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Caption Contest!!

March 1, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 340 Comments

Impromptu caption contest. This is one of my favorite photos from childhood, and I recently rediscovered it on a trip home. Yes, those are ’80s-style Walkie Talkies.

Your mission: come up with the best caption for this photo. The winner will receive a signed galley of JACOB WONDERBAR and a free query critique (if you have nothing to query at the moment you’re welcome to take a rain check).

Gangster.

Enter in the comment section of THIS POST (please don’t e-mail me your vote!). The thread will be open until 6pm on Wednesday, and I’ll announce a winner on Thursday.

Good luck!

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  1. Collette says

    March 2, 2011 at 4:13 am

    Our babysitter always makes us go outside when her boyfriend comes over. We’ll let you listen too, but it’ll cost you 4 Pixy Stix and a box of Smarties.

    Reply
  2. Bernard Garber says

    March 2, 2011 at 4:27 am

    Steve Jobs and his brother were very proud of their new invention. But the third blond triplet was never seen or heard from again.

    Reply
  3. mrcommodore says

    March 2, 2011 at 4:32 am

    I love mine, but Tucker's is pretty dang good too.

    Reply
  4. The Lemonade Stand says

    March 2, 2011 at 4:52 am

    And the four hobbits of the shire set off for Rivendell in hopes that the range of their hobbit-talkies was great. Sadly, by the time they'd reached Weathertop, they'd realized they'd forgotten the batteries.

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  5. Eddy says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:02 am

    It didn't matter how much Chucky wanted to play with the walkie-talkies — he never trusted anyone with cotton balls for feet.

    Reply
  6. McKenzie McCann says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:03 am

    Hey, who broke the flux capacitor?

    Reply
  7. J. T. Shea says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:06 am

    And our lives have been a blur ever since too…

    Reply
  8. Robin Storey says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:08 am

    Sheriff, do you read me? I'm bringing in two suspects disguised as kids, blonde wigs and cute smiles. Over and out.

    Reply
  9. Leis Draven says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:20 am

    Lift-off Day: Our Special Friends promised to transmit regular updates as they made their way Home.

    Reply
  10. Swishyfish says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:27 am

    I swear, each time I push a button–another blonde kid pops out

    Reply
  11. Lucy says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:45 am

    Hello, operator? The eighties called and they want their clothes back. The bowl cuts can stay. Over.

    Reply
  12. Easier Read than Done says

    March 2, 2011 at 5:48 am

    Colusa's most notorious criminal crew poses for a picture before their first big score. Always set to channel 9, the Walkie Talkies kept the four boy posse one step ahead of the cops.

    –rc

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  13. rhea says

    March 2, 2011 at 6:00 am

    The shoe-bandit detectives and the bait.

    Reply
  14. Shell says

    March 2, 2011 at 6:17 am

    The batteries must be dead. I keep pushing the buttons but they just stand there.

    Reply
  15. Blog says

    March 2, 2011 at 6:25 am

    Beam us up Scotty. Our work here…is through.

    Reply
  16. Boru says

    March 2, 2011 at 6:54 am

    Not bad lads. All four of us, walkie talkies and the back yard captured in just 47 pixels.

    Reply
  17. Miss Carrie says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:04 am

    As Tim and Joey showed off their new walkie talkies, little Nathan, not to be outdone, displayed a wii remote.

    Reply
  18. Marion says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:12 am

    "Beam us up, Scotty."

    Reply
  19. JCPA says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:17 am

    When there's something strange, in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?

    Reply
  20. Jen says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:20 am

    Midwest Cuckoos.

    Reply
  21. Michael 'Rob' Robinson says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:24 am

    'First, you make your little blonde robot move forward and then I'll make mine. Ready, steady, go!'

    Reply
  22. bfav says

    March 2, 2011 at 7:25 am

    Cuz the boyz in da hood are always hard. Come talking that trash and we'll pull your card. Know'n nothing in life but to be legit.

    Reply
  23. Anonymous says

    March 2, 2011 at 8:01 am

    Lo, these time machine Walkie Talkies have transported us to the years when we were wee little stout boys!

    Reply
  24. Bethany Brengan says

    March 2, 2011 at 9:02 am

    The heist was temporarily called on account of rain.

    Reply
  25. Edenton Coffee House says

    March 2, 2011 at 9:39 am

    "Okay, you're my best friend. I tried to talk to the spaceman. You try to get my coat back; and if that doesn't work, we'll trade Nathan…"

    Reply
  26. JD Revene says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:09 am

    NB phone home

    Reply
  27. Suzy Turner says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:18 am

    "Ground control to Major Tom….."

    Reply
  28. Anonymous says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:44 am

    "Do you think we would have been better using tin cans and string?"

    Reply
  29. Anonymous says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Hatched in 1979 , by the early 80's these Sea Monkey juveniles had infiltrated decent , loving American families .

    Reply
  30. Sara says

    March 2, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Mission Accomplished: the day we saved Nathan from the Gobots of Zorg, along with our new little brother, Sven.

    Reply
  31. Goldilocks says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:03 am

    "On Wednesdays, we wear bowl haircuts."

    Reply
  32. Rebecca Colby says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:28 am

    These time travel teleporters will make us rich!–Just as soon as we're old enough to remember how to work them again…

    Reply
  33. William Jones says

    March 2, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Justice League: The Early Years.

    Reply
  34. Anonymous says

    March 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    “Hello, hello, hello. I don't know why you say good-bye, I say hello….”
    “We want to change the world, but when you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out…”
    – That was Hello Goodbye and Revolution from The Beatles Reborn.

    Reply
  35. M.R. says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    But Mom, we just saved the planet.

    Reply
  36. S. Edward Brown says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    Joseph felt increasingly uncomfortable wearing his Technicolor dreamcoat around his brothers.

    Reply
  37. Marie Gilbert says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    "Okay, youse guys! We're gonna show Tony Soprano whose the boss."

    Reply
  38. Marie Gilbert says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    This is fun!!!

    "Okay, youse guys! We're gonna show Tony Soprano, whose the boss."

    Reply
  39. 059aca80-44d5-11e0-aa6a-000bcdca4d7a says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    "You told mom, what?"

    Reply
  40. Kat Brauer says

    March 2, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    …and then we traded the walkie-talkies for a corn dog. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

    Reply
  41. chitrader says

    March 2, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Psst, Nathan! Move over. Can't you see the aliens are trying to take our picture?

    Reply
  42. Anonymous says

    March 2, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    We're ready to go, Mom. What time does the spaceship come?

    Reply
  43. The Sasquatch says

    March 2, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Spielberg's movies were SO much better before they replaced all the guns with walkie-talkies. … Seriously.

    Reply
  44. Anonymous says

    March 2, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Planned Parenthood Ad

    ~L.E.

    Reply
  45. E. Waters says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    The gay pride parade

    Reply
  46. Cathi Stoler says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Beam us up, Scottie!

    Reply
  47. Nedder says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    Weird thing is…there was only three of us when we took this picture

    Reply
  48. Ted says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    As he exited the landing pod and encountered his first earthlings, Mork quickly designed an optimal assimilation wardrobe.

    Reply
  49. Lynn says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    Getting the Five-O on in the 'hood.

    Reply
  50. BW says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    "Hello Skylab."

    Reply
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