Sunday April 11th, 2010

The exercise:

Caption this picture:


I edited a story by Kat's eight year old cousin Ginny over Easter weekend and we hung out with her and her family this evening. I was caught completely off guard when Ginny gave me a thank you card with a lovely little note inside.

What's that got to do with the picture? On the cover of the card was a dog, with glasses on, sitting at a keyboard. I couldn't find it online, so the above had to do.

Mine:

"If you don't get me that report by noon I will eat your shoes for lunch."

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"You really expect me to believe that your owner ate your homework again?"

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It's safe to say that Chuckles was not impressed that he'd lost his tenth straight game of Solitaire.

3 comments:

Greg said...

Are you encouraging Ginny to join Protagonize then? If she's wise enough to hire you for your editing skills, she should certainly be seeking a wider audience for her writing!

The picture is cool though, and I'm sure the one on your card was cooler still. I like all of your captions, though the second one brought the broadest smile to my face -- that's a lovely reworking of a classic excuse!

Captions:

"You know my hiring policy, Miss Smith. We pay peanuts and we hire monkeys. Mmmmm, delicious monkeys...."

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"Sir, when we said we wanted to bury our competitors, we didn't think you'd take it so literally."
"Woof."

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Jasper stared at the screen with a sinking feeling. It was a Microsoft OS -- didn't they know that paws couldn't manage Ctrl-Alt-Del?

Marc said...

I've certainly been thinking about it. I just don't want to expose her to all those crappy roleplays :P

I'm torn between liking your first or second best. I think the unexpected taste for monkeys wins the day for the first.

Unknown said...

Oh, that picture is too awesome for words! So awesome, in fact, that I will come back when I have a caption worthy of its awesomeness. :)

Have a great Monday!