lolbama! Part 79
This week, That One. Next week, terrorists. Submit for either at lolterizt@gmail.com
Meanwhile, pass ‘em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.
NOTE TO READERS: Hovering your mouse over the picture activates closed captioning for the l33t-speak/txtmsg impaired.
From Arik:
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From Kris:
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From Looking Spoon:
From Neil:
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My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:
From Arik:
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From Chris:
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This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with [Hat tip: IMAO reader Steve] :
I’m going with Neil for the Valerie Jarrett quote, but honorable mentions to Kris for Seinfeld (yes, I’m the only person in America who’s never sat through a full episode) and Arik for dredging up 40-year-old stoner humor that originally appeared on 12″ vinyl.
What say you?
PRODUCTION NOTES:
#1: When creating lolbama! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.
#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.
MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.
STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.
Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.
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December 27th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Harvey, you’re not the only one who has never seen an episode of Seinfeld.
December 27th, 2011 at 9:21 pm
“Look Mommy! Daddy was right, he Does have a forked tongue!”
December 28th, 2011 at 12:28 am
Arik! You’re on FIRE!
The Cheech and Chong reference is great, but my fave is “I don’t believe in YOU, either.”
December 28th, 2011 at 1:06 am
What John said. I, too, wear my complete lack of Seinfeldness as a badge of honor. I saw Seinfeld as the opening act for Kenny Rogers in Jacksonville a long time ago (don’t ask). I’ve not had a desire to see Seinfeld since then.
Oh, one other thing. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep making me grumpy, but I only count 2 lolcat-type submissions. 3 if you stretch it. They aren’t so much “lolbama” as they are “funny captions on pictures” kind of thing … and those aren’t the same thing. Oh, some really funny ones, but they aren not in the spirit of the lolcat.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:59 am
Basil – interesting point, and quite true. The original lolposts were basically lolcat references, but I think my goal has evolved to a point where I choose clever captions per se, rather than just clever lolcat references.
I think it’s because I’m more of an MST3K fan than a lolcat fan (although I consider myself both). Just give me a good riff, period.
In any event, blame the moderator, not the submitters.
Oh, and of course, the obligatory challenge – submit some excellent lolcat references for the next round-up, and teach these young punks like Arik & Kris what teh funneh is all about!
*slaps Basil’s face with moist, sweaty, white-cotton glove*
December 28th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
OK, but you have to admit the spectacular gag is funny, even without the Seinfeld reference.
I am aware that I have been bouncing between classic lolcat style and straight English. Sometimes catspeak gets a little tedious, but the comment is duly noted.
By the way, I’m proud to be a “young” punk!
Come on Basil, waste me!
December 28th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Kris:
Harvey put me in my place already. I’ll sit quietly and sulk.
January 3rd, 2012 at 11:10 am
Count me in the Seinfield-free Zone as well. Though the episode of Dharma & Greg about the final Seinfeld show was pretty hysterical.