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Caption This Cover: Theatre Edition
by SB Sarah | September 22, 2008 | Monday at 12:32 pm | 145 CommentsReady, Set, Go - time to caption a cover so strange, we have to ask you to give it a caption. Voting takes place in the comments, and she who hath the most votes gets the prize. The prize? $20 to the bookstore of your choice - Amazon or Powell’s. So, have at it.
This one brings new meaning to the word “private box.” Or, maybe not so private.

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Emmy said on 09.22.08 at 12:42 PM
The Little Mermaid was captured and forced to perform for an audience. Thankfully, more people were interested in watching the Cinderella’s stripper act on the main stage.
eaeaea said on 09.22.08 at 12:57 PM
performance anxiety
or how about, staged sex
I need a coffee, my neurones are not firing…
rm said on 09.22.08 at 01:16 PM
sideshow
rm said on 09.22.08 at 01:21 PM
Meanwhile, behind the curtain. . .
Tina S said on 09.22.08 at 01:41 PM
Actor: Please, let me kiss you!
Actress: No, I am trying to see the handsome man in the corner.
Actor: *looks* That’s your brother!
Actress: *sighs dreamily* I know!
rm said on 09.22.08 at 01:43 PM
Wilhelmina was trying to practice her role as she lounged decoratively on the divan, when Tony settled down behind her to breathe heavily into her ear. As she slowly turned her face towards his she tried to decide whether to give into irritation or lust. To push him away or to yank him on top of her.
Nathalie Gray said on 09.22.08 at 01:44 PM
Dude, why do I think this cover isn’t so bad?! What’s wrong with me?!
I kinda like the colors…okay, someone punch me!
Ann Somerville said on 09.22.08 at 01:53 PM
No, no, Antoine, it’s too late. Save yourself. The python has already reached my hips. Remember…I always loved you….
::dies prettily::
Bren said on 09.22.08 at 01:56 PM
She:“Hold on, I’ve got something for you
*farting sound*
OK, now what were you saying?”
Sorry - but the way her hips look tilted in that dress arrangement brought out the 11 year old boy in me (can you tell my son has been making a lot of fart jokes lately?)
Bren said on 09.22.08 at 01:57 PM
Oops - formatting error - there should be “farting sound” in between the brackets.
Sort of ruins the joke, huh?
Vicki said on 09.22.08 at 02:09 PM
What happened>? Why did you wake me? Why are there all these people in my bedroom? Is this one of those dreams where I forget my lines?
Ooh, my word is himself 99, maybe it’s a meeting of the clones.
Ellie said on 09.22.08 at 02:11 PM
Not now, darling—why don’t you go fiddle with yourself while I watch Rome burn?
Deena said on 09.22.08 at 02:27 PM
Della Reese wondered how bondage strap-on buttsecks (ironically staged behind the audience by the master of modern theater Bob “The Rock” Gibralter) would solve the case, but trusted Perry’s intuition. She was proven right when the murderer dropped a curtain on their heads, but would she make it out of the golden cord and her cross-dressing lover’s embrace in time to testify, or die buried under 50 pounds of cheap velvet?
katiebabs said on 09.22.08 at 02:31 PM
As Chip’s hand went into the dress and down the back of his lovely Esmeralda, he began to squeeze her precious buttocks. He went lower, in between her legs, and a shudder went through him when he felt two pair of perfectly round balls.
Cheyenne McCray said on 09.22.08 at 02:32 PM
Taking it Public (I get off on being watched)
You’re Doing it Wrong (It goes in the other way)
Balcony Love (since we can’t have Sex on the Beach)
The Mummy Princess (try getting out of this dress)
Tie Me Up (and then tie me down)
Pardon Me. (Do you have any Grey Poupon?)
Teddypig said on 09.22.08 at 02:35 PM
Exit Stage Left
Lizzie (greeneyed fem) said on 09.22.08 at 02:39 PM
She:“Hold on, I’ve got something for you
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OK, now what were you saying?â€
Bren, even with the formatting error, once I read your explanation, this made me literally laugh out loud. And I’m still giggling. I hear the “Hold on, I’ve got something for you” in a kind of passionate whisper, mid-clench.
I vote for Bren!
Lizzie (greeneyed fem) said on 09.22.08 at 02:40 PM
Oops! The formatting errors are catching! I forgot to put your caption in quotes. :)
Danielle said on 09.22.08 at 02:47 PM
What do you mean, I’ve attached the legs wrong? I followed the assembly instructions to the letter! There’s nothing amiss with my polyester girl.
