Dear Big Brain,
We took these photos today for some local promotion.
So good are they (Rian took ‘em) that we’ve decided to create art with them.
I invite you to write captions for these photos. Use your big brain to come up with something funny, profound, or otherwise ingenious. Write your captions with the photo numbers and post them here on the comments section.
First thing on Monday morning (11AM) I’ll choose a winner. But remember, Big Brain, no profanities or ad hominem slurs. (If you are the type to slur, just remember that I’ve been called worse names by better people than you.)
The prize:
- One month’s free subscription to ChinesePod Premium. (We can extend if you already have a subscription.)
- One ChinesePod t-shirt with the photo, plus your caption on it
Now get to work. (Mike in Jubei is going to have a field day with this!)
Update:
Due to the avalanche of (almost 30) comments, we’ve decided to extend the competition for a little while and generate even more poetry. Don’t stop.
Ken Carroll
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OK. OK. As soon as I posted, Matt Park had a question: “Who in his right mind would possibly want a picture of you on his t-shirt?” (It’s started already, and so close to home, too.)
Well, Matt, we shall see.
Let’s put it this way, if you don’t want the picture let us know. I have to warn you, however, that I am the self-apponted judge in this competition.
Ken Carroll
And I was just about to say, great pictures Rian — except for how you kept forgetting to tell Ken to get out of the frame.
photo 1 : “Was it something I mis-toned??, We were getting on so well”
photo 2 : “Me mistaken for James T Kirk, understandable, but you Sulu? That is just CRAZY”
opps sorry the second caption above was for photo 4.
Also
Photo 5: “Getting locked in a cage with a beautiful Chinese girl? mei ban fa!”
29 K&J Looking Upward (You do need to Photoshop it brighter though)
“Get There. Chinesepod on Your Terms”
“When it’s time to make a difference. Chinesepod.com”
“Do Able. Chinese at Chinesepod.”
“Achieve Chinese. Chinesepod.com”
16 K&J Looking At You
“Got Chinese? We can help. Chinesepod.com”
“Yah YOU, HELLO. Ni HAO. Say more with Chinesepod.com”
30 J exiting stage right
“Wish you knew how to say hello in Chinese? Chinesepod can help.”
“Hello? Excuse me! Chinesepod.com”
“Lost the magic? Find it at Chinesepod.com”
18 K&J in jail
“有空吗？We’re here. Chinesepod.com”
“Time on your hands? We’re here. Chinesepod.com”
“Don’t waste time stuck in jail, get out with Chinesepod.com”
“Inspiration. Find yours at Chinesepod.com”
I haven’t had anything to drink yet so this is a dry run. We can post multiple entries?
Photo 3
on the front
How do I say ” Kiss Me I’m Irish” in Chinese
back
“親我 我是愛爾蘭國 人”
Mike in Jubei
I’ve been inspired by Chris and must contribute my caption for the first photo: “Wow, what tone was that Jenny?” (she’s going to smack me tomorrow… haha) If you want to see the whole photo session from today I’m posting them all on my flickr site in the ChinesePod set. http://www.flickr.com/photos/photorian.
Photo 5: Jenny’s thinking: “I’m drying again.. he always gets to wash.”
Photo 3: Ken’s thinking: “I need a good excuse why I forgot my wallet.”
Jail photo: “Honestly, I didn’t know he was an undercover tone cop!”
Photo 1-(Inspired by Newbie #100 and #33）
Ken: “Hey Jenny, about the whole paying for your travel expenses thing…”
Jenny: “That’s it, 我要走, and I mean it BOTH ways.”
Photo 5-(Inspired by Video HotPot)
Ken: “Stupid Tone Police…”
Jenny: “With a face like this how can I be guilty?”
Photo 2-(Inspired by Elementary #33)
Ken: “Do I look good in this?”
Jenny: “我们真的好看”
Photo 3-(Inspired by Intermediate #22)
Jenny: “So Ken, 你觉得这房子怎么样?”
Ken: “I don’t think ‘还可以’ suffices”
[For my caption for Photo 1 Jenny can also say 我走了, whichever is funnier]
Ken and Jenny 29: The second tone goes up, right?
K&J 30:
Another opportunity to 练习中文 wasted. He should have gone to ChinesePod.com
K&J 29:
“Things are getting tough, Jenny.”
“They are, Ken. It’s time for ChinesePod.com to come to the rescue!”
K&J 21:
Tragedy. The things that happen when you don’t go to ChinesePod.com
30 J exiting stage right
Tones got you down. Walk this way. 我们一起走 Chinesepod.com
Walk this way. 我们一起走 Chinesepod.com
喂，喂。。。Walk this ‘wei’. 我们一起走 Chinesepod.com
(People will ask about the ‘wei’ hanzi, it goes so beyond ‘ni hao’. Look smart without even trying!)
18 K&J in jail
You think you got problems? Toned out and tone deaf. Chinesepod is there for you. 我们好好照顾你。
Feeling stuck? Help from Chinesepod. 中文播课 能帮助你
I think photos 31, 41, 28-2, 25, 24, 22, 19, 4 (w/o Ken jk), and Jenny (!) are also good, if not better, are they in consideration?
Lantian, it’s just these 5 for this particular contest I think. Glad you like the other though too.
