The Police-Emergency (Not) Caption Contest

Happy New Year!

This is our world-famous 285th Caption Contest!

Here’s the pic:

About the pic: On May 1, 2015, around 6:30 p.m., Seattle police and fire crews were called to the Cal Anderson Park to rescue a half-naked man with a hammer hanging upside down by his foot from a basketball hoop. (Source)

You know the drill:

  • Enter the contest by submitting your caption as a comment on this thread (scroll down until you see the “LEAVE A REPLY” box).
  • Body and Soul‘s writers will vote for the winner.
  • Any captions proffered by our writers, no matter how brilliant (ha ha), will not be considered. :(

This contest will be closed at the end of Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

To get the contest going, here’s my caption:

Q: How many police officers does it take to take down a fool hanging from a basketball hoop?

A: Ten, but only in the failed blue-city of Seattle.

For the winner of our last Caption Contest, go here.

~E

Please pray for Brian Heinz

Our brother-in-Christ, Brian Heinz, a longtime member of this blog and its predecessor (FOTM), was diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer. He desperately needs our prayers.

This is what he wrote in a comment:

I could use prayer if anyone can supply found out I have lung cancer Stage 3 C and two lymphomas from it as well doing chemo and radiation together to see if they can stop it. But any prayers would be appreciated thank you in advance.

This is my favorite prayer, a plea to our Lord, Jesus the Christ, for His mercy:

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us. That in difficult moments, we might not despair, nor become despondent, but with great confidence, submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is love and mercy itself.

May Our Lord have mercy on our brother, Brian Heinz, and may He comfort Brian in his time of affliction, surround him with Your light, and heal him of his cancer and restore him to full health. Amen.

Please remember Brian in your daily prayers, and envelope him with your love.

~E

Travesty: Senile Biden gives Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros and Hillary Clinton

This is nothing less than outrageous and a mockery of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal, created to  recognize people who have made an especially meritorious contribution to (1) the security or national interests of the United States, or (2) world peace, or (3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

The New York Post reports, Jan. 4, 2025:

President Biden bestowed woke Democratic megadonor George Soros with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday — outraging critics  who ripped the selection as a “national disgrace.”

Soros, 94, was among the 19 people chosen to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor at the White House, a group that included U2 frontman Bono, actor Denzel Washington and  former senator Hillary Clinton — who also was panned as a recipient.

“George Soros spent millions electing soft-on-crime politicians that let criminals wreak havoc in our major cities,” Montana Senator Tim Sheehy told The Post. “Hillary Clinton abandoned our Navy SEALs in Libya.”

“Joe Biden’s decision to give Hillary Clinton and George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a national disgrace,” the GOPer added….

Biden repeatedly thanked Soros for what he called, “all you’ve done to help this country.” …. Soros, who is worth more than $7 billion, has spent decades financing radical left wing  causes such as Defund the Police,  and groups including Black Lives Matter.

He has shifted tens of billions of dollars of his personal net worth over to his Open Society Foundations, which funds a multitude of progressive projects around the world, has also heavily invested in races to install far-left district attorneys in major American cities, which have seen crime numbers surge.

Soros-backed DAs, including Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg, Chicago’s Kim Foxx, Los Angeles’ George Gascón and Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner, have been ripped for pursuing a Marxist agenda that includes promoting lawlessness in the guise of “criminal justice reform,” over prosecuting criminals….

Former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly said he  could not “think of anyone who has done more to undermine the rule of law in this country than George Soros.”

The Hungarian-born hedge-fund billionaire gave more than $175 million to Democrats during the 2022 midterms, according to Federal Election Commission records.

In 2024, Soros funneled another $60 million for House and Senate Democrats and other left-wing causes through his Democracy PAC, records show.  In 2020, Soros put up more than $200 million to “dismantle systemic racism.”

Soros and his allies have also contributed to a blight in major cities through “harm reduction” drug policies, critics have said. In Gotham, a Soros-funded nonprofit raised eyebrows for handing out free needles, crack pipes and even devices to “cook” heroin….

~E

Amazing: Tiny octopus befriends diver

I would never have thought this possible: A tiny octopus appears to be quite friendly with a diver. The octopus appears to give “Elora Explora” “hi-fives” when she visits and even requests help to move a small log.

According to OctopusLover, octopuses can be friendly towards humans and have been known to show signs of affection and even recognize individual people. Studies have shown that octopuses can form strong bonds with humans, and even show signs of joy when interacting with them.

