"I think you've got this one."

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Dok H: I'm not sure whether to call it drive or creepiness, but when Darkaardvark signed off of Skype last night with something about seeing those of us in MN in about a week unless anybody wanted to go tasking the next day, I actually took him up on it.

We took option one, with several photos taken from SF0.

(Insert cleverness here)

Dark : Amazing how praxis can emerge out of a blurry-eyed 2 A.M. comment: "unless anyone wants to task tomorrow." Dok and I arrived at our location, a mall, and began scouting out our victims.

Some encounters:

--Several different kiosk owners, almost none of whom were amenable, surprisingly

--A semi-friend of mine, who probably now thinks that I am insane, but who suggested a good caption.

--Groups of people trapped in line for iPhones who we cornered and presented images to. At least one of these groups gave it a shot, but others simply told us to move along, despite the fact that they were WAITING IN LINE and had nothing better to do.

--We staked out Zumiez and Hot Topic, but everyone who walked in or out blew us off. Friggin' jerks.

--A very bored-looking guy at an Origins store- which apparently deals in cosmetics and beauty products, so no wonder. Dok asked if he was bored, and he responded positively, and proceeded to give us several awesome captions.

--At this point, we realized that bored was the key. We then came upon a very bored group of Verizon employees, who gave it their best shot but could not come up with anything.

--We then went to Jamba Juice. We each, in turn, bought a drink, and then asked the cashier for a suggestion. We got two good ones, and we both tipped.

At this point, we were about to leave, but decided to go out with a bang. We decided to up the ante and go for the authority figures-- two security guards who'd been standing around the Apple store, presumably to deal with the iPhone rush.

"So, who's doing the talking on this one," I asked. "I think this one's yours," replied Dok. I winced. This was already something new for me, but security guards? It was time to bite the bullet and get ready for some rejection.

We walked up, planning on showing them just one image, and getting out of there. "You guys look bored." And they must have been, as they both began suggesting some of the best captions that we got for the Gummy Cannibalism image. Then, something unexpected.

"Do you have any others?" the woman asked. We gladly showed them the other photos, got several more nice suggestions, and parted ways.

So people waiting in line with nothing to do but blow several hundred dollars on an iPhone had little interest in us, but the security guards were some of the most helpful people we encountered. Score one for authority, I guess.


Dok: Anyhow, here's the captions we got.



"Are you sure this is a routine check-up?"
"Looks rough."


"Cannibalistic gummy bears."
"Elmo? Is that you?"
"Is it gummy? Or bears?" (from awesome security guards)
"The Three Little Gummy Bears." (also from security)
"What happened to the third one?" (hat trick from the security guards!)
"Gummy Family Robinson"
"Eat me."
"Japanese Restaurant."



"I like scotch."
(This one produced a lot of "I've got no idea"s)


"Rock paper scissors."
"Whoever wins this gets to push the button"
"Amish Elevator"
"Two Hasidic Jews playing Rock-Paper-Scissors."
"Whatever happened to the bellboy?" (again, thank mall security)
"Going up?"


"Vino-tunamal." (Neither of us knew what this guy was saying.)
"It's like...dueling banjos, from Deliverance" (But with saws?)


Mmm, chicken.