Okay SWORDies, Wimbledon's on the telly, the village gala's on and it's getting warm. That can only mean one thing, it's Summer and it's time for another crazy caption comp!
So, what are the Old Prospector and his Donkey thinking or saying?
(Donkey) Any time now ... yeah, any time now I'm going going to wake from this dream and find myself back on Moonbase. Last time I eat cheese before going to bed.
(Old prospector) Yes sir-ree ... If I do say so maself, it's amazing what yer can scratchbuild with just a shovel and a banjo if'n yer puts yer mind to it.
NEWSFLASH: Project S.W.O.R.D. survival courses reputed toughest in world!
Left in the desert by the Prospector, the trainee has to survive with nothing but a shovel, a banjo and a donkey!
Asked how it's done, veteran astronauts say the secret is to eat the donkey. "it's fine as long as you haven't made friends with it beforehand," said one survivor. "And to be honest, it's kinda like a Big Mac."
Old Man: In a hundred years they'll have merged us both together Donkey into a single balloon-wheeled machine and sent us to the moon to look for dirt.
Donkey: which bit am I?
Old Man: you're at the bottom, the ass-end my friend!
Donkey: that must be you on top with your big empty pan waving round as usual. How come your'e uo top?
Old Man: now now Donkey, I'll bet you can't say See- Saw.
(Donkey) heeeee haaaaaw ... Hope he's not going to ask me to carry THAT too!!!!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Dang new fangelled devices. Don't see nothin' wrong with a good old sieve ta look fer gold.
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Dag nabbit if'n we aint a been followin' this here ACME "gold-finder" for neigh on two hours now and still nuthing.
ReplyDeleteOld prospector) Heck, but it's gonna take me hours ta bury this thang with jest a shovel!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Nope. I can't see it either, Donkey. But I'm a cuttin' down on the hootch from now on!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Now I wonder if'n I can trade in ma donkey fer one of these here fancy buggies?
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) I guess yer must be right, Donkey. We sure SEEM to have stumbled inta sum kinda anachronistic citi-ation.
ReplyDelete(Donkey) Any time now ... yeah, any time now I'm going going to wake from this dream and find myself back on Moonbase. Last time I eat cheese before going to bed.
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Donkey, if'n you's a dreamin' this, you stop right now. Ya hear me!
ReplyDeleteHouston, you ARE NOT going to believe what the prospector cameras are picking up on Mars. Seems there might be some kind of life there after all.
ReplyDeleteCan YOU spot the odd one out, Children?
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Heck, Donkey. How should I know why it casts a shadow in a different direction from us?
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) OK, OK, Donkey. So you COULD see sumthin' begining with "P". No one loves a smart alec ....
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) I sure hopes this thang is gonna turn off soon so we can get past. Dang Sunday drivers.
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Well, lookee here! Must be wunna them there gov-ee-ment inspectors ...
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Think maybe we can hitch a ride, Donkey?
ReplyDeleteNEWSFLASH: Project Time Scoop successful! Animate matter retrieved from 19th Century!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Yes sir-ree ... If I do say so maself, it's amazing what yer can scratchbuild with just a shovel and a banjo if'n yer puts yer mind to it.
ReplyDelete(New Prospector) ERROR. COMPUTATIONAL ANOMALY. THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY BE BEHIND ME. THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT BEHIND ME. RESET + REBOOT IMPERATIVE.
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Nice and slow now, donkey. Don't wanna startle it. Jest a few more paces then I hits it with ma frying pan!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) When I says "Woah" I means "Woah" ya dang machine.
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) yep, guess'n yer right, Donkey. It must be another o them craaaazy ideas of Artemus Gordon!
ReplyDeleteNEWSFLASH: pictorial reference found for nineteenth century Tom-Tom.
ReplyDelete(turn left at the next cactus)
(Old prospector) Don't you worry, Donkey. There's four wheels on ma wagon ... and a mile up the road there's a hidden cave ...
ReplyDeleteNEWSFLASH: Project S.W.O.R.D. survival courses reputed toughest in world!
ReplyDeleteLeft in the desert by the Prospector, the trainee has to survive with nothing but a shovel, a banjo and a donkey!
Asked how it's done, veteran astronauts say the secret is to eat the donkey. "it's fine as long as you haven't made friends with it beforehand," said one survivor. "And to be honest, it's kinda like a Big Mac."
(Old prospector) Nope, Donkey. That there dish is silver, not gold.
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Nope, I reckon we AINT in Kansas no more, Donkey!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Aliens, yer say, Donkey? Yer means ... (lowers voice) it's from Chi-car-gi?
ReplyDeleteNEWSFLASH: Victorian society shocked at latest find in desert by renowned archaeologist ....
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Ya know, Donkey, ah don't think we've brought the right tools for THIS repair job ...
ReplyDeleteNEWSFLASH: Project S.W.OR.D. navigation calculations contain SLIGHT error!
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Remind me, Donkey ... is this an encounter of the third or fourth kind?
ReplyDelete(not mine ... is by Shaqui ...)
ReplyDelete(Old prospector) Yep, a sad lesson, Donkey. This is what happens when yer design a gold-panner by committee!
(Old prospector) When ah said, "what ass designed this?" ah never meant no offence, Donkey ...
ReplyDeleteNEWSFLASH: Project S.W.O.R.D. recruitment posters revealed for first time ...
ReplyDeleteOld Man: In a hundred years they'll have merged us both together Donkey into a single balloon-wheeled machine and sent us to the moon to look for dirt.
ReplyDeleteDonkey: which bit am I?
Old Man: you're at the bottom, the ass-end my friend!
Donkey: that must be you on top with your big empty pan waving round as usual. How come your'e uo top?
Old Man: now now Donkey, I'll bet you can't say See- Saw.
Donkey: Ee-aw.
Old Man: that's why you're on't bottom!