A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 1)

The skating routine to Stairway to Heaven went over like a lead balloon.

“Hans, look at that girl skate! She seems to be floating over the ice!”

When learning to ride a bicycle, you use training wheels. When learning to skate, you use a zeppelin.

No Londoner alive in 1915 would ever forget the night the Huns dropped a 300 foot tall Ellen Dallerup on Covent Garden.

As an aside, I recognized the image immediately. It appeared in the New Yorker years ago and I’ve never forgotten it. And yes, brevity is (almost always) the key to a good caption, in my opinion.

“And now, please welcome, Miss Hindenberg on Ice!”

The Zeppelin Shoot just got a lot more interesting.

Strangely enough, it doesn’t give her any more lift on her jumps.

“Oh sure, they love you now, but wait till your transportation method becomes obsolete,” muttered Miss Horse-and-Buggy.

Nobody noticed the Bic lighter Tonya Harding’s boyfriend was holding until it was too late.

I laughed! :grinning:

Wow, this was hard - every single answer was a winner! But I’m going to give it to @Elmer_J.Fudd for

Congrats, @Elmer_J.Fudd! You’re up!

Thanks!

Monkey see, Monkey do.

Considering what’s happened in the past week or two, I don’t know if this is especially funny … but it is sadly appropriate.

-“BB”-

And that’s why they convicted that man on the zebra.

Mandrake could use zebra stripes to hypnotize gorillas into thinking they were Billy the Kid.

“These are great! I could have used them when I was on the Empire State Building, to get rid of those pesky aircraft.”

“Me like being sharpshooter, but want to ride zebra next!”

I blame the weekend. The winner is:

Zowie! Let’s go with more comics captioning!