Yesterday I was struck by House Speaker John Boehner’s facial expressions shown in these two photos.
Obviously he looks like a man in great pain. Is there something he knows that we don’t?
Is he seeing something not visible to us?
So I decided to pose these questions to the smartest, most creative people in the world, Tatler Photo Caption Contest readers!
Now remember, this contest is NOT ABOUT “you know who.” (My husband has asked me to take a break from “you know who” because he fears a certain three letter agency will come knocking around April 15 and surely if you are a follower of these contests you know his paranoia is totally justified.)
As usual, please abide by our contest rules, “be nice and stay classy because the media is watching.
(Hey Dylan, how about a new link proving that you really are watching? This will help keep our “bitter clinging, gun and Bible toting right-wing wacko” contest entrants in line during the next very painful, long and difficult four more years.)
Could that be the concern we are seeing on Speaker Boehner’s face?
Good luck with your entries and in case you missed it, here is the winner’s post from our last contest.
I wonder what time Honey Boo Boo is on tonight?
I get the eye rolls, and they get the egg rolls.
His speech was a real eye opener.
“Aw, man, of all times for my high-fiber diet to start working.”
“If I clap, maybe everyone will think I’m happy.”
“I’m sure I can hold out for a month before I cave to Pelosi & Reid.”
“I got elected for this?”
“Hey, if Roberts screws up again, he won’t really be the President.”
“OMG . . . if Roberts screws up again, Biden will be the President!”
“Note to self: Find out how much we’re paying Michelle’s hairdresser.”
“As much as I hate rap, I wonder if it’s too late to get Lupe Fiasco again . . .”
“Did Beyonce really just lip-synch the National Anthem?”
“Dang it! I just know he didn’t get 65 million votes legally.”
I am the Borg and I have been assimilated by a bunch of Obamaphone ladies.
He isn’t fooling anybody, that hug is to keep warm.
“Here we go, 4 more years of blaming Bush!”
I’m looking ‘forward’ to the 3,000 calories meal. Could be my last.
Will someone notice if we suspend the Constitution for a couple of months? It is for the sake of the Collective, after all.
… Once upon a time on a chilly day during the Weimar Republic. No, I mustn’t think of that.
4 more years. Really? Only 4?… Note to self: smile.
LA-LA-la-la-la…I can’t hear you!
Just say I do, so we can eat.
“It’s freezing out here. Is Al Gore in town?”
See, it’s possible to stand erect without a spine… a little painful, but possible.
^^this!^^
1) “Missed the truth by this much”
2) Here come your 19th nervous breakdown.
3) How come I wasn’t sworn in on the Bible and the Koran?
4) New Fashion Policeman Boehner asks…Did Michelle and Malia switch matching gloves or coats? Joan Rivers replaced at this event by Cry Me Some Rivers.
5)Lack of Preparation by lead Republicans now reaches the letter H.
6)I got this notice to show up wearing a Tucks.
7)In a high pitched whine only dogs could hear, the Squeaker of the House bears witness and pain at the swearing in ceremony.
#2 “comes”
He’s going to play me for a fool again. And I’m going to fall for it.
“Hey wait a minute, that Teleprompter has a defroster on it!”
I hope that old lady don’t miss these gloves.
“Twenty-second Amendment, Twenty-second Amendment, Twenty-second Amendment…”
They told me this would be a warm reception.
8. Have gavel, will travel….then unravel.
9)I’m biting my tongue, literally and figuratively.
10) “I just read ‘Proof of Heaven’, I would like to take this moment for rebuttal”
11) Look at me, I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree.
He wasn’t thinking. His meds were slightly out of kilter.
We, the people, are freezing our tootsys off.
Here’s another fine mess he’s got me into.
I’ll see your eye roll and raise you a scowl.
I had no idea that Orajel was on the security-prescribed list.
“A peanut butter and jelly sandwich… that would be good right now. Maybe with a nice glass of milk. Or chocolate Quik… that’s really good too. Maybe 2 sandwiches…”
Not one person has said, Oh look, their’s Mr. Boehner.
http://youtu.be/ei1DvIgW_PU
Hmmm… second inauguration?? … Ya GOT TO be kiddin’ me America!!!
Second picture) Michelle’s hair DOES look better this way.
This isn’t a caption but an observation. In the second photo, the woman on the right in the light colored fur coat has an identical expression. Is that Michelle Obama’s mother?
1st photo—”Let’s see, fake citizen, fake President, fake oath…; oh, shoot! What am I thinking? I have fake skin!”
2nd photo—-”Hey, is that kid down there going to throw me a football? Don’t throw, I don’t know how to catch!”
… so I told Bill “I am supposed to sit next to Kelly Clarkson” but he replied “Not in this election cycle, buddy”, which kind of sucked.
What was that Richie song title again, “Dancing on a debt ceiling”?
I’d like to get the hell out of here. I would if it weren’t for these cement overshoes.
The pain in Boehner falls mainly on the lame. (a hard lesson for yet another Dolittle)
He gets to play King of the hill, while I play follow the leader.
He never looks that happy when he has me on the carpet.
That sure takes nerve, he’s trying to pass gun control.
and she’s wearing BANGS.
Frame 1: Man, the things I have to endure as the “loyal opposition”.
Frame 2: Especially since he is in no way really loyal, and I am in no way really any opposition.
This is going to be a long, crappy four years.
Looks like he’s having a nic fit to me.
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Is that Myra Adams over there with a camera? I’m guessing it’s time
for my Inaugural on Caption This, Wont that be a ball?
No camera, for I was hundreds of miles away. I followed my own advice as outlined in this piece last week.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/01/16/how-to-survive-the-inauguration-if-you-voted-for-mitt-romney-remember-him/
Hey Don, thanks for being a “Caption King.” Keep up your snarky work!
Contest winner will be announced late today.
He’s swearing on a STACK of Bibles. …or is the one on top a Koran?
I wonder if they caught me rolling my eyes
I hate it when my denture stick together like this
All I said was, If anybody can do a better job than him,
stand in line.
Is this a trick question? John Boehner thinking?
I gotta remember pretty darn soon where I left my backbone
picture 1 this is to the overall picture. (photographer) “Psss, move to the right lady, i need the “whitest” woman in the crowd next to the President for contrast.”
back to the subject
pic 1 THAT IS HIS THINKING “FACE”!
PIC 2 “ouch! Thinking hurts! Just clap and follow along, it worked the past 4 yrs.”
pic1 “I wanted to hold the Bibles for him.”
pic2 ” Oh, sure makes faces at me with your back turned to the camera!”
pic1 “Oh, that aide who said to wear a blue tie, is dead to me.”
pic1 “Hope no one notices, we are dressed identically”
Winner’s post will be tomorrow morning instead of late today.
This is because you all will not stop submitting new entries!
1st photo—”There must be some kind of weird voodoo going on here. His hair is getting whiter, and my skin is getting darker! There might actually be something to this zombie thing!”
Press Agent: “Get me some white people! Upfront!”
Intern: “Can Boehner stay?”
Press Agent: “Of course, he’s only a person of color in an MSNBC photo shoot.”