April 1, 2009

Caption Writing Contest: Round 3

Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives

Image courtesy of Smithsonian Archives

Up for some good, clean April Fool’s Day fun? Play a prank on the above photograph, pulled from the Smithsonian Archives and the Institution’s historical past, by conjuring a caption of utmost wit and hilarity. What do you think is going on here? Here are a few ideas to get the ball rolling:

“Thrilled with their newly-installed footlights, the librarians’ amateur Shakespeare theater troupe kicked off the season with unprecedented flair.”

“Alas, poor Yorrick…”

“With everyone gone for the night, Jim the file clerk vicariously lived out his pipe dream of being the next Sir Lawrence Olivier.”

Okay, so all I’m coming up with is Shakespeare cracks. Flex your funny bone and enter your creative captions in the comments area below. You have until April 15 (Tax Day) to submit your ideas. The winner will be announced (along with the true story behind the photograph) that afternoon. For a prize, the winner will receive bragging rights and an elevated sense of self-appreciation. We look forward to hearing from you!



Posted By: Jesse Rhodes — Smithsonian Institution Archives, photo caption contest | Link | Comments (29)



29 Comments »

  1. to balance the “see-saw” use more shadow behind the man

    Comment by simon sakkab — April 1, 2009 @ 12:20 pm

  2. Hidden cameras placed strategically in bowels of the Smithsonian Archives were able to document conclusively that Cecil’s head fetish had, in fact, gone too far.

    Comment by Raphael Sikorra — April 1, 2009 @ 2:31 pm

  3. Hidden cameras placed strategically in the bowels of the Smithsonian Archive were able to document conclusively that Cecil’s head fetish had, in fact, gone too far.

    Comment by Raphael Sikorra — April 1, 2009 @ 2:32 pm

  4. He couldn’t hide all the skeletons in his closet.

    Comment by T. Faundo — April 1, 2009 @ 4:17 pm

  5. This was not the first time he contemplated murder.

    Comment by T. Faundo — April 1, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

  6. Nope, this one’s not Walt Disney either.

    Comment by Jim Willit — April 1, 2009 @ 6:57 pm

  7. “I am the last of the Mohicans”

    Comment by Erik N — April 1, 2009 @ 9:39 pm

  8. A head above the rest?

    Comment by Annie — April 2, 2009 @ 6:55 pm

  9. HOFFA !

    Comment by Ellen — April 3, 2009 @ 10:21 am

  10. Already late for his office Christmas party, chief scientist Ernie Weems teetered on the top rung of the ladder, desperately scanning his lab drawers for a potential date, determined not to go stag again. Chief Tekesta and Chief Yuchi sighed and looked away, barely unable to contain their amusement.

    Comment by JC — April 6, 2009 @ 11:06 am

  11. Player Derick Donerly knew he had to reinforce his last two pawns if he was going to win this chess match.

    Comment by Ray Py — April 6, 2009 @ 12:10 pm

  12. Daryl Dimwit promised his superiors he would cal them Little People from now on.

    Comment by Ray — April 6, 2009 @ 12:18 pm

  13. He had no trouble locating the two cuff links but the tie bar had been lost in his sock drawer.

    Comment by RPy — April 6, 2009 @ 12:28 pm

  14. Melvin had his choice for the head job but didn’t know how to tell the other candidates.

    Comment by RPi — April 6, 2009 @ 4:52 pm

  15. Wiggens worst nightmare was that his trousers would lose their crease during the head count.

    Comment by RPi — April 6, 2009 @ 6:53 pm

  16. Malcolm realized he had made a terrible mistake when he volunteered for bust research.

    Comment by RPi — April 7, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

  17. After two weeks on the stepladder, Dexter tried to tell his department head the caption writing contest was too long.

    Comment by RPi — April 8, 2009 @ 2:03 pm

  18. In his excitement at finding Curley’s shrunken head, he did not notice he had become surrounded by Larry and Moe.

    Comment by RPi — April 10, 2009 @ 3:51 pm

  19. With only seconds left in the Big Caption Writing Contest, Dwight. . .

    Comment by RPi — April 13, 2009 @ 11:25 am

  20. Associate Curator, J. Schmidt, finally realized how odd it was to keep heads in drawers.

    Comment by M. Lucas — April 13, 2009 @ 3:07 pm

  21. [...] for the above photograph? As the contest comes to a close, we’ve already received some entertaining submissions, [...]

    Pingback by Two Days Left to Enter ATM’s Third Caption Contest | Around The Mall — April 13, 2009 @ 10:05 pm

  22. Shh! Shh! He’s getting Mom! I TOLD you not to take his hat.

    Comment by John — April 14, 2009 @ 9:57 am

  23. The tiny curator perched upon the large table to draw together his army of warriors.

    “The main gallery will once again be mine!” he whispered, “and Higgins will be busted to the archives… MwahahahahaHA! “

    Comment by John — April 14, 2009 @ 10:08 am

  24. “It’s easy to hide the bodies with a job like this.”

    Comment by christiann — April 14, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

  25. My love, just a few more years-I promise I am leaving my wife! I love you!

    Comment by Naniam — April 15, 2009 @ 7:57 am

  26. Hey Honey! How long has it been since we cleaned out the junk drawer???

    Comment by Patricia — April 15, 2009 @ 10:39 am

  27. Eureka! I’ve found the missing link!

    Comment by Emily Moser — April 15, 2009 @ 9:38 pm

  28. “It says here that these were the protype headlights for the Edsel.”

    Comment by clyde kensinger — May 22, 2009 @ 9:23 am

  29. I admit being a skull and living in a drawer is tough but at least you don’t have an ice ax in your head.

    Comment by joe stone — May 28, 2009 @ 5:05 pm

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