1. It's a short, holiday-filled week.
2. I have a pressing deadline.
3. The last BOTB caption contest was so much fun.
4. Holidays and a goose naturally go together.
5. I could NOT hide this amazing photo of Ohio birding icon Jim McCormac any longer.
Here's the rumpus:
Share your creative and funny caption with the rest of us via the Comments option below. The deadline for entries is 6 pm on Christmas Day (that's Thursday, December 25, FYI).
I will announce a winner on Boxing Day (Friday, December 26, 2008). The winner gets a year's subscription to Santa's favorite birding magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest.
Go in peace.
p.s. That's a barnacle goose (the one with the black neck).
37 comments:
Uh oh... I think I'm going to go bury my head in the sand for a while and emerge when it's over!
Jim McC
'Scuse me, but do you think this is enough for a family of four?
"I thought birding relieves the stiffness and tension held in the body..."
1.Jimmie Mac felt the countless years spent honing his mad skillz at Whack-a-Mole had finally paid off as he proudly displayed the coveted stuffed goose.
2. Hey guys, does this make my head look big?
1. Should I wear this or my flamingo neck tie to the office Christmas party?
2. Honey, does this make me look fat?
This Gentleman took the notion of "Bagging a lifer" a little too far...
Sorry Jim.
This is the possum goose, it plays dead when you catch it.
...
Jimmie Mac tries to milk what he thinks is a cow bird.
I think the flash stunned him, or maybe it was my handsome profile.
Hey Bill, is this the black necked stilt you were telling me about?
Yah, that’s how you spell goose with the signal flags.
Despite his ignoble end, and the indignities that followed, Andrew never lost his haughty demeanor.
And if the contestant ever got the Secret Word, well then down would come this sucker! Now, you've got to imagine the little glasses and the tiny cigar... like a little Groucho.
I'm busting a gut just thinking about it. Comedy gold, I tell ya, pure comedy gold.
Watch closely as I put this entire bird into the Goose-a-matic, and make a tasty muscle-building drink!
I can't resist a few more...
1."He's dead, Jim."
2. Why some bachelors should not enter sewing competitions...
3. Why some guys should not be in charge of stuffing the goose for Christmas dinner...
4. A true Born Ruffians fan
Where do I trade this in for two in the bush?
1. I think it moved so I'm counting it!
2. Save your ethics lecture, I'm going goose bowling as soon as I find nine more.
"I blew and I blew until I couldn't blow it no more!"
Pete King
"Honey, can I buy this,pleaseee."
with a nod to Monty Python:
"This goose is no more! He has ceased to be! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch, 'e'd be pushing up daisies! This is an EX-GOOSE!"
~Kathi
Arf! Arf! Arf! Katdoc!! Roasting JimmyMac is such fun, i'nit?!!
No worries -- I always keep a spare in my back pocket.
"Well, in the dim light of the swamp, it sure looked like an Ivory-billed Woodpecker."
Since I won the last caption contest I'll just play for fun this time. Here are a few I came up with:
- Goo-se a doctor Jim, you don't look well!
- I'll be heading out at the 'quack' of dawn with my new goose call.
- Okay, time to pay my bill now.
- Anyone serving soup to go with my quacker?
How cold was it? How cold was it? I'll show you how cold it was!
This one works good for getting ice off the windshield.
Its a nice door prize and all, but I was hoping for the Wild Turkey.
#1: "Being goosed with a real goose isn't funny, guys."
#2: "I went birding and all I got was this lousy goose."
This is Bo Burton's PBA tip of the day: "Using my patented barnacle headpin, you'll be racking up strikes in no time and converting 7-10 splits like Earl Anthony!"
"Sorry, but the only way you'll ever get me in your bed is to turn me into a pillow"- said the haughty goose trying not to be naughty at Christmas.
"Call me Branta leucopsis one more time and I'm going to start calling you Mr. Linnaeus".
To be sung to the tune of Jingle Bells:
Combing through the scaps
With a large hand magnifier
Searching for a louse
New for the state of Ohio
Remains of a barnacle goose
Is super rare "habo"* for sure
Oh what fun it is to search
For fauna most obscure
Oh, rare hairbells, some snail shells,
Stuff with no common name,
Blogging about all of this
Is my favorite game**
Matt Hysell - www.berrienbirder.blogspot.com
* habo = Brit slang for habitat
** it's just about my favorite blog
Merry Christmas, Bill!
Can't beat any of these captions, but I second Alan's "Anyone serving soup to go with my quacker?"
It's all good. Hilarious.
Sorry, Jim :o)
"C'mon, people, this auction is about raising money for the OOS Conservation Fund. Now, do I hear $40? Who'll go 40, 40, 40, thank you to the tall fellow in the back, with the spotting scope, now who'll give me 45?"
~KD, sitting on her hands to avoid bidding
"That's right only $9.95! Goose-be-gone! Sprinkle a little of our patented product around your endangered sedges, and even the toughest of the Carex consumers will soon be in precipitous decline."
This rare example of 19th Century taxidermy is a national treasure! A national treasure!
How much for this, honker?
Presidential OOS goose!
two more (I just can't leave this post alone)
"Can I exchange this here? I requested a Cackling Goose."
"I know I said I wanted it rare, but this is ridiculous."
~Kathi
Hey all,
Thanks for the Xmas Internet roasting! I feel as if my goose has been cooked!
I think BT3 is still smarting from my zings that skewered him waaay back at the '06 OOS raptor conference!
And the winner only gets a one-year subscription to Bird Watcher's Digest? You oughta throw in a barnacle-encrusted yacht, too!
Jim
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