Happy New Year!
I wanted to do a New Year’s Day post, something about letting go of the past with all its B.S., and leaping into the future with all its possibility. One of my favorite people on Twitter wished me a new year filled with revelation & wonder. I love that. I couldn’t ask for anything better. So… I’m passing the wish on to you.
But I’m also remembering that it’s Friday, and you may have come here expecting to caption something. I think it’s fitting to start the new year with a good zebra picture, don’t you?
Here you go, kids. Caption this!
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And now for something completely different… That awesome New Year’s wish came from Marsha Epstein, president of American Nanny Company. As it turns out, she’s a great writer with a fascinating story to tell. And she’s telling it on her new blog. Go read her; she’s good for you. And one more shout out. My friend Rowland Chen writes an awesome business consulting blog, but recently he tried his hand at a short story called “Right in the Kisser.” If you’re in the mood for a fun diversion, check it out.
Wild
“I said TWO for the price of ONE….TWO….not six! ……mutter mutter mutter….”
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU MS j !!!
And a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THOSE YOU LOVE AND WHO LOVE YOU……!!!!!
[cause there's bound to be one or two lurkers who haven't declared their undying affection.....YET.....silly lurkers..... :0) ]
Birds: ” Now let’s all listen real careful: what sound does a zebra make?
Although he sure won’t sound as pretty as we do :D”
Sigh. You give a bird a lift, you end up with choir practice on your rump.
And Happy New Year, Ms.J … but not happy new decade because that doesn’t start until next year.
Zebra: I know they’re talking about me. I hate that. Everyone should just talk Zebra.
Karen, Thank you! Hugs!
Linda, I just had this discussion and was convinced by everyone in the room that the new decade started just past midnight last night. The new decade is like an infant before it gets to be called 1, but it’s still alive. (That made sense sipping wine last night.) ;-)
Bird in the middle: “When I said lets go check out ‘Zebra Sounds’ I meant the BLOG you idiots!”
or
Bird in the middle: “…OK, now put your left foot on a black stripe”
– Twister, The Jungle Version
or
Bird in the middle: “Come on, our ancestors were ptaradactyls, we can take this guy!”
or
Bird in the middle: “Hey, just wanted to wish allll of you hanging around Zebra Sounds a HAPPY NEW YEAR!”
– I love when a picture for Caption This works as a holiday greeting!
Am I the only one who went back to look at the picture after Bobby’s captions and then wondered which bird in the middle? Yeah. I thought so.
Clearly its the bird with the mouth wide OPEN!
“see friends I told you: the strategy behind catching a free ride is pretty black-and-white…
Snort @ Linda…
[but in a cute, ladylike way]
I loved Estrella Azul’s caption!! I really tried to think of a caption this time, but I think 2010 will be like 2009 in that I’ll NEVER be able to think of onw on Fridays. *sigh*
Hope it’s an especially wonder-full and revealatory(spelling?) 2010 for you, Judy…!
Times were hard on the savanna too. But Z had become comfortable with renting out his ass now, in fact he had grown kind of fond of his birdbrained tenants.
{Bird} “You’d think for what he charges for the ride across the river, he could at least let us sit up front.”
Happy New Year, sweetie. May it be your best one yet. *hug*
“Chicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it’s usually something unusual.” —— “We’re all very different people. We’re not Watusi. We’re not Spartans. We’re Americans, with a capital ‘A’, huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world…” —- “C’mon, it’s Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick ‘em up, we zip right out again. We’re not going to Moscow. It’s Czechoslovakia. It’s like going into Wisconsin
— sorry, after seeing the picture above I had a sudden urge to toss out a few quotes from the movie “STRIPES!”
I thought this was the bird “Man” of Alcatraz.
Bobby, you remind me that it’s been entirely too long since I watched stripes!
#1 {Bird in back speaking to the other birds} “And we conclude our ‘alphabetical-tour-of-animals-of -Africa-that-won’t-eat-us’, with everyone’s favorite, the zebra! Please keep your wings in for the remainder of the ride. We hope you join us for another tour soon.”
#2 {All birds singing together – to the tune of Yellow Submarine}
“In the town where I was born,
Lived a bird who liked zebra rides,
And he told us of his life,
In the land of black & white hides,
We all ride a black & white zebra,
a black & white zebra, a black & white zebra,
We all ride a black & white zebra,
a black & white zebra, a black & white zebra
And our friends are all aboard,
Many more of them live next door,
And the band begins to play.”
Bird in back: “Good morning, Tweeps! Welcome to ‘Your Dreams CAN Take Wing: 37 Easy Steps to Scoring 20,000 Followers and a Free Lifetime Subscription to Wired.’ I know it’s a bit unusual, but I wanted to choose a seminar location that inspires us to envision our success. I mean, have you EVER seen a striped ass more toned than this one?”