Contest #3: Another Caption Contest!

[Dave]

Contest prize provided by Parakeet Toys and Perches (http://parakeettoys.tripod.com)

Introduction
Our first caption contest was pretty popular, so I've decided to hold another caption contest!

Contest Overview
- Members will create captions for a selected photo.

Rules
- Only create one post. This is so the staff can easily keep track of entries.
- Please only create one caption.
- Contest will end August 20. This gives you a few weeks to think of your best caption!
- For this contest, we are going to have the staff (along with Johnny411, who is providing the prize) pick the winner. If we can't reach a decision, a poll will then be made.
- Have fun and be creative!

Prize
- This contest will have an actual prize! Our partner, Parakeet Toys and Perches (http://parakeettoys.tripod.com), is giving away a toy/perch as a first-place prize! (Their contact on this site is member Johnny411.)


Here's the photo (credit to ~Melissa~):

http://www.talkbudgies.com/photoplog/file.php?n=249&w=o

(From left to right: Houdini, Elwood, Kiwi, Jake, and Ceaser)

[shannon]

Sounds like fun!

[jayjay]

Kiwi says: so i've been watching this Apprentice thing and i've decided, Houdini, YOU'RE FIRED.
Jake thinks to himself: here we go again ...
Houdini says: i don't even know what that means.
Elwood says: oo, you got burned.. get it, fired, burned?
Ceaser says: sorry folks, you'll have to excuse elwood, he's an idiot.

[Donna]

After studying the adorable photo for the caption competition, my caption would be:


"HOUDINI'S Plan Sets Jailbirds Free"

[Star]

Kiwi: Okay, this is the plan. Elwood, you go after the celery while Houdini and I go after the carrots.
Jake: There is one problem with your plan, Kiwi.
Kiwi: That's not possible, this plan is full proof!
Jake: How do we get the fridge open?
Kiwi: Okay, maybe I did forget something...

[pauliepattie]

Kiwi: hi jake.
Jake: hi everyone how are you all doing
Houdini says:great
Elwood says: wonderful
Ceaser say:toga , toga

[abel]

My caption would read:


:budgie:budgie: :budgie: FORUM

[Mr. Pretty Bird]

Elwood: Kiwi, your client Houdini has arrived.
Kiwi: How do you explain THIS?!
Houdini: What?
Kiwi: This-this extremely UGLY toy in the middle of the cage!
Jake: Where?!
Houdini: Melissa went out and got it, I mean, calling it ugly is just sort of rude, you know?
Jake:EVERYBODY! MELISSA'S HERE! Act like you weren't doing anything.
Ceaser: Oh, hi Melissa. Nice toy you got there.

[Amy]

Houdini - HEMMM!!!
Kiwi - What the hell are you doing?!
Houdini - HEMMM!!! (Waves about)
Elwood - Ooooh look! He's gone mental!
Houdini - HEMMM!!! HEMMM!!!...
Ceasar - Quick! Get a vet! Someones had too much seed!
Houdini - HEMMM! WOOO! HEMMM! WOOO!
Jake - We don't need a vet! We need a psychologist!

[clifff123]

Ceaser: All Kiwi does is talk, talk and talk, he never shuts up.
I'll be glad when this "Lets All Be Friends" meeting is over, Im hungry!!:mad:

[Joey]

Houdini: Are you screaming at me Kiwi!Dont make me come over there, I heard that budgies can kill a cockatiel and ill make you into chicken strips!
Kiwi: As a matter of fact I am what you gonna do about it!
Elwood: Thinks to himself "whats gotten into those two?"
Jake: whats goin on over there?
Ceaser: Ill stay out of it...:)

[ETAHoffman]

Kiwi (to Houdini): I don't care if you do think it is fun! It isn't a good idea to dive bomb the cat! So, quit, already.

[tacoeater411]

Kiwi (to Jake): So what about the rest of our plan?
Houdini (to Kiwi): I'm way ahead of you. I'll get the monkey and the trampoline!
Kiwi (to Houdini): I'm the boss, so you'll speak when spoken to!
Elwood (to Houdini): Dude, if I were you, I'd quietly perch and listen to the boss.
Jake the body guard (to Kiwi): Is Houdini causing trouble again?!
Ceaser: I don't know what's going on! Oo, pretty colors!
Kiwi : CODE RED, CODE RED! The owner is coming back! Act natural!!!

