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OK, so we just SIT here doing nothing until the next issue of Newsweak comes out?

Posted by Maggie | May 19, 2005 | 06:41 am | Permalink
 

With at least twelve new calls for jihad every week coming throughout the Muslim world, onlookers begin to show a lack of interest in the newest call for jihad.

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | May 19, 2005 | 08:15 am | Permalink
 

"Dude! You were the guy that crashed the plane into the building in New York! I just got here by blowing myself up near U.S. troops in Iraq! So, where's my 70 black-eyed virgins?"

"Oh crap, man, you don't even want to know."

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | May 19, 2005 | 08:18 am | Permalink
 

Though a fashion risk, Abdul felt his Bob Evans tablecloth headcovering was just the ticket to stand out from the crowd.

Posted by moose | May 19, 2005 | 09:12 am | Permalink
 

Where's your headpiece? Look... they're rioting over the spelling of the Koran, over a false news story... can you imagine what they're gonna do to YOU for committing this sin of having you head uncovered?

Posted by bithead | May 19, 2005 | 09:22 am | Permalink
 

Dammit Akbar! You told me we weren't "wearin" today.

Posted by Sgt Fluffy | May 19, 2005 | 09:29 am | Permalink
 

Gallant wears his finest red headdress to the important conference; Goofus forgets to wear any headdress at all!

Posted by X | May 19, 2005 | 10:19 am | Permalink
 

Recalling that Arabs shun the left hand for reasons of hygiene, why are 4 of 11 sniffing their left hands?

Vermont Curry -- It's THAT good!

Posted by arky | May 19, 2005 | 10:47 am | Permalink
 

"Hey- My finger smells... Mine too. Mine too!"

Posted by LJD | May 19, 2005 | 11:01 am | Permalink
 

"Psssst, Ahmed! How do you spell 'Koran,' anyway?"

Posted by McGehee | May 19, 2005 | 11:16 am | Permalink
 

The finalists for Saudi Idol quickly realized that Mohammed had done them one up by wearing his checkered head-dress.

Posted by OJ | May 19, 2005 | 11:39 am | Permalink
 

Akmed was stumped by question #4 on his Jihad 101 final exam: What historical event was caused by the evil Jews? a) Gulf Wars I and II b) September 11th c) Weekend at Bernies II d) World War II e) all the above

It was clearly e)

Posted by The Man | May 19, 2005 | 12:12 pm | Permalink
 

Will the real Al-Sadr please stand up, please stand up.

((see Slim Shady by Eminem)) :D

Posted by Scott_T | May 19, 2005 | 12:17 pm | Permalink
 

Dude, I left my bernoose at Paula Abdul's house.

Posted by Phil Davis | May 19, 2005 | 12:37 pm | Permalink
 

Why do you automatically assume, just because I'm the only one here who's clean shaven and towel-less, that I'm the CIA infiltrator? That's stereotyping, man!

Posted by Maniakes | May 19, 2005 | 01:59 pm | Permalink
 

What on earth is that vexing aroma? Ah yes, i believe it's Eau de Goat Piss. Exquisite.

Posted by T. Harris | May 19, 2005 | 02:15 pm | Permalink
 

Alright ... no one pick your nose while the camera is still facing this way ... not yet ... not yet ... not ye -- NOW!

Posted by Kenny | May 19, 2005 | 02:32 pm | Permalink
 

We need to sell more SUV's to the Americans to keep the price of oil up. Then we can buy you a new bernoose!

Posted by Ken | May 19, 2005 | 03:26 pm | Permalink
 

Who's this guy speaking? Darth Vader, you say? I like his style.

Posted by moose | May 19, 2005 | 04:46 pm | Permalink
 

'Casual dress Friday' didn't seem to work out as planned.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | May 19, 2005 | 04:56 pm | Permalink
 

The competition is tough at the open auditions for season 5 of the hit TV show 24.

Posted by The Man | May 19, 2005 | 05:24 pm | Permalink
 

A haunting silence crept over the class as the question from Professor Muhammad al Jabbar echoed through the lecture hall: "Can anyone here name just one problem- large or small- that wasn't caused by the Great Satan?"

Posted by Buckley F. Williams | May 19, 2005 | 05:54 pm | Permalink
 

Papa.....are you really... MY ..papa?......No, I don't know what "penguin" means, papa.

Posted by Maggie | May 19, 2005 | 07:13 pm | Permalink
 

"I hope there's enough kosher meals at the break."

Posted by Laurence Simon | May 19, 2005 | 07:49 pm | Permalink
 

See? I TOLD you to use Clorox....

Posted by Bithead | May 19, 2005 | 11:11 pm | Permalink
 

Sure to win most tasteless:

Sample Saudi Arabia word problem: A plane takes off from Boston at 7:45 am travelling at 525 miles per hour. New York is 200 miles away....

