[Billfred]

It was a dark and stormy night....well, actually it is up here in Maine.

Normally, this is where I'd make some awkward segue to the scores. But since it's a new year, I'm going to wipe the slate clean.

Here's a reminder of the rules:

-I post a picture. You come up with the best caption for it, judged on originality or, in the absence of that, dry humor.
-First place gets ten points, second place gets five, honorable mentions are two, and the burn award (given to the best zinger of the week) gets three. All decisions are made by yours truly. (Oh, and everyone gets at least one point.)

Along the course of the past year, there's been a few rules created, most of them on the fly. Here's the list:

Originally Posted by The Heidi Foster Rule

Preventing anyone from entering the caption contest by means of any feat of engineering is prohibited. This rule shall not apply if both the victim and Billfred are laughing after the act has been committed.[img]images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Originally Posted by The OTHER Heidi Foster Rule

No person may kidnap, threaten, or otherwise cause harm or mental distress to Billfred in order to influence the outcome of a caption contest.

Originally Posted by The Gary Dillard Rule

Due to the fact that the state of Florida seems to get walloped with a hurricane every other week, the deadline for all caption contests shall be extended to 9 PM on Friday. Furthermore, any contestant may request in the event of an emergency or natural disaster for the next caption contest to be posted up to 47 hours before Billfred originally planned on it.

(of course, the deadline is now midnight saturday, but the theory remains)

Originally Posted by The Koko Ed Rule

Anyone except Billfred can enter the caption contest, even if it's their picture.

Originally Posted by The Billfred Is Working Way Too Freaking Much Rule

If, for whatever reason, Billfred is working on a job on a day he has to post or judge a caption contest, he reserves the right to fudge the posting or judging by one day in either direction.

Originally Posted by The OTHER Billfred Is Working Way Too Much Rule

If, in Billfred's judgement, he will be unable to administer the caption contest for a week, he may select one contestant to temporarily run the contest, including picture selection and judging. Since that contestant can't enter their own contest, they will receive their average score multiplied by the number of weeks they run the contest, rounded off.

Oh yeah, and I'm probably supposed to stick a picture in here somewhere. Here we go:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...uiet=Verbos e

As always, the deadline is midnight Saturday.

Go!!