tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324766402024-03-07T15:28:18.313-06:00The World of WombatMusings on life, the universe, and everything...BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.comBlogger579125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-12923223316110493822018-07-24T16:30:00.000-05:002018-07-24T16:30:28.172-05:00Orlando, July 2018Don't know if anyone is still following this blog -- especially since I haven't posted here since ending the Caption Contest two years ago -- but I thought I'd post a quick update. I just got back from Orlando two weeks ago to attend the 2018 Barbershop Harmony Society convention and compete in the international chorus contest with Vocal Majority, and I'm still smiling. The trip could not have BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-77377469274059050732016-08-26T12:26:00.003-05:002016-08-26T12:26:51.393-05:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! Hmm… only
seventeen caption entries this week, possibly an all-time low. Never know quite
what will tickle your funny bone. Here are your Honorable Mentions: Jim Salmen: "Pro Pokemon closed
course. Do not attempt."; Lynn A
Ewing: "Wombachoo, I pick
you!"; Lara Beilby: "This
Pokemon is found either singing or studying law books...Or talking to judges in
Latin."; BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-90306854796346158892016-08-22T10:59:00.005-05:002016-08-22T10:59:51.902-05:00CAPTION CONTEST for August 26 - POKEMON GO EDITION!
CAPTION CONTEST for August 26 - POKEMON GO EDITION! So how would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-43937029399194397612016-08-20T13:14:00.000-05:002016-08-20T13:14:06.854-05:00This Day in Misunderstood HistoryBRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-67535090994686435922016-08-12T11:14:00.002-05:002016-08-12T11:14:20.975-05:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! Too many funny
ones this week -- very hard to narrow down to a handful. Here are your
Honorable Mentions: Rick Bivins:
"After a wild night with the Irish Women's ping pong team, Wombat realizes
that Ping Pong Pox is contagious."; Darren
Grabowski: "No athletes were filmed in the making of this video game.
Seriously."; Alan AJ Irby:
"Andy Serkis' title as the king of BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-49050852262588231692016-08-08T11:25:00.003-05:002016-08-08T11:25:26.024-05:00CAPTION CONTEST for August 12 - OLYMPICS EDITION
CAPTION CONTEST for August 12 - OLYMPICS EDITION, suggested by Tom Wilson! I can't be the only one who think the Olympic venues look like they haven't finished filming the special effects, right? So how would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-24674523576304846272016-07-29T10:21:00.000-05:002016-07-29T10:21:24.680-05:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! It's nice to
find that so many of my friends, across the political spectrum, respond to the
conventions like I do (a mixture of humor and disgust)! Here are your Honorable
Mentions: Alan AJ Irby: "That
moment when the only vote you want to cast is for America's Got Talent."; Darren Grabowski: "They said the
VD commercials I did would only run in foreign countries!"; BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-35470948992572096792016-07-26T11:16:00.000-05:002016-07-26T11:22:19.301-05:00CAPTION CONTEST for July 30 - SPECIAL POLITICAL CONVENTION EDITION!
CAPTION CONTEST for July 30 - SPECIAL POLITICAL CONVENTION EDITION! I'm taking a risk here, but there needs to be something humorous about this election year. Please keep it CLEAN, and go for FUNNY and CLEVER over mean. (Maybe we'll have two winners, since I don't like either major candidate!) So how would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-62391342273903953362016-07-19T11:08:00.001-05:002016-07-19T11:08:49.154-05:00Now that's efficient...BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-13562071613920217432016-07-13T10:21:00.000-05:002016-07-13T10:21:17.605-05:00What if we really took this to heart?BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-29474605454084036512016-06-16T15:41:00.001-05:002016-06-16T15:41:30.434-05:00What are the odds?BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-30073356316538122372016-06-10T10:39:00.002-05:002016-06-10T10:41:00.221-05:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! Tons of great
captions kept pouring in this week, but my favorite was one of the first
submitted! Here are the Honorable Mentions: Tom Jackson: "I hate to even ask, but does your suit come in Extra
Extra Large?"; Joel Bezaire:
"You're not the marsupial Gotham deserves, but you're the marsupial Gotham
needs right now." (and thank you, Joel, for recognizing that wombats BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-89478839430895790212016-06-06T09:21:00.000-05:002016-06-06T09:21:04.348-05:00CAPTION CONTEST for June 10!
