Tuesday 24 May 2011

Caption Contest (with a chocolate prize!)

Jason, Charlotte, and I had a lovely time visiting our friends Naina and Josh in Wimbledon last weekend (yes, that Wimbledon). We got to see their new digs and then went for lunch and a stroll up to the Wimbledon Common to tour some lovely gardens nearby. Down a secluded path we came upon a strange font in the middle of a garden. So of course we had to do this:


The sad fact is that this is our first family photo since we got this one while visiting my family in The Vern not even two months after Charlotte was born:



Regardless, I've been trying to come up with a good caption (New Yorker style) for the bizarro-font-photo but I'm drawing a blank. Any ideas?

Given that there are over 100 of you that visit this site every day, I'm convinced we can come up with at least one good caption. Just for fun (and because I love you all so much), if at least 10 of you respond with caption ideas by the end of the week, I will reward the writer of my favourite caption (yes I just wrote favorite with a "u") with a package of assorted English candy bars (they are far superior to the US bars. Trust me). But there must be at least ten! Put your thinking caps on and give me what you've got! Do it for the chocolate!

18 comments:

  1. "...Early Roman baby butt-wipers are very rare on the continent yet it seems that nearly every English village has a working example -which may explain the typical Briton"s weakness for potty humor..!

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  2. Haha! I like this one! You can only get the chocolate prize if I know who you are though!

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  3. Posted via Facebook by my friend Jane: "Aphrodite springing from the fountain."

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  4. Posted via Facebook by my friend Adrian: "Wholly Family"

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  5. Option 1:
    "Here we go again," thought Charlotte, with a patient sigh.

    Option 2:
    Step 1. Place baby in bowl.
    Step 2. Season to taste.

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  6. I love these! But who are you Anonymous?!

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  7. Hi, dear Bethie: Maria and Corinna are anonymous. Couldn't figure out how to post with our names!!

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  8. "The Hungerfords explain where babies come from."

    (I'm disqualifying myself, though, since I just bought £25 worth of Cadbury's chocolate!)

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  9. £25?! I am completely and utterly jealous.

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  10. Ponce De Leon Vindicated: American Couple Discover Fountain of Youth

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  11. Ooh, I like Molly's!

    As for the £25 worth of chocolate, I'm not planning to eat all that myself, but I can't show up back in DC empty-handed! Plus I had to fill up all that empty space in my suitcase for bringing back comfy shoes, baby clothes, and Trader Joe's pancake mix...

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  12. That Molly has always been so smart and funny!

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  13. you,me and baby makes three....a well of love she is...

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  14. You all make me laugh! Keep the submissions coming and I'll announce the winner at the end of today. Charlotte and I are looking forward to going shopping for some chocolate later today!

    PS: Make sure you sign your name to your post so I know who you are!

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  15. Via Facebook by my friend Melody: "Nix the nappy and make the fountain happy."

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  16. Via Marian (my MIL) on Facebook: "Is Charlotte a religious offering?"

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  17. "Lady Cuthbert's 17th century statue of the Great Baby of Sandringham, praised for its realism, regained its burnish after recent revitalization."

    "Baby Bird Bath: not just for birds, apparently."

    - Horton/Unger

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