Send in your caption to win a medal!
On our way back from Anime Evolution this weekend, something crazy happened to us. The weird thing is that we can’t remember what it was!
When we got home, I checked my camera and found this picture on it, but for the life of us we can’t figure out just what was going on, or where and when it happened.
Can you help refresh our memories? We need you to come up with your best–and most amusing–explanation for what’s going on in this picture. Write your idea into a caption that is at most 100 words long and then either send it to us by email or leave it in a comment on this post, along with your username on the LoadingReadyRun forums.
You have until midnight, Pacific time, on Sunday, June 28, 2009, to get your caption submitted. The most entertaining caption will earn a medal!
If you want to see a larger version of the picture, click on it and you’ll be linked to the full-sized image.
I know it’s too late, but I only just saw the post and thought I would contribute anyway. I’m not gonna bother with 100 words (I’m not that creative =P ), but I got a small caption for what the wall is saying.
“Mmmmm, they’re gLRReat!”
Ahh Tony the tiger, how you inspire the young children of today with your over use of the letter R in the word great. It’s speech impediments like that which make the world a better place.
(”I once pooped an R”)
Sk8sheep24 from the forums (If you’ve not heard of me it’s because I only have 3 posts)
Haha, I just realized that post is about 100 words.
Waffling on FTW =P
Guys, stop! I told you I can’t get any taller!
We keep telling Bill there is no such thing as a leprechaun, yet here we are. We were at the launchpad, about to board our shuttle to the moonbase when Bill shouted “Motherfucker!” and took off toward the maintenance tunnel exhaust vents. Clearly his hand got stuck and we had to come to the rescue, but he maintains that he had the little sucker by the ankle and we could be playing jet ski bumper cars right now, had we not intervened.
I’m not registered on the forums, I am a lurker born and bred.
Meanwhile, inside Moonbase 2.0
James: “It’s still a bit stuffy in here, I think I’ll open this window.”
Paul: “Wait! Don’t do that!”
*WHOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH*
James: “Waaaahhhhhh!!!!”
Graham: ”What’s going on?!? Paul, what did you do?”
Paul: “Well, you know me, I thought how cool it would be if the moonbase really was like an actual moonbase! So I kinda…”
Graham: “What? You made it a vacuum outside? Paul, how could you even think that was a good idea?”
Bill: “And how is that even physically possible?!?
Matt: “Who cares?! Just shut up and hold on!”
(My LRR username is the same as on this post. And yes, I know they’re outside in that shot. I just liked this idea too much to ignore.)
Bill Finally Went Saiyan
Once they realize that’s the Anime Con’s bathroom exhaust vent, they’ll let go.
While the universe still exists, there were other unforeseen downsides to activating the Large Hadron Collider.
Bill: Ugh, soooo hungry. Why do I keep smelling so much good food?
Paul: That’s because we’re right next to the hotel kitchen’s exhaust vents.
Graham: Uh oh.
Bill: FOOD!
Matt: Oh crap! Somebody stop him!
Graham: No Bill! Don’t do it! Remember what happened last time!?
Bill: SO HUNGRY!
Whilst passing through the moonbase’s parking lot after Anime Evolution, Bill tragically dropped his pendrive, containing a full copy of DotA for travel play and pictures of Hannah Montana in revealing attire, through the external ventilation shaft of a passing garbage scow.
Desperate to retrieve his precious cargo, the crew were forced to hold onto Bill for dear life as the scow pulled away from the parking lot on it’s way to dump it and several metric tonnes of human waste into the heart of the sun.
Bill broke into tears, declaring “Travel well into the afterlife, pendrive, travel well.”
-Lyinginbedmon
That day Graham was trying to elbow himself into every picture you guys were taking, invited or not. You came up with a plan to stop him by trapping him in a garage door by telling him there was candy behind it. Unfortunately, Bill only heard “candy” and ran for the door. Thinking she might be able to get a picture without Graham in it despite the impending danger, Kathleen grabbed a camera and took a picture…but somehow Graham, the sneaky bastard, made his way into it at the last second. Bill’s still stuck in that door.
*steps back*
Wow. That’s…uh…awful. Ah well.
~Chfan
‘SHOOT HEEEER! SHOOT HEEEER!’
