Hey, readers! It’s time for another sublime SbB Clever Caption Contest!
Today we serve up a snapshot of Russian tennis player Dinara Safina, who shows us the proper way of keeping your eye on the ball:
Have a quip that better encapsulates this scene? Submit you suggestions into the comments section linked below. Winner will be announced in the end-of-the-day recap.
Good luck & good writing! But try not to get too high-strung about it.
1:14 pm on January 14th, 2009
That's the common reaction most female tennis players have to seeing balls.
1:15 pm on January 14th, 2009
"WILLLLSONNNNNN! WILLLLSONNNNN!"
1:28 pm on January 14th, 2009
A tennis ball! I wasn't planning on that!
1:32 pm on January 14th, 2009
MY EYE!! THIS HUGE FREAKIN TENNIS BALL IS STUCK IN MY EYE!!!!!
1:52 pm on January 14th, 2009
Balls out, man!
1:57 pm on January 14th, 2009
Ukraine! Ukraine! Ukraine is weak.
2:18 pm on January 14th, 2009
What am I doing out of the house? I've got laundry to do, dishes to wash, and I have to finish dinner before my partner gets home from softball practice.
3:10 pm on January 14th, 2009
Does this pink suit make me look fat?
3:12 pm on January 14th, 2009
If this is a Russian tennis player, where are the pics of her shapely, shapely ass?
3:20 pm on January 14th, 2009
A line from Rocky IV when they meet in the middle of the ring.
" I must destroy you"
4:56 pm on January 14th, 2009
With a ball in the middle of my face, I'm just half ugly.
5:02 pm on January 14th, 2009
This was Made in RUSSIA?
5:18 pm on January 14th, 2009
Reminds me of this quote from Foghorn Leghorn as he's talking to that little chicken hawk who's always trying to catch him:
"Ya gotta keep your eye on the ball! Eye! Ball! Eyeball! I almost had a joke there. Gag, that is!
You're built too low! The good ones keep passin' over ya!"
6:26 pm on January 14th, 2009
Dinara really needs to have her right eye looked at - it's all swollen & green & fuzzy.
6:47 pm on January 14th, 2009
"I'm going to slap this ball like it was one of those balls that bruised my butt yesterday"
6:48 pm on January 14th, 2009
"Maybe if I hit this hard enough I won't have to chug anymore Metamucil!"