Posted by uhhhhh... no | May 20, 2005 | 02:27 pm | Permalink
 

In the briefs you can almost see a bulge.

Posted by Jephray | May 20, 2005 | 08:54 pm | Permalink
 

"So if I score a 75 or better I will finally earn my towel?"

"For the thousandth time 'yes', Mohammed!"

Posted by Buckley F. Williams | May 21, 2005 | 03:10 pm | Permalink
 
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Caption Contest

Time for the Monday OTB Caption ContestTM



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"I'd hit it."

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | May 16, 2005 | 08:02 am | Permalink
 

"Fingercuffs!"

Posted by Eric | May 16, 2005 | 08:32 am | Permalink
 

It's an American joke George Bush told me: Pull my thumb.

Posted by Brian J. | May 16, 2005 | 08:45 am | Permalink
 

"We're still on the same page, right Vlad?"

Posted by T. Harris | May 16, 2005 | 10:15 am | Permalink
 

"Oil for food? My lips are sealed, Puti-puti."

Posted by Maggie | May 16, 2005 | 10:28 am | Permalink
 

"Try to guess where my other thumb is, Vladimir."

Posted by Laurence Simon | May 16, 2005 | 11:04 am | Permalink
 

Here are three:

~Is the UNSCAM coverup proceeding as planned Jacques? Yes, Vlad, we've got a Newsweek story that is to die for running this very week.

~Hey, did you catch Condi in those boots? GRWWWW!

~The plans for the Death Star will soon be in our hands, and the rebellion will be crushed. All that has happened is as it was foreseen.

Posted by lawhawk | May 16, 2005 | 11:58 am | Permalink
 

Ya think I could pull out a plum boss?

Posted by Sgt Fluffy | May 16, 2005 | 12:21 pm | Permalink
 

Rock covers paper, Chirac wins!

Posted by The Man | May 16, 2005 | 01:38 pm | Permalink
 

"You can get your thumb out of my ass anytme, now, Carmine...."

Posted by Bithead | May 16, 2005 | 02:53 pm | Permalink
 

Hooonneeee, who *is* this funny-smelling guy and why is he looking at you like that!?

Posted by leelu | May 16, 2005 | 02:53 pm | Permalink
 

"Hey Vlad -- nice ass!"

"Thanks, Jacques. I've been hitting the gym."

Posted by McGehee | May 16, 2005 | 03:11 pm | Permalink
 

"Lyndon B. Johnson, Martha Stewart and Vladimir Putin walk into a bar, and the bartender asks them, 'What is this, some kind of joke?'"

Posted by Kent | May 16, 2005 | 03:32 pm | Permalink
 

Not with you.

Posted by Fuzzie | May 16, 2005 | 03:34 pm | Permalink
 

"PPPffffffttttt"

Lady: Oh my god Vlad, you stink!!!!

Man on left: Good one Mr Putin....Borscht
again for dinner last night?

Putin: Da, it was a bit wet too!!

Posted by Beefy395 | May 16, 2005 | 06:57 pm | Permalink
 

She's into thumbs being sucked ,only !!!

Posted by Riddley Hono | May 16, 2005 | 06:58 pm | Permalink
 

Thumbo baby!

Posted by Lorg Skyegon | May 16, 2005 | 07:24 pm | Permalink
 

En France, ceci signifie que vous sucez!

Posted by richmac | May 16, 2005 | 11:50 pm | Permalink
 

"As a matter of fact, Vlad, I HAVE always wanted to have a threesome with two world leaders. Is Jacque up for it?"

Posted by Maniakes | May 16, 2005 | 11:59 pm | Permalink
 

I offer my condolences, Vladimir... with a putz only this long, I'd want an army to feel like a man, too.

Posted by John Burgess | May 17, 2005 | 12:10 am | Permalink
 

"I'd buy THAT for a dollar!"

Posted by mhking | May 17, 2005 | 03:44 pm | Permalink
 

Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite?

Posted by OJ | May 17, 2005 | 06:25 pm | Permalink
 

"I will give you 3,000 Swiss Francs and a night with my wife Svetlana if you give me Condi Rice's phone number"

Posted by Patrick Deck | May 18, 2005 | 05:06 pm | Permalink
 

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Grandma Marie's House of BDSM is not for the timid.

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | May 12, 2005 | 08:39 am | Permalink
 

"Never a cop around when you need one? Keep a spare or two and be confident!" FOP ad in the AARP Journal.

Posted by John Burgess | May 12, 2005 | 09:27 am | Permalink
 

In a forgotten episode of "Batman" -- starring Adam West and Burt Ward -- arch-villainess Mother Anti-Gravity robs the Gotham City Museum of Modern Art after pinning the security guards to the ceiling, helpless.

