caption contest, contraption from 1911

Now that the busyness of the holiday season is over, we can get back to normal around here.   And part of normal is a weekly caption contest.   (Thanks to those of you who noticed we missed the last two weeks — it’s nice that someone actually noticed!   I knew there were people who actually read this!)

This week’s photo is an old black-and-white / sepia-tone picture from 1911.  It’s a man holding some type of contraption — I don’t know what it is, so you get to make it up.  You can also explain who he is and what he’s up to.  Is that his invention?  Is it to make life better?  Is it for a prank?  Is it part of some world domination scheme?  You get to decide.  So think up something funny to explain this picture.  Remember, you can create your own context to fit the story.  You can even set the scenario in modern times (or include a time machine, which has a lot of potential).

(To see our other caption contests, click on the “Say What?” category in the sidebar.)

the world’s worst golfers

I was changing channels on TV the other day, when I saw an LPGA golf tournament on.  Normally I wouldn’t stop at all, but the timing worked out just right for me to see a group of people walking around a cluster of bushes and the announcer saying, “The player has 5 minutes to find their ball.”  I didn’t see the shot, but it must’ve been pretty bad…

A funny reality TV idea might be The World’s Worst Golfers.  They’ve already got the world’s worst drivers (which was entertaining, in the episodes I saw) and there’s the world’s worst chefs (which doesn’t sound entertaining, unless it’s intentionally way over the top).  This show could use “real” golf announcers who talked about how they’ve never seen anything like that before and how inconceivable it is.  I don’t know if you can imagine the potential of that, but I know that when I play a golf video game (which is rarely), I usually try crazy shots like banking the ball off a nearby tree or building, and the announcers rarely grasp the awesomeness of it.  I realize that’s a lot of extra programming to include in a game, but in a TV show it would be a lot easier.  You could even let the player’s friends do the commentary.  There’s potential with that…

While searching for an image to use with this post, I came across this one, which is copyrighted so I won’t show it here, but you can follow the link to Flickr.

buying lots of toilet paper for fun

One of the regular readers here at Buffet o’ Blog just told me about an idea to do for fun.  He wants to go to Walmart (or as some say, Walmarks) and buy a package of toilet paper (TP).  Then about half an hour later, go buy another package of TP, making sure you go to the same cashier.  Then do it again, and again, and again.  If the cashier asks how your day is going, hold your stomach and say it’s been rough.   When they recognize you and say something, tell them it’s an emergency.

It’s a lot of work for a simple prank for just one person, but the look on that cashier’s face could potentially be… priceless.  Well, probably not, but it could be, and they probably need help in making their day more surreal.

A variation on this is that you could buy a few months supply of toilet paper at one time — picture dozens of family packs of TP.   They will probably give you a quizzical glance at some point, and you could tell them that it’s Mango-Man’s turn to cook supper, and after last time, you can’t be too prepared…  🙂

missing post

Someone asked where this week’s caption contest was.  It’s nice that someone noticed there wasn’t one.  🙂  I was on vacation that day, and many of the regular readers were off work that day, too, so that’s what happened.  If you happen to miss it this week, feel free to peruse the archives.  You probably haven’t seen every caption contest here, and even if you have, you may be inspired to write something new for a previous one.

In other words, you’re not getting a caption contest this week.  So sorry, tough luck, deal with it.  🙂  But tune in next Monday, at the regularly scheduled time, and there should be a new one.