Caption contest!; Update: Poll added!
posted at 12:36 pm on July 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
I just can’t resist on this photograph. Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev meet for the first time in Moscow, and Obama offers his unclenched hand. The look on Medvedev’s face says … well, that’s what you need to tell us! Put your caption ideas in the comments section, and later this evening I’ll add a poll with either the most recurring captions or my favorites.
Update: Here’s the poll, as promised. I had to finally just stop adding entries; there’s a lot of brilliance in the comments section, though, so read through them all. This is at least a representative list. Enjoy!
Also, I failed to link back to Drudge Report, where I got this photo; thanks for the reminders in the comments section, and my apologies to Matt Drudge for the oversight.
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“Dmitri, turn toward me that I might look into your eyes and see your soul.”
The Principal Chair on July 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM
“He shake like lit tull woo man”
wowrob on July 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Yea whatever!
Eyvonne on July 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Medved…
“and this is how I roll…”
Romeo13 on July 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM
I’m sorry, the ladies room toilets were not super-sized in time.
/ ducking
faraway on July 7, 2009 at 1:24 PM
“Except for Georgia, it is peace for our time!”
CultureWar on July 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
“yeah, whatever….”
VicThrust on July 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Here’s fifty. There’s more where that came from if ya make me look good.
rightwingav8r on July 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
“Why is his hand wet?”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM
“I feel a strange sensation in my leg.”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Medvedev (to himself): “OK, keep a straight face, don’t laugh…. Don’t look at him, you won’t be able to hold back the laughter…. You can do this, just don’t look at him, don’t look at him.”
Vashta.Nerada on July 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Med: “I wonder which Georgia he just authorized us to invade?”
faraway on July 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Medvedev: “Already sick of his Boresht”!
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM
“I see…rainbows and unicorns!”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Vashta.Nerada on July 7, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Like it!!! Real young youngsters on here may not know the origins–but you get my vote so far.
jeanie on July 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Heh. “I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.”
“You stay classy, Russia. I’m Barack Obama?” /damnyouTOTUS
Abby Adams on July 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM
“We’re gonna have someone look into that for you. No one should be without proper healthcare!”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Medvedev: “Limp handshake.. Hand on my back…. CLINCH THE BUTT!! CLINCH THE BUTT!!”
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM
President Medvedev: “Useful Idiot!”
wraithby on July 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Medvedev thinking: If I squeeze just a little harder I can bring this fool to his knees and make him cry like a girl.
Barb Dwyer on July 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM
“Take a seat, Chump!” – Medvedev
omnipotent on July 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM
O: By putting my hand on your shoulder it makes people think I am in charte and have the upper hand.
M: BITE ME FAN BOY!
400lb Gorilla on July 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Even better! A Ron Jeremy reference!
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Ocommie: “Dmitry, Dmitry, please look at me. I am standing on your right, but I am really on your left.”
Medvedev: “I am not nearly as blind as the Americans who voted for this tool.”
maryo on July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Obama: “Know where I can find a good burger around here?”
cannonball on July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Obama: “you got purty lipps there boy!”
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Disturb the Universe on July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Obama: “Okay, Med, now bend over so I can follow the Russian protocol Hillary explained to me before I left.”
Daggett on July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
“Talk to da hand….”
BobMbx on July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
“And this one time, Michelle said she wanted to try something new…”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Medvedev: “Sucker”
califdreamnred on July 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
winner……..
Janos Hunyadi on July 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Obama, not realizing he was actually at Czarland’s Hall of Presidents, reached out to thank the Medvedev Animatronic for welcoming him.
sarainitaly on July 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
0bama: I won.
Medy: I can not be defeated. I beat all man. Someday, I will beat a real champion. If he dies, he dies. /Drago
Brat on July 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
“Talkie Talkie. By now Saakashvili is well on his way to the gulag…”
ROCnPhilly on July 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
“I didn’t see any Grey Poupon on the table. You will make sure they bring some out, right?”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Obama: Hey! How do you say “Turtlehead pokin out” in Russian?”
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
I can do fast or slow…
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 1:33 PM
(from the crowd): “You have to pull the string in the back!”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
WeekendPresser atBernie’sDmitry’smarks on July 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Obama: “I studied everything you asked since childhood. Now where are those cute Russian babes?”
faraway on July 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Medvedev: “Sorry Putin, but he grabbed my hand before I could clinch my fist.”
CultureWar on July 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Medvedev thinks melancholy thoughts:
Thank God for hand sanitizer…Oh and that hot chick in the third row.
birdhurd on July 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM
“In mother Russia, change shakes you!”
wowrob on July 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM
We Will Barry You.
