We should acknowledge that some of Dave Coverly's captions are even funnier than the best ones crowdsourced from the entire Loser community. Not to mention Dave's artistic creativity. I also admire his willingness to voluntarily solicit alternative captions for his work. Amazing talent and a great sport. Thanks Dave!
It still won't let me read it without signing in with a subscription. I tried using an alternate email I've used, but I guess the cookies still recognize me!
Melted butter and sliced bread are way funnier than a moat. They have a quirky, playful twist that out-twists the old appliance-in-the-water bit. I thought my entries were funnier, too.
I have a cross-country driver story. Driver passed me on left into a shoulder of long grass. It wasn’t slow traffic or anything. But the truck started accelerating beside me in the grass, and I could see it bobbing and fishtailing a little as it passed me and went ahead. Totally unstable at 45-50MPH. Tripping? Drunk? An ahole? It reached a driveway and went up it. I had to catch my breath and slow my heart. I was sure there was no way it would end other than a crash.
Love this because it’s an inside joke for regular readers: “Well, we named her Grandpa just as a joke, but then …”
Agreed! 😃
Great contest, tough polls. Hilarious entries up and down.
I have this years Dog Days calendar. Frequently triggers loud barks of joy, and growls of unhappiness when it takes a coupla days to catch on.
Thanks to Dave, you, and The Empress.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
And no, I totally whiffed on the apostrophe. Not a 'funny' take on the Q&A.
We should acknowledge that some of Dave Coverly's captions are even funnier than the best ones crowdsourced from the entire Loser community. Not to mention Dave's artistic creativity. I also admire his willingness to voluntarily solicit alternative captions for his work. Amazing talent and a great sport. Thanks Dave!
Effing Post paywall won't let me in since I used to have an account which I calcelled.
Won't let you in to what? The link to my old column should be a gift link.
It still won't let me read it without signing in with a subscription. I tried using an alternate email I've used, but I guess the cookies still recognize me!
Try this link via archive today:
http://archive.today/2026.07.02-163743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2009/07/26/blessed-events/053123be-fc1c-400f-af7a-414d80d6cd45/
I have an old (canceled) subscription and it let me sign in.
There was a blue bottom saying "resubscribe" at the top which I ignored.
Same here and archive.ph doesn’t have it.
It does now (I think...). Here it is: http://archive.today/ludvy or long link at,
http://archive.today/2026.07.02-163743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2009/07/26/blessed-events/053123be-fc1c-400f-af7a-414d80d6cd45/
I got an email from the Post about an hour later with a good link.
Try this via archive today: http://archive.today/ludvy
This probably says more about my sense of humor, but I laughed out loud at the ball licker one…
Melted butter and sliced bread are way funnier than a moat. They have a quirky, playful twist that out-twists the old appliance-in-the-water bit. I thought my entries were funnier, too.
At least Mark is being useful, generating wind energy.
Thanks for ink. I liked the Clone!
I have a cross-country driver story. Driver passed me on left into a shoulder of long grass. It wasn’t slow traffic or anything. But the truck started accelerating beside me in the grass, and I could see it bobbing and fishtailing a little as it passed me and went ahead. Totally unstable at 45-50MPH. Tripping? Drunk? An ahole? It reached a driveway and went up it. I had to catch my breath and slow my heart. I was sure there was no way it would end other than a crash.