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Exploding Dog

One of my favourite ‘check it every few days’ websites is www.explodingdog.com. Alicia introduced it to me about a year ago, and we enjoy it often. We don’t love it as much as Cheez Whiz or roasted M&Ms, but it is something we both appreciate. Alicia and I have similar, très bizarre senses of humour. It’s why I like her so much. She gets me…most of the time.

Anyway, unlike the title, the website has nothing to do with dogs, explosions or dogs that explode. It is the creation of a man called Sam Brown, who invites people to email him with titles* and from that title* he’ll draw a picture. They are always entertaining, and some actually make me laugh out loud. Here are a few of my faves for you to enjoy (including the titles* that inspired them). I adore how random they are.

This is how people get hurt

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I have no pants

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I hate how you’ve changed

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Don’t eat the banana

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And in celebration of the weekend……………………………

Time to put on my dance shoes

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*Edited for content.  Sam Brown draws the titles he receives, not the captions.  Thanks EAP.  What would I do without you publicly correcting my word boo-boos.

December 3, 2006 - 10:25 am

Kris - Roasted M&Ms? Please explain.

December 3, 2006 - 11:25 am

Alicia - I do love those dance shoes.

If only I could get you to adore “The Far Side” with the same enthusiasm that I do.

December 3, 2006 - 5:52 pm

shannen - It’s not that I don’t enjoy the Far Side…It’s that I don’t always ‘get’ the Far Side.

This true confession is quite embarrassing for me.

December 4, 2006 - 10:06 am

Kristin - The Far Side is brilliant.

School for the gifted. Cows that talk. Cave men. Love it.

December 4, 2006 - 1:36 pm

EAP - I checked out explodingdog.com on my lunch break. Not to be pedantic about it – well actually, to be very pedantic about it, most of those aren’t “true” captions. True captions describe what’s in the picture. “Cartoon balloon” captions portray what one or more of the persons in the picture are saying or thinking.

For example: You open your daily newspaper and there’s a picture of some people holding aloft signs supporting the candidate of their choice at the recent Liberal leadership convention. A true caption would be: “Delegates at this weekend’s Liberal Party convention show their support for big fat losers”. (I read the National Post)

A cartoon balloon would be: “Eh Jean-Guy, let’s pick somebody ‘oo ‘asn’t got a chance of winning in Quebec OR da rest of Canada – hee hee hee!” (like I said, I read the National Post)

See the difference? Trust me, I know what I’m talking about. I’ve run a Caption Contest™ for years and I’ve had bags of time to think about this.

I’m not criticizing explodingdog.com, I’m just pointing out a misnomer.

December 4, 2006 - 1:42 pm

EAP - PS: I forgot to mention that the misnomer is Shannen’s, not Sam Brown’s. Mr. Brown refers to them as “titles”

December 4, 2006 - 2:33 pm

shannen - Oops. I will correct my idiotic mistake. It’s no wonder i don’t ‘get’ the Far Side.

December 4, 2006 - 9:09 pm

Alicia - I really like the frilly things on the dance shoes.

December 4, 2006 - 10:42 pm

shannen - I wish I had dance shoes.

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