Amy said on 09.22.08 at 02:50 PM
“Darling, no. You and I both remember what happened the last time you got a little overenthusiastic in bed.”
~or~
While she might enjoy it at the time, Anton was so well-hung that it left her walking funny for days.
Rinda said on 09.22.08 at 02:54 PM
Naomi Judd often missed her days as the living statue of Red Hell Theatre. Missed those nights, artfully strapped to her bench with golden cords, as the equally golden Rolof cleaned her eyebrows with his tongue.
snarkhunter said on 09.22.08 at 02:55 PM
Can has hip replacement?
krsylu said on 09.22.08 at 02:59 PM
I’m with Lizzie. Bren wins, hands down!
Now, will somebody please light a match? Or, you know, someone in the audience is going to turn around and say, “Eww! Somebody cut the cheese!” and then the inevitable reply of “Yeah? Well, he who smelt it, dealt it!”
Eunice said on 09.22.08 at 03:00 PM
Unfortunately for Brendan, the curtain came down before the first act was over. He didn’t find her, “Don’t worry, it happens to all men.” comforting in the least.
“Bob, wait!” She whispered. “I have the strangest feeling we’re not alone!”
—-
But seriously, what the heck is going on with her left hand?
evabaruk said on 09.22.08 at 03:07 PM
It was only five minutes into his new burlesque ventriloquism act, that the audience turned their backs on Rory.
kopperhead said on 09.22.08 at 03:12 PM
All the world is a stage, and…but wait! Why is everyone looking away? Damn, they probably think we’re Romance Novel Cover Models. Yoo hoo! I really can bend this way…lookie! And the gold rope curtain tiebacks do not hinder me in the least..
Christine said on 09.22.08 at 03:12 PM
LOL I vote for snarkhunter.
mcnappy said on 09.22.08 at 03:16 PM
The magical peacock lifted its tail, allowing Excretia and her lover a glimpse of the audience while remainining unseen. Traveling unseen in a peacock’s bum was a most novel form of transport. Dirk glanced with disinterest at the assemblage, then turned his back-nothing outside their secret peacock hideaway compared to Excretia’s beauty.
Spider said on 09.22.08 at 03:23 PM
“Dr. Gildenhair leaned forward to make sure his patient was sufficiently medicated before he began the proctology exam. ‘There’s a group of residents observing from the gallery today,’ he murmured. ‘Try to make it as dramatic as possible.’”
Carol said on 09.22.08 at 03:27 PM
Okay, for the next pose on Couples Yoga…
Amie Stuart said on 09.22.08 at 03:28 PM
“Shhh, this is my favorite part.”
Amy S. said on 09.22.08 at 03:29 PM
Got voyeurism?
Maureen said on 09.22.08 at 03:36 PM
“Don’t worry darling, your parents aren’t even looking.”
Anon76 said on 09.22.08 at 03:39 PM
Wow, this one is hard.
How about, “Momma’s Got a Squeezebox”
Shoddy, I know, but not enough Java to think straight.
Marsha said on 09.22.08 at 03:41 PM
Peyton and Ash knew they’d have a tough time breaking in to the strip show business. To their frustration, though, even daily practice on the side stage wasn’t enough to overcome the crowd’s disinterest in their fancy dress historical theme.
MFreeman said on 09.22.08 at 03:43 PM
“Yeah, that’s great, sweetie. Torrid passion, uh-huh. Oh, totally pulsing. Yeah. Hey, would you be a dear and go get me some Jujubes?”
Rosemary said on 09.22.08 at 03:52 PM
Oh dahlink, I’d love to do the opera with you, but my hips need to be put back into place.
Jen C said on 09.22.08 at 03:57 PM
The box was all about being seen, and Alana was going to use that to her full advantage. Someone was going to give her ass a standing ovation, and it wasn’t going to be this clown.
Gennita Low said on 09.22.08 at 04:00 PM
“You’re blocking my view, darling.”
“The next scene. Let me show you.”
“We must be discreet about our secret love, momma.”
Catherine J said on 09.22.08 at 04:11 PM
Lustily, the virile King Henry thrust his new bride down upon the silken pillows. “Thou shalt get kings of me,” he growled seductively into her ear. “I will have a son of thee, wench. Open thy legs and receive me—thy king commands it!”
