,
Freddy had a pup,
Suzy had a crocodile
it ate the others up
(In honour of the opening of the Del Mar Racetrack today):
Back in those days, the alligators were a bigger hit than the horses.
Being the youth pastor’s daughter meant having to test out all the new ideas for youth-group games.
“Onward Christian Ga-tors”
next slide… doreen rides a porcupine with not so great results
Another fad during the roaring 20′s? Sure, why not?
Phillip Fulmer’s mother!!!
Welcome to life before Disneyland, television & child protective services. ;-)
It’s only a model….
It’s OK, she’s the senior pastors kid!
CONTEST CLOSED
see winner at bottom of post
Yea! :-)
D’oh!… ;-)