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Caption Contest #7
by David K. Israel - March 4, 2008 - 11:30 PM

It’s back!

Our ongoing caption contest resumes today with a submission from the hugely talented Mark Anderson.

To repeat the rules, the idea here is quite simple: Your job is to come up with a gag. Make us smile, make us laugh, extra-points for those who are able to drop some interesting fact or trivia along the way.We’ll narrow down the entries to our favorites and then let YOU guys pick one winner. Remember: when dropping your gag in the comments, also let us know which t-shirt you prefer in case your caption is selected the winner. (T-shirts can be found over in our store.)

As always, if you’re good with the pen and think YOU’D like to contribute a cartoon of your own for a future caption contest, or want to pitch me an idea for one, please leave a comment and I’ll be in touch with you via e-mail.

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Comments (207)
  1. For the first time, beavers understood why people were anxious about outsourcing.

  2. Beaver 1: I kind of feel that the chainsaw isn’t in keeping with our dam building tradition.
    Beaver 2: Really? How so?

  3. Let’s turn around and see if we can hear it fall!

    XL Marco Polo

  4. “….so yeah, I’m not using my teeth anymore.”

  5. Easter Island tshirt.

  6. “I’m on a diet”

    Pluto-Medium

  7. What?.. How do YOU plan to increase your output?

    Idiom - L

  8. They offered me this instead of dental insurance.

    Idiom - L

  9. It came with my dental plan.

  10. “I’m thinking just fast food today.”

    Mental Floss logo t

  11. Sheila loves my smile.

  12. “I just used whitening strips and I don’t want my teeth to get stained before tonight’s party.”

  13. “I don’t know about you, but I’m sick, and tired, of getting splinters in my tongue!”

  14. Teeth size! Teeth size! Baby, there’s more to this natural selection bit than just good genes.

    mentalfloss XL

  15. ‘i got it from this nice man from Texas. But he was wearing the most HIDEOUS mask’

  16. yeah, gingivitis… but i can’t afford a day off right now…

  17. ‘4 out of five dentists recommend this model’

  18. “I just had a tooth pulled, and the dentist said to take it easy for a few days…”

    Pluto, 2XL

  19. “Well, I was watching Home Improvement last night and the idea just came to me!”

  20. Look, all that “Nature’s engineers” stuff was fun, but now that EVERYONE has a camera phone, it’s only a matter of time before some ecotourist busts us, so why not come clean?

  21. I got a great deal on this chainsaw. Drew Peterson actually gave me money to take it.

    pythagoras M

  22. “‘Use my teeth?!?!’ Geez, Frank, this is the 21st century! Get with the program…”

  23. “The dentist said this is the best way to correct my over-bite.”

    Mendel -Small

  24. “I’m on the new South BEECH diet…”

    Entropy
    XXL

  25. ‘Willie tries to convince his brother Wendal to help him build a dam house.’

    Men’s Beethoven Medium please

  26. “When you said you have a 14″ tool on your myspace profile, I wasn’t expecting this”

    Fibonacci M

  27. “Smart choice. I bought used underwear on eBay with my pocket money.”

  28. That’s it! I’m going to SHOW them how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodhuck could chuck wood!

    Scurvy Tshirt

  29. “I’m from the Future. Come with me if you want to live.”

    Fibonacci

  30. “Q has really been slacking off, hasn’t he? I heard Bond only got a quantum of solace.”

    Pavlov Medium

  31. “What? I have sensitive teeth.”
    Pavlov XXL

  32. “I heard cutting down trees kills them polar bears. You want to give it a try?”

  33. Well, they changed the dental plan, so…

    Fibonacci Large

  34. I get the White meat!!

  35. “We’re going to show those woodchucks whose boss once and for all.”

    On a sidenote: Beavers smell absolutely awful. Really. (Go ahead and giggle.)

    Idiom- M

  36. “Look, all I’m saying is if Danika Patrick wants to stuff you in her trunk, I’ve got your back.

    simple as pie, L

  37. Come on - Everybody else is doing it!

    Pluto - XL

  38. Look, I know it seems like I’m being lazy, but my boss told me I needed to learn new skills and all the Microsoft Office training classes were all booked up.

    Pluto XL

  39. “My orthodontist suggested it.”

  40. “No, Larry, it’s called a ‘moblile ‘home,’ and they’re all the rage around here.”

  41. marx- sharing is caring

  42. “Yeah - they’re Invisalign. The ortho said my teeth were too straight.”

    rhesus ladies l

  43. Doctor’s order–apparently I’m getting too much fiber in my diet.

  44. Don’t judge, man. Not all of us can gnaw through an oak so easily.

    Scurvy small, please!

  45. “…and I won’t until there’s universal dental coverage!”