“Permit me a moment,” murmured his bride. “A moment . . . wait . . . a little more . . . ah. Miscarriage finished. Mariah, take it away, and bring his Majesty another trough of oysters. Thank you. Proceed, your majesty.”
Jessa Slade said on 09.22.08 at 04:18 PM
“Look Away, My Love, Look Away.”
(What ARE they all looking at in different directions?)
Or:
“Shh, Do You Hear Something?”
Or:
“Public Chiropractic for Sex-Industry Workers”
Alex said on 09.22.08 at 04:18 PM
I vote Jen C.
Also, am I the only one who thinks she looks less like she is lounging seductively, and more like she is about to give birth?
Maybe he is whispering lamaze directions to her…
“You’re beautiful my darling Natasha, and I’m so proud of you. Now breath with me.”
“I hate you Claude, and you’re never touching me again!”
AbbyT said on 09.22.08 at 04:20 PM
“No, Scotty, honey. You screwed up the transporter beam again. I am not having sex with you just so you can do it sideways. By the way, did anyone tell you that you look suspiciously like a muppet?”
AndieG said on 09.22.08 at 04:21 PM
She had a trick hip and liked an audience .
He had a poofy shirt and a thing for contortionists and bondage.
Together, they shared a magical, bend-y love that knew no bounds in their GILDED CAGE.
Lorelie said on 09.22.08 at 04:28 PM
Real Doll goes to the theater.
Vote-wise, it’s Ann Somerville, ftw!
Tabzie said on 09.22.08 at 04:38 PM
Aw, damn. I was going to come up with something brilliant, but then I read Cheyenne McCray’s “You’re Doin It Wrong.” There’s no way I can top that.
Ms Manna said on 09.22.08 at 04:39 PM
“Sorry, honey. Not in my box.”
Kathsan said on 09.22.08 at 04:41 PM
How could they keep the baby secret . . . when they left their GILDED CAGE?
Because that thing that might be her hip? Totally a secret baby.
KimmieB said on 09.22.08 at 04:49 PM
I was going to make a mermaid joke, but Emmy did it better than I could. I vote for Emmy
needs69—Seriously? too much work for me!
MamaNice said on 09.22.08 at 05:01 PM
“IS that Abraham Lincoln over there?”
Sarah said on 09.22.08 at 05:02 PM
Please, darling, I didn’t teleport my bedchamber to the opera just so I could stare at your shiny chest.
karmelrio said on 09.22.08 at 05:03 PM
“Insert Finger Here”
Pearl said on 09.22.08 at 05:28 PM
Once intermission was over, Angelique and Raoul could get back to… the drama.
or
While the audience was distracted by the fiery horror of the Molotov-cocktail-juggling clown onstage, Miranda and her bodyguard… relaxed.
or
“Wait, Steve, did you hear that? There’s a hot dog vendor in the house!”
snarkhunter said on 09.22.08 at 05:29 PM
When Frankenstein’s next experiment goes horribly wrong, he creates a Gilded Cage in which to keep his beautiful and helplessly deformed beloved.
Lizzy in FLA said on 09.22.08 at 05:32 PM
I’m sorry, but this scene has already been captioned by Andrew Lloyd Weber.
“Slowleee, gentleee, I unfurl my SPLENDOR!
GRASP it, SENSE it,
TREMULOUS and TENDER ...
Turn! Your! Face! Away!
From! the! Garish! Light! of Day!
Turn your thoughts away!
from the cold, unfeeling light!
and listen TO THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT ... !”
gah! my word was turn69!
JaneyD said on 09.22.08 at 05:33 PM
“Are you SURE you’re a REAL chiropractor?”
Wendy said on 09.22.08 at 05:35 PM
If I weren’t at work, I’d see if I could replicate this woman’s posture. I’m entirely sure it’s possible. ...I agree that her hip is not actually her hip.
Elyssa said on 09.22.08 at 05:38 PM
A Comedy of Errors.
“Shit, honey, I forgot the lube.”
S Andrew Swann said on 09.22.08 at 05:39 PM
As soon as Edmond heard the sickening crunch of her spine, he knew his cover as a the chiropractor for the Royal Opera House was hopelessly blown.
Stephanie said on 09.22.08 at 05:43 PM
“Is that your hip or are you just happy to see me? Hehehe… Wait. You’re a girl??”
robinb said on 09.22.08 at 05:50 PM
Theatre producer to understudy:
It would be good if you, and your dress, could be done daydreaming by the end of Act 1. That stage won’t sweep itself!”
