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Caption That Cover:LOL HANDS!
by SB Sarah | October 10, 2008 | Friday at 11:39 am | 74 CommentsThanks to the many, many people who forwarded me the Fail Blog’s salute to three-handed romance. I have a special love of that cover - that chick is my avatar. Why? The only thing better than having a third hand would be the magical ability to conjure up more hours in the day. Three hands?! OMG PLZ.
So! A contest is born! Take that fabulous cover and LOL-caption it. Certainly we can do better than “FAIL,” because certainly, while it’s an artistic fail, as a matter of promotional opportunity, for Christina Dodd, it was utterly full of win.
Your quest: take the cover, and LOL Caption it. You have 24 hours, and can post them in the comments or post links to an image hosted elsewhere. If you do post them here, please don’t make the image more than 325 pixels wide, please. Vote for your favorites in the comments, please, and then we’ll have a vote-off for the top 3 over the weekend.
Grand Prize? The book itself, of course! One pristine, fabulous copy of the three-handed woman adorning the cover of Christina Dodd’s Castles in the Air. Second prize: $20 to the online bookstore of the winner’s choice, and third prize will be $10 to the online bookstore of the winner’s choice.
Ready, set, go! Copy of the art is below the fold for your downloading and LOLing pleasure.

Filed: Caption This Cover
Tagged: lol, cover snark, cover makeovers, art


Vera said on 10.10.08 at 12:09 PM
The DaVinci code revealed- The nights Templar protecting Princess octopussy
Amiracle said on 10.10.08 at 12:15 PM
Three hands are better than one…..or two.
A C Spencer said on 10.10.08 at 01:10 PM
He has his mother’s hands
or one, at least.
Liz in Australia said on 10.10.08 at 02:17 PM
“My mother did tell me to look for a woman who was handy in the kitchen… “
or
“Now that I have you, might I suggest what you could do with that free hand of yours…?”
rm said on 10.10.08 at 02:36 PM
“Yes, you may have my hand in marriage… as long as the other two are free to roam!”
Ciar Cullen said on 10.10.08 at 02:41 PM
It’s not a disability, darling. You’re differently abled. But I told you not to bowl with that hand, okay?
rm said on 10.10.08 at 02:42 PM
“Can I give you a hand?”
rm said on 10.10.08 at 02:44 PM
“Let me lend you a hand.”
rm said on 10.10.08 at 02:45 PM
“Need a hand? I’m not using it for anything.”
rm said on 10.10.08 at 02:46 PM
It’s got to be said, I can’t help myself:
“I wanna hold your ha-a-a-a-and, I wanna hold your hand!”
Elizabeth Wadsworth said on 10.10.08 at 03:00 PM
“He thought he’d found the woman of his dreams; little did he know that under her lovely, unassuming exterior lurked…Shiva The Destroyer.”
Sara N. said on 10.10.08 at 03:32 PM
Now darling don’t be self-concious…I’ve got plans for that extra hand!
Darlene Marshall said on 10.10.08 at 03:33 PM
LOLcaptions:
My mutant hands, let me show you them.
I can haz xtra hands???
Teddypig said on 10.10.08 at 03:35 PM
The Handmaid’s Trilogy
Morgan said on 10.10.08 at 03:51 PM
Neither nuclear disaster nor subsequent deformation could stand in the way of their love…
joykenn said on 10.10.08 at 03:52 PM
I had to flee when they discovered my secret!
Kathy said on 10.10.08 at 03:54 PM
Doing the “wave” was never so much fun!!
two74: All about numbers today.
KarenD said on 10.10.08 at 04:06 PM
Mai forth hand? In my pantz!
Rebecca said on 10.10.08 at 04:10 PM
Hey Lady! No need to be handsy!
SamG said on 10.10.08 at 04:19 PM
I’z hung like horse, you needs 3 hands…..
Me 2 penis, you 3 hand…we made for each other
Pinch my nipple, slap my ass and choke my chicken, I’ve found the perfect woman
Sam
Mari said on 10.10.08 at 04:29 PM
“Is that a hand growing out of your shoulder or are you just happy to see me?”
