Caption contest

[broacher]

For a while last year (just before joining iNat, actually) I spent a lot of time learning, and participating in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. There’s a lovely FB group of enthusiasts as well as a very interesting podcast about all this, and I was starting to get the rhythm of it (a bit).

Anyhow, I couldn’t find any specific reference in my forum searching about any caption contest. So I thought, why not see?

Simple and fun.

Post a nature observation shot and then let others suggest a funny caption. The nice thing about caption humour is it doesn’t necessarily have to rely on a funny image to create the joke. A very dull picture with a killer caption, can often work too.

For example, a common enough springtime shot:

Takers?

(˙suǝן ʇɔɐʇuoɔ ɐ ʇsoן ssoq ǝɥ⊥)

[wildwestnature]

Toronto’s infield alignment now that the shift is banned

[wildmaven]

“Looks like the early bird was already here.”

[broacher]

[My caption attempt]

Wait. There’s a Zoom meeting on, right now?

[broacher]

I’m sure that you can do better than:

Wait. Why did I come over here again? Shoot. Senior moment.

[broacher]

Attempt no. 2:

I look like such an idiot, but I hope this works. My cousin says that she’s really into ‘bad boys’.

[Tuktu]

What a gorgeous picture

[broacher]

Thank you. (Took it yesterday, actually.)

[tisli]

(This is actually the photo from my very first observation!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/84166238)

Any ideas?

[fluffyinca]

“Shit, I forgot the oars again, didn’t I?”

[tisli]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108431110

[fluffyinca]

Here’s a good one:

“Thanks for barging in, now my wife’s mad at me!”

[whitneybrook]

Bluejay caption:

Who invited him???

[jasonhernandez74]

@tisli

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Just seems a bit pricey for a fixer-upper.

[broacher]

“Wait a sec… my phone! Where… where’s my phone?!”

[broacher]

"Okay, think Gary, think. The nest was right around here somewhere, you know it is. And remember, it was just one night. And what’s wrong with having a little poker game with your friends? And if it went all night, big deal, right?

Oh God, she’s gonna kill me."

[giannamaria]

“Hello, would you like to talk about your car’s extended warranty?”

[broacher]

“Ooh! Look dear, it has a cute little pantry cupboard too! No wait, that’s the kitchen.”

[broacher]

Do you want ketchup with those?

[tisli]

@broacher

Snakes on a plane? Too many damn flies on my leaves!