This week’s Weekend Caption Contest™ certainly celebrated Halloween. How much scarier could things potentially get? The assignment this week was to caption the following picture:
Here are the winning entries:
1) (Brian Brandt) – “Humorist P.J. O’Rourke wrote an essay about a 1982 ‘Peace Cruise’ he took on the Volga River with a bunch of Upper East Side communists. He had this classic observation –
“These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.””
(rodney dill) – ““You got matzah on my falafel!”
“You got falafel on my matzah!””
2) (yetanotherjohn) – “Pickings are slim at the ‘Democratic political ideas store’.”
(Joe_Miller) – “America’s Going Out of Business Sale! Everything Must Go!
.
.
And we’re done.”
3) (Mary Gehman) – ““Damn! They sold out of MAGA hats again…””
(Harry Butts) – “T: You say ‘socialism, I say ‘Islam’
S: I say ‘Marxism’, you say ‘Mohammedism’
Together: Authoritariansm, despotism, totalitarianism, oppression – let’s destroy the USA!”
4) (Kenny Moore) – “We pledge to donate our own money to fill these shelves. Ha, ha, just kidding. We’ll raise taxes like always.”
(DJD60_TX) – “Where will you be when Economic Reality sets in?”
5) (Rick Adams) – “Yeah, the power’s off too.”
(Porkopolis) – “Bernie:
“…And before we take a few questions, Secretary of Commerce Tlaib will explain how the new Shelfie-cam website eliminates the long wait times on food lines.””
6) (Par4Course) – “A snake oil salesman who’s run out of snake oil.”
(Mike) – “Yes, the shelves are empty now, but after I’m elected, there will be five to ten times as much available!”
The Readers Choice Award this week goes to:
(guido81_MA) – “Socialist entrepreneurs at the grand opening of their new supermarket.”
Honorable Mention(s):
(Vagabond661) – “Bernie discusses the Depends shortage.”
(RadiCalMan) – “♫ Our dreams
are as empty
as our conscience
seems to be! ♫”
Most Inappropriate But Funny:
(Paul Hooson) – “I hear he’s hoping to get the supporter of Beto O’Rourke….and, anything else in his gym locker…”
Best use of the Trump Administration Caption of Choice:
(2klbofun) – “And here behind me you see all of the wonderful things that Hillary accomplished during her presidency.”
(RockThisTown) – “Sorry, Bernie, but there will be no excuses for losing . . . Hillary already emptied the shelves of all of them.”
Best Banter Weight:
(fustian24) – “And they’re fresh out of cans of: “Orange Man Bad”.”
That’s all for this weekend. A new edition of the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™ will debut Friday morning.
