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Thanks to all who entered our 9th Caption Contest. I have to say, some of these made me guffaw out loud! Honestly. The best captions to date! Now it’s up to you all to pick the winner, after the jump you’ll find our 10 favorites.
Drop your vote in the comments below and may the best caption win!
And the finalists are…
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A) “Sorry Sir, The chef is having a bad hare day!”
B) “Just as you ordered, sir, hot cross bunny!”
C) “Here is your steamed hassenpfeffer sir.”
D) “I’m sorry, sir, but our head chef Glenn Close was out today…”
E) “I believe you owe him an apology sir, your review of his parents’ Etouffee was quite scathing.”
F) “I told you he wouldn’t stand to be eaten with any “bleedin’ merlot.”
G) “Next week on Top Chef…”
H) “Were having a little trouble with your tortoise soup, it seems that there was some kind of race.”
I) “I’m sorry but he wishes to express his displeasure with your ordering the tortoise soup as the appetizer.”
J) “Waiter, I asked for a steak, medium. This is just a hare undercooked.”
My vote is for G - “Next week on Top Chef…”
I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in awhile =)
I love that show!
posted by Amanda on 5-11-2008 at 12:21 pm
J
posted by Emily S S on 5-11-2008 at 12:22 pm
J
posted by ESJ on 5-11-2008 at 12:28 pm
E
posted by Sally Villarreal on 5-11-2008 at 12:35 pm
J
posted by boliyou on 5-11-2008 at 12:38 pm
I’m going to have to say C, although there were a few others I really liked.
posted by jenny on 5-11-2008 at 12:41 pm
J
posted by Drew on 5-11-2008 at 12:47 pm
Oh, E was too funny! That’s my vote.
On an unrelated and pointless note, my ReCaptcha was ‘tires 10,928,710.’ As in, I needed new TIRES because my competition-orange Chevelle had 10,928,710 miles on it and they were original.
posted by adrienne on 5-11-2008 at 12:54 pm
J
posted by Ben on 5-11-2008 at 12:56 pm
C) “Here is your steamed hassenpfeffer sir.”
posted by chris on 5-11-2008 at 12:57 pm
E
ps-congrats to Mental Floss Blogs for actually using words in their word verification
posted by ann on 5-11-2008 at 1:05 pm
J, no contest!
posted by Jill on 5-11-2008 at 1:22 pm
Totally H!
posted by Anna on 5-11-2008 at 1:42 pm
J
posted by Jeff on 5-11-2008 at 1:57 pm
J
posted by Ken on 5-11-2008 at 1:58 pm
J!
posted by Courtney on 5-11-2008 at 2:31 pm
G!
posted by Jeremy on 5-11-2008 at 2:49 pm
J
posted by Jordan on 5-11-2008 at 3:04 pm
J
posted by Ashley on 5-11-2008 at 3:11 pm
J
posted by Carly-Marie on 5-11-2008 at 3:16 pm
I like H.
posted by Elizabeth on 5-11-2008 at 3:23 pm
J, for sure.
posted by Mark on 5-11-2008 at 3:24 pm
gotta’ be J
posted by larriann on 5-11-2008 at 3:49 pm
I like B!
posted by gmsc on 5-11-2008 at 3:54 pm
J, J, J and J
posted by jenny on 5-11-2008 at 4:05 pm
J or H
posted by manz on 5-11-2008 at 4:41 pm
H.
posted by Kiki on 5-11-2008 at 4:43 pm
H (They’re all great, though!)
posted by buddz on 5-11-2008 at 4:45 pm
H
posted by RJ on 5-11-2008 at 5:00 pm
B made me laugh the most! J is fine, but it’s the waiter speaking, not the customer, so it doesn’t make sense
posted by Cyndi on 5-11-2008 at 6:11 pm
J
posted by DaveL on 5-11-2008 at 6:17 pm
J!
posted by Jenny on 5-11-2008 at 6:29 pm
C
posted by Chuck on 5-11-2008 at 6:29 pm
H!
posted by George on 5-11-2008 at 7:44 pm
Definitely J. nice play on words
posted by katrina on 5-11-2008 at 7:59 pm
J!
posted by Suzeo on 5-11-2008 at 8:27 pm
J
posted by ben west on 5-11-2008 at 8:29 pm
H
posted by amy on 5-11-2008 at 8:33 pm
H
it’s the joke I was trying to make, but couldn’t get it to come out right.
