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BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#1: Aug 14th 2012 at 4:06:44 PM

The picture for City Mouse is just an image of some girl with a goat, with the caption providing all the context (not very well, I must add). Obviously, this needs a better image.

Any suggestions?

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#2: Aug 14th 2012 at 4:42:26 PM

That's painfully mediocre.

BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#3: Aug 14th 2012 at 5:21:33 PM

What's mediocre? My description or the image itself?

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#4: Aug 14th 2012 at 5:28:28 PM

Presumably, the image. And it really is; pretty much all the weight tying it to the trope rests on the caption, which is typically not a good thing.

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#5: Aug 14th 2012 at 5:51:07 PM

Best I could find from the examples is this image from Sex And The City: [1]. "So how does this work?" "What button do I push?"

There's also this one from the same episode: [2] with a caption about her designer overalls? I think these are somewhat better than the current, but unfortunately only slightly.

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BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#6: Aug 14th 2012 at 6:25:27 PM

[up] The first one with the cow could work, with the right caption.

EDIT: Okay, I tried uploading it, but it's too wide. Unfortunately, I lack sufficient editing software... sad

edited 14th Aug '12 6:29:24 PM by BlueGuy

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#7: Aug 14th 2012 at 6:50:08 PM

Yeah, I meant the page pic, sorry for not being more clear. Here's the pic and possible caption options:

"Which button do I push?"
"Which one is the creamer?"
"The cow's black and white...does that mean one's vanilla, one's chocolate, and one's swirl?"

edited 14th Aug '12 6:53:16 PM by Willbyr

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#8: Aug 14th 2012 at 7:05:28 PM

I like the creamer caption best.

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BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#9: Aug 15th 2012 at 2:41:38 PM

[up] I'm fine with the button one, but I'm torn on the creamer one - is it more indicative of her city roots, or could it be taken as an innuendo as the post below this one suggests?

Still not a fan of the swirl one, though.

edited 17th Aug '12 3:36:52 PM by BlueGuy

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#10: Aug 15th 2012 at 2:45:44 PM

I like the button caption. Creamer could as well be a metaphorical joke and swirl is generic ignorance, not "city mouse ignorance".

[down]Better.

edited 15th Aug '12 3:43:46 PM by SeptimusHeap

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#11: Aug 15th 2012 at 3:41:00 PM

[up] I don't get the second part.

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#12: Aug 15th 2012 at 11:55:28 PM

  1. 7 is way better than the current; either of the first two captions are good with me.

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#13: Aug 16th 2012 at 4:20:18 AM

Should we just assume that we'll be using 7 and crowner the caption options?

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#16: Aug 16th 2012 at 4:13:38 PM

My favourite caption is the creamer one.

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BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#17: Aug 17th 2012 at 3:58:39 PM

This may seem a bit too quick (I've had some remarks on that in earlier threads), but it seems that's the button caption is leading, if only by a bit (compared to the creamer - the swirl one is consistently not popular)

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#18: Aug 17th 2012 at 4:22:38 PM

Waaaaay too close right now...one vote difference and a 7:1 to 6:1 ratio.

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#20: Aug 17th 2012 at 6:04:54 PM

It's a little less even now that I've voted.

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BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#21: Aug 17th 2012 at 6:27:09 PM

[up] Yeah, now it's 10:1 for the button caption and 2:1 for the creamer caption.

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#22: Aug 17th 2012 at 8:09:32 PM

And that's the difference a few hours can make. The pic and the button caption are up, potholed, and tagged. Locking up.

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16th Aug '12 3:31:18 PM

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What should the caption for this image be?

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