Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners (Wizbang)

This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ was another smash hit, generating many, many very funny entries. Hopefully I captured some of the best of the humor with this slate of winners. The assignment this week was to caption the following picture:

Mark Zuckerman, center, gathers his workers for a last minute pep talk at 5: 30 a.m., just before opening the doors for early morning Black Friday shoppers at the Target in Cherry Hill, N.J., Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. (AP Photo/ Jose F. Moreno)

Here are the winning entries:

1) (george) - "The Festivus Shopping Season begins with the traditional 'airing of grievances'"

2) (McGehee) - "You want the vermouth!? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE VERMOUTH!!!"

3) (fred lawson) - "Bobby Knight goes Retail..."

Honorable Mention

4) (lawhawk) - "It's Target. No... It's Targét. Target. Targét. You wanna piece of me?!"

5) (Johnd01) - "And we're gonna sell toasters, and we're gonna sell Game Boys, and we're gonna sell sweatpants... and we're gonna go all the way to the White Sale!... Yeeeeeahhh!"

6) (c) - "I've got 14 -- (count 'em, 14) -- high-powered consultants who say OSM is a slam dunk."

The Dance Monkey Boy Award goes to:

(JimK) - "Developers, developers, developers developers! DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!"

Until next Friday...

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Comments (7)

Excellent winners, I had no... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Rodney Dill | November 28, 2005 5:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Rodney Dill:

Excellent winners, I had nothing for this picture.

Posted on November 28, 2005 05:54

Suzie Caruthers scores a di... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Ralf | November 28, 2005 6:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Ralf:

Suzie Caruthers scores a direct hit with a brilliant Half-Lugie in the Semi-Finals at Target's annual Intramural Combat Spitting Contest.

Posted on November 28, 2005 06:17

I used to work as a securit... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Chad | November 28, 2005 8:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Chad:

I used to work as a security guard at one of their buildings, and I think I even met this gentleman a few times. I about peed myself laughing when I saw the 2nd place answer.

Posted on November 28, 2005 08:53

Yes, #2 is brilliant.... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Nicholas | November 28, 2005 6:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Nicholas:

Yes, #2 is brilliant.

Posted on November 28, 2005 18:22

You know isle 12 is going t... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Taz | November 28, 2005 8:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Taz:

You know isle 12 is going to be the only one OPEN all day!

Posted on November 28, 2005 20:48

[slips Chad and Nicholas ea... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by McGehee | November 28, 2005 10:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

McGehee:

[slips Chad and Nicholas each a $20]

Posted on November 28, 2005 22:05

" Vermouth, Isn't that a to... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by fred lawson | November 29, 2005 2:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

fred lawson:

" Vermouth, Isn't that a town in Vermont?"

Posted on November 29, 2005 14:11

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