It’s Sunday and that means it’s time for this week’s Weekly Question of the Week!
We haven’t done a caption contest in a while, so let’s do one of those again… but with something new, that could easily go disastrously awry! In the comments, I’ve decided to go with the time-honored “thumbs up” system to determine the favorites. Now, there’s a “thumbs down” option, but don’t be like that. As far as I can tell you can’t have one without the other, but we’re looking at the quantity of love, not venom.
So gander, ponder, captionize, and “like” away!
What. “Captionize.” It’s a word. Yeah-huh. Okay, fine! Sure! It’s not in your stuffy old OED, but it’s, like, an Internet word.
Okay, it’s not a word. Let’s just move on to the photo and your captions…
So… what have you got?
The Byronic Man 
November 18, 2012 at 3:17 am
I thought the cookie monster only ate cookies. He ate a man but it looks like he is trying to get out. Get Big Bird!
November 18, 2012 at 10:12 am
He looks very calm, for trying to climb out of a stomach, doesn’t he? That’s impressive in its own right.
November 18, 2012 at 11:05 am
what is that British saying: “Keep calm and carry on”?
November 18, 2012 at 3:43 am
I can’t take credit for this. I have a felonious brother who was describing to me how people won’t get off his back even though he’s paid his time.He was cryingand very serious when he said “EAT YO JUSTICE!” . I’ve almost never felt so guilty laughing.
November 18, 2012 at 10:32 am
I was going to comment on your brother’s comment, but this is one of those things that vexes me (there are many things…). For a nation predicated (I’m assuming you’re American here) on re-birth and second chances, the degree to which we stack the deck against people who’ve been in prison is shocking. Committed a felony? No voting for you again, ever. How does that make sense? Our entire justice system is based on giving people the benefit of the doubt and, sure, many if not most, squander that, but that’s not the idea.
Sorry. Haven’t had anything to eat yet today, and was up a lot with the baby. My Self-Righteousness Settings may be out of whack.
November 18, 2012 at 4:26 am
“Well – we just wanted someone a bit smarter than Palin…”
November 18, 2012 at 4:31 am
The other members of Yes rolled their eyes skywards as Rick Wakeman tried out his latest stage costume.
November 18, 2012 at 10:11 am
If it had been Elton John in his prime people would have thought he was getting a bit tame.
November 18, 2012 at 4:32 am
Why Big Bird wasn’t afraid of a Romney/Ryan win. Muppets always find work.
November 18, 2012 at 10:33 am
I heard The Lakers were wooing Big Bird like crazy.
November 18, 2012 at 4:37 am
Yes, Ms. Schneedecker – you are being prosecuted for 2 counts of Christmas Cookie Exchange fraud. Do you understand the charges against you? You don’t? You tried to pass off refrigerated dough snowmen as homemade cookies, Ms. Schneedecker. At the office AND the neighborhood cookie exchange. This travesty cannot go unpunished. How do you plead?
November 18, 2012 at 4:39 am
Evidence? Well, um…
November 18, 2012 at 10:35 am
Something tells me some truth slipped in to this fiction…
November 18, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Whatever do you mean?
November 18, 2012 at 5:28 am
The case of “Who Stole The Cookie from the Cookie Jar” is now in session.
November 18, 2012 at 10:36 am
Hey, that would be a good mystery, wouldn’t it? One where the judge is the actual guilty party?
November 18, 2012 at 5:46 am
Mr. Romney, you’re cooked!
November 18, 2012 at 10:37 am
I wonder if this is what Romney’s bad dreams look like.
November 18, 2012 at 6:16 am
Photo taken as the man behind the cookie crumbles.
November 18, 2012 at 10:42 am
You what’s really hard about a caption contest post? Titling it. Really. Because the obvious title for the post is a caption, but then what if that skews how people read the photo? Or steals the obvious idea? It’s a terrible burden I carry, it is…
That has nothing to do with anything your wrote, but I was up A LOT last night with the baby, so my thoughts are liable to head anywhere, really.
November 18, 2012 at 11:24 am
What’s funny is I actually noticed the URL of this post, thought it was caption-esque, then wondered if that’s why you changed the post title.
Hope you get to take a nap. I recommend milk and cookies.
November 18, 2012 at 6:28 am
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important muppets: Investigate-Me-Crime Elmo, and the Cookie Monster, who prosecutes the offenders, and wants cookies. Om nom nom. These are their stories. *doink-doink*.
