{"id":195,"date":"2009-04-27T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/04\/caption-contest-the-inspirational-kitten.html"},"modified":"2009-04-27T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T08:48:00","slug":"caption-contest-the-inspirational-kitten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/04\/caption-contest-the-inspirational-kitten.html","title":{"rendered":"Caption Contest: The Inspirational Kitten"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was making fun<\/span> <\/span>of inspirational Twitter posts<\/a> earlier today and @shueytexas<\/a> reminded me of the clich\u00e9d “Hang in There” virtues of the kitten-in-a-tree poster. Which I may or may not have hung in my room as an 11 year-old.<\/p>\n

So I thought of a contest. Below is a picture of a cute kitten hanging from a tree. Your job is to come up with the best caption for this poster. The only rules: It must be anti-inspirational. So if you put this photo and your caption together, what you’d end up with is the least inspirational poster ever.<\/p>\n

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To kick things off, here are a few of my suggestions.<\/p>\n

Caption #1: <\/span>
Hang on as long as you like, but understand the boiling lava will eventually incinerate the tree.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caption #2:<\/span>
This kitten may be cute, but unfortunately it slipped right after this photo was taken and broke its leg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caption #3:<\/span>
Bereft of companionship, this cat began hugging trees. Environmentalists are like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

————-<\/p>\n

Now it’s your turn. The caption contest ends at 9 am tomorrow, at which time I’ll pick my favorite and send the winner a free, signed copy of Pocket Guide to the Bible<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Ready? Go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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