There wasn’t a caption contest last week because of Thanksgiving and my busyness, but this week things are back to normal. So let’s kick it off with a bang… or, rather, a crash.
This week’s photo features a train wreck. But this isn’t some normal derailment — this train went through a building. And the tracks aren’t even in the picture! So something extraordinary happened here. It’s up to you to write a story or joke to go with this. Here’s some starting points to help you think of something: Why did this happen? How could this have happened? Who was involved? What do the owners of the building think? What about the people watching? Or the cleanup crew? Remember, you can embellish the story however you want, or even just make it all up. The goal is to be funny, not necessarily realistic. Have fun with it. Let your mind wander.
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Buffet o' Blog 
Thomas Wayne
I told Mango-Man he didn’t know how to drive a train! But he never listens to me!
Thomas Wayne
In a video game, I was able to jump a train over that building. In real life, apparently the physics are a little wonky…
Self-Proclaimed Genius
Since when does Roscoe P. Coltrane drive trains?
Holiday Inn Express
I guess they shouldn’t have taken that left turn at Albuquerque.
Beppo
Apparently trains don’t corner well when going over 100 MPH…
Beppo
Engineer: “Hello, insurance agent? We sorta have a problem here…”
Agent: “Did you run a train through a building again?”
[Engineer mumbles]
Agent: “Are you crying?”
Engineer: “Um, no, I bit my tongue…”
Holiday Inn Express
The test run for the self-track laying train did not go as planned.
Holiday Inn Express
Trains are like the Chuck Norris of vehicles, they have to be kept restrained on tracks for safety reasons. And like Chuck Norris, they occasionally get loose and cause havok.
Thomas Wayne
[a few seconds before this picture] “Hey, Bubba, watch this!”
Thomas Wayne
Engineer: “What were the odds of that happening again?”
Holiday Inn Express
If you ever wondered why it seems like all engineers are male, this is from the first time they let a woman drive.
Holiday Inn Express
Having successfully trapped its prey, the wily building, the train will now gorge itself and open its jaws wide enough to swallow the building whole.
Sated, it will then lay dormant for several days before returning to the tracks.
Holiday Inn Express
When the package company promised delivery to your door, most people would expect them to use a truck.
And also just to your door, not through your door.
Mr. Destructo
If they wanted their building, they should’ve been there enjoying it… 🙂
MangoMan
This was a trial of the much anticipated newest transformer. sadly a train that could ‘transform’ into a train was a bit of a let down considering no actual transformation actually took place. It basically boils down to a really cool transformation sound and then a train derailing. The ONE upshot was that no one could look away while it happened.
Holiday Inn Express
The Important Evil Genius’s house, after the first test of his Train Attracting Super Magnet. To the surprise of everyone involved, it worked extremely well.
Handfastings
She comes from a split home.