Caption Monkey 48: Wild West HUMMER

Posted by Alex in Caption Monkey, Car & Vehicle, Pictures on October 23, 2008 at 8:03 am


Hooray! (Or perhaps better: Yeehaw!) Neatorama and Hobotopia’s Caption Monkey game is here! You can win an original Laugh-Out-Loud Cat Comic by Adam "Ape Lad" Koford for the funniest caption, but first, the story.

Behold artist Matthew Harrison’s project "Hummer" at the fifth Zoo Art Fair in London, featuring a HUMMER H3 SUV sportin’ wagon wheels! (Source)

Now on to the game: place your caption in the comment section. One caption per comment, please. You can enter as many funny ones as you can think of.

For inspiration, check out Adam’s blog. Good luck!

Update 10/24/08 – Adam has picked the winner: Congratulations to Reverend Mike who won with this caption: “Rollin’ on 1822s”


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72 comments to "Caption Monkey 48: Wild West HUMMER"

  1. kevin
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 am

    The Amish trade up!

  2. Joe
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:41 am

    Even if it was pulled by horses it would still get worse gas mileage than a Toyota!

  3. BOLL
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 am

    Rawr, I am retro!

  4. azlynch
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 am

    Matthew knew he and his Dubs were kicking it Old School. No one could take away from him, no one.

  5. jochen
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Detroit. Finally prospective buyers can get their Hummer with wheels that fit their anachronistic world view.

  6. skellingtongeoff
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:54 am

    This is a production still of the remake of Ben Hur 2008!

  7. Em
    October 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am

    "Hummer with wagon wheels"? What's _that_ a euphamism for?!

  8. Em
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am

    ...Hummer has broken an axel. Lose 5 Days. Press space bar to continue.

  9. Randy
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 am

    Bi-polar Bill

  10. exitmanblog
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 am

    If you like it, you should see the wooden benches inside.

  11. Ch1ll3v
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 am

    @Joe Hummer H3 gets the exact same gas milage as a Toyota FJ Cruiser.

  12. The Spectre
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 am

    As if! Oversized wheels are sooo two centuries ago!

    (Em's Oregon Trail reference totally killed me!)

  13. TV Oldies
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Wow! Look at that licence plate!

  14. Sniperman
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Will smith can not come to terms that wild wild west was a flop.

  15. Tim Giachetti
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:55 am

    "Me and my bro Hamish,
    We rollin like the Amish,
    Kickin it like the good life,
    You should see my Good Wife,
    Never living in strife,
    Livin it Amish...
    Life!"

  16. Lebat
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am

    At least you wont need to worry about flat tires.

  17. sleeper
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:14 am

    maybe a new TV show..."Pimpeth My Chariot"

  18. el cabal
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 am

    These Little House on the Prairie sequels have gone on too long.

  19. jani
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Hello, and welcome to my Amish Crib. First let's check out my rides. First up we have my Hum, that's rocking my brand new 36 inch rims. No amish motherlover has those except me, Father Holypimpin'.

  20. Madoc
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:35 am

    If you think this is retro, wait til you check out the horsepower under the hood.

  21. burninglily
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am

    taking a page from the history books...now the rich attempt to get back to their roots.

  22. MichaelBury
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am

    John McCain's H2.

  23. mikey
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Grand Theft Auto: the Oregon Trail Edition got off to a shaky start

  24. renderanything
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am

    Tom had scoffed seven years ago when a magazine editor suggested that one day rims would re/de-evolve to 40 inch wagon wheels. His friends had now gone a little too far to rub it in his face.

  25. CrypticJ
    October 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 am

    "Forget 22's, I'm rollin on 2x4's."

  26. Scotchdrnkr
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    What a Waste of 4 perfectly good wagon wheels.

  27. Scotchdrnkr
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    The new economy model of NO FLAT tires brought to you by Firestone.

  28. Ali S.
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    This years "Pimp My Carriage" may have gone a bit too far.

  29. lallaloolly
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    And you thought I was impractical BEFORE, baby!!!

  30. SenorMysterioso
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    ::Sigh

    First my family dies of dysentery and now Ive broken an axle, perfect.

  31. Adam in Denver
    October 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    GM's merger with Home Depot results in the release of the 2009 Hummer H2x4.

    UAW leaders express concern over GM's new "You can do it. We can help." ad slogan.

  32. Mark Wrede
    October 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Injun trouble!

  33. Sid Morrison
    October 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    "Having sold his tires to pay for gas, Vern Wheelwright was forced to relearn the family trade."

  34. popezilla
    October 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    I can haz dysentery?

    Get outta my grill or I'll pop a cap in you like them buffalo that came steppin.

  35. norm
    October 23rd, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    "Sadly, GM's bold new design wasn't going to reverse the rapid decline of it's stock share values anytime soon."

  36. veggiedude
    October 23rd, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Local cub scout Timmy Swanson broke out in tears when discovering his soapbox derby car was disqualified for being over the official weight limit.

