Satire: The News in Pictures I

Part of: O Caption! My Caption!

Welcome to "O Caption! My Caption!" Blogcritics' examination of news, sports, and politics by utilizing the most efficient and time-saving method: looking at pretty pictures and deducing what happened based on the pixels.

Archaeologists unearthed the pristine remains of an ocean mammal and discovered the man from the Bible story, “Jonah and the Whale,” was really a small girl. The child refused to be removed and is now the centerpiece of a display at Exploration Place in Wichita, Kansas.

The mothers of over 100 infants mysteriously vanished from New York City’s Central Park and were later discovered, naked, at a base camp on Mount Everest’s north side. Davids Blaine and Copperfield are in custody as persons of interest.

A man who was seen stealing fowl from a South Asian market was assaulted by angry local merchants with flour bags filled with live chickens.

Turkish authorities, tired of reckless motorcyclists terrorizing Istanbul’s pedestrians, sentenced one daredevil to death. He and his cycle were catapulted into the air until he came to rest on the northeast spire of the Blue Mosque.

One man’s attempt to climb out of debt was met by a crane that plucked him from the side of the Lloyds Insurance building in central London and plopped him down in the custody of local officials who fined him $1,000.

Participants in a space travel program censor the center man’s attempt to showcase his genitals to the camera. The rogue participant is said to have giggled at the number of hands it took to conceal him entirely.

General Motors’ use of their bailout money to research eco-friendly vehicles is under investigation.

A rare sight was snapped by a photographer who witnessed a person using a cell phone while not driving.

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Diana (nee Gulick) Hartman is the Culture and Tastes Editor for Blogcritics.org. She is a freelance writer, mother of three, and a (Ret.) US Marine spouse. She is a Wichita, Kansas native, having also lived in the California desert, Southern California, and eastern North Carolina. …

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  • 1 - Matthew T. Sussman

    Apr 14, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    I love you, Diana. I also hate you, because I want to steal this shtick.

  • 2 - Joanie

    Apr 14, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    I can't believe that cell phone user was actually using a cell phone to MAKE A PHONE CALL!

  • 3 - Joanne Huspek

    Apr 16, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Are you kidding? As an ex-Blackberry toter, I ONLY use my cell phone to make calls.

    Totally hilarious, Diana.

  • 4 - Art Ravels

    Apr 16, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Great article! Well done

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