You sure are up early, did the honking cars wake you up like they did me? Hey Ken, he’s up early, he’s providing customer service, give him that bonus!
Caption for any of the photos:
Ken: Right, I’m Colin Farrell, you’re Gong Li…
Jenny: 哎呀，三叶草人！！ And my English is so much better than hers…..
Photo 1: Was it something I intoned? or ( that’s your fourth 3rd tone- I’m outta here!)
Photo 2: Ken and Jenny scope the neighborhood bamboo poles to find the brightest shirts to wear!
Photo 3: Beauty and the boss
Photo 4: We have ways of making you talk…Chinese
Photo 5: Jenny: The bars are only in your mind Ken, reach for a higher level
Photo #5
Jenny thinking “Xianzai, Ken hen pang le !”. How’s he going to fit between those bars, especially after that big hotpot lunch ?
Another catch-phrase for Photo #5:
“Chinespod fattens your vocabulary, not your waistline. Squeeze through those bars with ease ! Mandarin on your terms !”
First photo:
C’mon, it only takes ten minutes!
Second photo:
Chinese for the real world
Both third and fourth (with slightly different connotations?):
We know what you want.
Fifth photo:
We’re listening to you
Photo 1: Jenny: “I’ll get me coat!”
Photo 2: It’s Ken and Jenny from the blog.
Photo 4-(Inspired by Advanced #22)
Ken: “Listening to other podcasts? 你怎么回事阿?”
Jenny: “你真丢脸.”
ChinesePod.com
Inspired by Paul’s,
18 K&J in jail
It’s free, feels good, and doesn’t put you in jail (front of shirt)
Chinesepod.com (back of shirt)
No tone police here! (fine print)
Photo 4: The ol’ sod and the bod from Chinese Pod!
Ed,
I think you may be, er, winning so far. Poetry is poetry.
Ken
photo 4
Puppy dogs and CPod. Spread the love.
Thanks Ken, Hope I win before my trial subscription runs out!
I am Shakespeare in love with ChinesePod.com!
Ed
Ken
My offerings
Photo 1
看 ! Another Potential CPoddie!
走把! 走把!
Photo 2
CSI- Shanghai
中文发言者革新者- 上海
Photo 3
How do I say ” Kiss Me I’m Irish” in Chinese
“親我 我是愛爾蘭國 人”
or
Lexical Chunk?
I thought that was an invite for a tasty lunch!
Photo 4
Bazza!
We said beam us 上 not 下
Photo 5
Shanghai Reality
漂亮景色的但沒有房間
很棒的房間但沒有漂亮的景色
Chinesepod: coy smiles and arch looks … on your terms
My contribution …
PS. My entry (above) is hereby excluded from from contest consideration, since I didn’t exactly play by the rules. Just havin’ fun.
Okay … here’s an actual “caption” for PHOTO #2.
JENNY: “Ken … Here’s that restaurant I was telling you about. You must try the Sweet-n-Sour ‘Gou’. ‘Gou’ means … er … um …. ugh … (wry smile) chicken!”
Oh Da-Wei, that’s the funniest thing I’ve see all week, and that Lotus line! ROFLMTO
OK…here is my “poetry”:
Photo #1 : “Chinese got you stumped ? Don’t be a chump, follow Jenny. Chinesepod.com.
Photo #1 : “Don’t get left behind ! Learn Mandarin in no time !” Chinesepod.com.
Photo #2: “Lost on the street ? Learn Chinese in a week !” Chinesepod.com.
Photo #2: “No sense of direction ? Learn Chinese to perfection !” Chinesepod.com.
Photo #2: “Wandering the street ? We can help you speak ! ” Chinesepod.com.
Photo #3: “A team of two ! Mandarin learning for you !” Chinesepod.com.
Photo #4: “Back against the wall ? Give us a call !” Chinesepod.com.
Photo #5: “Turn that “jail Mandarin” into “no-fail Mandarin” ! Chinesepod.com.
Photo 4:
They are larger than life yet fit in your pocket, together they are chinesepod.com
Tired of the simple nod, we’ll train your gob @ chinesepod.com
A caption looking for a photo:
Add MSG flavour to your day – Mandarin So Good @ Chinesepod.com
Photo 1:
Bound along the Bund with fluent ease with ChinesePod.com
Ken and Jenny 18
Ken and Jen in the Pen
or
Ken: “Compared to the studio this is quite spacious.”
Ken and Jenny 30
Don’t get left behind: Mandarin on your terms at ChinesePod.com
Ken and Jenny 29
Teachers to look up to
Da-Wei
That was great. For your next effort you can start putting words in their mouths too.
Mike in Jubei
Photo 1: Ken, it looks like I have to design an elementary course called “Stalking is illegal in China!“
Photo 2: She’s mad! She didn’t like my 黄段子！
Photo 3: I can’t believe that 老外 is wearing a green hat! What is Ken looking at?
Photo 4: Rian to Jenny and Ken: Didn’t I tell you to say 茄子？
Photo 5: Yeah, right Ken, like I am going to participate in a promotional Chinesepod Elimidate contest with our single and red-blooded male listeners.
I think the 1% has spoken. Either that or the Big Brain has writer’s block.
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