I watched Jurassic Park last night…
Another successful lifesaving test of Levi’s Carpenter Jeans… and you thought that loop was useless unless carrying a hammer.
-Arcticfox
LRR: Return of the Zomgies
Bill: “Shit! Narutards! Through the vents, quick!!”
Graham: “I for one welcome our new Ninja overlords.”
Matt: “He’s lost it. Leave him Behind!”
Paul: “Wait for meeeeee!!”
Graham: “Come here and give us big a hug!”
“And so, the majestic LRR begin their long migratory trek from their seasonal home at Anime Evolution. Little is known about these reclusive creatures, but it is thought that the smaller LRR cling to the larger ones for safety. Seen here, the LRRherd attempts to take shelter in a large industrial vent, one adaptation they have made to human presence in their native habitats. Unfortunately, these LRR will likely be hunted by poachers for their pelts, which fetch a high price in some markets.”
- RowanAmeth on the forums, apparently channeling David Attenborough
“The LRR crew had tried everything, hitting him, folding him backwards, ironing, but despite their best efforts the vending machine just refused to accept their Bill.”
Teekay on the forums, long time lurker first time account creator… yeah that line fell apart somewhere
As much as the crew tried to help him, Bill couldn’t get his hands unstuck from in the vent.
Then, the kittens started licking his fingers…
The crew is obviously being chased by their massive fanbase and clinging to Bill (the fastest runner) in hopes of surviving.
Bill didn’t know that secretly, the crew was all part of the NFFO, or Ninja Fighters Fighting Organization.
“Oh shit! somebody opened the ozone layer! Hang close to Bill, there’s more gravity where he’s at”
“She’s gone from SUCK to BLOW!!”
I’m a newcomer to the community, but my username on the forums is Jen519.
An unanticipated downside to the Moonbase Mk. II was that the previous occupants, in addition to their vandalism and slovenliness, had sabotaged the airlock.
Morgan tricks the others into playing freeze tag in which they are all It. With nobody to unfreeze them, he is free to stop wearing pants around the house.
2nd entry (cause I’m bored) :-)
The crew’s thoughts:
Bill – “It’s squishy! Get me outta here!”
Paul – “Muah ha ha ha!!! My plan is working!… Wait. What was I doing again?”
Graham – “Shitshitshit! The camera’s not level! I know! I’ll compensate by leaning slightly to the left…”
Matt – “Why do *I* always have to be the one down low by everyone’s waist?”
“Guys! Help! I’m being eaten by a giant alien disguised as window blinds!”
BILL! How many times to i have to tell you Ninja’s can shrink that small!
Bill: YOU don’t know that, and you think they don’t make any noise!
No, Bill!!! You know you’re not supposed to feed the Grue.
Same username on the LRR forums.
Graham: Don’t let go of Bill everyone! The Paul set the fans on high!
Matt: SHUT IT OFF PAUL!
Bill: Matt…you’re about to pull off my PANTS!
Paul: This is so invigorating. We should hold such male bonding rituals more habitually.
Graham + Matt + Bill : NO!
-theDreamer
Of the many times it had happened, Morgan told the crew that his favorite time being blown was “behind the deckhouse on the 4:15 ferry”.
Unfortunately for Bill, Graham, Matt, and Paul, not only was Morgan a wank and a liar, he forgot to tell them what he meant by “blown”.
(Note to the Bosses: please don’t be mad, I couldn’t think of anything else.)
Having found out that getting out and pushing doesn’t work in space, the LRR crew decides to try pulling instead.
Bill, Graham, Matt, and Paul have found themselves in a fine predicament. While filming Man Cooking: So Manly It Must Be Done On A Boat, Morgan knocked over the massive deep fryer, in which he was frying a shark. The oil from the fryer has made the deck of the ferry extremely slick, and has also leaked into the ferry’s engine room, turning the ferry into a rocket as the crew hangs on for dear life. (Morgan wasn’t at Anime Evolution because he was busy catching the shark with his bare hands.)
-jtaylor
Bill, seeing Jer in his ninja form dissapear into the building, was set off in an ungoldy rage unlike the LRRDs had ever seen before. Charging off with sword in hand Bill got as far as the slots that he was sure he could squeeze his vertically obese form into. But two other LRRDs had caught up to him (Matt having been dragged along from the very beginning.), of course being in the Runners had given them quite the practice for running about, and had just barely stopped Bill from continuing his murderous rampage. Not wanting to give up the chase Bill began crying and holding on for dear life where a fifth unknown party proceeded to take a picture for later blackmail purposes.
