Okay, time for a little light-hearted fun. Caption Contest!
This morning on Twitter (follow me @Problogger) we were sharing our most embarrassing moments as bloggers and I shared the above picture which appeared in newspapers across Australia.
When the article came out five years ago, it was one of my first. I was excited about the mainstream media mention and looked forward to showing family and friends to legitimize this crazy blogging business I was running. But the photo became the focus of the piece, and generated quite a few laughs.
When I shared it earlier today on Twitter the captions for it started coming in thick and fast, so I thought perhaps it’d be fun to open it up. What would you caption that picture?
I’ll choose my favorite submitted caption in 48 hours’ time, and send the winner a copy of the three existing ProBlogger ebooks, plus a copy of our new one, which will be released next week.
Enter up to five times to increase your chances of winning! To enter simply leave your caption in comments below.
PS: There was another version of the article with a different picture, featuring the same chair here.
“It’s Fra-nkenschtein, not Frankenstein!”
“Ah, I remember when I could only fit two fingers on my forehead.”
So many captions…. so little time. When is the 48 hours up?
“Holy crap. I think I can feel my brain bulging out of my head.”
Why do I have to pay $20 for a haircut?
“Alright. Focus Darren! You can do it. You can totally write this article WITH YOUR MIND.”
CATS ATE THE INTERWEBS???
JediBlogger.net
“I swear to God, if Brian Clark tries to one-up me one more time…”
” I can make a hat or a broach or a pterodactyl.”
Ok, let me get ready for an awesome happy snap… hmm *Darren shuffles around in his seat and then spins it around backwards* Let me think a second…. *raises his hands up over his forehead* “Click!” Oh, you just took it? Alrighty then. Time for coffee?
“I swear to God, if I have to one up Brian Clark one more time…”
Cosmic blogger Darren Rouse adjust the top of his human “skin suit”.
Blogging and Tweeting and Making Money…Oh, My!
“I swear to God, if someone assumes I’m competing with Brian Clark one more time…”
Okay, to make my thumbnail picture, I put both my hands like this, squeezing firmly…
“Yeah. Shave it off, she says. Go with just the soul patch she says. Jeez.”
beautiful!
“I’m……too sexy for my hair……too sexy for my chair, oh I’m to sexy it huuuuuurts”
Oh my gosh! My sons next birthday party theme: How To Start A Blog – For Toddlers.
I’ve either put my head on backwards or this chair is all wrong.
Did I really just get featured on Yahoo news?
Darren Rowse, the lifelike robot behind ProBlogger.net
“Wow, I never thought I’d say this, but that Justin P Lambert sure knows his stuff.”
JK about that one, btw. :) This was fun, thanks Darren!
Am I still…. “blogging”?
“Freaking WordPress shortcodes, how do they work?”
I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
Can’t…..store….anymore….info….in…brain”
Caption 1 : What am I going to do with all my free time?
Caption 2: I can’t remember if I turned the stove off…
Caption 3: My head feels surprisingly soft.
Caption 4: Living the dot com lifestyle, you’re doing it right.
Caption 5: I’m too sexy for my chair, too sexy for my chair, too sexy! ;)
Seriously, Copy Blogger’s recent post just got more comments than mine!
Soul Patch: The only 100% effective Birth Control
::nod to Justin P Lambert::
Maybe this isn’t the right way to play hide-and-seek
I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!!!
“WHAT don’t you get? Blogging IS a real job!”
“and so I squeeze my head like this, and blog topics just pop right out.”
1-i swear, that hair was here a minute ago…
2-and with a little jedi mind trick, the blog will write itself.
3-why did i wear this shirt? pro bloggers never wear patterns!
4-you will make me sound smart. you WILL make me sound smart.
can somebody please google “how to remove superglued hands from head” I’d do it buuuuuuut, I’m a bit preoccupied.
“Not another Google update!”
Oh no! What have I done, what HAVE I DONE!
pizza delivery will be knocking just about now…
Another day another dollar, but actually another blog post…
My brain strains to withstand the weight of a million comments. The house, not faring as well, sank 30 degrees to the left.
Theblogger…myblogger…..augblogger…………PROBLOGGER! GOT IT!
I can’t believe people are paying me to do this………….
Darren Rowse struggles to contain his giant brain.
Darren Rowse – Pro Blogger, deep thinker, chair reverser.
I know I should be focused on this interview but all I can think of are pork chop sandwiches.
Darren Rowse: a man who stares at goats
Darren Rowse shows how he won the staring contest to become “Blogger of the Year”
“I can’t believe I’m letting a picture of my crotch go out to newspapers across the nation.”
1. “Darren Rowse thinking about how he can make an 8 figure income”
2. “Darren Rowse brainstorming his next big Blog”
3. Darren thinking to himself: “I really need to get a comfier chair”
4. “How Darren Rowse made a fortune with one Blue chair”
5. “Darren Rowse, thinking outside his office stressing over who he should select to win this competition”
LOL!!!! This is great!
“Don’t hate me because I’m Problogger”…popped into my head immediately.
You look like you’re posing like a male model, and we all secretly wish we were you, so….”Don’t hate me because I’m Problogger.”
Americans will totally get the joke, but not sure if the commercial ran elsewhere. There used to be this really popular Pantene commercial with a beautiful model (the chick from Weird Science), and she started the commercial by saying, “Don’t hate me beause I’m beautiful”. Kind of a running joke.
Already have your ebooks, so what about a signed copy of the picture? ;)