November 18, 2012 at 6:41 am
Brilliant!
November 18, 2012 at 10:38 am
I like imagining the “Walking side-by-side toward the camera” part at the end of the credits with all muppets.
November 18, 2012 at 7:19 am
Couldn’t help but notice the Texas flag.
“When Rick Perry is governor, even the judges are puppets.”
November 18, 2012 at 10:39 am
It would probably work, though. “You do realize this entire trial is a farce.” “Yeah, but look at the judge! Look at his googly eyes! He’s so cute!”
November 18, 2012 at 7:38 am
So THAT’S why OJ got away with it.
November 18, 2012 at 7:58 am
C is for Criminal, who will be judged by me!
G is for Guilty, that’s what I deem you to be.
November 18, 2012 at 10:50 am
Today’s trial has been brought to you by Penal Code 42.5-3.
November 18, 2012 at 9:11 am
I could tell by the way the judge was staring at me that his snack was not going to hold his hunger for much longer. I was done like dinner!
November 18, 2012 at 9:24 am
I hereby sentence you to bring me 3 years worth of cookies. Parole is eligible after 24 dozen cookies if all conditions about the milk are met.
November 18, 2012 at 10:48 am
Wouldn’t it be great if the real justice system was based in baking? Well, maybe not, because there’d be a lot of killers on the streets, but it’s a nice idea. “I’m sorry I robbed your house. Here’s the first of 15 carrot cakes.”
November 18, 2012 at 10:17 am
Feeling blue? Well, don’t go tossing your cookies in here.
November 18, 2012 at 10:44 am
“If you throw up, don’t expect me to muppet up.”
Ha ha ha ha ha! Get it?! Oh, man, I’m tired.
November 18, 2012 at 11:29 am
Dude. It’s naptime.
November 18, 2012 at 11:29 am
😉
November 18, 2012 at 3:48 pm
“Mr. Obama, I’d like to thank you for nominating me as your foreign minister of Cookie America.”
November 18, 2012 at 4:33 pm
So I lost the bet and the Broncos won again. One more remark about this infernal costume and I’ll hold you in contempt!
November 18, 2012 at 4:34 pm
I couldn’t help myself. The judge tasted like cookie!
November 18, 2012 at 8:10 pm
I couldn’t come up with anything really clever, so I just voted on the one I liked best! See how you’re already getting into Sesame Street & your daughter is just a few weeks old!
November 18, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Let’s hurry this up, I’m meeting Elmo for drinks.
November 18, 2012 at 10:32 pm
If you are seeing this picture, go to Tools/Clear Browsing Data and click on Delete All Cookies.
November 18, 2012 at 10:35 pm
I, for one, welcome our new cookie-eating overlords.
November 19, 2012 at 5:13 am
Heyyy. I just came back to vote and noticed someone is thumbs-downing.
All right. It was me.
November 19, 2012 at 8:01 am
All rise for the honorable Jame Gumb presiding.
“Hey, Ernie?”
“Yes, Bert?”
“We really, really, really need to make a break for it! Like, right now!”
(Too dark?)
November 19, 2012 at 8:03 am
Since these damn budget cutbacks, it’s as cold hell in here. I told my wife to get me a Snuggli for under my gown, and she bought me this instead. I guess this is the price I have to pay for sleeping with your official biographer.
November 19, 2012 at 8:11 am
After Big Bird was laid off, Cookie Monster saw the writing on the wall and got his own TV courtroom. His judicial stylings have been described as a cross between Judge Judy and NFL sideline color commentator Tony Siragusa.
November 19, 2012 at 9:43 am
Order! Order in the Cookie Court!
Please stand as the hungeryable Judge Cook E. Monster enters the Cookie Courtroom.
November 19, 2012 at 10:39 am
The judge was never happy when the lawyers tried to chip the scales of justice…
November 19, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Inside every monster is a human, trying to get out.
November 19, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Another in a series of failed attempts to make Family Court less depressing and more child-friendly.
November 20, 2012 at 2:18 am
Where am I? The last thing I remember is eating fifteen snickerdoodles, and now I’m halfway through a court case.
November 20, 2012 at 4:52 pm
1) Alcohol, theater and law shouldn’t mix.
2) When people say the courtroom is like a stage where justice plays out, this judge takes it seriously.
3)I’ve heard of “activist” judges being puppets of the administration, but the puppet strings on this one is going a little too far.
Take your pick.