Watch below:

See more of “Elora Explora’s” underwater adventures here.

DCG

Friday animal funnies!

~E

We have a winner!

WE HAVE A WINNER FOR OUR 284th CAPTION CONTEST!

Our writers dutifully voted for their #1 and #2 captions. Each #1 vote is worth 4 points; each #2 vote us worth 2 points.

And the winner, with one #1 vote and three #2 votes, totaling 10 points, is:

greenworxx!

Here is her caption:

Check the old fool for rabies!

GregB is in 2nd place, with one #1 vote and one #2 vote, totaling 6 points:

Mmm! Tastes like chicken!

Brian, Gracie Storvika, and another GregB caption are in 3rd place, each with one #1 vote and 4 points:

Brian: “The evil in his eyes would make my child cry before we got to him. Praise God we are done with them.”

Gracie Storvika: “If I were the mother of a child where this old fool stuck my child’s fingers in his mouth–I would be duty bound to knee him in the groin as hard as possible! What an old fool, and it is not like he just started this weird behavior after he developed dementia. It sickens me to even see him doing this.”

GregB: “He just wanted some fresh toe jam to put on his toast.”

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

I have an oral fetish. Don’t tell. No one will ever know.

WELL DONE, EVERYONE!

Congratulations, greenworxx!

For all the other caption submissions, go here.

Be here later for our next, very exciting Caption Contest!

~E

Saturday Funnies!

~E

Stingy Seattleites vote for economy-crushing polices; vow to stop tipping working folk

Seattle is a hardcore, progressive blue city. They’ve had a demorat mayor in office since 1969. The consistently vote for progressive, ultra-left council members that once included the socialist Kshama Sawant.

Seattle’s fight to increase the minimum wage dates back to 2014 with the “Fight for $15” movement. Many residents approved of the increase that resulted in Seattle having the highest minimum wage of any major city in the United States.

Fast forward ten years: After four years of “Bidenomics” and several years of crushing Wuhan virus restrictions set by Governor Inslee, Seattleites are now singing a different tune with a new minimum wage of $20.76 per hour.

The result: Many Seattle residents vow to quit tipping restaurant working staff in the new year.

From MyNorthwest:

“As Seattle ushers in the new year, a growing number of residents are pledging to stop tipping much or even altogether. This movement, gaining traction on Reddit, is a direct response to the city’s escalating minimum wage, which will rise to $20.76 an hour in 2025, up from $19.97 in 2024. Reddit Seattle has been buzzing on the topic of tipping. With Seattle now boasting one of the highest minimum wages in the nation, many in Seattle question the necessity of tipping on top of already substantial wages, especially in the context of escalating prices in restaurants and retail

The city’s minimum wage ordinance, which mandates annual increases based on inflation, was supposedly designed to ensure a “living wage” for all workers. But the Seattle minimum wage crusade came with unintended consequences. Consumers complain about ‘tipping fatigue,’ exacerbated by ‘tipflation,’ where suggested gratuities have risen in tandem with wages.

Seattle restaurant operators are panicked ahead of a minimum wage update that will now prevent tips and benefits from being deducted from hourly wages. For some Seattle restaurants, it will add about $45,000 in expenses per month that they don’t have.

When Seattle leaders hastily passed a $15 minimum wage hike, they offered a 10-year ramp-up period for small businesses (those with 500 or fewer employees). Under the current formula, restaurants may pay a $17.25 hourly wage if their employees earn at least $2.72 in tips per hour or in medical benefits. In 2025, this practice ends and the city of Seattle has refused to step in and help already-struggling restaurants.

Without tips, servers who once made $40-$50 an hour during busy shifts could find themselves stuck at Seattle’s flat-rate minimum wage if or when tipping culture changes or ends.”

Read the whole story here.

Rising food and labor costs, combined with Washington State’s Wuhan virus restrictions, have led to many restaurant closures.

I have no doubt that this new mininum wage will result in more restaurant closures. And I also have no doubt that Seattleites will never comprehend this message:

DCG

Christmas Day animal funnies!

A merry and blessed Christmas to all!

~E

Merry Christmas from President Trump

God bless President Trump!

~E

Merry Christmas to All!

A very merry Christmas to all of you! May you have a wonderful day and enjoy many blessings.

Some classic movie scenes that are my favorites. Enjoy!

Wishing everyone a very, merry Christmas!

DCG