Posted by McGehee | May 12, 2005 | 10:17 am | Permalink
 

"Darling, if I can wear my bosom as an extension of my neckline, officers of the law should be free to walk upside down ... period ... end."

Posted by Hodink | May 12, 2005 | 11:05 am | Permalink
 

"So the chief says we have to stay like this until Al Sharpton leaves town."

Posted by the Pirate | May 12, 2005 | 11:08 am | Permalink
 

"Glory B. Too much to take. What was that number to the Betty Ford Clinic?"

Posted by Hermoine | May 12, 2005 | 11:25 am | Permalink
 

Protect a little old lady? We can do that standing on our heads!

Posted by Maniakes | May 12, 2005 | 12:46 pm | Permalink
 

* Well, they just have a different view of the world... that's all.

* Ya ever feel like you were stuck in a Monty Python sketch?

* Jack, you said we could look up their dresses from here. This one's all that's gone by us.

* Uh-Oh... It's the Yoga Police....

* No, ma'am... we're not drinking on duty. You ever try drinking while standing on your (hic) head?

* Well, look at the money we're saving on Hairpeices....

* The really odd part about it, Sam, is that they're both snoring....

Posted by Bithead | May 12, 2005 | 02:11 pm | Permalink
 

With military and police training slow going in Iraq Coalition officials turned to the TV smash it SuperNanny.

Posted by Kenny | May 12, 2005 | 02:27 pm | Permalink
 

"Maybe next time I tell you boys to stop whatever you're doing, you'll listen."

Posted by JW | May 12, 2005 | 02:36 pm | Permalink
 

"I may not know much about art, but I know what I like. And I don't like this."

Posted by McGehee | May 12, 2005 | 04:11 pm | Permalink
 

[re-edit of my first submission]

In a forgotten episode of “Batman”—starring Adam West and Burt Ward—arch-villainess Granny Gravity robs the Gotham City Museum of Modern Art after pinning the security guards to the ceiling, helpless.

Posted by McGehee | May 12, 2005 | 04:12 pm | Permalink
 

"Liked the line, shape, form, value, space, color and texture. And rather liked the bulge."

Posted by Rachel Edith | May 12, 2005 | 05:05 pm | Permalink
 

Elderly ABUSE!

"When will these officers let me down from the ceiling?"

Posted by Paul | May 12, 2005 | 07:48 pm | Permalink
 

"Back in my day, no respectable police department would have thought of hiring a bunch of inverts."

Posted by Kent | May 12, 2005 | 09:58 pm | Permalink
 

dat RODNEY KING be one bad ass artiste.

Posted by Jufray | May 12, 2005 | 10:03 pm | Permalink
 

The introduction of the TV show COPS on the Sundance Channel was met with mixed reviews.

Posted by The Man | May 12, 2005 | 10:48 pm | Permalink
 

"An added touch might be to wrap and tie their jackets around them ... just to affect the effect."

Posted by Bouhaki | May 13, 2005 | 01:33 pm | Permalink
 

Man, these Turner Prize finalists keep getting worse and worse.

Posted by Chrees | May 13, 2005 | 03:23 pm | Permalink
 

Steven Bochco really should have stopped at "Cop Rock"

Posted by Chrees | May 13, 2005 | 03:24 pm | Permalink
 

*..... And in that horrifying moment, Sylvia knew in her soul, the alien invasion had begun.

*--Lessee... Stockings falling down over Air Jordans... Yeah, that's her. Cuff her, Bruce.

* -- Tragicly, Wilma never did see the warning label on the police officers, saying "This end UP"

* Feet smell, noses running... yep.

* Tori Amos appears to have aged, somewhat.

* The world of Law Enforcement has been turned umop apisdn

Posted by bithead | May 13, 2005 | 03:29 pm | Permalink
 

Pfizer announced today that its new rheumatoid arthritis drug could have unpleasant side-effects.

Posted by OJ | May 13, 2005 | 06:51 pm | Permalink
 

Topsy Turvy , Anyone ?!

Posted by Beyonce Taba shaka | May 15, 2005 | 06:43 pm | Permalink
 

Yeah this shift sucks, but at least we don't work at Newsweek.

Posted by The Man | May 15, 2005 | 10:31 pm | Permalink
 

She had that effect on men.

Posted by LYee | June 2, 2005 | 02:17 am | Permalink
 

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Caption Contest

Time for the Monday OTB Caption ContestTM

OK, So “I broke it off” is too obvious, so try to finish the phrase “I broke it off, but . . .” — Or just supply your own caption.



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"Ooh, ooh, I know! Man! For he crawls on all fours as a child, walks upright as an adult, and then uses a cane in old age," Putin answered, oddly enough, on Mother's Day.

