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New! - Your Weekly Reptile-Oriented “Caption This Photo” Contest

Posted by Jonathan on October 10th, 2008 (All posts by Jonathan)

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Record your entries in the comments. The winner will receive tremendous praise and a congratulatory email from Chicagoboyz management.

gecko on finger

[See below!]

UPDATE: I couldn’t decide on only one caption. My two faves:

Soon to be bigger than the S&P 500. [Robert Schwartz]

and

Ok… little up.. little left - not that far left! Ok… now down… easy does it… now, remember what I told you… control… alt… delete! See, it’s so easy, even a lizard could do it! [Sgt. Mom]

There’s also:

You can lead a lizard to a keyboard but you can’t make him blog. [me]

Unfortunately, our prize fund was short a lot of WAMU puts, so our customary payout to contest winners will not be possible this year.

 

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17 Responses to “New! - Your Weekly Reptile-Oriented “Caption This Photo” Contest”

  1. Tyouth Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Meet ELIZabeth. Our highly trained tech specializes in removing ALL of your hard-to-remove bugs.

  2. ArtD0dger Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 11:07 am

    Chicagoboyz got lolzards!

  3. Robert Schwartz Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Soon to be bigger than the S&P 500.

  4. Tatyana Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Robert wins

  5. MisterBixby Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    “Did you know you can save up to %15 on your car insurance in 15 minutes online? Here, let me show you how!”

  6. JaimeRoberto Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Pull my finger.

  7. Jay Manifold Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Yep, I see your problem. You’re trying to do everything with only one finger. Also, your PC tech is a small translucent lizard.

    (OK, not entirely original of me, I admit.)

  8. Obloodyhell Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    .

    GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPA!!!!

    What are you doing there!?!?!?

    .

  9. Obloodyhell Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    > “Did you know you can save up to %15 on your car insurance in 15 minutes online? Here, let me show you how!”

    Uh, don’t use AIG?

  10. dre Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Blogger abuses lizard - PETA

  11. Nonnie Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    Cat toy!

  12. Dan from Madison Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Caption Haiku:

    Are they poisonous?
    Perhaps one can stir fry them.
    You should call Orkin.

  13. T Migratorious Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Whadda ya mean, Ancestry.com says I’m not related to the Geico Gekko?!

  14. Sgt. Mom Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    “Ok… little up.. little left - not that far left! Ok… now down… easy does it… now, remember what I told you… control… alt… delete! See, it’s so easy, even a lizard could do it!”

  15. Shooter1001 Says:
    October 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    GEICOITO

  16. NeilV Says:
    October 11th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    What’s slimy with no ears?

    A record Producer…..

  17. Robert Schwartz Says:
    October 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    I think Sgt. Mom’s is better than mine.

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