Black Val said on 09.22.08 at 05:55 PM
I have tried the pose, and it is just barely possible, IF you are really into yoga. However, comfortable, it is not! (oh my back! What was I thinking!)
DawnM said on 09.22.08 at 06:13 PM
Hold, still darling…just one more thrust…and we’ll have your shoulder back in.
Cathy said on 09.22.08 at 06:23 PM
“Frankly, my darling, I’d rather watch Atlanta burn.”
Charlene said on 09.22.08 at 06:25 PM
Angelina sighed. Her evening trysts with Rutger inflamed her with passion, but every time he flung the curtain aside she froze in fear. Would Brad be in the audience? Would he find her there?
rebyj said on 09.22.08 at 06:35 PM
“Loretta, spread me up another one of them baloney sandwiches! “
Yvette Davis said on 09.22.08 at 06:40 PM
Meanwhile, out in the lobby, Romeo and Juliet discovered the secret ingredient that makes butter-flavored movie popcorn so slippery ... yet salty.
Darlynne said on 09.22.08 at 06:52 PM
“Yes, my darling, I hear you. You are ... OMG! Would you look at what that woman is wearing?!”
Silver James said on 09.22.08 at 06:53 PM
I’m not even going to attempt this one! My vote is a tie for Cheyenne McCray and Lizzy in FLA.
Lorelie said on 09.22.08 at 06:55 PM
You know, I keep coming back to this image and staring at it as I wonder which lump is her knee, the one above or below the tie-back. The more I stare, the more I believe the below-lump is the missing knee. But if that’s the case. . . zomgbbq, what the fuck is the above-lump?!1!?!?!!
Mary said on 09.22.08 at 07:02 PM
h/Wait. Do you hear that?
H/Wah?
h/Is that…? It is! It’s the ice cream truck!
Bev Stephans said on 09.22.08 at 07:06 PM
He whispers sweet nothings while Atlanta burns in the background!
LadyRhian said on 09.22.08 at 07:11 PM
“Not Now Darling, My Back is Broken!”
“Stop it, You’re Hurting Me!”
“Is it in? Is *what* in?”
“While James attempted to screw her through her dress, Lobelia managed to smile dreamily. It isn’t hard to lie back and think of England when your virtue is protected by a whalebone bustle.”
“Yoga for Couples- the really difficult positions!”
Becky Ann said on 09.22.08 at 07:16 PM
The Theater Bed Box! This great new invention is perfect for when the show puts you to sleep or when you want to put on your own show.
or
Here Martha’s assitants are demonstrating how to make a simple curtain cord multi-task. When used with a bit of lace and a pleated pink dust ruffle your cord can create a lovely demimonde gown suitable for the theater and bondage!
BethanyA said on 09.22.08 at 07:16 PM
“I’m sorry, Reggie, but I suddenly seem to be turned off by your polio-shriveled legs.”
Leslie Dicken said on 09.22.08 at 07:16 PM
In The Rear will never mean the same again….
Galadriel said on 09.22.08 at 07:25 PM
Even after squeezing the sandworm into the dress and clapping a wig on its head, Paul Atreides wasn’t sure the illusion quite hid its undulating form. Still, if dressing it up and taking it out was what was required, then so be it. After all, the spice must flow.
Marla said on 09.22.08 at 07:30 PM
“Not now, dear—nobody’s looking!”
Alex said on 09.22.08 at 07:31 PM
Sadly, I don’t have a caption.
But I did notice that this author apparently wrote a book called “The Fireflower”.
I’m sorry, there’s only one Fireflower.
It look like this.
http://themushroomkingdom.net/images/smb/fire_flower.gif
Gwynevere1 said on 09.22.08 at 07:34 PM
I saw this in a production of The Phantom of the Opera, once.
Casey said on 09.22.08 at 07:34 PM
Would this songbird ever be able to escape her captor and sing on the stage, as in her dreams?
bethanya said on 09.22.08 at 07:36 PM
And now…presenting…“Hamlet: The 4th Quarto”
Gertrude: ” What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world - the paragon of animals!”
grunt, heave, grunt
Hamlet: “This is the very ecstasy of love!”
grunt, grunt, wince
Gertrude: “A little more kin—and less than kind.”
groan
Hamlet: “The Lady doth protest too much—methinks.”
