Teeny Manolo

Captions in the comments, paramedics on the sidelines.

Passed along by Spirit Fingers

It was a heated competition this weekend, but the time has come to announce our winner and present the hypothetical swag:

smark Says:
July 21st, 2008 at 8:57 am

Say what you want about the Evil Empire, they did have a great employee picnic.

Congratulations and imaginary riches to smark for the winning entry. And what shall we hypothetically present for the virtual trophy of the theoretical competition? A little something to cushion the landing, in softest eiderdown and highest-of-high-tech microfiber:

You know what to do, so do it to him in the comments section:

You will recall our poor, lost friend from Friday. It’s now time to announce the winner of another very competitive caption contest, and a more heartrending tale you will rarely read. Ripped, apparently, straight from the pages of that sobfest of the vested, Portfolio Magazine, comes the following comment on the devastating consequences of an economic downturn:

Sunflowery Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

Oh crap… the Velveteen Rabbit warned me when he was getting canned that there will be some major downsizing because of the subprime crisis … but did I listen? Nope.
Oh well… let’s at least hope I get to come back as a Bratz doll… they’re the most popular girls in the playroom..

Congratulations and imaginary swag to Sunflowery for the win! We’ve found her something swanky and as suitable for Wall Street as for Balmoral, the Brooks Brothers Check Border Equestrian Scarf (currently less than half price, at $91). As they say, if you want to get ahead, get a horse.

Awwwww, this one’s a heartbreaker. Captions in the comments, as usual:

from TheLisantiQuarterly

Our subject matter:

Our winner:

Jennie Says:
July 5th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

OMG! Tulle! TULLE! with blue leggings and Wellies!
I specified starched muslin! And what is this zig zag stuff?!?
I drew loops! I know I drew loops!
By Tarzan’s leather undies! No one listens to genuis any more!

Congratulations and virtual fabulousness to Jennie for her heart-rending portrait of creative genius, blocked.

And here is some fabulousness that just works, for the virtual award ceremony: the Giuseppe Zanotti Baby Nero in metallic leather. Much better than Wellies!

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Looks like somebody has issues with that whole “interspecies cooperation” thang. Captions in the comments as always.

From Floridapfae’s Flickr stream

(due to technical difficulties, we have to borrow from Flickr right now,
so please go over to the photographer’s page and say hi)

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Like I said, you KNOW how we feel about Elmo.

Apparently, so do the rest of you, for most of you were too intimidated to attempt to caption him, lest he wreak havoc in your life as he is about to in Liv Tyler’s. Who could blame you? The creature crawled from the pit and tickled his way to the top of the heap in Hollywood, leaving a trail of drained, lifeless bodies in his wake.

Nonetheless, four brave and talented commenters have risked it all for eternal glory and imaginary swag, and from them we have chosen a winner:

Bellamama Says:
June 30th, 2008 at 12:01 am

“The Neighbors” - A Nightmare on Sesame Street!

The writing was childish and the costumes were like something out of a Saturday morning kids show! A dark comedy with too many characters, no plot, and WAY too much giggling! The only Oscar this movie will see is the Grouch!

D-

Kudos, Kevlar, and a big thumb’s-up to Bellamama for the winning caption. And what of the imaginary swag? We’ve chosen this, the Links of London Martini charm (although with a cherry I think it’s a Manhattan charm instead, but, like, whatever). I thought about choosing the cellphone charm, so you could call for help and then thought what would I do in a situation like that, and the answer was obvious: mix a very grown-up DRINK!

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You KNOW how we feel about Elmo. Stolen from Worth1000 via AgentBedhead, this is the one-sheet for this summer’s top horror thriller:

It’s that special time of the week, the time that you’ve all been waiting for: time to announce the winner of the Friday Caption Contest.

Last Friday we presented for your commentation Jada Pinkett-Smith and her children Willow and Jaden:

gemdiva Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm

OK, OK, you got your pictures. Now let’s get one thing very clear…………. one nasty, snarky word about my kids in print and you’ll wish your Mamas & Daddys had never met.

Yes, gemdiva takes it again in a close call. Let’s see, what have we got for her virtual prize in this week’s imaginary presentation ceremony…a collection of Dad’s last few movies wouldn’t be much of a prize at all, so let’s see if we can’t find her something slightly more fabulous. You know, I was looking for something in black and white pearl, but fuggedabouddid, when my eyes lit on this I knew that one of us had to have it, if only virtually. The Russell Trusso pearl multiflower necklace: