Thanks to ergsum for this week's favorite caption.
Here are the others that made us giggle:
Is it me or is this Camaro ergonomically challenged? (rick8365)
The true identity of The Mechanic is revealed at last! (technetium99)
A scene at the tryouts for the Richard Hammond character on the American Top Gear. (technetium99)
Where is the button I push to make it transform? (technetium99)
Daddy, what's a mullet? (ergsum)
The Fast and the Fourth Grader (ergsum)
Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Steering Wheel (ergsum)
The Spitball Rally (ergsum)
Grade School meets Old School (ergsum)
1487's sweet 16 (e90_m3)
Don't take Camaro from strangers. (lowmilelude)
The Camaro's steering wheel makes every driver look small (thegraduate)
Daddy, it stinks like chili dogs in here! (ergsum)
All we know is, they call him the Stig! (technetium99)
Boy, the styling really is "in your face" (mnorm1)
Growing up in 60 seconds (bluepunk82)
What was your favorite?
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
thedream21479 says:
04:21 PM, 03/12/10
lol @ "All we know is, he's called the stig"
dougtheeng says:
04:24 PM, 03/12/10
...meh. I think ergsum is the Toyota of the caption world sometimes.
ergsum says:
04:34 PM, 03/12/10
@dougtheeng, because I can't stop myself! Aieeeeeee!
santiagofdz says:
05:16 PM, 03/12/10
I lol'ed at both the top gear ones.
bimmerjay says:
05:50 PM, 03/12/10
"1487's sweet 16 (e90_m3)"
I lol'ed at this one, well done e90_m3.
wobbly_ears says:
11:19 AM, 03/13/10
@ergsum
"...because I can't stop myself! Aieeeeeee!"
Good one dude! Lol!
1487 says:
05:14 PM, 03/13/10
I dont if I should be flattered or disturbed about BMW fanboys making up captions involving by screen name. I assure you I never give much thought to e90-M3 whether I'm online or off. The fact that he is thinking about me so much is a little unsettling.
1487 says:
05:16 PM, 03/13/10
"I lol'ed at this one, well done e90_m3."
Considering the boy in the pic is about 10 its really not that funny. But I guess you feel like he scored some cool points at my expense high school cafeteria style. Nothing worse than the sidekick who jumps in to offer kudos to the class clown.
e90_m3 says:
08:36 PM, 03/13/10
Sorry 1487, but your undivided dedication to all things GM does make your name come to mind whenever a GM car comes up in the caption contest.
Other coming-of-age rituals came to mind, but Bar Mitzvah just doesn't have the same numeric flow as Sweet 16.
No intention to suggest you're a girl... actually I have no clue whether you are. :)
bimmerjay says:
05:11 AM, 03/14/10
"I dont [sic] if I should be flattered or disturbed about BMW fanboys making up captions involving by [sic] screen name. I assure you I never give much thought to e90-M3 whether I'm online or off. The fact that he is thinking about me so much is a little unsettling."
I think you need to find a sense of humor and not be so worried about judging people as BMW fanboy-this or import fanboy-that. It's particularly humorous that out of the 160+ entries in the caption contest your name was used at least 3 separate times by 3 different users. Add to that the editors found it funny enough to put in their top 15. I can't imagine why you'd find it unsettling, your history here has more than demonstrated that you don't care what others think of you.
roadburner says:
07:08 AM, 03/14/10
Hey guys, tone the humor down. This is serious business.
roadburner says:
08:29 AM, 03/14/10
Besides, the little tyke doesn't even drive like 1487- note that the kid is holding the wheel with his hands at ten and two.
wrinklebump says:
01:52 PM, 03/14/10
Looks like one of those semi slow kids that got to sit around in computer labs adding 2 + 2 while I was trying to figure out what the hell 2x=6 meant
bimmerjay says:
10:05 AM, 03/15/10
@roadburner,
"Besides, the little tyke doesn't even drive like 1487- note that the kid is holding the wheel with his hands at ten and two."
...which CLEARLY proves that it's not just terrified soccer moms that hold the wheel with two hands, elementary school children obviously do as well.
1487 says:
11:24 AM, 03/15/10
"Sorry 1487, but your undivided dedication to all things GM does make your name come to mind whenever a GM car comes up in the caption contest."
Thats mostly in your head. Since you can read I know you know that I've never suggested any "undivided dedication to all things GM"- but you seem MUCH cooler when you pretend otherwise. The S5, 335i, XF, G37, etc. are amongst my favorite cars and off the top of my head I can name at least half dozen GM products (canyon, Cobalt, Aveo, HHR, Silverado, DTS) I wouldnt buy.
"I think you need to find a sense of humor and not be so worried about judging people as BMW fanboy-this or import fanboy-that. It's particularly humorous that out of the 160+ entries in the caption contest your name was used at least 3 separate times by 3 different users."
Have a great sesne of humor- but it helps when stuff is funny. See if that makes sense to you. the fact that 3 separate individuals used my name isnt really "humorous" but it is sad and a little bit puzzling. I don't ever get to urge to use any of your names at any time, ever. If I'm not posting on here I really don't think about you at all. I try not to even think about you when I have to clear up some misinformation you've posted.
"Besides, the little tyke doesn't even drive like 1487- note that the kid is holding the wheel with his hands at ten and two."
Finally you say someting that makes sense. I agree 100%. And I also use my mirrors to check for oncoming traffic instead of turning my head and then complaining about the size of the C pillars on my car. Imagine that.
"I can't imagine why you'd find it unsettling, your history here has more than demonstrated that you don't care what others think of you."
Correction, I don't care what the unprincipled opposition thinks of me. I do hope to be respected by logical people here.
cr_driver says:
11:42 AM, 03/15/10
1487's sweet 16 (e90_m3)
The true identity of The Mechanic is revealed at last! (technetium99)
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
roadburner says:
11:56 AM, 03/15/10
"...which CLEARLY proves that it's not just terrified soccer moms that hold the wheel with two hands, elementary school children obviously do as well."
You've got it backwards; I think he was the one being terrified- by the soccer moms.
roadburner says:
12:01 PM, 03/15/10
I misspoke; here's the ooriginal quote:
"To be honest I cringe when I see anyone other than a soccer mom with two hands on the wheel in slow traffic. I get nervous around people like that."