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.
Blogger dismayed that baby blue chair clashes with neutral tones of wall paint.
1) Who is John Galt?
2) Must. Drink. Coffee. To. Blog.
3) Why does Google keep calling me?
4) Honey, I’m too old for a time out.
5) Note to self: Refrain from using the word “Bloggolicious”.
Servers melt on your floor, not in your hands.
1) too much thinking will make you lose your hair, make it easy
i am sorry, i think like that. :)
2) innovation in one brain and inspiration from many brain
I locked myself in my room again…dammit!
“If I hold my head just so, I can almost see the list of posts I should be writing at the moment.”
“Did I publish my post on How Long Blue Paint Should Dry without proof reading?”
“If only there were a way to map the thoughts in my head as fast as I think them…”
1) The Problogger can’t think of what to Blog
2) Problogger is he really the pro
3)Darren Rowse contemplates the future of is blogging network
4)Darren Rowse Tweets racy photo of himself and realizes it was tweeted to all his followers and not the sad girl in Tazmania (I could not resisit Darren)
Honey, is my head on straight?
“After years of pranking, Google finally made me an offer!”
Man screws new head onto body.
“And so my hair was actually shoulder length….like this!”
“This new thong is tweeting my blogger.”
“I need complete silence while I attempt to read my own mind…”
or… (a little more blog related…)
“Holy Crap… I think that last anonymous commenter was actually my mother… “
1.) “Just Give Me Three More Minutes!”
2.) “Seriously, you’re really going to publish that?”
3.) “Realizing Blogging is ACTUALLY work”
4.) “Wait – You’re Pregnant?”
5.) “Brainstorm”
“Noooo the connection is down, what am I going to do?”
Is there an “un-tweet” button?!
Sittin on the naughty chair cause Mom says i got crooked verts. Jeeze pobodys nerfect!
I love Eileen Ludwig’s entry best.
As an alternative, I’s suggest: The Thinker by Rowse… :-)
Captions:
1. “Hair. I’m losing my hair!”
2. “No, don’t open the door yet! Let me guess…”
3. “Uh-oh… there goes a fine pair of pants”
4. “Darren Rowse’s favorite chair and thinking position”
5. “Founder of ProBlogger shows he can easily win staring contests”
I’m too sexy for my chair.
“No Mom. It’s a blog. It’s on the computer.”
1.- Where did I put my wig?
2.- Think, think (in the winnie the pooh tone)!!
3.- I hope this isn’t fresh blue pain! oh oh!
4.- Oh my god, my wife’s pregnant!!
5.- Will someone believe in me?
1) I really need to reconsider my furniture, especially the chairs.
2) Surely they’re not going to print this one…
3) My hairline was down to about
4) Ok, Ok, this is serious, no obvious smiles this time!
5) I get more readers in a day than you but heck, I’ll make an effort for you paper.
Since we’ve previously had a bit of a misunderstanding on twitter, all said above is jokingly said and in no way meant to be an insult or complaint :D
I command you by the power of Problogger, Go Viral
Flashdance enthusiast sets his sights on becoming a blogger when his routine fails to impress even his imaginary audience.
Did I really say that?
Madness, I spent all my money with a blog!
“How can i be more attractive” :))
“Should i apply for a covered job? “
You think blogging is easy? Here, let me show you how I do it all in my mind. I don’t even need a computer!
Visualize: The Chairman of Problogger!
Everything is just falling apart…. Traffic… Twitter followers…Likes…. Oh Whats this WTF Wheres my hair !!
Inside the mind of a Problogger!
Not again!
1) Lost in Web space.
2) i should have shaved my head this morning.
3) Darren Rowse says blogging is easy if you think hard enough.
4) Remember to post after this interview. Remrmber to post.
5) Please wait. Processing!
“Honey, why didn”t you tell me the super glue tube was leaking?”
1. “‘Pro’ Blogging? What was I thinking?”
2. “5 year old gives father a timeout for spending too much time at his laptop”
3. “Hey! Where’s my toupee?”
1) Local Blogger Darren Rowse loses mind after blogging for 120 hours straight in Charity blogathon pledge.
2) Austrialian Blogger Darren Develops Physic Abilities from Years of Blogging
3) Blogger Goes Crazy after Forgetting to Write Down the Best Post Ever.
4) Blogger Discovers New Blogging Method whilst attemping to Mind Read.
5) Darren has Lost his Blogging Mojo!
:-) great idea Darren!
“You’re really not getting it, are you?”
“If she says ‘blob’ instead of ‘blog’ one more time, I swear my head will explode.”
2- “Are you sure this outfit clashes with this chair!”
3- “Inspiration is here….I almost have it!”
4- “I don’t know why they said I had a big head?”
5 – ” Oooh If this hair line could talk…..”
1) I’m sorry, did you say IE6 support? …I….I just…..ah….I….just give me a moment….
2) Wait, did you just say you don’t think content is important? Oh wow..
3) Let me just fix my hair…
4) Why won’t this thing come off?
A divine yogic pose in which you get six figure blogging ideas! Welcome to Problogger-aasana
1) If I’d known the world wasn’t going to end on May 21, I would have kept my forward-facing chairs.
2) Nope, turning around doesn’t move the hair to the front.
3) Memory test question #1: is the door handle higher or lower than the doorbell.
4) “Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones. Got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo-ooo.”
“Why me??? But, this is me!!!”
Well, the first line represents the hilarious part – your photo that looks little crazy! Well, the next phrase represents what you are truly – to show off/capture the media to share your blogging business to the world!!!
1) It’s not easy being me
2) ProBlogger, perplexed, seeks opt-in cure-all
3) Automate, innovate, monetise, procreate
4) Crazy blogging business seeks place to rest head
5) It’s a 24/7 world out there, but someone’s got to blog it
Oh my, “things are getting curiouser and curiouser”. First the Chesire Cat and now this bizzarre blue chair. What next?