Christien on July 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM
(from the crowd): So which one is the ventriloquist, and which one is the dummy?
Daggett on July 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Obama: “I noticed you at the urinal earlier.”
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Obama: Do you love me?
Med: stop nagging, I told you I love you…those chicks…
ShawarmaWife on July 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Ron Jeremy? What kind of movie do you take this for?
Abby Adams on July 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Americans actually voted for this Pussy???
Conservalicious on July 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM
and from Borat “Do not tease me gypsy, I have come for your tears.”
wowrob on July 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Medvedev: “I hope he succeeds.”
LibTired on July 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM
crap…lol! Burgendy…
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Hey, can I smoke in here?
NickelAndDime on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
TRDMF – Tears rolling down my face.
Vashta.Nerada on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Do I have to?
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Med: “Excuse me, Keith who is up your butt?”
WordsMatter on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Hmmmm… he touch me like he knows me…
Romeo13 on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
+100
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM
My nose tells me that Russian food does not agree with you.
mindhacker on July 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Medvedev: I’ll shake your hand, as long as I don’t have to look at you.
Medvedev: This will be the last time you stand in my presence.
djaymick on July 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Methinks Obama can only taste jelly today.
Abby Adams on July 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM
“What? No bow?”
MzeeTamu on July 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM
What? No bowing…girl-y-man? I mop floor with you!
JimmyGee on July 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM
“I saw that photo of Putin. Let me ask you, what do you look like with your shirt off?”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:41 PM
If not THE winner, damned sure top 3.
Of course, I think ALL mine are teh bestest….
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM
“Everything I’ve learned about government I’ve learned from current and former Communists. Give it up for my home boy!”
RobertE on July 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Thanks, mate! :)
OldEnglish on July 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM
It’s probably pretty close to the truth, when you think about it. I’ll let you guess which one gets to be Jeremy.
LibTired on July 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Obama: Hey, Med, I’m on your side!
WashJeff on July 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Medvedev: Christmas in July!
Conservalicious on July 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
“He doesn’t like you. I don’t like you either.”
pfamis on July 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Khrushc-Medvedev: “I will bury you.”Omally on July 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
midlander on July 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 1:33 PM
I need details!
LincolntheHun on July 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
“It’s okay. I heard Sarkozy wears lifts too.”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM
“I’ll crush your hand like a bug if you touch my shoulder again, you pathetic tool.”
patriette on July 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM
It’s Five-O-Clock Somewhere
Catseye on July 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM
O- I’m sorry, so sorry.
kringeesmom on July 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Jeez! Who wants to meet an idiot?!
Obama, like he did with the Saudis, looks like a total supplicant. The dude puckers up his lips to kiss hard line ass always.
SilentWatcher on July 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Med: “You idiot, you weren’t supposed to take America down so quickly”
faraway on July 7, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Medved… trying not break in the song… Mammy…
Romeo13 on July 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Thanks for the shoe shine….here’s a couple bucks.
Fighton03 on July 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Obama- “My flowery rhetoric will bring peace.”
Medvedev- “Who does this clown think he is?”
cs89 on July 7, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Gotta comment on the picture itself…
It sure does look like Meddy is in on some secret joke… some practical joke, with Obama as the victim…
Romeo13 on July 7, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Medvedev to self: “Welcome home, useful idiot.”
TXUS on July 7, 2009 at 1:50 PM
“I’m pretty sure these people came here to see me. You can sit down now.”
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Thunderstorm129 on July 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Two pop culture mistakes in one thread some of you need to stop working and go watch some movies.
Netflix I recommend it
LincolntheHun on July 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
I’m sorry, but haahahahahahahah.
LibTired on July 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Medvedev: If you put your other girlie hand on me I will crush you, weak man.
VibrioCocci on July 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Medved… thinking…
Manchurian Candidate? I thought he said Manchurian, not Nigerian!
Romeo13 on July 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Medivedev – I’m gonna shake that, Yes We Can crap right out of you if you repeat it one more time!
yoda on July 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
“Thanks for that — I’ll call if you’re needed again. The money’s on the nightstand.”
patriette on July 7, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Yeah I know… straight ta He11!
LOL
Romeo13 on July 7, 2009 at 1:52 PM
“When Ed Morrissey posts this photo, I bet he won’t give a link or credit for it.”
Kralizec on July 7, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Da, dat is true… You are a most useful idiot…
Now sit down and eat your waffle…
phreshone on July 7, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Obama: “Don’t worry about last night. It happens to lots of guys.”
Daggett on July 7, 2009 at 1:54 PM
“You shouldn’t grab me, Barry. My mother grabbed me once…… once!”
Fighton03 on July 7, 2009 at 1:54 PM
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