Julie Leto said on 10.10.08 at 04:29 PM
KarenD for the win, IMO!
L said on 10.10.08 at 04:32 PM
Finally, he’d found a woman who could handle all of him. At once.
and…
She was more than he’d ever imagined.
SarahLTB said on 10.10.08 at 04:38 PM
At first he loved her despite her handicap - then he loved her for it.
rebyj said on 10.10.08 at 04:40 PM
I forget which code works here…
Trying this..
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Dorilys said on 10.10.08 at 05:08 PM
OMGZ!!1! HANDZ MAKE KITTEH SCARED!
Maughta said on 10.10.08 at 05:21 PM
I found myself purchasing this book from e-bay after I lampooned it on Judge A Booy by its Cover. What a great book!
Speaking of great books, I think DocTurtle is still waiting for his romance reading challenge. Don’t tell me y’all have chickened out!
SB Sarah said on 10.10.08 at 05:31 PM
No worries Maughta - DocTurtle is on my shipment list for this weekend.
Mwaaaahahahahahha.**rubs hands (all three of them) together**
Anon76 said on 10.10.08 at 05:41 PM
“Stop trying to cheat, darling. You can only use ONE hand to play rock, paper, scissors.”
Mary said on 10.10.08 at 05:44 PM
Jazz Handz. Ur doin it wrong.
Ms Manna said on 10.10.08 at 05:46 PM
“Someone else has come between us!”
KimmieB said on 10.10.08 at 05:47 PM
“Forth hand in ur ass, savin ur life.”
Silver James said on 10.10.08 at 05:47 PM
Okay. Mary beat me to it! She gets my vote. Jazz Handz FTW!
rooruu said on 10.10.08 at 05:52 PM
Not an entry, but a chuckle that the cover spontaneously includes the word Priceless….
m3t said on 10.10.08 at 06:00 PM
Having failed twice our Knight and his lady discovered that three was a charm…
Ramprat said on 10.10.08 at 06:15 PM
Darling, I think now is the time I need to tell you about my symbiotic siamese twin, Lola…
Karen said on 10.10.08 at 06:16 PM
“Once, Twice, Three Hands a-Lady”
“He was also a handhandhandsome devil”
Shiloh Walker said on 10.10.08 at 06:33 PM
No, pls. Can’t handle no moar.
Just in case the image doesn’t load, there’s the link.
Shiloh Walker said on 10.10.08 at 06:34 PM
oh, yay…it worked…
Eunice said on 10.10.08 at 06:42 PM
“Oh, so you don’t have a dwarf hidden in you in your skirts, huh? Well what’s this?!”
Jora said on 10.10.08 at 07:05 PM
Her cousin Zaphod was right. That third hand really comes in handy when undressing.
Ms Manna said on 10.10.08 at 07:39 PM
Too late, she discovered why property was so cheap on Three Mile Island.
Beadgirl said on 10.10.08 at 08:12 PM
Kali would devour him in seconds, and not a moment too soon—her disguise was wearing off.
Joanna S. said on 10.10.08 at 08:16 PM
3rd Hand? Made fur plezur!
Maureen said on 10.10.08 at 08:18 PM
Ur won hand-som womn!
endlessdesk said on 10.10.08 at 08:21 PM
After being proud for his making her moan and gasp in pleasure, he idly wondered what was that smell…
Barbara said on 10.10.08 at 08:29 PM
Not an entry…but the Amazon product description includes the line “What man would have her once he discovered her secret?”
If it ain’t the extra hand…what could it be?! Let your mind run with that one!
karmelrio said on 10.10.08 at 08:41 PM
“Polly. What a nice name. Is it short for Polymelia? “
Jessa Slade said on 10.10.08 at 08:45 PM
Wit dis hand
Iz thee wed.
Wit dis hand…
Huh? WTF?
I vote for KarenD’s:
Mai forth hand? In my pantz!
Lizzie (greeneyed fem) said on 10.10.08 at 08:49 PM
I vote for rebyj‘s vajayjay cover - I LOL’d.
Carol said on 10.10.08 at 09:23 PM
I getz gud grades in sckool because I count to 15!
megalith said on 10.10.08 at 09:29 PM
I suck at linking, so let’s hope this works.
