CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #208

[kramarczyk]

Here we find two of the World's Strongest Man hopefuls in an impromptu workout session. While it is unknown what their chances of winning the title are in December, it is reasonably assured that they will be named the World's Strongest Smelling Men by their co-workers later this afternoon.

[EddieMcD]

"This Genia Toss game has no regard for human safety! I mean, Billfred could've easily torn his rotator cuff, forcing him to sit out for 6-8 Caption Contests!"

[dlavery]

Although in hindsight the solution seems obvious, the early development of "Bean Bag Toss" was anything but easy. Like Edison's efforts to invent the lightbulb, literally thousands of trial-and-error iterations were required to find just the right game element to toss. This video documents an early attempt at refining the "Throwing Something That Squirms And Wiggles" Toss. Other notable but rejected efforts include the Brimming Pot O' Burning Oil Toss, the "Ew, Look What I Had For Lunch" Toss, the Sack Full Of Sharp Pointy Objects Toss, the Here Is A Handful Of Water Toss, and the far from spectacular "Heaving A Small Car Until You Get A Hernia" Toss.

[Wayne Doenges]

Arefin told Billfred he threw like a girl. Billfred thought he said throw him a girl. And so the Genia Toss was born. (which really ticked of Genia)

[DonRotolo]

{Not an entry} Is Genia the plural of Genuis?

[Travis Hoffman]

Billfred throws Genia away in much the same manner as Travis does with his chances of winning the Caption Contest title with this horrid entry.

[EricS-Team180]

Given the large retired and elderly population in Florida, the ratio of "old ladies needing help across the street" to "boy scouts", is quite high.

Ari and Genia help BillFred demonstrate one solution our resourceful scouts have come up with to deal with the problem.

[Billfred]

It's still Monday!

First place goes to:

Originally Posted by dlavery

Although in hindsight the solution seems obvious, the early development of "Bean Bag Toss" was anything but easy. Like Edison's efforts to invent the lightbulb, literally thousands of trial-and-error iterations were required to find just the right game element to toss. This video documents an early attempt at refining the "Throwing Something That Squirms And Wiggles" Toss. Other notable but rejected efforts include the Brimming Pot O' Burning Oil Toss, the "Ew, Look What I Had For Lunch" Toss, the Sack Full Of Sharp Pointy Objects Toss, the Here Is A Handful Of Water Toss, and the far from spectacular "Heaving A Small Car Until You Get A Hernia" Toss.

Second place goes to:

Originally Posted by EricS-Team180

Given the large retired and elderly population in Florida, the ratio of "old ladies needing help across the street" to "boy scouts", is quite high.

Ari and Genia help BillFred demonstrate one solution our resourceful scouts have come up with to deal with the problem.

Honorable mentions go to:

1) GaryVoshol
2) JaneYoung
3) kramarczyk
4) EddieMcD
5) Wayne Doenges
6) Don Rotolo

And the burn award goes to...

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

Now why is it The Genia Toss and not Hot Genia?

Which means the final scores are:

Travis Hoffman    140
EddieMcD    140
JaneYoung    134
GaryVoshol    129
boiler    123
Wayne Doenges    123
KathieK    114
kramarczyk    105
Don Rotolo    98
EricH    94
EricS-Team180    88
Al Skierkiewicz    86
Rich Wong    71
skimoose    54
rocketperson44    33
BlondeNerd    33
dlavery    32
lukevanoort    30
Greg Needel    30
Barry Bonzack    28
Rick TYler    25
InfernoX14    21
raymaniac    21
Andy Baker    20
joshsmithers    19
Alan8or    16
cooker52    15
Diriye    14
Jay H 237    14
Rich Kressly    14
Tottanka    12
Lil' Lavery    11
Schnabel    11
Libby K    10
MissInformation    10
3dude_2231    10
Pavan    10
Cynette    9
KarenH    8
Hiteak    8
Alex Cormier    8
Nuttyman54    8
Danielle H    8
Richard    7
Koko Ed    7
wpdrummer    7
Alexa Stott    6
Kristian Calhoun    6
Rosiebotboss    6
Michelle Celio    6
basicxman    6
Karibou    6
zinefer    6
Tim Delles    5
Jeff Rodriguez    5
taylort    5
Dave Scheck    4
Joe Matt    4
"Big Mike"    4
Bcahn836    4
lilstogi11    4
SSMike    4
Derek Smith    3
Ken Patton    3
Otaku    3
Protronie    3
artdutra04    3
BandChick    3
Bharat Nain    3
Dorienne    3
Elgin Clock    3
robotcanuck1676    3
Zyik    3
Water Bandit23    3
11Mort11    2
Beth Sweet    2
ChrisH    2
dhoizner    2
iCurtis    2
KTorak    2
Peter Matteson    2
ShaneP    2
sishu7    2
Spiffizzle    2
Tetraman    2
vhcook    2
1902_Battery_SGT    2
acdcfan259    2
Jeremiah Johnson    2
jmb226    2
lingomaniac88    2
Matt Attallah    2
114ManualLabor    1
65_Xero_Huskie    1
andrew348    1
bduddy    1
blakcheez    1
blaxbb    1
Carol    1
cobrawanabe1699    1
Conor Ryan    1
crafty    1
Goober!!!    1
Herodotus    1
Jack K.    1
JBotAlan    1
Jessica Boucher    1
KelliV    1
Kyle Love    1
Littleswimmer14    1
SlimBoJones    1
Steve W    1
tim_reiher    1
whlspacedude    1

Now, you're probably looking at the scores and wondering whose captioning reigns supreme. Traditionally, the first tie-breaker is average score. EddieMcD's average score is 2.69 points per entry, while Travis' average score is 2.80. Therefore, in the tradition of end-of-the-year-awards:

Champion: Travis Hoffman
Runner-up: EddieMcD
Highest Average Score: dlavery (5.33 points in six entries)
Highest Average Score With More Than Ten Entries: KathieK (3.00 points in 38 entries)
Most Wins: Wayne Doenges and KathieK (5 each)
Most Burns: EddieMcD (Nine!)
Perfect Entry Streak: EddieMcD and Wayne Doenges, with 52 entries this year. Also-notable streaks include JaneYoung, GaryVoshol, and boiler with 51 entries and Travis Hoffman with 50.
The Always-the-Bridesmaid Award: Don Rotolo (98 points without a single win this year.)
Funniest Team: Believe it or not, Travis Hoffman acted as a one-man wrecking crew for Delphi E.L.I.T.E., with his 140 points outscoring every other team's combined efforts. The runner-up (and the first team with multiple people entering) is 1501, with 138 combined points.

If you want to run your own analysis of the scores, I've got the spreadsheet on Google Docs http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p1cILXUy2xl0U8qmI_QohSg]here[/url].

Onward!

[EddieMcD]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Now, you're probably looking at the scores and wondering whose captioning reigns supreme. Traditionally, the first tie-breaker is average score. EddieMcD's average score is 2.69 points per entry, while Travis' average score is 2.80. Therefore, in the tradition of end-of-the-year-awards:

Champion: Travis Hoffman
Runner-up: EddieMcD

Darnit! The BCS (Billfred Championship Series) got me in the end. Where's the AP when I need it...

Most Burns: EddieMcD (Nine!)

Needed a tenth... (though for some odd reason, I give a slight evil chuckle seeing so many burn awards to my name)

Anyhow, congrats to Travis. It was a well fought battle, and I can add a silver to my gold and bronze.