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Winners: Bronx Zoo 'Caption This' Contest

Congratulations to our winners—click on the photos to see their captions!

 

Update (Aug. 10)

First off, a big “Thank You” to everyone for some truly terrific captions for these photos— they were great — and thank you, too, to all of you who voted in the contest.

Below we’ve listed seven winners, including our grand prize winner, and you can read their captions in the photo above.

The contest ran across dozens of Patch sites throughout Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, with Patch readers in those areas captioning different photos.

Our winners are (see the image above for winning captions and corresponding photos):

Grand Prize Winner

  • : “Really? NBC fired you? I can put in a good word for you at Toys R Us!”

Connecticut Winner

  • : “When I said, ‘Stop chewing my ear off!’ I meant it LITERALLY!”

New Jersey Winners

  • : “I always stick my neck out for you, because you're my biggest fan.”  
  • : “Giraffe to peacock: ‘I think you're my biggest fan!’ “

New York City Winner

  • : “Don't worry. If I catch you by the toe, I'll LEGO right away.”

Long Island Winner

  • : “hold up. i'm made of WHAT????”

Westchester/Rockland Winner:

  • : "Time to Lego of your wild side at the Bronx zoo!!!"

Way to go, everyone!

Update (Aug. 6)

Welcome back everyone, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who captioned the Bronx Zoo tigers photo. 

After a lot of debate, Patch has narrowed our field down to 10 finalists, all vying for a family 4-pack to the zoo and the grand prize of a VIP zoo tour with a yearlong family membership!

Choose the winner by posting a comment below with the number (see assigned numbers above) of your favorite caption.

Winners will be announced at 2 p.m. Friday!

Original Post (July 30)

For many of us, August brings restful activities—beaches, camping, swimming, barbecuing—together with friends and family.

One terrific option for area residents is the .

Visit a Wild Forest: A LEGO Safari at the Bronx Zoo thru September 3rd! Explore an exotic trail with life-sized LEGO structures including rhinos, gorillas, lemurs and more, head to our  Build Zone and create your own wild LEGO creatures or help build a Mystery Mural.

All Patch readers will also receive a 20 percent discount on tickets to visit the zoo this summer! For more information visit us here. 

Four our contest, caption the photo above (just click where it says “Leave a comment” below) and you’ll have a chance at winning a family 4-pack to the zoo, and the grand prize of a VIP zoo tour with a yearlong family membership!

Here's how the contest works:

  1. Enter your caption or captions in the comment thread below.
  2. Patch will take captions through Sunday, Aug. 5, and present a list of finalists in one screen grab on Monday, Aug. 6.
  3. Winners will be selected with the help of Patch users. You will vote on your favorite caption through the "comments" section on this story (Example: “I think No. 7 of 10 is the best”).

More details about the contest are attached.

Here’s some info about a great new part of the zoo, “Wild Forest: A LEGO Safari.” There, visitors will find LEGO animal sculptures in one dramatically, designed location and can learn fascinating facts about each animal and the LEGO structure built to represent it. Activities include:

  • Help to build a Mystery LEGO mural
  • Watch a LEGO Master Builder at work (select weekends in July & August)
  • Build your own LEGO structure in the Build Zone
  • Avenue Zoo puppet theater at Asia Stage
  • Learn fascinating facts within the LEGO Forest

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Elyse August 1, 2012 at 11:29 am
"Now just hack and this exam will over in a minute."
john August 1, 2012 at 01:10 pm
Oh, C'mon mom....can I have chocolate milk next time?
JohnnyA August 1, 2012 at 01:15 pm
So two tigers walk into a bar...WAIT! Stop me if you've heard this one before...
Jason Rothbaum August 1, 2012 at 01:58 pm
I do not have a Napoleonic complex
Jason Rothbaum August 1, 2012 at 02:02 pm
"Look, I never said that taking over the world would be easy, but we both agreed that step 1 was to take off the radio collar"
Jason Rothbaum August 1, 2012 at 02:19 pm
"If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times... no eating the zoo keeper! Now you have a shoe caught in your throat yet again."
Jeanine Capecelatro August 1, 2012 at 02:46 pm
"Ok. Is it this tooth? Yeah, that feels a bit loose....."
rick morgan August 1, 2012 at 03:29 pm
MOM, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??
Kevin August 1, 2012 at 03:44 pm
For those who wonder how Tigers play "eeny-meeny-mhiny-mo"..
Victoria Hackman August 1, 2012 at 05:41 pm
I saw Daddy kissing Santa Claus
brian kelly August 1, 2012 at 08:28 pm
mom is it true that an oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger?
brian kelly August 1, 2012 at 08:38 pm
listen to me daughter! every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything...
Carolyn August 1, 2012 at 09:30 pm
Mom, purrrrrrrrrty please... let me play that Justin Tieger song one more time!
Carolyn August 1, 2012 at 09:35 pm
You're right! Always a sad fact. But, there are many of us who love the thought of winning something. We are also the ones who stay abreast of all politics and most importantly, we vote! Keep the faith, Evelyn.
Edward Ayres August 1, 2012 at 11:49 pm
How many times must I tell you, Junior, the Heimlich Maneuver is done from the back."
Fatima August 2, 2012 at 03:22 pm
Mom, Mom.but Mom.. listen to me! AHHH - alright already!!
paul pennino August 2, 2012 at 05:54 pm
hahaha...no, no. The Lorax is fine, we were just playing.
WiltonWarriorMom August 2, 2012 at 06:24 pm
When I said, "Stop chewing my ear off!" I meant it LITERALLY!
WiltonWarriorMom August 2, 2012 at 06:29 pm
psssttt....Mom....Dad just told me he wants to name my brother 'Spot'.
WiltonWarriorMom August 2, 2012 at 06:42 pm
Mom...I googled myself. The articles that came up were all about some golfing tiger that needed to change his stripes. They aren't going to make ME change MY stripes, are they Mom?
TBL of CT August 3, 2012 at 02:20 am
Baby sings, "Doo a diddy, diddy dum diddy doo."
Mom replies, "Hush and put a sock in it! I am trying to get some rest 'round here."
Anne LaVina August 4, 2012 at 01:23 pm
This Tiger Mother is raising her cub the Bronx way.
Glen K Dunbar August 4, 2012 at 02:00 pm
"Born Free"
Glen
Hope August 5, 2012 at 03:24 am
I'd rather be a Tiger than a nail!
Michael Dinan (Editor) August 6, 2012 at 02:10 pm
Thank you for your captions, everyone -- they're terrific!
We've narrowed down your great submissions to 10 finalists—take a look at the top of the article for those finalists. Vote by posting the number of your favorite caption here in the comments thread! Voting continues through noon on Friday, and we'll declare winners at 2 p.m. -- good luck, everyone, and thanks again!
Nancy Capelle August 6, 2012 at 02:20 pm
#8
JMast August 6, 2012 at 03:15 pm
#10
JM August 6, 2012 at 04:56 pm
#1
WiltonWarriorMom August 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm
#10
Andrew G. Varga August 10, 2012 at 07:21 pm
Hold on.... I've almost got that chicken bone out...
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