I write the LOLz that make the young girls cry
Mise en scène: a tiny village in northern Scotland called Huntly, Thursday, May 28 2002. Seven DargonZine writers and one NPC follower pile out of a rental van for a tour and demonstration at the North East Falconry Centre.
After the show, I saw something that just screamed to be captured. Here’s how I wrote it up in my original travelogue, seven years ago:
On the way out, I caught a singularly amusing moment. One of the bald eagles had decided it might be fun to stand in the big water bowl I described above. So here’s the symbol of America, standing in a pool of water up to his knees, looking down as if to say “Goddamn, I’m standing in water! What the hell’s going on here? This is so humiliating! Somebody ought to do something about this…” I dunno, it struck me as hilarious, and still does.
The photo lived on my Scrapbook page for years, where I’d occasionally share it with friends.
A couple days ago, a former coworker pointed me here. Apparently he’d uploaded the photo to LOLcat central: ICanHasCheezburger. Beyond that, eighteen people have made up their own captions for it!
It’s a little slice of noteriety that I find amusing, and it’s interesting to see what captions other people have added to it.