    (Entropy T-shirt, XXL)

  46. “In order to see the forest, you must cut down this tree”

    entropy, L

  47. I thought that if we dressed up like beavers, we wouldn’t feel so bad about cutting down the forest.

    Pluto - M

  48. “What with the foreclosure, I figured I’d just build my own house - the bank can’t take that away.”

    Lady Macbeth - XL

  49. I can’t afford my dental insurance any more.

    Fionacci XL

  50. With gas prices so high, I was thinking of going old school and using my teeth today.

    Easter Island - M

  51. “A petrified forest calls for some backup. Are you with me?”

    Pluto - M

  52. ‘You know, I just don’t get the fiber in my diet like i use to.”

  53. “On sale at Sears. Why do you ask?”

    Pluto - M

  54. “Studies show that heart disease is twice as high in PEOPLE with periodontal disease. Why risk it?”

    Mental Floss - M

  55. “PEOPLE with periodontal disease are at twice the risk for heart attacks. Why risk it?”

    Mental Floss - M

  56. “Gee Wally, mom’s not gonna like that.”

    pythagoras 2xl

  57. You want me to do what with my mouth?

  58. “I told you I never took any performance enhancing drugs”

  59. Marx: Sharing IS Caring XXL

  60. “…because I found using a handsaw just takes too long.”

  61. “YOU’RE asking ME why my jaws are tired?”

  62. It’s the 21st century. Who has time to chew their food?

    Mendel XL

  63. “Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”

  64. “It’s called cramming for the final”

    Mental Floss - XL

  65. “There you go! We are not Siamese twins any more.”

  66. “Damn treehuggers won’t even let me build a house!”

  67. I have had it with the wood always pounding the beaver…

    mentalfloss XL

  68. Yeah, you, um, you weren’t supposed to see this…

  69. You will enter me now more…

    mentalfloss XL

  70. “Work ethic, shmerk-ethic.”

    Mental Floss - XXL

  71. “3 out 4 dentists prefer chainsaws for their patients who chew trees.”

  72. edit to my above post:

    It will enter me no more…

    mentalfloss XL

  73. I’ve been craving me some Beaver Jerky.

    Chromosome-M

  74. What? So I’m outsourcing. Who isn’t?

    Idioms - M

  75. “For the same reason humans with driver’s licenses pay to ride go karts.”

    - Fibonacci Med

  76. “Weak tooth enamel.”

    Rhesus, medium.

  77. Dude, you’re not a tree hugger are you?

  78. What is your CO2 offset plan for chopping down this tree?

  79. “Are you here for Remedial Tree Chopping at 4?”

  80. “jim, i’d appreciate your discretion regarding this matter.”

  81. Ashlee Simpson lip syncs, i teeth sync…‘rrr-rrrrr-rrrrrrrrrr’

    pluto xl

  82. I just got my braces off and Mom said she’d kill me if she caught me gnawing on anything!

    Ladies Pluto XL please

  83. Don’t worry, it’s a hybrid.

  84. “What!?! I just had my teeth cleaned.”

    XL Rocket Surgeon T-shirt

  85. “Yeah, so this is the one I’m going to use in my copyright infringement case against the chainsaw manufacturers. We’re the ones with the sharp, chisel-like incisor teeth that come with a lifetime warranty. Plus, these teeth are covered in iron just like ours are.” I’m telling you Ned, you should get on board with this. We’ve been cut out of these profits for way too long.”

  86. “Yeah, ever since the company dropped our dental coverage, I’ve had to go this route. Plus, it saves quite a bit of time.”

  87. “and now, son, I’m gonna let you in on a little family secret. you go over there and be my lookout while daddy does some work, and if you see anyone coming just thump your tail on the ground real hard…we’ll show the Johnsons who can cut more wood…”

    And thus began the Great Wood War of ‘08

    world physics M

  88. I am not a tool for using this tool!!!!

    pluto xl

  89. “Go get the wood chipper before someone notices he’s missing”

  90. “I’m a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma. You’ve gotta trust me on this one.”

    Marco Polo - XL

  91. When Jack Bauer was forced to go undercover, he found that some habits are hard to let go of.

  92. Confucius say “One chainsaw in hand worth two teeth in mouth”

  93. “Don’t look at me like that! Marge had a coupon for the knock-off polygrip, and with the prices of everything today, those kids are eating me out of house and home!”

  94. “And you said kidnapping those loggers and locking them in the basement was a bad idea!”

    Rocket Surgeon T-shirt XXL

  95. you mean you aren’t a union member?

  96. It’s just one dam project after another, isn’t it? Fortunately, I’ve decided to cheat.

    Simple as 3.141592
    Medium

  97. Well, look on the bright side. At least we’re ISO 9000 certified now.

    Easter Island M

  98. I don’t have dental insurance.

  99. My plan doesn’t cover vision…

    Pi xl

  100. “My wife found out I’ve had some other beaver on the side and kicked me out of the house. I need a new place in a hurry.”

    women’s scurvy small please

  101. Because this one is blocking my view of the forest.

  102. “So this is how the guy explained it to me. First we slash and then we burn. It’s that easy.”