Posted by Brian J. | May 9, 2005 | 06:09 am | Permalink
 

"Ooh, ooh, I know! Man! For he crawls on all fours as a child, walks upright as an adult, and then uses a cane in old age," Putin answered, oddly enough, on Mother's Day.

Posted by Brian J. | May 9, 2005 | 06:13 am | Permalink
 

I broke it off, but since I'm not the leader of a democracy, I don't have to answer to you!

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | May 9, 2005 | 07:22 am | Permalink
 

I broke it off, but Bush is breaking the backs of the proletariat!

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | May 9, 2005 | 07:24 am | Permalink
 

"I hereby claim dis territory for de new and improved United Soviet Socialist...eh? Not yet? Hokay...but my patience, it grows thin."

Posted by Timmer | May 9, 2005 | 08:41 am | Permalink
 

* But you know how it is when you get sand up your nose... why, you could sneeze it right off.

* (Nod to Emo:) Yeah, it reminds me of my grilfreind... she's large, mysterious, eternal... her nose was shot off by French Soldiers....

Posted by Bithead | May 9, 2005 | 09:26 am | Permalink
 

"How does it smell, you ask? It sphinx! Har! I kill me!"

Posted by McGehee | May 9, 2005 | 09:41 am | Permalink
 

OK, Sphinx, Now I'm gonna teach you somthing Chirac taught me. It's called "Surrender-cizing." You just put your hands up over and over again.

Posted by LorgSkyegon | May 9, 2005 | 11:54 am | Permalink
 

"Breaking off the Sphinx's nose was one of the greatest political tragedies of the 20th century."

Posted by Russell Newquist | May 9, 2005 | 12:03 pm | Permalink
 

One of these two is a relic of a failed system, the other is missing a nose.

Posted by The Man | May 9, 2005 | 12:39 pm | Permalink
 

How do you stop a Sphinx from smelling?

Posted by Maniakes | May 9, 2005 | 12:51 pm | Permalink
 

Vlad couldn't qualify at home, so he searched out abroad before finally landing an appearance on Egyptian Idol.

Posted by Kenny | May 9, 2005 | 01:00 pm | Permalink
 

"Gentlemen, centuries of iniquity look down upon you ... no, no, from behind me! Pyotr, have that man's name taken down!"

Posted by Anderson | May 9, 2005 | 05:10 pm | Permalink
 

A Sphinx walks in to a bar and the Bartender says, "Why the short face?"

Posted by Angie | May 9, 2005 | 06:29 pm | Permalink
 

All Hail King PUT!!

Posted by John | May 9, 2005 | 06:37 pm | Permalink
 

The Inventor Of Viagara just bought the Sphinx and Brooklyn Bridge , too !

Posted by Busta Brown | May 9, 2005 | 06:41 pm | Permalink
 

The Inventor of Viagara just bought the Sphinx and Brooklyn Bridge , too !

Posted by Busta Brown | May 9, 2005 | 06:44 pm | Permalink
 

The Inventor Of Viagara just bought the Sphinx and Brooklyn Bridge , too !

Posted by Beyonce Taba shaka | May 9, 2005 | 06:48 pm | Permalink
 

"I broke it off, but the owner lied when he said this was a rock climbing treadwall. It didn't move one iota."

Posted by Hodink | May 9, 2005 | 07:25 pm | Permalink
 

Got a CONDO,

made of STONE Ahhh ...

King PUTT.

Posted by Jufray | May 10, 2005 | 12:24 am | Permalink
 

And it's a long fly batted deep into . . . oh, NO!!!

Posted by wordlady | May 10, 2005 | 01:33 am | Permalink
 

And in about 5 years when the syphillis kicks in........

Posted by Chad | May 10, 2005 | 10:56 am | Permalink
 

If you know it stinks --- tell it to the sphinx.

Posted by Tig | May 10, 2005 | 11:06 am | Permalink
 

Hello, I'm Vladimir Putin. Welcome to Las Vegas!! Uh, BTW, where are all the other casinos. Hello? Where did everybody go?

Posted by RightWingDuck | May 10, 2005 | 02:12 pm | Permalink
 

"I broke it off, but ... as you can see I have raised my right hand and I will give the Scout's Honor or recite the Pledge of Allegiance (sans the 'under God' part) or slap myself in the face ... whatever ... just don't make me go back to Crawford, Texas again."

Posted by Hermoine | May 10, 2005 | 07:00 pm | Permalink
 

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About the Author: Rodney has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, back from when people knew what Hollerith cards were, and actually used the toggle switches on the front of computers. He is an IT Manager in the Motor City and working within the Automotive Industry. He has been blogging at OTB since November 2004.
 
 
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