Now, for the first time in the glorious history of Tatler Photo Caption Contests, we have a winner without a contest!
It all started when a friend sent me this photo with caption attached. For a nanosecond I thought the photo would be the subject of our next photo caption contest, until I realized this caption would win, thus making the contest moot.
But, if you still think you can write a better caption than GO FOR IT…however let me repeat, there is NO OFFICIAL CONTEST. No priceless PR for the winner. No VIP judging from the infamous Dr. Spin. No rules to “be nice and stay classy.” Instead, this is an opportunity for you all to just take a break and enjoy this winning caption while we applaud Clint Eastwood for going “back to the future” with his empty chair speech at the RNC.
My friend who forwarded the photo caption told me it was a forward of a forward times 20. Therefore, the writer is unknown. But, what I do know is the originator will be aboard that solar-powered bus on their way to re-education camp if things do not go well on November 6th.
Some of the chaps behind Churchill, to the right…obviously OfA personnel.
Caption:
“So, wise guy, you thought I wouldn’t have come to ask you about that bust of me that you have removed from the oval office ! Here I am. Anything to say, chap ?”
“It appears Barack’s day has gotten off to a rather shakey start. Winston and the boys decided to stop by and see if they can cheer him up.”
” A little too much choom last night, Barack?”
Dude. You really are Da Bomb
I agree, I submit…but I cannot resist. C’mon Chris H. Join me. The greater the challenge, the more fun the test.
1) “I’d jolly well debate it, if it meant tomorrow England would find 850,000 people magically working again”
2) “I wish we had landed on VDH’s farm before they pulled out all the copper wiring and this chap hadn’t finished off California once and for all”
3) “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. It must lean on a wall with broken legs, atop the NY Times, with a rock of lies propping up both”
4) “There were dark days when I thought to boo God, but then thought the better of it. The Bible held briefings I dared not skip”
5) “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else. But I never would have believed they would have tried this.”
6)”Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. This fella hoped to shoot the horse and rob the wagon.”
7)”If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. If you hire ten million regulators to enforce them you destroy the law itself directly and cut out the middleman”
8)”However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. Then, you have but two choices. Admit your error or find a scapegoat and lie your head off. Just don’t get caught.”
9)”There were two busts of me in the White House. One was returned. If there were also two empty chairs there as well, this is the first. Divine Intervention shall make sure the second is emptied in November”
10)”So this is Chris Matthews’ house?”
Churchill (while gesturing at the surrounding rubble):
Well Barack, Old Boy, You’ve made quite a mess of things here haven’t you?
Sorry kids but there is no caption that can even come close to the existing winner.
Yes, even Dr. Spin has weighed in with this definitive message:
“yup. fabulous. WINNER”
This proclamation dashes any false hope you may have but especially directed to Chris Henderson and cfbleachers!
– never more than cheap upholstery.”
While I think all agree that nothing is going to top the caption you’ve already selected – the caption submittals to these photo contests ALWAYS lifts my day!
“Never in the course of human events have so many been taken in by such an empty suit.”
Dreams of My Father: Rare photograph of Winston Churchill meeting Frank Marshall Davis.
And everybody was giving Clint down the road for his contribution at the RNC! This man was inspired! Talk about insightful! Clint should go into fortune telling. He can see the future! Now you know how Romney felt at the debate.
A agree with Myra. The caption is perfect.
With that in mind, I present my inferior captions knowing full well there can be no winner other than the current caption.
Churchill: “Who’s that Yank in Neville Chamberlain’s chair?”
Churchill: “Never, never, never get up.”
Churchill: “What did you mean when you said to Herr Hitler, ‘After the election I’ll be more flexible.’?”
Churchill: “Barry old boy, if we put you in charge, we’d all be speaking German in a fortnight.”
Churchill: “Yes, I know Hitler is from Austria, but for the 100th time Barry, there is no such thing as an ‘Austrian Language’.”
Churchill: “No, we are not going to call it World Kinetic Military Action II.”
Thanks for being such a good sport Chris! We will have another REAL contest coming up soon for you to show-off your creative talents.
I also concede that the original caption probably can’t be improved upon but this just occurred to me.
“The only known photograph of Winston Churchill doing his impersonation of Clint Eastwood.”
“The only known photograph of Winston Churchill doing his impersonation of Clint Eastwood.”….doing HIS impersonation of Barack Obama.
(Thought I needed to complete your sentence)
Thanks.
“Jesus! I don’t think this is what they elected you to do, Barack.”