i’ve hesitated about using this pic as a photo in need of a caption. but, c’mon, nothing shows. and, after my ‘loony dook‘ (a.k.a. polar bear plunge) experience in the freezing waters of lake geneva, wisconsin, a couple weeks ago, it just seemed time.

bring it on.

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Ron Whitler
Youth pastor Biff realized that canceling this years volunteer training event was a mistake just as newly-recruited Mr. Jones began explaining the icebreaker he had chosen for the annual winter retreat for students.

Jonathan Odom
Nice axe!

Lance
In the later years of his life, Marko found that his “kilt-free” loony dook drew less and less of a crowd.

Othy
Northern Exposure

jeremy street
oh Im a lumberjack and Im ok…

brian aaby
Acadamy Award Winner Tom Hanks is back in “Castaway 2: Alaska”

Larry Darnell
Circa 2025, The Green Bay Packers reconsider asking Brett Favre to come out of retirement again…

and the winner is…
gonna have to go with othy’s simple and funny “Northern Exposure”. good stuff, othy. i lift my coffee cup in your honor.

call your mother, it’s the first photo in need of a caption for 2011! this wonderful weirdness is begging, on its photographic knees, for captionization, baby.

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man, some funny stuff this time around! a group from my nashville coaching cohort helped pick out the contenders…

Jeff Moulton
Oh! Jelly Center! Nom nom nom.

Steven
Dude, M. Night warned you to wear yellow.

e. sutter
…she made fun of Elisha…

Jason
Lost and alone, the rookie youth worker began to realize this wasn’t a new skit idea at all…

Andy Tuttle
YUMMMMM!!!! The other other white meat!!!!

Russ
Voltron – Combine!

Todd
Elizabeth’s childhood Care Bear dream has been fulfilled … but her journey to the “The Forest of Feelings” has produced some unexpected results!

jeremy
RIP Christopher Robin 1985-2011

Heather Campbell
If a bear eats a person’s head in a forest and no one’s around, does the unsuspecting hiker make a sound?

Dave Wollan
Because “only you can prevent forest fires” wasn’t working

Andrew Seely
The annual Teddy Bear picnic never saw Gary coming.

Gman
Just when you thought you saw enough Betty White ….

AND THE WINNER IS…

tough call this time. but i’m going with the one that made me and some members of my coaching group laugh the most:

Andrew Seely
The annual Teddy Bear picnic never saw Gary coming.

congrats, andrew. the world raises a glass of whatever in your honor!

it’s mariachi time! wait, no — it’s gunslinger time! or, it’s time to celebrate babies! or… wait… uh, maybe they’re just wearing diapers so they don’t have to take potty breaks? whatever the case (and whatever the actual source, which i am clueless about), this has fantastic potential as a photo in need of a caption. have your way…

(thanks to Jennifer Corzine for sending the photo, via email)

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some great ones this time! i’ll just list the best of the best (those that made me actually chuckle, not only smile). some great insider-y stuff here too — like, you’d only get them if you’re a regular reader of this blog.

Josh Treece
The Westboro Baptist Church’s latest protest of a YS convention…

e. sutter
In the wake of CSI: Las Vegas, Miami and New York, NBC brings back an old favorite – Baywatch: Guadalajara.

Gman
OK who spiked the Communion juice at our men’s meeting?

john mathers
awesome middle school football trick play

Chris Saulnier
What the self employed do on their day off.
(marko: ouch!)

Rob
Nursing home VBS

Todd L
Chi Chi’s loss is the parade circuit’s gain.

jeremy
…And for my second wish, I want you to take the xray vision away.

Jonathan Hobbs
When you lose a bet with Mark Oestreicher….

Kurt J
…When home schooled kids grow up.

and the winner is…

not the same quantity of captions this time around, but some seriously funny ones. so tough to choose! i’m gonna call a tie, just so i can have more than one winner…

for turning a caption contest into a rip on the contest host (me!), Chris Saulnier, with “What the self employed do on their day off.”

and, with his snarky late entry, Kurt J and “…When home schooled kids grow up.”

yeah, let’s caption this kitty. an all-new prize this time around: the admiration of two or three other readers. ok, that’s a lie — it’s the same prize i offer for every photo caption contest. bring ’em on (and keep it clean, or i’ll delete ya).

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pberry
Bank of America employees contemplate their Halloween after-party options.

Jessica
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!”

rick
“Yes, Frank, I heard what she said. I am looking it up on Urban Dictionary right now… let’s see here, Plushenked? Plushenko? Plushgun? OK, here it is… Plushie…”

dave
what, a cat can’t use an atm in arizona?

Andrew Seely
The remake of Point Break went horribly wrong when they could no longer find president masks.

Chris Saulnier
“Don’t taze me bro”

Rob
“I already told you, I’m not a flasher. I walked up to teller and she said, ‘Please insert your ATM card. Strip down, facing me…’ And so I did…”

Jeff Moulton
I knew I should have chosen a different costume … who knew there would be another cop?

Mark
Yes, yes. That’s right. I’m the new super villain, Kitty Galore.

Chris Holohan
Hey Frank, check it out. Now we can do multi-check deposits.

and the winner is…
let’s try this again. i wrote this part, naming a winner, days ago. but i must not have saved it correctly or something.
so, a tough choice again this time, with a few that caused me to make “out loud noises” when i first read them (my original “contender qualifier”, in the early days of these posts; but i decided there were too many snarky and brilliant captions that didn’t produce an outloud response, that i need to modify that rule).

but, i’m gonna go with dave’s creative, political humor in “what? a cat can’t use an atm in arizona?” professional grade there, dave. you should be in marketing. we raise a glass o’ sumpin’ to thee.

ah, tuesday morning. my only day in the office this week. so, let’s have a caption contest! winner gets a big attaboy or attagirl, and the admiration of dozens!

(thanks to rob craig for pointing this bad boy out)

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Ryan S.
Attempting to fill the void left at the cancellation of “The Flying Nun,” ABC is set to debut this fall Father MicMichael, in “The Flying Father.”

Trey Bledsoe
Before chair lifts, the Germans invented a means, patterned after a hot air balloon, to fart your way back up the mountain.

matt
Charlie Brown: “Linus WAS right! Although the Great Pumpkin is not quite was I expected.”

Gman
What Tic Long was doing between his transition of YS and YS.

Todd L.
“Pope-ing” the half-pipe

lester
the flying nun has not aged well!

Jeff Moulton
Does this make my butt look big?

Kirk Moore
#23 on the list of times one can fart with no one noticing.

and the winner is…

a TIE!

Todd L.
“Pope-ing” the half-pipe

lester
the flying nun has not aged well!

congrats, todd l. and lester! i raise a glass of sumpin’ to you!

ah, yes, monday. i have a half dozen overly serious posts swirling around; so let’s start the week with this. the prize, as usual, is absolutely stunning: it’s the admiration (and possible even jealousy) of everyone else who didn’t win. bring on your best captions!

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John Freese
runner-up in the breast cancer awareness float contest…

Michael Kane
I love trust falls

Trey Bledsoe
Legion…The Musical

henry cesena
The Pink Flower is hoping for the Bee to land and continue the Cycle of life.

Chris Webe
No, Bishop, I didn’t think this morning’s liturgical dance piece was over the top at all. Which part was it that bothered you?

Andrew Seely
Finally, “the sex talk” gets interesting.

some great ones this time, but i’m gonna call the winner as…

andrew seely, with “finally, ‘the sex talk’ gets interesting.” freakin’ hilarious, andrew. i raise a cold something-or-other to you!