Comments on: Caption Monkey 48: Wild West HUMMER

By: Randommeep

Randommeep — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:39:43 +0000

At least they can’t have a blow out or a flat

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:17:23 +0000

Off-roading in Amish country.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:16:56 +0000

They were decreasing their carbon footprint.

By: Don Newbury

Don Newbury — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:42:53 +0000

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

By: tripleX

tripleX — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:19:46 +0000

Finally! The new Bummer H3!

By: tripleX

tripleX — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:03:35 +0000

It’s time for the SUV Paralympics again.

By: tripleX

tripleX — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:51:07 +0000

Like drifting? Our driftwood wheels are made to drift!

By: tripleX

tripleX — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:44:34 +0000

Miss Daisy would like a pillow today.

By: collin douma

collin douma — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:36:56 +0000

Steam my ride.

By: Mark L.

Mark L. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:54:17 +0000

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

By: jp

jp — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:10:14 +0000

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

By: Sam R.

Sam R. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:50:07 +0000

Amish Hip-Hop is gaining popularity.

By: Banker Boy

Banker Boy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:18:58 +0000

Wells Fargo transports cash to the West (circa 2008)

By: jp

jp — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:55:57 +0000

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

By: CreamTrumpet

CreamTrumpet — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:27:23 +0000

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

By: missfidget.com

missfidget.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:02:12 +0000

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.

By: v.dog

v.dog — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:27:46 +0000

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.

By: gnaddrig

gnaddrig — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:45:58 +0000

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

By: SirBobos

SirBobos — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:58:55 +0000

Evolution of the Amish

By: Clair

Clair — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:09:48 +0000

Oregon Trail 2.0 – you can still die of dysentery!

By: hoodafa-kizit

hoodafa-kizit — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:59:31 +0000

From the new hit series: “Amish CSI”

By: Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:51:16 +0000

Gone feeding 325 horses…

By: Chunkie

Chunkie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:35:14 +0000

Amish pride.

By: Chunkie

Chunkie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:28:36 +0000

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

By: TZ

TZ — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:03:00 +0000

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

By: qbande

qbande — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:39:46 +0000

yo, where da wagon train at, beeotch?

By: Gtmac

Gtmac — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:28:05 +0000

Manifest Destiny 2008: Westward ho! …at 16MPG

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:59:10 +0000

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.

By: missfidget.com

missfidget.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:52:07 +0000

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.

By: Reverend Mike

Reverend Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:36:57 +0000

GAH!

Make that 1822s…

Bloody finger…

By: Reverend Mike

Reverend Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:35:05 +0000

Rollin’ on 1922s

By: capidol

capidol — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:54:40 +0000

a hummer made of wood is truly adding insult to injury

By: Troy Lee Wells

Troy Lee Wells — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:27:22 +0000

It’s hard out there for an Amish pimp!

By: stapler

stapler — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:11:14 +0000

“And in the future, we don’t need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.”

By: renderanything

renderanything — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:05:00 +0000

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.

By: krango

krango — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:50:13 +0000

Amish my ride.

By: veggiedude

veggiedude — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:38:21 +0000

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

By: norm

norm — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:23:49 +0000

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

By: popezilla

popezilla — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:17:15 +0000

I can haz dysentery?

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

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:10:46 +0000

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

By: Mark Wrede

Mark Wrede — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:03:26 +0000

Injun trouble!

By: Adam in Denver

Adam in Denver — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:49:22 +0000

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.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:30:05 +0000

::Sigh

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

By: lallaloolly

lallaloolly — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:27:02 +0000

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

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:24:07 +0000

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

By: Scotchdrnkr

Scotchdrnkr — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:11:33 +0000

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

By: Scotchdrnkr

Scotchdrnkr — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:10:30 +0000

What a Waste of 4 perfectly good wagon wheels.

By: CrypticJ

CrypticJ — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:51:29 +0000

“Forget 22′s, I’m rollin on 2×4′s.”

By: renderanything

renderanything — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:49:20 +0000

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.

By: mikey

mikey — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:45:35 +0000

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