April 1, 2009
Caption Writing Contest: Round 3
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!
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to balance the “see-saw” use more shadow behind the man
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.
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.
He couldn’t hide all the skeletons in his closet.
This was not the first time he contemplated murder.
Nope, this one’s not Walt Disney either.
“I am the last of the Mohicans”
A head above the rest?
HOFFA !
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.
Player Derick Donerly knew he had to reinforce his last two pawns if he was going to win this chess match.
Daryl Dimwit promised his superiors he would cal them Little People from now on.
He had no trouble locating the two cuff links but the tie bar had been lost in his sock drawer.
Melvin had his choice for the head job but didn’t know how to tell the other candidates.
Wiggens worst nightmare was that his trousers would lose their crease during the head count.
Malcolm realized he had made a terrible mistake when he volunteered for bust research.
After two weeks on the stepladder, Dexter tried to tell his department head the caption writing contest was too long.
In his excitement at finding Curley’s shrunken head, he did not notice he had become surrounded by Larry and Moe.
With only seconds left in the Big Caption Writing Contest, Dwight. . .
Associate Curator, J. Schmidt, finally realized how odd it was to keep heads in drawers.
[...] for the above photograph? As the contest comes to a close, we’ve already received some entertaining submissions, [...]
Shh! Shh! He’s getting Mom! I TOLD you not to take his hat.
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! “
“It’s easy to hide the bodies with a job like this.”
My love, just a few more years-I promise I am leaving my wife! I love you!
Hey Honey! How long has it been since we cleaned out the junk drawer???
Eureka! I’ve found the missing link!
“It says here that these were the protype headlights for the Edsel.”
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.