As they clung on for dear life and with the moonbase decompressing around them, Graham regretted asking Tim to put the rubbish out. (Forum username: Keab42)
Here we see a tall, red headed specimen, named Bill, struck with a case of gorgeous. Science has long debated the effects of gorgeous on this elusive tall ginger. Finally, through the work of brave scientists who spent years living amongst the Canadians, braving their harsh winters, it has been caught on camera. Scientists are still analyzing the data, but it seems that the brazier of every woman within a three mile radius spontaneously burst open, and every man was struck with a case of the gay. It is clear that the three male specimens here have been struck with the gay, an irresistible lust for the Bill. What fascinating creatures! Watch as the Bill attempts to escape their loving embraces.
Pictured Above: The LRR Crew thwarts Bill’s latest attempt to demonstrate, “This cool new move I learned from Mirror’s Edge last night.”
Traversing the dusty halls of the surprisingly open-air tomb of Tohas-Asep-Carrier, the ‘Vent’ king of the ancient Sumatrians, the LRR crew were cautiously trying to avoid tripping the pitfalls that riddled the compound. It was Paul’s insatiable curiosity that did them in; triggering a trap that would suck them through a vent which would shred them upon its filter. As Bill’s mighty muscles strained against the vacuum, he thought of his identical twin sister Marigold (seen on Desert Bus, 2008, briefly). If he perished here, who would save her from the insidious clutches of the cruel Lord Borington?
- I don’t currently have a forum ID, but intend soon to sign up as ‘Drewbacca’ -
The crew was enjoying a peaceful walk home when suddenly, disaster struck in the form of a tornado!
Bill: Quick! Hold onto this… thing!
Graham: We’re too pretty to die!
Paul: I think you mean I’m too pretty to die.
Matt: We’ve gotta do something! Paul, install Linux on the tornado!
Paul, however, did not, due to his total bliss from his Loading Ready Run T-Shirt. So, if you want to survive a tornado, or at least be peaceful when one comes, buy a Loading Ready Run T-Shirt!
Matt: Hey! I’m wearing one too!
Paul: Well, yeah, but you’re Matt.
Username on forum: Maeglin.
Toronto – At 13:47 a local Phailgas processing plant suffered a major breakdown and a large quantity of the dangerous gas was released into the atmosphere. Upon contact with normal physics the gas immediatly started to screw them over and tilted gravity over 60 degrees in the horizontal plane. This group of people was found hanging onto the ventilation grating of said plant, where they had been filming a comedy sketch on the dangers of Phail. Obviously still suffering from PhailParticle Poisoning, groupmember Paul Saunders commented: “Nah, it was nothing. Our moonbase suffered a full gravitational reversal after I vented the Phailreactor so I could upgrade it to run on microwaved marshmellows. Luckily we had low ceilings”
The race to “that grate-like thing over there” ended in catastrophe when Bill got his hand stuck in it. On the bright side, they had a new idea for an X ways to Y video!
It might have been fate- or the workings of a secret cabal of ninja bears- that the giant phailreactor-powered, fridge-flight-assisting hyper fans had turned on when they did; Bill was unconcerned. He had put his only meal for the day inside those filters, and he would be damned if he had to go make another.
For the rest of the LRR crew, the identity of the party responsible for the fan’s activation was not irrelevant; however, the resolution of that particular point was unanimously decided to be deferred, while the individual members of said crew were trying to hold on for dear, dear life.
Yep. Cockroaches. That’ll happen.
[forum account=same]
Results from the study of a new drug on a random sample of anime convention attendees. Effects appear to vary widely: from a loosened grip on reality, to lowered inhibitions, to a desperate need to be the center of attention.
Due to an unfortunate mix-up with the data and labels, however, researchers are currently unable to ascertain whether the above subjects are members of the test group or the control group. Further investigation is required.
[Forum username is also Sarah]
I think it’s pretty obvious.
Bill used wallhacks to kill ninjas.
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We’ll be picking a winner and runner(s)-up in the next few days. Thanks for entering!
nice post. thanks.