  37. krango
    October 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Amish my ride.

  38. renderanything
    October 23rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    After much tedious custom woodwork, the Lancaster Urban Splinter Education Reconnaissance (LUSER) team had just finished unhitching their latest educational display. The general consensus was that this year's centerpiece model would be a hit, and not just with the elementary school crowd.

  39. stapler
    October 23rd, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    "And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles."

  40. Troy Lee Wells
    October 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    It's hard out there for an Amish pimp!

  41. capidol
    October 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    a hummer made of wood is truly adding insult to injury

  42. Reverend Mike
    October 23rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Rollin' on 1922s

  43. Reverend Mike
    October 23rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    GAH!

    Make that 1822s...

    Bloody finger...

  44. missfidget.com
    October 23rd, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    While visiting 1882 bad roads forced Lex Luther to replace the wheels of his time machine with wooden ones. Luther, shown above, snaps a shot of his new bride, Laura (nee Wilder) behind the wheel in 2008.

  45. Sid Morrison
    October 23rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    OK, I posted my caption. That done, it's time to rag on the basic "art" at work here.

    "Harrison has combined the legendary off-road vehicle with ‘Wild West’ wooden wheels to create a sculpture that is a mixture of art, engineering and motoring. For Harrison, the crux of the ‘Hummer’ is formed by both its ‘being’ and its afterlife."

    Come on... the guy took a real off-the-lot production car and merely got a machine shop to make some hub adapters so that real wagon wheels (Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Amish-Handcrafted-Authentic-Decorative-Hickory/d p/B0016AJ40A/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1224795475&sr=8-1 7) would temporarily bolt on the hubs for the show. That is a "sculpture" worthy of exhibit to the masses as serious art? It's a bit funny, I will admit, but in a farmshow (www.farmshow.com) kind of way. Actually, no, it's nt even up to their standards. Calling oneself a "sculptor" for such a project really stretched credulity a bit.

    In 500 years will our descendants be able to see this alongside "the Elgin Marbles" in the British Museum? Ummmmm... maybe not.

    Straight talk from Sid.

  46. Gtmac
    October 23rd, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    Manifest Destiny 2008: Westward ho! ...at 16MPG

  47. qbande
    October 23rd, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    yo, where da wagon train at, beeotch?

  48. TZ
    October 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    Next, I'll have to figure some way of fitting a steam engine under the hood. After that, candle taillights.

  49. Chunkie
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    its th wildist thang in th' wilderness!!! (only funny if you've been to disneyland)

  50. Chunkie
    October 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    Amish pride.

  51. Christophe
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    Gone feeding 325 horses...

  52. hoodafa-kizit
    October 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    From the new hit series: "Amish CSI"

  53. Clair
    October 24th, 2008 at 1:09 am

    Oregon Trail 2.0 - you can still die of dysentery!

  54. SirBobos
    October 24th, 2008 at 2:58 am

    Evolution of the Amish

  55. gnaddrig
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:45 am

    Only after his return from 17th century England did Harrison realize that the new "localization" feature of his time machine required some more work.

  56. v.dog
    October 24th, 2008 at 5:27 am

    Having not learned the lessons of Aliens and Indiana Jones, the fourth Back To The Future movie was also a disaster at the box office.

  57. missfidget.com
    October 24th, 2008 at 9:02 am

    While visiting 1882 bad roads forced Lex Luther to replace the wheels of his time machine with wooden ones. Luther, shown above, snaps a shot of his new bride, Laura (nee Ingalls) behind the wheel of the time machine in 2008.

  58. CreamTrumpet
    October 24th, 2008 at 9:27 am

    So, this is what you meant when you said you'd bought a new Passion Wagon?

  59. jp
    October 24th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Oh gee! Thank you for the car, John, it's a real maverickmobile!

  60. Banker Boy
    October 24th, 2008 at 11:18 am

    Wells Fargo transports cash to the West (circa 2008)

  61. Sam R.
    October 24th, 2008 at 11:50 am

    Amish Hip-Hop is gaining popularity.

  62. jp
    October 24th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    For the wild and wooly campaign trail, Sara and John chose the MaverickMobile.

  63. Mark L.
    October 24th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Not to be outdone, the Amish get a late start in despoiling the Earth.

  64. collin douma
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Steam my ride.

  65. tripleX
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Miss Daisy would like a pillow today.

  66. tripleX
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    Like drifting? Our driftwood wheels are made to drift!

  67. tripleX
    October 24th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    It's time for the SUV Paralympics again.

  68. tripleX
    October 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Finally! The new Bummer H3!

  69. Don Newbury
    October 24th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    That's the last time I try to bounce a check at that body shop!

  70. Jason
    October 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    They were decreasing their carbon footprint.

  71. Jason
    October 28th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Off-roading in Amish country.

  72. Randommeep
    October 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    At least they can't have a blow out or a flat :D


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