Caption Contest Winners
The Thinly Veiled Patriotism Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)
The Winners:
First: Ator – Bush: “Damn these photo-ops, Mr Thumb hurts like hell…”
Second: Mister Biggs – “It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.”
Third: CowBoy Blob – We’re on a Mission from God.
Honorable Mention:
brainy435 – Wait a minute… which one of us will be flying the cargo plane out of Hong Cong?
yetanotherjohn – Bush stated that if you thought his administration had been spending money like a drunken sailor before, you haven’t seen anything yet.
Wyatt Earp – “Mr. President, how was Tailhook?”
The ‘TOP GUN’ Award Winner
Kenny
Mr. Bush: “I think she’s lost that lovin’ feelin’.”
Cadet: “No she hasn’t, Mr. President … I hate it when she does that.”
Rodney’s Bottom of The Barrel
“Hey there Chief, wanna be a rear admiral, if ya know what I mean?”
“Hey Pres, Let’s say we head down to the Blue Oyster after this photo Op.”
The 
has already hit the highway.
I guess if you showed the censored photographs of the flag-draped coffins of the fallen on Memorial Day, that would be… Unveiled Reality. Can’t have that.
Rodney, he’s a Master Chief, not a Chief. He may well take the President up on the rear admiral offer (although since he’s an Aviation Machinist Mate and not a submariner, that point is very much in question), but…he’s a Master Chief (ADCM).
Sorry to pick the nit, but it’s what I do. 🙂
Thanks Boyd, It did say ‘MasterChief’ in the original caption at yahoo news, one of the reasons I chose to use the familiar term ‘Chief’ instead of ‘Buddy’ or ‘Pal’, but the correction is noted.
😉
I apologize again for my anal retentive comment, but these things are important to Master Chiefs. 🙂
…and probably immensely important to any subordinate that inadvertantly refers to them as Chief.