[bird nerd]

Houdini: "o.k kiwi give it to us straight,who's it gonna be."
Elwood: "Quit yelling, this is a crucial decision."
Jake: "ohhh... i'm so excited."
Ceaser: "this will be remembered as one of the most important moments in budgie history".
Kiwi: "o.k it's decided. The first one to use the cage swing shall be Jake"

Houdini & Elwood: "Awwwwwwwwww......"
Ceaser: "can you believe I missed my 4:00 soap for this, (whispers to himself) "lucky I have TiVo."

[Tiki<3Polly]

Jake-There are going to be a few rules around here...
including no screaching like crazy
Houdini- kiwi
Kiwi-i'm sorry , momy turned the game off while i was watching
Houdini-so
Kiwi-u would be mad too if it was the last 10 seconds of the 4th quarter in the SUPERBOWL!!!
Ceaser-oh hush UP ALREADY!!!
Elwood-I agree!!

Good luck everyone!

[Dave]

Keep the entries coming everyone! :D

[Johnny411]

Hey everyone,


very cute entrys, I love them all! Just a remider this is what the first place prize is

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/johnny411/Picture026.jpg

Keep bringning in the great posts!

[tacoeater411]

Wow, I hope I win!:p

[Rosie]

Kiwi: Ok Houdini, you got us out of the cage, you better get us back in, I want a bite of my egg stick.
Houdini: Ok ok, give me a chance..maybe we could just...umm..try and squeeze through the cage bars or something
Elwood: Don't be such a fool Houdini, your always getting us into to trouble...I want a head stratch from Melissa through the bars and now I can't ((cries))
Jake: Hey guys, look its not so bad out here, we could fly up to Melissa's bedroom and pretend to be ladies with her make up.
Ceaser: Oh God, here they go again arguing as normal

[Dreamer123]

Ok, this one is sorta long ;)

Kiwi: Houdini, how dare you accuse me of eating the whole treat?

Houdini: You're the only one who could have been smart enough to do it.

Kiwi: How do you know Jake didn't do it?

Jake: *tweets happily* He he, I'm taller that everyone!

Kiwi: Ok...what about Elwood...Elwood?

Elwood: *thinks to self* Houdini is so pretty...her yellow feathers, her dark, dark eyes...

Kiwi *rolls eyes* Ok, then Ceaser did it!

*all birds look at Ceaser*

Kiwi: Fine...I did it! *looks around angrily at other birds.

[cfnbryn]

'After days of voting, Kiwi was evicted, and packed his things and started to say his good byes before leaving the Big Brother Cage'

[Dreamer123]

The contest ends today! I'm excited!

[~*Brittany*~]

Ceaser (narrator):: And then, Kiwi confessed.

Kiwi:: I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling birds!!!

Houdini:: Give it up already, lets go.

All other budgies:: **Chattering amongst selfs**

Kiwi:: I'll Be back for you!!!

All other Budgies:: **stops chattering and stares at Kiwi**

Kiwi:: ... nevermind...

Ceaser:: And they all lived happily ever after

[cherokee]

Elwood: Look everyone, If we make a run for it, we will all be free

Houdini: A run for it, heck, I'm flying 1st class.

Ceaser: Wonder if they have salads on the plane?

Houdini: Who said anything about a plane, I have my own wings.

Kiwi: I have had about enough outta you guys, I'm outta here. I am getting back into the cage before Melissa comes back.

Jake: I'm with Kiwi, atleast here we get free food, and a lot of love and attention.

Kiwi: Oh if you plan on leaving, you better go, here comes Melissa with a plate full of yummy veggies. I'm going into the cage to eat. See ya.

Jake: Right behind ya Kiwi, anyone else coming?

All the others look at each other, think about what Jake said and decide to stay where they will be safe and have plenty of TLC.

