Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners (Wizbang)

This week's Weekend Caption Contest™ had 'em jumping for joy! The winning captions made liberal use of the somewhat bizarre picture to make good old fashion humor. The assignment this week was to caption the following picture:

Indian folk dancers perform during the festival of gardens in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh February 24, 2007. The festival runs in the month of February every year for three days and includes flower shows and music and dance performances. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA)

Here are the winning entries:

1) (Rodney Dill) - "France proposes adding 'Synchronized Surrender' as an Olympic sport."

2) (fustian) - "Bollywood's new children's show TeleTurbans is in the news. Sheikh Falwell says the purple one is an infidel..."

3) (Matt) - "Free at last, Free at last, The Oompa Loompa's are Free at last!"

Honorable Mention

4) (Baron Von Ottomatic) - "Shocked to see the cricket ball streaking towards them at groin level, Team India flawlessly excutes the Bouncing Betty Bailout."

5) (ExoticSarah) - "Bollywood is bringing sexy back."

6) (guido) - "The Board of Directors of 7/11 celebrate the announcement of record profits."

The Best Plug For A Wizbang Pop! Post Award goes to:

(Timmer) - "The "Dog Pound" responds to Kellie's new...ummm...girls."

Until next Friday...

The Wizbang® Network

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Comments (5)

Thanks Kevin,(thou... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Rodney Dill | March 5, 2007 6:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Rodney Dill:

Thanks Kevin,

(though I hear they may be Indian Hindu's and may not even be French at all, who woulda thunk it?)

Posted on March 5, 2007 06:12

Oh, the ignorant hatemonger... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by fustian | March 5, 2007 8:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

fustian:

Oh, the ignorant hatemongering of it all.

I seem to have inadvertantly juxtaposed Sikhism with Islamofascism, fudamentalist Christianity and Hollywood liberalism.

Man, am I embarrassed.

Posted on March 5, 2007 08:37

Tips hat.Happy to ... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Timmer | March 5, 2007 12:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Timmer:

Tips hat.

Happy to help.

Just remember, where's there's boobies, I'll be there.

Posted on March 5, 2007 12:05

Funny caption... but as not... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Kurt Duncan | March 5, 2007 6:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Kurt Duncan:

Funny caption... but as noted, the characters in the pic don't look French. Love child between John Edwards and Johnny Depp, maybe... but not French.

Posted on March 5, 2007 18:56

hahahaha. I am middle ea... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by ExoticSarah | March 6, 2007 11:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

ExoticSarah:

hahahaha. I am middle eastern (well half) and have a lot of middle eastern friends (including Indian friends), so I shouldn't be making any remarks towards that picture, but hey, it's all in good fun. Your website rocks and I am glad I participated. *hugs*

Posted on March 6, 2007 11:27

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