"Caption This!" No.9: The Winner Is.....

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. Because of the monsoon season has started here in Arizona, it was very hot and muggy all weekend. But that didn't stop me from attending the fireworks display over in Tempe, it was awesome!

This week's "On This Day in History" has some pretty interesting events. Salute!

1. 1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic was formed.

2. 1928 - The first all-talking movie, "The Lights of New York" debuted in New York.

3. 1933 - Baseball's first All-Star game was held as the American League defeated the National League 4-2 in Chicago's Comiskey Park.

4. 1974 - Garrison's Keillor's radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion", debuted in a live broadcast from St. Paul, MN.

5. 1989 - The US Army destroyed its last Pershing A-1 missles.

Now, on with the show.....

We tried something a little different for the 4th of July edition of Me-Me's Playhouse: Caption This! I thank all of you for participating: Dizzblnd, moooooog35, Joel, Raymond, MyDailyList, BoBo, Nooter, Don and OMyWord!, hope to see all you here next time.

The envelope please.....

There can only be one winner and this week's winning captions goes to someone that is new here to The Screaming Me-Me!!! He doesn't have a blog, he has a website that promotes his musical, "Cowboys on Mars? A Space Oprey". Bob Gately is the winning author and takes home The Golden Phallus and 500 EC credits, congratulations!

Join us again this Friday for an all new edition!

"Caption This!" No. 8: The Winner Is.....

It's just another manic Monday.....

Here we are again, folks. It's Monday! Before I announce the "Caption This!" winner, here are today's "On This Day In History" events.

1776 - The Virginia state constitution was adopted.

1967 - Actress Jane Mansfield died at age 34.

1972 - The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".

2003 - Actress Katherine Hepburn died at age 96.

2007 - The first iPhones went on sale.

Now, let's get on with the show.....

According to The Impartial Panel of Three, this was really tough. In fact, they almost came to blows before reaching their decision. This installment's most-honorable mentions are Chris @ Maugeritaville, Moooooog, Chickenista and Wolfgang. Congratulations!

The envelope please.....

The winning caption for Me-Me's Playhouse: Caption This! No. 8 is a man that has so much time on his hands that he has not one, but two hilarious blogs. Stand up and take a bow Joel Klebanoff, you are the winning author! Please click over and visit Joel over at Stuff & Nonsense or at Shalampax for more hilarity. Joel takes home The Golden Phallus and 500 EC credits.....congratulations!!!

Thank you all for participating and I hope to see you here again!

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"Caption This" No. 7: The Winner Is.....

I hope everyone had a great weekend and your time was spent with friends and family. We'll get to this week's winner of Me-Me's Playhouse: "Caption This!" after a few "On This Day In History" events.

1. 1941 - Germany invaded the Soviet Union during WWII.

2. 1954 - Actor/Comedian Freddie Prinze was born.

3. 1981 - Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing John Lennon.

4. 1992 - The Supreme Court unanimously that hate-crime laws that ban cross-burning and similar expressions of racial bias violate free-speech rights.

5. 2008 - Comedian George Carlin died at age 71.

Now, on with the festivities.....

The Impartial Panel of Three have handed down their decisions. Those receiving most-honorable mentions for "Caption This!" No. 7 are: Chris, nonamedufus, Lola, Kirsten and Philip Dyer. Thank you everyone for submitting your captions and I hope to see you here again this Friday for another installment.

The envelope please..... 

The author of the winning caption is Raymond Betancourt! Be sure to visit Raymond over at The Drive-By Blogger or at Twisted for some more laughs. Raymond takes home The Golden Phallus and 500 EC credits. Congratulations!!!

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"Caption This" No. 5: The Winner Is.....

Happy Monday! Yep, it's Monday.....again.

To kick off today's post, I thought you might be interested in checking out the brand new look over at Humor Bloggers Dot com. Chelle has done an awesome job redesigning the site of the funniest bloggers on the planet. Thanks Chelle!    

I'd also like to share a few "On This Day In History" events with you before we get to the winning caption for Me-Me's Playhouse: "Caption This! No. 5. Salute!

1. 1867 - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born.

2. 1923 - Comedian Joan Rivers was born.

3. 1944 -  Singer/songwriter Box Scaggs was born.

4. 1953 - The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse services to blacks.

5. 1987 - Fawn Hall, secretary to National Security aide Oliver L. North, testified at the Iran-Contra hearings, saying she helped to shred some documents.

Now, on with the show.....

This installment of "Caption This!" brought in some hilarious responses. The Impartial Panel of Three decided that the following deserve a most-honorable mention: Jenn Thorson, nonamedufus, Haley, Phillipa and My Daily List. A BIG thank you to all that participated, hope to see you here again on Friday.

May I have the envelope please?

The Impartial Panel of Three have the pleasure of announcing the winning caption for this installment. In fact, they were rolling on the floor....literally. The winning author takes home the lovely Golden Phallus plus 500 EC credits. 

And, the winner is.....

Quirky Loon!!! Be sure to visit that zany loon over at Musings Of A Quirky Loon today for some side-splitting laughter. Congratulations!!!

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