CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #208

[Billfred]

An interesting factoid: This is the first time that a year's worth of caption contests has ended in the state of South Carolina. (And, to that end, not in the state of Maine.)

Here are the scores:

Travis Hoffman    139
EddieMcD    138
JaneYoung    132
GaryVoshol    129
boiler    122
Wayne Doenges    121
KathieK    114
kramarczyk    103
Don Rotolo    96
EricH    93
Al Skierkiewicz    85
EricS-Team180    83
Rich Wong    71
skimoose    54
rocketperson44    33
BlondeNerd    33
lukevanoort    30
Greg Needel    30
Barry Bonzack    28
Rick TYler    25
dlavery    22
raymaniac    21
Andy Baker    20
joshsmithers    19
InfernoX14    18
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
zinefer    6
Tim Delles    5
Jeff Rodriguez    5
taylort    5
Karibou    5
Dave Scheck    4
Joe Matt    4
"Big Mike"    4
Bcahn836    4
lilstogi11    4
SSMike    4
Derek Smith    3
Otaku    3
Protronie    3
Ken Patton    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

And, in keeping with end-of-the-year tradition, here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLWij3eCIVY

As always, the deadline is theoretically Saturday at midnight EDT.

Go!

[GaryVoshol]

In anticipation of next year's rule <G982>, but Billfred demonstrates the proper technique for tossing a volunteer who uses a clipboard contrary to rule <G981>.

[Taylor]

They were banished from the arena for not knowing the countdown goes "3 - 2 - 1 - GO!"

[JaneYoung]

Excited by the successful creation of The Genia Toss game,
Biilfred, Arefin, and Genia quickly began to make a list of other game possibilities for the lunch break:

Belch and Barter – whoever belched the loudest could barter for Billfred’s ref shirt.
That drew a red flag and was nixed.

Pun-ishment – whoever could make the worst series of puns in 3 minutes, won.
This drew boos from the crowd gathered and a wee curly-haired woman appeared with a clipboard. The game was nixed but not until a not-so wee curly-haired ref was clobbered by said clipboard.

They considered 3 Dorks In A Fountain but couldn’t decide who would go first. It became a discussion rather like Who’s On First, which created enough confusion that the clipboard made a 2nd appearance in the span of 10 minutes. The game was nixed due to a watered fowl… erm, foul made by said clipboard, called by the ref.

Wisely, after tossing so many ideas and Genia around in that short span of a lunch hour, the trio made a promise to meet again next year, returned to the competitions safely (including Billfred the Clobbered), and lived happily ever after.

Of note:
Billfred continues to turn a funny shade of pale whenever the words, clipboard or Jessica, are mentioned - and - he tends to disappear, always re-appearing in a timely fashion for: *trumpets blare* CD's Unofficial Caption Contest *trumpets, please don't blare anymore*.

[DonRotolo]

Billfred brings a whole different meaning to the phrase "tossing your cookies".

Don

[EricH]

Practicing for the 2008 game...

Unfortunately, that doesn't count as a hurdle OR a herd due to being too low for the former and you have to let go completely for the latter. Now, if Billfred and Arefin weren't on the same alliance, that would be another story.

[Karibou]

Refs, of all people, should know that contact outside the bumper zone is prohibited.
Oops.


<npoe>There I was, looking through my copy of the rules, trying to find something about passing the ball between robots...then I realized that that was something our team was discussing during kickoff, not something in the rules </npoe>

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Refs, of all people, should know that contact outside the bumper zone is prohibited.
Oops.

[obviously not an entry]

In all fairness, the only times I've donned stripes were Mission Mayhem 2006 and the FVC World Championship in 2006 and 2007.

As they say in New England, leave your bumpers at home.

[Dan Petrovic]

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

[Al Skierkiewicz]

OK, now Arefin you take a giant step backwards and throw. We keep doing this until one of us drops her and that's how we determine the winner!

[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?