[Dave]

Hey everyone, sorry about the delay. The winner will be announced in the coming days. :)

[Stipe]

Kiwi: Okay, this is the plan. Elwood, you go after the celery while Houdini and I go after the carrots.
Jake: There is one problem with your plan, Kiwi.
Kiwi: That's not possible, this plan is full proof!
Jake: How do we get the fridge open?
Kiwi: Okay, maybe I did forget something...

hahahahaha

[Adottybird]

Kiwi says "Listen up you bird brains".

Dotty :)

[moira]

kiwi said were on the roof what the next part of the plan do we go for the window or the door

[ETAHoffman]

Has a decision been reached yet? We're all anxiously waiting. :-)

[Amy]

:p We certainly are!

[BUUZBEE]

'After days of voting, Kiwi was evicted, and packed his things and started to say his good byes before leaving the Big Brother Cage'

i got a big chuckle from that one!

[Dave]

Okay everyone, the winner of this contest is:

STAR
Kiwi: Okay, this is the plan. Elwood, you go after the celery while Houdini and I go after the carrots.
Jake: There is one problem with your plan, Kiwi.
Kiwi: That's not possible, this plan is full proof!
Jake: How do we get the fridge open?
Kiwi: Okay, maybe I did forget something...


Congratulations Star!

(Sorry for the long delay everyone. I kind of forgot about this contest. :P Expect a new competition to start up in the coming days!)

[Donna]

It's not a big deal to me that I didn't win, but I don't think this contest was explained very clearly at all.

Abel and I were the only 2 people in the whole contest that actually followed the rules. This was suppose to be a CAPTION contest. To me, a caption is a TITLE or HEADING, not a full conversation consisting of a few sentences.

Abel and I did what we thought you were asking and then everyone else wrote conversations. If I would have known you wanted more from us than a CAPTION, I wouldn't have kept it so short.

Despite how I feel, I still want to say CONGRATULATIONS to you Star! I bet you're excited about being the winner.

[Star]

Wow, I really didn't expect to win!!!:D Thanks for choosing me. LOL, I don't know how to get the prize though, so how do you dave?:S

[Dave]

I'm not in charge of the prize. That's up to Johnny411.

[Star]

Okay, well I contacted him.

[BUUZBEE]

Congrats Star!

[Budgiekin]

Hi Donna..I wanted to address your concern over the caption contest. You are correct in saying that a caption is basically like a one-liner...a title that goes with a photo for example would be considered to be one type of caption. However, please appreciate that a caption can be much broader than just that. Consider this:

a short piece of text under a picture in a book, magazine, newspaper or gallery which describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying.I would love to have you participate in the next caption contest, and I do apologize if the guidelines were not clear. Hopefully this won't be an issue next time around....;) Thanks so much for pointing this out Donna, as a caption does imply a title in its traditional sense....

[Amy]

Congratualations Star!

[Donna]

Thanks Budgiekin for your response. I really didn't have any intentions as coming across in a hateful manner and so I hope people didn't take it that way. I was just a little shocked that everyone was writing full dialogues and it didn't seem right to me since it was suppose to be a caption, which I thought was a title or heading.

People did a good job on what they wrote and it was fun to see what all they came up with, but I just didn't think the rules were clear. I was going to write in and ask about it after I submitted my caption, but then it said I could only enter once and so I felt like it was too late to ask.

Again, thanks for your kindness in responding.

Donna

[Budgiekin]

Thank you so much for the reply Donna. As I said, we'll make sure the guidelines for the next "caption" contest are clearer so that everyone has a fair shot! ;)

[clifff123]

My Congrads to Star:D

[Skye]

(From left to right: Houdini, Elwood, Kiwi, Jake, and Ceaser)

Kiwi: -looks at Houdini suspiciously- Hey buster, you're ripping off my style!
Houdini: -looks innocent- But-
Kiwi: Ep! Not a peep out of you! I'm uni-uni-uniwhatever. Got that!?
Elwood: -Laughs like 'Elmer Fudge'- Ohh.. Ohh... Houdini's in trouble!! Na na na na!
Jake: -sigh- Elwood, shut it!
Elwood: He, he he -tries to stop from laughing but bursts out laughing even louder-
Ceaser: I'm not getting involved.

[Dave]

This contest is over. :)