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. . . for our 244th Caption Contest!

Our writers have voted for their respective #1 (best) and #2 (next best) captions. Each #1 vote is worth 4 points; each #2 vote is worth 2 points.

And the winner of our 244th Caption Contest, with two #1 votes and two #2 votes, totaling 12 points is . . .

Truckjunkie!

Here is the winning caption:

Giant Cicada Wipes Huge Turd off its Butt.

Captain America and vett are in second place, each with one #1 vote and one #2 vote, totaling 6 points each. Here are their captions:

Captain America: “All insects are drawn to their demon lords.”

vett: “Damn Cootie Bugs!”

CalGirl and GregB are in third place, each with one #1 vote and 4 points:

CalGirl: “First verifiably cogent thing I’ve done since the beginning of the basement “campaign. ” At least I stood up to and swatted off a pest. Don’t know that I can do the same with Russia.”

GregB: “Cicadas live in trees, not Joe’s head. Only Trump lives in Biden’s head.”

Hildegard is in 4th place, with one #2 vote and 2 points:

Ahhh, the reek of a brainless walking corpse…irresistible…and worth waiting 17 years for, chirped the cicada nymph afterward in a prime-time interview (it went viral).