Leo & Knut Photo Caption Contest

Submitted by AZ_Sun on March 13, 2008 - 9:35pm

Leo and Knut Just Chillin’

I was reading a Leonardo DiCaprio interview that was featured today on The Daily Green website, which reminded me that last week I had entered a Photo Caption Contest on Ecorazzi. The contest involved writing a caption to go along with the above photo of Leo and Knut. For those of you who may not know, this picture appeared on the cover of the May 2007 Green issue of Vanity Fair magazine. This Green issue featured Global Citizens, and Leo was named The Man of the Hour for all his environmental activism.

I admit there are days that I have WAY TOO MUCH time on my hands, LOL, but I always find interesting ways of filling up my free time instead of spending that time shopping for things I don’t need. So I spent some of my free time racking my brain coming up with captions for the photo. I came up with a several different captions, and tried to tie in what was said in the The 11th Hour to the picture. I decided to submit the shortest caption that I wrote instead of my favorite one.

The winner receives a copy of The Green Book, The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, which includes a forward by Cameron Diaz and 11th Hour film expert, William McDonough. I did not enter the contest to win the book, because I already own a copy.

I just checked over at Ecorazzi and they have not yet picked a winner, so there is still time to submit an entry if you wish.

Here is the caption I submitted. I was trying to use the two different definitions for the word ‘brink.’ (1) verge of something crucial: the crucial point in a situation, (2) edge of something: the very edge of something such as a steep drop or riverbank.

KNUT: So, we find ourselves on the brink. YES! The brink of melting ice.

Here are the OTHER captions I thought of submitting.

KNUT: The first thing you can do to ‘Turn Mankind’s Darkest Hour into Its Finest’ is
HELP get me designated as a threatened species.

KNUT: Hey Leo, it looks like you face a convergence of crises. The crises being that you are standing on a piece of melting Artic sea ice, and your boat has gone and left you here.

KNUT: The evidence is now clear…The water is freezing and you look a little temperature sensitive.

KNUT: Some may still deny that we are at an environmental age, but no one can deny that I am at a CUTE age.

KNUT: Leo, it must be NICE being named Vanity Fair’s “Man of the Hour” for all your environmental activism. How do you think I feel being named the unfortunate Poster Child for global warming?

KNUT: I hear that The 11th Hour is a story about how humans face an extinction crisis if you continue on the path of business as usual. On second thought, maybe one of you humans should be the poster child for the potential ravages of future global warming.
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KNUT: Look at me, I’m adorable. How can the Bush administration not have the heart to list me as a threatened species?

KNUT: Maybe the Bush administration is confused. Polar bears are a threatened species, not a threatening species

KNUT: You humans should Consume Less, Live More. But for us polar bears, if we CONSUME any LESS food, we will not be LIVING much MORE.

KNUT: Nice Jacket you have on Leo. I love that it’s an environmentally friendly blend of organic hemp and recycled polyester.

KNUT: Leo, will your pivotal generation create a sustainable world in time for me to celebrate my 1st Birthday? I sure hope so, there’s going to be cake!

KNUT: I may be a registered trademark and the center of a mass media phenomenon, but the HOPE is YOU.

LEO: It’s not just the 11th hour, but it is 11:59 and 59 seconds.
KNUT: Hopefully the alarm clock will go off soon and wake up all the sleeping humans.

LEO: It’s an exciting time to be alive because this generation gets to completely change this world.
KNUT: Yes, change the world, but keep the chocolate.

Here are a few I thought of just for laughs that are really silly.

KNUT: Can you get Scorsese to give me a part in his next movie?

KNUT: What is it with you and icebergs?

KNUT: There’s something about you that gives me a ‘Sinking’ feeling in my stomach.

KNUT: Heck, you thought Leo-mania was big, that’s nothing compared to the huge phenomenon that is Knut-mania.

See, I wasn’t lying when I said I have way too much free time.

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