AgTigress said on 10.10.08 at 10:12 PM
I am not suggesting a caption here (there have been some great ones posted), but I can’t resist mentioning that the song that came into my mind was Tom Lehrer’s I hold your hand in mine, dear. Definitely a lot more gruesome than the cover!
And another point: no less an artist than Rembrandt van Rijn once drew a woman with three arms - and in an erotic context. Perhaps because of the tendency for male brains to get addled when thinking of copulation? Rembrandt’s contribution to the three-hand genre is in an etching of a very fully-clothed couple making love on a large four-poster bed: the woman has two arms clasping her partner around the waist, and a second left arm lying along her side on the mattress. I have not been able to find the etching online, but it appears regularly in general books on Western erotic art.
S.J. Ku said on 10.10.08 at 10:31 PM
I was only one hand short of being the reincarnation of Saraswati!!
Just Passing said on 10.10.08 at 10:32 PM
SEE I TOLD YOU….It does look like a baby’s arm holding an apple….GIGGITY GIGGITY GIGGITY.
I vote Karen’s Once, Twice, Three Hands a-Lady FTW I can totally picture sopmeone singing that song.
Jessi B. said on 10.11.08 at 12:49 AM
He’d heard the rumors, but never truly believed until it happened to him. Heroines of the 21st century were fighting back against their ‘ripped bodice’ portrayal. When she sprouted athird limb in order to support herself, he knew he was out of job.
TarotByArwen said on 10.11.08 at 12:50 AM
OH NOES!!1!! Zombie kitteh gurl lose hand. No worry. Iz found!
Lisa O said on 10.11.08 at 12:52 AM
“I heard you were the queen’s handmaid, but apparently I didn’t take it quite literally enough.”
Kathy said on 10.11.08 at 01:03 AM
I like Mary’s “Jazz Hands” Too damn funny.
DeeCee said on 10.11.08 at 01:17 AM
“This little piggy went to the market, this little piggy…..wait, r u saying that doesn’t apply to fingers?”
“So many digits, so little time!” Moohahahaha
Sarah said on 10.11.08 at 02:02 AM
His life was given in service to the Knights Templar. Her parents were brother and sister. Their love would break all the rules.
LindaM54 said on 10.11.08 at 02:06 AM
Menage a Addams
M/F/Thing
ashley said on 10.11.08 at 02:20 AM
The closely guarded secret of the knights Templar? Princess Magdalene’s holy hand.
You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out.. Ha! I knew you were cheating!
Lorelie said on 10.11.08 at 02:32 AM
Vote: Rebyj’s vajayjay lol, followed closely by Karen D’s forth hand.
Otherwise: Does anyone have a very high res scan/copy of this cover? Because I swear when I blow up the standard versions it looks like their hands are melting together. Which is a whole new type of creepy.
Melissandre said on 10.11.08 at 03:45 AM
This gives “magic fingers” a whole new meaning.
Meanwhile, I think I read this book. Aren’t the main characters blind? That might be why he never noticed her third hand…and why she doesn’t know she’s a freak.
Melissandre said on 10.11.08 at 03:47 AM
Never mind. The book with the blind characters is Candle in the Window, also by Dodd. I was close; architecture was being exposed to an element.
Ocy said on 10.11.08 at 04:31 AM
rebyj’s vajayjay just about killed me, I think. Brilliant!
Kaffy said on 10.11.08 at 07:26 AM
sadieloree said on 10.11.08 at 08:13 AM
A knight in one hand in worth two in the bush. No wait…
sadieloree said on 10.11.08 at 08:15 AM
That’s IS worth… yeesh. I need sleep. Sorry ladies.
kh said on 10.11.08 at 11:00 AM
um do u waant to s ee if the carpet matches the drapes
ehren said on 10.11.08 at 11:03 AM
Artz. Yur doin’ it wrong.
Danny said on 10.11.08 at 11:08 AM
He was in love with her—Unfortunately, she was a conjoined twin and only her hand was hers and hers alone. Would her sister stand aside and let them be together?
Linda said on 10.11.08 at 11:29 AM
I haz one hand in ur pocket, steelin ur change
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