Given all the talk about acorns, plumbers and washed-up terrorists,
we here at Stumper headquarters thought that you, our beloved readers,
could use a little comic relief.
Or, more accurately, provide it.
After
almost heading the wrong way off the stage last night at Hofstra, John
McCain quickly corrected course--and made colorful face in the process.
Blink and you would've missed it. Which is why we have wire
photographers like Emmanuel Dunand of AFP-Getty Images--and why wire
photographers like Dunand have $5,000 cameras, massive telephoto lenses
and speedy motor drives. Thanks to Dunand, this classic Kodak Moment
can now live on in the annals of history:
You
job, dear reader, is to come up with a caption--just explain what's
going on. (The New Republic's Mike Crowley, for example, offers this: "Maybe he just drank some hot bottled water?") Hit us with your best shot in the comments, and we'll post the funniest entry later this afternoon.
A
necessary caveat: split-second photography can make anyone look weird.
In this case, it's McCain who happens to be on the receiving end of the
unflattering stick--hilariously so. But if you've seen a similarly
ridiculous (recent) shot of Obama, send it to aromano@newsweek.com.
We'll be happy to feed the Illinois senator to the sharks as well.
Happy captioning!
UPDATE: Thanks
for the submissions, everyone. There were some great pop-culture
references in there, and I'd be remiss not to highlight them here.
cited Gollum: "Ahhh..me likes the microphone....me wants the microphone....my precious!!!!!!"
Tpverso cited Jim Morrison: "I AM THE LIZARD KING!!!"
Mayshays cited Star Wars: Said Jabba to Obama, "Ichaga kong un bantha pudu!"
And Republicratarian cited, um, the Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain, mistakenly believing
that he was on 'Dancing With The Stars,' attempts to waltz with an
imaginary Cloris Leachman while plumbing her tonsils."
But
I have to say, my favorite caption was misheezy's: "Time for the
clowns! Yut dut duddle uddle ut da da da..." I'm not saying this was
the cleverest caption I've ever seen. But it's the one that made me
laugh hardest when read alongside the picture. Something about imagining "Entrance of the Gladiators"--i.e.,
the clown music--suddenly blaring from the PA as McCain spontaneously,
unquestioningly breaks into a silly clown dance, leaving everyone else
to wonder what the heck is going on. What can I say? I'm a sucker for
the absurd.
