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The ‘new Lord of the Flies’ Caption Contest

Posted on June 16, 2021 by | 13 comments

This is our 244th world-famous Caption Contest!

Here’s the GIF:

About the GIF: On June 9, 2021, Joe Biden swatted a cicada off his neck after the insect landed on him at Joint Base Andrews, before he took off on his first overseas trip to the UK to attend the G7.

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 in two weeks, at the end of Tuesday, June 29, 2021.

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

Joe Biden officially succeeds Obama and Hillary Clinton as the new Lord of the Flies, aka Beelzebub, one of the seven princes of Hell.

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

~E

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Would you eat “sustainable” Cicadas?

Posted on May 16, 2021 by | 7 comments

Wired came out recently with an article entitled, “The Cicadas Are Coming. Let’s Eat Them!”

Never heard of a Cicada? Here’s what this insect looks like:

And YES, they can be that BIG. Trust me, I’ve seen ’em in Oklahoma. And I’ve heard them. This is what Cicadas sound like when they emerge from the ground to terrorize us for a few weeks in the summer:

From the Wire article: “They’re like crickets with musical-theater degrees—dramatic, loud, committed to a splashy outfit change. And while some people will delight in their natural spectacle, others will just want to be rid of them. There is, however, another reaction: Grab a fork and knife.“

You want to “dig in” to this?

The Wired article claims that Cicadas are “a source of free-range, no-cost, eco-friendly protein.”

Well, that may be true but there’s NO WAY I’m eating these creatures. My cats have captured and released Cicadas. Even the feline predators wont eat ’em! 

If my cats are smart enough to not eat these creatures, there’s no way I’m eating them!

DCG

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