(Reuters photo and caption)
A fly lands between Barack Obama’s eyes as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
Congratulations to all who entered, because the submissions from our latest Tatler Photo Caption Contest surpassed my wildest expectations! And, I am not exaggerating when I say that as a group, these captions were the best I have ever seen from any previous contest (and we have had some pretty darn good contests.)
In fact, these submissions were so witty, snarky and clever, I had to call our in-house celebrity judge, “Dr. Spin” to help select the grand prize winner.
Upon contacting Dr. Spin, he informed me that he was in recovery mode from all his recent jet-setting excursions between Hollywood, Washington and New York and was now holed up in his deluxe mountain retreat.
So here, descended from an altitude of 14,000 ft. is our winning caption submitted by tcb:
“Wait! Don’t swat it – we’ll get Axelrod to register it to vote!”
Congrats tcb, please come forward and take a virtual bow.
With Dr. Spin’s caption as the “official winner,” we also have an “unofficial winner” selected by yours truly.
This caption submitted by HiPlanesDrifter is:
Mr. President, would you like flies with that?
(I was LOL after reading it, so congrats to contest newcomer, HiPlanesDrifter.)
Now due to the high number of politically astute captions submitted by each of our “Caption Kings” (the title bestowed upon a handful of Tatler readers who dedicate WAY TOO MUCH time and talent writing pages of captions for each contest) starting now, we will also recognize a Caption King who has performed at a level qualifying him/her for a guest writing spot on The Daily Show. (Too bad I do not know anyone at that show but Dr. Spin will make that connection for us.)
The First Caption King Award is presented to Don Henderson.
King Henderson submitted even more captions than what you read here, but these were his best in my opinion.
Pardon me for cutting this speech short, but with my schedule, I gotta fly!
And you thought Watergate was bugged.
It must have flew off of that bush.
This is a one man act, so buzz off.
My fellow American’s, and frequent flyers.
This is a first, one member of the Republican party is going head to head with me.
When this picture of me hits the news stands, they will go [FLYING] off the shelf.
OK, Homeland Security you’ve made your point, your mini drones can fly to where there headed.
As I stated earlier, there were so many outstanding captions by everyone, I urge you to go back and read them because this winner’s post would be over five pages long if I were to list all the Honorable Mentions.
Keep up the great work everyone and we will see you next time a photo is worthy of a Tatler Photo Caption Contest.
Oh, and one final announcement….
My husband is so paranoid that he will be visiting me at re-education camp this summer, (smuggling in Kind Bars and People Magazine, no doubt) that he asked me to take a break from contest photos involving “Our Beloved Leader,” and find other photo subjects to caption.
So the important headline question I now ask of loyal contest readers is, “Should I Obey The Husband?”
“So the important headline question I now ask of loyal contest readers is, “Should I Obey The Husband?””
No! It’s important to play court jester.
No.
First, THANK YOU.
Second, No woman should obey their husband.
But sometimes it’s nice to go along with then.
It makes them feel like you are.
DON
Flies know how to recognize fecal matter when they smell it.
Myra, I suspect they already know who opposes the tyranny. There is no un-ringing that bell.
It’s funny how leftists spout off about how noble it is to dissent, but march in jackboots when anyone even mildly protests their nefarious acts.
Your husband’s trepidation is not unwarranted. Tyranny plots incessantly against principled dissent. It needs to, it cannot rule on merit. It therefore must rule by force, threats, intimidation and the unlawful use of limitless power.
It is also, therefore, never a “govern-ment” it is a ruling party. A band of thugs. A cabal.
Principled dissent, alas, comes with risk of retribution. Mockery, parody, …even gallows humor…inflicts the most piercing blows. It not only dissents, but entertains. And nothing brings retribution faster than the sting of ridicule.
So, being part of the resistance to small c communist thuggery is not without risk.
Obey your husband’s wishes, but never stop resisting tyranny’s commands to turn your back on your country.
Thanks for your commentary and advice Mr. Cfbleachers.
In discussing this matter with my husband, I have now determined that he is less concerned about visiting me at summer re-education camp but more paranoid about a love letter from a three letter agency around April 15th. (Even though we pay all our taxes without ANY funny business.)So here is how we left it, “Keep doing whatever you want with the contests, but if we get audited YOU DEAL WITH IT.”
Now THAT is a sign of true love and support!
Fly flew to filth.