    Forever Jung-Large

  103. “So yea the commercials told me that I can’t live without this”

  104. I’ve been using this thing ever since Richard Kiel got those teeth in the ’70s and tried to move in on my territory. Enamel just doesn’t hold up to steel, but Jaws really can’t compete with Husqvarna.

  105. Marco Polo XL

  106. “… and then George pulls a golfball out of his pocket.”

  107. “Got a grant from the Army Corps of Engineers. Seems they need to improve their dam-building technique.”

    Men’s L - pi

  108. Can’t stop progress, dude.

  109. “My doctor said I have Mandibular Dysfunction.”

    Lady Macbeth Hand Soap
    M

  110. Doc says I need more fiber.

  111. “…for the tree? Nah, just broke up why my girlfriend”

  112. “I think the real question here is where did I get opposible thumbs.”

  113. “I think the real question here is, where did I get opposible thumbs.”

    Idioms are for the Birds
    M

  114. “I had sex with your wife”

  115. “I don’t care about your stupid intervention- I don’t have a chucking problem and I’m going to keep chucking wood!”

  116. Oh yea… pluto shirt, women’s L

  117. Help me out pal? They made it in Beaver size, but my arms are still too short to get it started.

    Pluto - L

  118. “No, the dentures aren’t really working out”.

    Entropy-mens med.

  119. Pavlov Long-Sleeved Shirt-xl
    sorry i got busy at work
    was entry
    ‘You know, I just don’t get the fiber

  120. “Isn’t this making global warming worse?”
    “Nah, it runs on biofuel!”

    women’s pavlov t-shirt

  121. Hey, I’m a busy beaver.

    Jung, S

  122. “fuck this tree.”

  123. They weren’t kidding when they said, “Call your doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours!”

  124. OOPS! Rhesus XL

  125. It’s recently been revealed that FDR’s New Deal had a broader effect than ever imagined.

    Idioms - L

  126. My TMJ has been acting up lately…

    Rhesus in medium

  127. it puts the lotion in the basket, or it gets the saw

    2xL shirt of any

  128. “I know the judge said Franny was entitled to half- but this is ridiculous.”

    marx/sharing- M

  129. “Well, those pesky kids wont be bothering us anymore. Quick, help me bury this thing.”

    Rhesus Large

  130. It’s better than the time she knit me that sweater…

    PI women’s M

  131. “If you don’t shut up, I’ll cut you nuts off!”

  132. With the other beavers using performance enhancing drugs we gotta keep up some how
    rhesus xl

  133. “It holds 1000 songs too”

    I love lucy- large

  134. It’s either this, or we outsource to India.

    -Pluto, extra medium

  135. “It’s really easy, choke, then pull the cord.”

    Rhesus M

  136. “Do you think I really care about asterisks?”

    idioms - L

  137. And the oil crisis was only the analogous epidermal horn that broke the egg that the beavers liked to call “technological advantage.”

  138. Let’s play a little game to help you study for your tree test. For every wrong answer, I chop one down. No pressure.

  139. “My plan? I was going to chase Jessica Biel around with it for a while. Why?”

    Pluto XL

  140. “Does this chainsaw make me look fat?”

  141. “Don’t you think we’ll get into trouble with the union?”

    Simple as 3.14159 Women’s large

  142. cheating-schmeating. i’m all about working smarter not harder.

    scurvy ladies m

  143. Listen buddy, start chewing or I am going to chainsaw you in two and make beaver stew.

  144. “Are you kidding me? Who’s putting this on U-Tube? Where’s the camera?”

  145. The North Dakota Null-Hypothesis Brain Inventory Test already told me that beavers work too hard. Do you salivate at the sight of mittens?

    I’d like the Karl Marx shirt if I win, please.

  146. Trust me, Vinnie.
    We drag about a hundred of these down to the river, and in a few years, we’ll corner the market on domestic rice production.

    rocket surgeon, Women’s med

  147. “No it’s ok, I consulted Thoreau and this falls under Civil Disobedience.”

    lady Macbeth - M

  148. “Actually, I do think recent technological advances are becoming unnecessary. Why do you ask?”

    Fibonacci, women’s large please.

  149. We’ll finish in an hour, hit the bar, and tell the wives we worked all day.

    Easter Island (Large)

  150. NSFW??

    What’s a beaver supposed to do with a giant dildo?

    PI shirt xxl

  151. “So let me get this right… You’ve been doing this with your friggen TEETH!?!?”

    Karl Marx, XL please!

  152. “Ironically, this chainsaw runs on wood chips.”

