Thursday, August 21, 2008

We Post. You Decide


Thank you to the hundreds of 301NIB viewers who responded to our Captioning contest. We've received so many captions that right now we're undecided as to how to choose a winner. (Our original plan to have a Chinese gymnastics judge pick the gold medal winner seems unwise given their recent track record.) We wanted to avoid the controversy surrounding our last contest at all costs.

So, we've developed a compromise. Our editors have chosen the five best captions submitted to us here at our World Headquarters. We will list them below so that you, our loyal viewers, can have the final say in this matter. Look over the captions and then vote for your favorite in our poll on the right. You will ultimately determine our champion for 2008




Here are our finalists:

1) This is a sport that Canadians like to term "Getting rid of the damn-border-crossing-Yankees."

Kim
Bartlesville, OK


2) "Okay...just look through the scope and find the crosshairs. Then, place those crosshairs over the picture of Mike Huckabee..."

Todd
Elk Grove, CA


3) "C'mon Meg… just pull the trigger already! I don't know how it works either! When I was your age all we got to do for fun was throw rocks eh!"

Joe
Tucson, AZ


4)"Meg, I already told you - Hello Kitty doesn't make a .22 calibre rifle!"

P-dog
Edmonton, AB


5) "Listen up, Meg. The thing on top you use to scope the target is called the 'viewer'. And that switch underneath that triggers the bullet is called the 'switch'."

Bella
Hoffman Estates, IL


You can email you vote or text the word 'caption' to 83775 (Standard Rates Apply). Remember: A person who doesn't vote is no better off than someone who can't vote.

2 comments:

Kelly said...

Dang it. I meant to get in on the caption action. I had a good one, too. It just took me too long to think of it, that's all.

Maybe next year? And, for the record, I'm quite disappointed that Sandy Marquez didn't chime in on this one. What do you intend to do about that?

m-strat said...

Winning last year's caption contest made Sandy an instant celebrity. She did the late night talk show circuit, guest-hosted several programs, and wrote a best-selling book about her experience.

301NIB actively recruited Sandy for this year's contest. Negotiations took several months since her clothing and fragrance lines launch in November for the Christmas rush. In the end, her appearance fee was simply to steep.