H
H
H
posted by Austin on 5-11-2008 at 9:14 pm
J.
posted by Rose on 5-11-2008 at 9:25 pm
Definately C! But it looks like I’m being out-voted.
posted by Dusti on 5-11-2008 at 10:35 pm
J, definitely.
posted by Bethany on 5-11-2008 at 11:43 pm
G.
props to top chef fans.
posted by Kristina on 5-11-2008 at 11:50 pm
J!!!
posted by Barbara on 5-11-2008 at 11:53 pm
HHHHHHH
posted by Kevin on 5-12-2008 at 12:05 am
Posted this link in www.surfurls.com
posted by sharuk on 5-12-2008 at 1:33 am
J !!
posted by ac on 5-12-2008 at 2:01 am
C
posted by Bill on 5-12-2008 at 6:23 am
J, definitely J
posted by Dave on 5-12-2008 at 6:30 am
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
posted by Annette on 5-12-2008 at 6:56 am
J is for joke
posted by Austin on 5-12-2008 at 7:12 am
Heir, here is the your Hare.
posted by Sachin on 5-12-2008 at 7:40 am
‘J’ without a doubt! So very clever.
posted by JaneM on 5-12-2008 at 7:55 am
J - Harelarious
posted by Bhill on 5-12-2008 at 8:12 am
G
posted by Justin on 5-12-2008 at 8:13 am
G
posted by tami on 5-12-2008 at 8:23 am
E) “I believe you owe him an apology sir, your review of his parents’ Etouffee was quite scathing.” ** who thought of this.. it’s great!
posted by Hannah on 5-12-2008 at 8:34 am
I like G, but J is pretty darn good too.
posted by Krissy on 5-12-2008 at 8:55 am
C!
posted by Louisa on 5-12-2008 at 9:09 am
J
posted by Tim on 5-12-2008 at 9:10 am
g
posted by bet on 5-12-2008 at 9:26 am
Eh, I like D.
posted by Bethany on 5-12-2008 at 9:41 am
E!
(seems J’s the favourite but it doesn’t work for me - in the picture it looks like the waiter/chef guy is talking, not the customer)
posted by Brittany on 5-12-2008 at 9:56 am
J
posted by Michele on 5-12-2008 at 10:04 am
J!
posted by Adrienne on 5-12-2008 at 10:12 am
J
posted by Chris on 5-12-2008 at 10:13 am
B) “Just as you ordered, sir, hot cross bunny!”
Too funny!!!
posted by Debbie on 5-12-2008 at 10:55 am
H
posted by Sarah on 5-12-2008 at 11:02 am
H
posted by Tom on 5-12-2008 at 11:29 am
H. J is funny but I agree with Brittany, the waiter is talking not the customer :)
posted by Kevin on 5-12-2008 at 11:45 am
J, easily.
posted by Megan on 5-12-2008 at 11:59 am
C all the way!
posted by DB on 5-12-2008 at 12:11 pm
E) “I believe you owe him an apology sir, your review of his parents’ Etouffee was quite scathing.”
=P
posted by Air on 5-12-2008 at 12:13 pm
J, definitely J
posted by meadowsa on 5-12-2008 at 12:16 pm
Without question, J
posted by meadowsa on 5-12-2008 at 12:20 pm
J
but H is a close second =).
posted by CK on 5-12-2008 at 12:32 pm
C - all the way…
posted by Jamie on 5-12-2008 at 12:48 pm
J
posted by Stephen on 5-12-2008 at 12:49 pm
E
I’m going to shamelessly plug E, not just because its mine, but because it avoids a pun.
Puns killed my father.
posted by Jonathan on 5-12-2008 at 1:07 pm
J
posted by Laura on 5-12-2008 at 1:30 pm
J for sure!
posted by DYMongoose on 5-12-2008 at 1:34 pm
It’s gotta be J, for sure!!! That was laugh-out-loud funny
posted by Mama9cats on 5-12-2008 at 1:55 pm
E
posted by heather on 5-12-2008 at 2:05 pm
C
posted by Stephanie Chance on 5-12-2008 at 3:10 pm
J!
posted by Denise on 5-12-2008 at 3:45 pm
I guess it’s not going to win, but E is my choice. Next come J and C! They were all really good though…
posted by Ash on 5-12-2008 at 4:34 pm
J!!!
posted by Kimmer on 5-12-2008 at 5:24 pm
J. I’m a sucker for terrible puns.
posted by Kelsey on 5-12-2008 at 7:27 pm
J
posted by Celeste on 5-12-2008 at 9:21 pm
J, definitely.
posted by dot on 5-12-2008 at 11:05 pm
I say G
posted by Christopher on 5-13-2008 at 10:58 am
B
posted by Ariel on 5-13-2008 at 8:17 pm
J
posted by Kevin H on 5-14-2008 at 1:01 pm
H
posted by Kris on 5-15-2008 at 9:15 am