  153. “Did I not tell you? We are moving to the park on the other side of town.”

    Idioms XL

  154. “I am NOT a cartoon.”

    M, Fibonacci

  155. We’re dammed if we use this and dammed if we don’t.

    Easter Island (Large) Please.

  156. I drink your milkshake! Drink it up!

    Pi Xl

  157. Johnny’s IEP has given him the tools to perform on the same level as his peers, yet he finds that he still can’t quite fit in.

    Entropy-L

  158. Well… you were always complaining about my morning breath.

  159. When humans start conserving gasoline, I will go back to using my teeth.

  160. Come on Larry its 2008, the old ways just aren’t efficient anymore.

  161. We’ll show those woodchucks what-for

    Marx -XL

  162. I told you, this’ll go faster if i carve an army of wood beavers!

  163. “How much wood could a wood chuck chuck?”
    “About one tanks worth, then I have to go home for dinner.”

    Lrg Achilles

  164. No, technically this is not a violation of union bylaws…. Technically speaking, this is a Swiss-Army Knife!

    XY Chromosome Tee - Large please

  165. Stop your “dam” whining and cut down the tree!

  166. “Your grandma used to shove poplar down our throats, but your mother and me think you’re old enough to have a choice.”

    Pluto, M

  167. I’m telling you it’s a real phobia, just like people who are terrified of clowns. Now stop playing Freud and put on your f*#&ing goggles!

    rocket surgeon - XL

  168. I’m telling you it’s a real phobia, like people terrified of clowns. Now stop playing Freud and put on your F-ing goggles!

  169. What’s a cubit?

    Idioms XXL

  170. That’s the last time anybody chains themselves to my tree…

    rhesus medium

  171. “Listen, if want Guinness to put us in the books, we’re going to have to beat the 2,140 foot long dam Chuck built up in Three Forks, Montana. And we’re not doing it the old fashioned way.”

    Easter Island, Small please :)

  172. “dude! do you have any idea how hard it is to get woodchips out of my braces? no? alright, can we get back to work?”

    pluto, women’s large please and thank you.

  173. Well, Brigit, I hate to do it this way, but I’ve found someone else.

  174. “I’ll get started on this one, you take care of the rest.”

    Fibonacci, Medium

  175. David, I also draw cartoons and would be glad to submit one for another caption contest. Shoot me an e-mail please.

  176. “Where shall I go? What shall I do?”

    “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a dam.”

    Kinetic Energy-L

  177. “Yeah, I stole this from a logger on the other side of the forest. I’m just trying to help save our environment.”

    Ladies Rhesus-XL

  178. Suddenly Charles began to doubt Martin’s insistence that his dear wife had been killed via bear mauling.

    lady macbeth - m

  179. “It’s either this, or flossing twice a day.”

    women’s kinetic energy xl

  180. “I just don’t feel like climbing today.”

    Fibonacci - XL

  181. How else are we supposed to keep up with that planned three-day Grand Canyon flood?

    Women’s Fibonacci - L

  182. Another dam foreclosure!

    Men’s Rhesus (XXL)

  183. I saw a sticker that said nice beavers swallow, but then I got SPLINTERS (Sawing Pine Lovers Inadequate NeuroTransmitting Erectile Reduction Syndrome).

    Pluto - XL

  184. It’s not you, it’s me.

    Hyperbole, Women’s M

  185. “That’s right, I just signed an endorsement deal with Black & Decker…deal with it.

    Pluto R.I.P.- medium

  186. No matter how much I trim, the bush just keeps growing back.

    Pluto - XL

  187. CHAINS — WE CAN BELIEVE IN

    Pluto - XL

  188. Bush has got to go.

    Pluto - XL

  189. I’m starring in the prequel Bambo: First Sap

  190. Forgot to add shirt to my above post.

    Pluto - XL

  191. Toothpick?

  192. “The Carpal Tunnel accommodations are pretty helpful.”

    Pi - XXL

  193. “Ebay is your friend.”

    mentalfloss xl

  194. “Darwin Awards, here I come!”

    mentalfloss xl

  195. “Extended warranty! What, do I look like a lemming?”

  196. …just ’til november.

  197. Nuts! We’re outta gas.

  198. Are you sure it’s jelly-filled?

  199. I vote ‘m’

  200. you wanna knaw away all day or you wanna get this done?

  201. K

  202. “what’s the problem man? we’re not Amish beavers.”

  203. When Amish beavers turn 17.

  204. When Amish beavers turn 18, they are given the choice to leave their simple ways behind…

  205. Son, two words: gum disease. Brush everyday or this your future.

  206. “I know doing it the old-fashioned way is soooo Pleistocene Era, but I can’t afford the gas to run the thing anymore.”

    Surprise me. 3X, because I like ‘em big.

  207. “I swear to God I didn’t do it!”

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