ooh — this is gonna be fun! and since i’m flying to DEE-troit, michigan today for 10 days of christmas/winter/family fun, i thought to myself, “self, what better way to officially kick off your christmas holiday than with a two-picture, semi-sacrilegious, special holiday edition of the ever-popular photo in need of a caption contest.” and when i thought that to myself, myself had to agree!
so here they are. really, just two angles of the same thing, thanks to one of my wittiest co-workers, lisa wondercheck (some of you talk to her when you call our reg department).
same rules as usual: contenders will get added (by me) to a rolling list. contenders are those captions (or quotes — some of you don’t quite know what ‘captions’ are, but that’s ok) that elicit an audible response from me: laugh, chuckle, grunt, groan. anything audible, you’re on the list. the prize? two things: 1, the admiration (and rabid jealousy) of the other contenders; and 2, a ys book of your choosing (from any line: youth ministry, invert, or emergentys).
contest closes sometime wednesday night, theoretically. i’ll be at my in-laws, and will only have dial-up, unless i sneak out to starbucks; so don’t hold me to it!
oh, and i should warn you — i’m getting massive quantities of poker site spam these days (comment spam). so the word “poker” automatically requires approval by me. don’t worry if your poker-related comment doesn’t immediately show up — it’s just in a cue, waiting for my approval.
the contenders:
I have always siad that the wise men were baptist. (chris saulnier)
Tonight on Celebrity Poker Showdown; Gaspar, Melchior,Balthasar and from NBC’s FRIENDS…Courtney Cox. (steve)
“Hmmm….three kings, again….I don’t think you’re shuffling enough.” (l4ou)
You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to bear gifts and traverse afar.
(Refrain)
O star of wonder, star of light,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done. (andy jack)
“Okay guys, the winner decides who gets to change the diaper.” (bethany boring)
Hurry up and deal King boy. I ain’t got all night. I have to go unplug the snowman and take my shift on the front lawn in like 5 minutes. (brian)
“I ask the court to mark this item as defense exhibit “Z” in the case of the Pope vs Dan Brown.” (paul)
Come on Jesus, take me to the river… (mike)
Baby needs a new pair of shoes… (dennis)
yeah, it’s not quite wednesday night (though it is just after 5pm here in frickin’ cold michigan), but i’m gonna declare a WINNER, because i have one more special holiday edition caption contest to post! so, without further waiting, the winner this time around is…
Hurry up and deal King boy. I ain’t got all night. I have to go unplug the snowman and take my shift on the front lawn in like 5 minutes. (brian)
shoot me an email, brian, and tell me what book you want!
I have always siad that the wise men were baptist.
Tonight on Celebrity Poker Showdown; Gaspar, Melchior,Balthasar and from NBC’s FRIENDS…Courtney Cox.
I’ll see your gold and raise you three jars of myrrh.
There were no rooms in the original Bethleham “Sands” inn during the underground maggi mafia poker tournament
Two pair plus my sword beats your full house and a measly shepherd’s crook.
“Hmmm….three kings, again….I don’t think you’re shuffling enough.”
The mafia tried to disquise themselves as wisemen but the sunglasses, knife and cards gave them away.
With Baby Jesus in the kitchen turning more water into wine, Wise Man #2 quickly seizes his opportunity to rig the deck.
One of C.M Coolidge’s lesser known works; “Magi Playing Poker”
pretty high stakes when gold, frankincense and myrrh are the ante.
I’m glad he’s still a baby. Man he’d be mad if he caught us….
You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, know when to bear gifts and traverse afar.
(Refrain)
O star of wonder, star of light,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.
As the messiah told the disciples… “Go fish!”
ok…not a quote from me, but oh my gosh!! this is sooooooo funny. i love it. it totally brightens up my day. which at the moment consist of being on vacation in beautiful coranado with a really sick husband and daughter and some really bummer news. thanks for the cheer.
In Stores Everywhere December 21 The much anticipated Christmas Album from Snoop Dogg.
What? Dogs aren’t the only ones joining in the sport of Poker these days!
(Side thought – when exactly did this card game become a sport?)
“Okay guys, the winner decides who gets to change the diaper.”
How To Host A Murder Mystery; King James Version:
“The Case of The Texas Hold ’em Sacrificial Chicken”
“I am NOT dealing in Jesus Ferguson!”
What really happened in the back room of Herod’s palace…tonight on a CNN special report.
On the next Apprentice…Shepherds VS Wise Men
“Strange Brew”
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“White Room”
or
“Strange Brew in the White Room”
Do you get it?
Reason #101 why you should not add more rum to your egg nog.
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Sorry. You’ll have to excuse the wisemen. My dad claims the attic’s full. Last week they were playing pool. I’m guessing this summer they’ll be sunbathing in speedos.
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Hurry up and deal King boy. I ain’t got all night. I have to go unplug the snowman and take my shift on the front lawn in like 5 minutes.
enjoy your time with the family.
Balthazar: “Um, do you have any threes?”
Mary: “Go fish…”
“I ask the court to mark this item as defense exhibit “Z” in the case of the Pope vs Dan Brown.”
When asked about this scene from his upcoming movie, director Ron Howard replies, “I know I’ve taken some creative liberties in adapting the book to the screen, but, hey…it could happen!”
“This is what we did before google-fights”
“Anyone else gonna chicken out?”
“I’ll see your 2 pigeon doves and raise you one bar of gold.”
As Tony Jones walked into the room for the Annual Emergent Christmas party … He just knew that a certain website would never let this down. And so He just asked to be dealt in with his new Jesus chips.
Come on Jesus, take me to the river…
The real reason it took the Magi so long to find Jesus.
With 11 months to fill, you have to do something.
Baby needs a new pair of shoes…
After thousands of years of waiting ,one more hand won’t kill us!
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Hey Marko?! Where did you get a photo of my family Christmas?