lolbama! Part 54

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:

From Kris:

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From Kris:

From Paul:

From That Guy Grems:


My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:

From PJ:

From Brian the Adequate:

From Brothermurf:

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From Kris:

From Larsinkima:

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From Mark_L:

From Rusty:

From me (Harvey):

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From Travelwise42 of Wise Up!:

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From PJ:


This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with [Hat Tip: Laurie]:

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.

Random Thoughts

A reader asked why couldn’t I at least post Random Thoughts while on vacation, and I guess I can do that so here I go.

Johnathan Coulton’s song Still Alive is one of the most awesome songs ever made, but you have to play Portal to really get it all. I just like the mixture of both creepy menace and humor. Also, can’t beat the line, “Look at me still talking while there’s science to do.”

Actually, a good slogan for GOP skeptical of all of Obama’s promises: “The cake is a lie.”

I should have added that isn’t enough of an indictment of the X-Men that their most popular member is a short, hairy Canadian?

If Moses parted the Red Sea today, instead of a miracle it would just be considered yet more proof of Global Warming.

Being cynical all the time makes you smart. Well, it makes you appear smart, which is even better than actually being smart.

I’m an engineer. You task me to solve a problem like Maria, I’ll solve it. It may take a while and may not be pretty, but it will be solved.

Small children like me, but I don’t think they get me on the same level some of you do.

Of course I’ve heard of Rudolph, because he’s – as you just said – THE MOST FAMOUS REINDEER OF ALL!

In fact, why did you assume I know of the other reindeer but not the most famous one? How does that make any sense?

“Now I Have a Machinegun. Ho-Ho-Ho!” would make a great Christmas sweater.

A lot of Christmas comes from pagan traditions. Instead of leaving cookies for Santa to eat, people used to leave out babies.

Got a t-shirt that the crest of Hyrule. Pretty geeky, but you have to know it’s the crest of Hyrule to call me a geek.

Got suckered into getting Droid phone. Free at Best Buy (with new 2-year contract and data plan).

By the way, I’m running for mayor of Chicago, too

Did you miss the news the other day?

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled that former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is a Chicago resident and can run for mayor.

Part of the problem is that Emanuel doesn’t actually live in Chicago. Hasn’t for a couple of years. He says he’s paid taxes there. And that whole selling his house thing? He wasn’t really selling it.

The Board, in true Chicago style, said that as long as Emanuel was planning on going back, he was a resident.

Which brings me to my point: I’ve been to Chicago. Spent days there. Drove the roads and paid the tolls … which are road taxes. Even been to a White Sox game. And plan to go back to see a Cubs game at Wrigley.

Like Rahm Emanuel, I’ve been to Chicago, paid taxes there, and plan to go back.

Therefore, I am a Chicago resident.

So, I’m running for mayor, too.

And, since it’s Chicago, I want everyone to register so you can vote for me. I mean, it’s Chicago. Dead people vote there all the time. I don’t see why being alive should disqualify you. Just tell them you’re a Democrat. That should cut through any red tape.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do when I’m elected mayor of Chicago. I suppose I should think up some campaign promises or something. I mean, it’s what people running for office do, right?

Here are some of the things I’ve come up with:

  • Rename US Cellular Field to Cominskey Park.
  • Daily contests between Lou Malnati’s and Pizzeria Uno’s for best Original Chicago Style Pizza.
  • Every holiday gets a massacre. St. Valentine’s Day has ridden that gravy train for too long!
  • Oprah has to give cars to everybody.
  • Lake Michigan is renamed Happy Fun Lake and is declared off-limits to Canada.

I’m looking for more ideas. When I’m elected mayor, I’ll have jobs for everyone who submits ideas and otherwise contributes to the campaign. As mayor of Chicago, I’ll be able to do that.