Alex said on 09.22.08 at 07:41 PM
No, wait, I have it!
“As she demurely fended off his attentions, all the more to excite his passions when she finally gave in, they were both unaware that the curtain above them was darkening…twisting…living!
At last, the lock to the Gilded Cage of Reality had been broken, and the legion Skin-Eaters of Old N’tharla’torok were among the first into the little space of light and warmth inside the Cage. These two would only be the first, and they would not have time to scream before they were smothered by the hungry, gnashing mouths. Neither would the audience of the theater. And then the rest of the void-spawn followed, and the world was drawn into eternal darkness.”
Look at that curtain above them.
I see faces.
Do you see faces?
I see Lovecraftian faces.
They are not nice faces.
Not nice faces at all.
Cor said on 09.22.08 at 07:42 PM
“Not now, honey, act 2 is about to start…”
The Discriminating Fangirl said on 09.22.08 at 07:49 PM
“Darling, you’re right! Exhibitionism IS the bomb!”
Nicole Pinder said on 09.22.08 at 07:50 PM
Voting for:
Ms Manna said on…
09.22.08 at 06:39 AM |
“Sorry, honey. Not in my box.â€
Hortense Powdermaker said on 09.22.08 at 07:55 PM
Here’s my suggestions:
Their kinky sex knew no bounds…
A gold chastity belt guards her opera box. Can he get the lock off and stage an entrance?
She has him coming and going. Then she leaves him behind. Now can he get her back?
Aurelio has performance issues. All the world’s a cage. Then he meets a twisted vixen. Can her kinky love fix his cock block?
- and I cast a vote for AndyG’s contribution.
phadem said on 09.22.08 at 08:15 PM
Since I’m an unabashed Dune lover and laugher-at-er, I must vote for Galadriel’s entry:
RfP said on 09.22.08 at 08:24 PM
The other ushers sniggered as Jamie moved toward Mezzanine Left. His appointment was at the velvet couch under the far stairs. God willing, it would be both entertaining and profitable.
She was on time. A good sign, he hoped. Approaching from behind, he bent to her perfumed shoulder to deliver his carefully planned quip. Only the best seat in the house for the best seat in the house, my lady.
Blast. Judging by her scornful look, he’d have to roger her for free that night.
SusannaG said on 09.22.08 at 08:30 PM
I am laughing so hard!
But I am definitely voting for AndieG’s!
Courtney S said on 09.22.08 at 08:36 PM
Add a few emtpy beer bottles and some half eaten nachos and you have the backstage of any local theatre.
(Trust me I know..LOL)
Oh..wait shit what’s my line again?
Cate said on 09.22.08 at 09:01 PM
Dude, is that my ass or did the baby bump move over?
Lyvvie said on 09.22.08 at 09:53 PM
He’s at the theater but the show doesn’t matter in fact they won’t even watch because she may be a mermaid with koi in her hair, but he’s been Touched By A Pink Angel…and soon, she will be too.
endlessdesk said on 09.22.08 at 10:04 PM
haha. That is a strange cover….
Enough Einstein, I smell good. Now get out of the way, I want to watch the show.
Karen said on 09.22.08 at 10:15 PM
As another wave of the vapors hit her, Victoria distracted Jack to the wrong side in a poorly timed misuse of the left cheek sneak.
Casey said on 09.22.08 at 10:18 PM
“Why I are you trying to kiss my temple Can’t you tell by my bored look that my back has been broken.”
Courtney S said on 09.22.08 at 10:21 PM
Is it just me or does she look like Leslie-Ann Down circa North and South?
Maggie said on 09.22.08 at 10:28 PM
“Alone at last,” Hans whispered into her ear.
He began to nibble at her tender lobe, but Eloise was distracted, and she began to panic. She truly loved him, but she just wasn’t ready to explain her dark secret. Would he still care for her when he found out that she was secretly only three feet tall and had been standing on the shoulders of her twin sister for their entire courtship?
She didn’t believe that he could ever understand.
Esri Rose said on 09.22.08 at 10:36 PM
Whoa, my mind is officially boggled.
I’m casting a vote apiece for
evabaruk
Amie Stuart
Marla
Well done!
Esri Rose said on 09.22.08 at 10:41 PM
And if I have to choose just one, it’s evabaruk.
The more I read that, the more I laugh. Even the name “Rory” is funny in that context, somehow.
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