caption contest, car in pool

Welcome to another caption contest!  This week’s photo features a van in a swimming pool.  There’s some people standing around, probably trying to figure out what happened.  Since we can’t hear them, you get to put words in their mouth.  Feel free to invent whatever kind of story you want to.  There’s a lot of potential with this one, so have fun with it.

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fat sandwiches

I recently saw an episode of Man v. Food where he went to a restaurant called Munchies 420 Cafe in Sarasota, FL, and they had some great-looking sandwiches.  On their menu, there’s a section for sandwiches which looks good enough on its own, but below it there’s a section called “Fat Sandwiches”.  (Does that intrigue you?)  There’s several options, but a couple that I’d like to try are the “Fat Sandy” featuring two cheeseburgers, mac-n-cheese, chicken fingers, onion hoops, spuds, & mozzarella sticks, and another sandwich called “Fat Daddy” which is similar but uses philly cheesesteak ingredients instead of mac-n-cheese.   The menu also has “Fat Wraps”, and there’s a “Humungo Burger”.

I like it when restaurants have unique signature dishes.  I think it adds character to the place, as well as setting it apart from the standard restaurant.  I don’t know why more places don’t do that.  I tell you, if it’s ever in the budget to have a Buffet o’ Blog restaurant, it would be the most awesome place to eat you’ve ever experienced.  We have so many ideas (just glance at our Buffet o’ Bacon series, which barely scratches the surface).  Perhaps someday…

caption contest, strong man eating weird food

Well, it’s Monday, so it’s time for another caption contest.  This week’s photo features a strong man eating lots of rice (or some similar food) with chopsticks.   This isn’t our easiest caption contest, but there are still quite a few funny sayings, and I’m sure you’ll surprise me with some I’ve never thought of.  Remember that you can make the story be whatever you want.  Just keep it clean.

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great quote about France’s soccer boycott

I don’t keep up with soccer (football / futbol), but mixed in with other sports news today I heard of something unusual regarding the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  The players from France’s soccer team boycotted their practice because one of their players was kicked off the team for inappropriate behavior during a game.  If they truly believe they were treated wrongly and unfairly, I could see boycotting a game to make a protest.  I’m not sure how much it helps to boycott your own practices…

France’s coach, Raymond Domenech, was tasked with the job of trying to get his players to practice and be prepared for their match.  Today he said publicly:

“I tried to convince them that what they were doing was an aberration, an imbecility, a stupidity without name.”

I’m pretty sure that’s not the best motivational speech I’ve ever heard.  Maybe something was lost in translation…