Nathan Cooper<\/a>. Here we have a woman opening the door to two chefs and one is clearly speaking. The Chefs may be identical but clearly are visiting the woman at her residence. When we discuss that a caption contest creates a ‘problem to solve’ I believe in this case a large issue is why are they going door to door and why are there multiple chefs.<\/span><\/p>\nNathan Cooper was able to join the judging panel for this contest and his original caption was one that had several variations by the entrants- “Do you have a moment to talk about cheese n’ rice?”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nSomeone nearly got it exactly “We represent the Church of Cheese and Rice.”<\/strong><\/p>\nThis theme, door to door religious missionaries or proselytizers (I believe in pop culture most commonly Jehovah’s Witnesses), had several variations of Nathan’s original such as-<\/p>\n
\n- “Do you have a minute to talk about the gourd?”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “Do you have a moment to talk about souffl\u00e9?<\/strong>“<\/li>\n
- “Hello, do you have a moment to talk about our Lard and Flavor?”<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Another trope, asking a neighbor for a cup of sugar, was also explored. There were over 20 variations, often dealing with large and larger amounts of sugar requested, presumably because of the multiple chefs.<\/p>\n
\n- “Could we borrow a cup of sugar?”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “Could we borrow 14 cups of sugar?”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “Could we borrow 100 pounds of sugar?”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “Could we borrow 300 cups of sugar?”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “Can we borrow 3,482 cups of sugar?”<\/strong><\/strong>And on and on…<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There were entries that suggest the chefs were mob collectors and summons issuers-<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \u201cYou\u2019ve been served.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cWe serve and collect.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cWe\u2019re here for the dough.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Another theme I wanted to highlight is the trope of a child asking someone to come out and play.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \u201cCan Johnny come out and saut\u00e9?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cCan Tommy come out to fillet?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cCan Timmy come out and flay?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cCan your husband come out and souffl\u00e9?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What better way to solve the problem of 3 people than a sex joke? “We\u2019d like to propose a m\u00e9ringue \u00e0 trois.”<\/strong><\/p>\nHere is my list of worst and best puns-<\/p>\n
\n- “Our savior has never been savorier.”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “We\u2019re here to save your sole.”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “Do you believe in a higher cuisine?”<\/strong><\/li>\n
- “I’m sorry we didn’t come earlier. We ran our of thyme.” GROAN<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
One last pattern in this month’s contest was that the chefs were sent by her husband and family to help her terrible cooking. These were very popular with the online voting.<\/p>\n
\n- \u201cWe\u2019re here at the request of your family.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cYour mother-in-law sent us.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cI\u2019m sure your mother-in-law exaggerated, but could we see you boil water?\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cYour husband sent us.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Overall, this contest yielded 6 solid finalists and it was hard to get down to pick a winner.<\/p>\n
I think either “Would you say we’re too many or a reasonable amount?”<\/strong>, “Have you smelled the good news?”<\/strong> and “When you sent your compliments, were they for me or him?”<\/strong> would have made a satisfying Grand Prize winner but congratulations to Patrick Foley, who submitted this month\u2019s winning caption: <\/span>\u201cWe’re with Chefs Without Restaurants.\u201d<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe other 2 runners-up for this contest are:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \u201cWe\u2019d like to propose a m\u00e9ringue \u00e0 trois.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n
- \u201cWe’re promoting our Three Brothers restaurant and we’re also looking for our brother.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Watch the Judging Process<\/h3>\n
You can watch our deliberations with Nate below<\/p>\n
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