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Caption Contest (Image Source: Cosmographia Universalis)

Posted on May 20, 2020

Winning caption: “News Alert!! Leave Humboldt Park immediately. Chance the Snapper has escaped!” – Bob Shaevel

Image source: Cosmographia Universalis. Sebastian Munster, 1550. Ayer 7 .M8 1550

Comments

Submitted by Linda Gottschall on May 20, 2020

Having witnessed Naked and Afraid's senseless desecration of the jungle flora and fauna, Big Momma decided to even the playing field.

Submitted by Penelope Boardman on May 21, 2020

Mayor Lightfoot enforces closed lakefront order.

Submitted by Richard Eastline on May 21, 2020

Hey, everyone, don't worry about Tom---the monster's teeth can't bite!

Submitted by Barbara Lanctot on May 21, 2020

I promised you a five-star review on TripAdvisor, didn't I. Now let me go!

Submitted by Amy Lippert on May 21, 2020

Just when I thought this year couldn’t get any worse!

Submitted by Stephen Webb on May 21, 2020

Feed a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Feed a man to a fish and you've created a man-eating fish to eat the hungry.

Submitted by Alice Rudolph on May 21, 2020

I told you we should have cooked the fish first!

Submitted by George Philosophos on May 21, 2020

MOM ! Jonah's playing with that fish again !

Submitted by Paul Muenchow on May 21, 2020

"John,! No more Florida vacations!~ It's California from now on!"

Submitted by Joe on May 21, 2020

"Dude, seriously?!"

Submitted by Jim H. BOWMAN on May 21, 2020

You asked for it, Jonah.

Submitted by Scott Marshall on May 21, 2020

I told you not to turn left, I want to keep going out to sea!

Submitted by Bob Shaevel on May 21, 2020

News Alert!! Leave Humboldt Park immediately. Chance the Snapper has escaped!

Submitted by Mary Minow on May 21, 2020

And thus men were born and placed upon the earth, running free upon the land

Submitted by jerome pritikin on May 21, 2020

But I'm not Kosher!

Submitted by Kathleen Gadarowski on May 21, 2020

There's nothing like fresh caught.

Submitted by Craigk on May 21, 2020

Who is it? Voice: Flowers. Woman: Flowers for whom? Voice: Plumber, ma'am. Woman: I don't need a plumber. You're that clever shark, aren't you? Voice: [pause] Candygram. Woman: Candygram, my foot! You get out of here before I call the police! You're the shark, and you know it! Voice: Wait. I-I'm only a dolphin, ma'am. Woman: A dolphin? Well...okay.

Submitted by Z. Austin on May 21, 2020

Don't go out skinny-dipping without your mask on.

Submitted by Patrick Feeney on May 21, 2020

Please do not feed the animals. Refunds will not be given to those who violate this order.

Submitted by Fabby Kallas on May 21, 2020

Hey Charlie the Tuna - have a candy bar - you try to eat people when your hungry!

Submitted by Rich Gage on May 21, 2020

Thank god he's got a terrific underbite and the eyesight of a clam!

Submitted by Scott Kumer on May 21, 2020

"If only I had known that in three days' time I would endure the painful ordeal of regurgitating you onto dry land..."

Submitted by Angela Latham on May 22, 2020

No double dipping!!!!

Submitted by Martha Wehrenberg on May 22, 2020

To an epicure, mouthfeel and texture enhance the dish.

Submitted by Betty Goldberg on May 23, 2020

We need a bigger island.

Submitted by Mary Robak on May 23, 2020

Mom, Tommy's trying to grab one of those teeth, THIS BIG for his collection. Mom! MOM???

Submitted by Nikola Cooper on May 23, 2020

"It was this big. I swear the fish I caught was THIS BIG!"

Submitted by Dave Rigney on May 26, 2020

Hey Lennie! Get Honeybun's chew toy! Hurry!

Submitted by Marty Brody on May 27, 2020

U said Go to Nineveh