CAPTION CONTEST for June 10! How would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-3998252996478069812016-05-27T10:24:00.000-05:002016-05-27T10:24:25.686-05:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! This was
another week with incredible response -- 75+ entries! That might be a record…
if I kept track of such things. Anyway, lots of funny this week to choose from,
which means that many more of you will be disappointed! Yay? So first, your
Honorable Mentions: SGT's WEDFan:
"The hills are alive... and it's pretty frightening!"; Jay Marsh: "If a baritone sings inBRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-89562756874089791582016-05-23T10:34:00.000-05:002016-05-23T10:34:01.063-05:00CAPTION CONTEST for MAY 27!
CAPTION CONTEST for MAY 27! Inspiration for these contests can come from anywhere. My friends will now think twice before inviting me to their daughter's junior high musical. So, how would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-36710425012254323032016-03-18T14:09:00.001-05:002016-03-18T14:09:10.702-05:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! I never know
what kind of picture will get your funny bones working. I might spend a long
time photoshopping myself into some ridiculous situation without much response,
but when I just put myself next to a dog and match its expression… wow. So first,
your Honorable Mentions: Wayne Franklin:
"Wombat tries FaceSwap with surprising results."; SGT's PatchOBlack: "FewBRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-74753592288269800912016-03-14T11:45:00.000-05:002016-03-14T11:45:11.227-05:00CAPTION CONTEST for MARCH 18!
CAPTION CONTEST for MARCH 18! It's been a while -- what say we have another caption contest? How would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-29707495224608732042016-03-08T11:22:00.003-06:002016-03-08T11:22:38.538-06:00#1. It's in Comic Sans.BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-44639716384468107942016-02-29T10:31:00.003-06:002016-02-29T10:36:05.229-06:00It's bound to happen...
"When Frank Underwood needs help running the country, his sisters and their wacky friend move into the White House to lend a hand. John Stamos guest stars."BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-67388125752909988172016-02-19T10:23:00.002-06:002016-02-19T10:25:38.910-06:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! Lots of great
entries, including several with the theme of "having a screw loose"
-- which, you will not be surprised to learn, has been medically verified.
(Following the surgical rebuilding of my right ankle in 2008, the final x-ray
showed one of the screws had not held!) So first, your Honorable Mentions: two
(again) from Scott Stogius Maximus Lewis:
"The leftover BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-25753789365734137252016-02-15T09:43:00.003-06:002016-02-15T09:43:27.196-06:00CAPTION CONTEST for FEBRUARY 19!
CAPTION CONTEST for FEBRUARY 19! Time for some IKEA build-it-yourself instructions! So, how would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-1730766063501226592016-02-05T10:30:00.004-06:002016-02-05T10:30:58.287-06:00CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS!
CAPTION CONTEST RESULTS! I had a tough
time choosing just one winner this week -- none of you were funny! (Kidding,
kidding…) First, the Honorable Mentions: two from Scott Stogius Maximus Lewis: "With these 3-D glasses, it's
almost as if you can SEE the stench." and "In Russia, you no watch
movie.... movie watch YOU!"; Alan
AJ Irby: "The 21st-century reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 was BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-68988989187399453942016-02-01T10:07:00.002-06:002016-02-01T10:07:18.889-06:00CAPTION CONTEST for FEBRUARY 5!
CAPTION CONTEST for FEBRUARY 5! As threatened, just because I'm not posting a new pic weekly doesn't mean I've gone away. (Sorry!) So, how would you caption this picture? Comment below! The same pic will show here and on Facebook. I'll repost the pic with my favorite caption on Friday. No prize, just the glory of winning!BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-20767600745697860262016-01-17T08:57:00.002-06:002016-01-17T08:57:28.003-06:00Only took me three minutes...BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32476640.post-63454810611264257012016-01-16T14:26:00.001-06:002016-01-16T14:27:48.148-06:00I know, right?BRWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06287274618875329903noreply@blogger.com0