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Sixty-six individuals submitted captions for last month's "Pass the Word" feature photo of a squirrel hanging from a branch and eating bird seed; Sunday News photographer Jeff Ruppenthal shot that image.
Guidelines:
Send an original, amusing caption for that shot to LIVING@LNPNEWS.COM.
Please put this in the subject line of your e-mail: "Pass the Word" [Insert your last name].
You are also welcome to send a caption to us via the U.S. Postal Service: "Pass the Word" Living, Sunday News, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608-1328.
We must receive your submission no later than Monday, Oct. 19.
Be sure to include your full name and town of residence (as well as a daytime telephone number, which will not be published).
Please limit your caption submissions to three or less per month, and submit all on one page or in one e-mail.
If more than one person in your household is submitting captions, each individual should submit separately.
We reserve the right to edit your work.
Share your wit! Send us those captions!
How to snack and keep your squirrelish figure.
— Lauren McFall, Lancaster
"My life's been so upside-down lately."
— Joannie Kachel, Ephrata, and Keith Yoder, Leola
"God helps them that help themselves!"
— Amanda Wolgemuth, Mount Joy
Presenting the Great Squirrellenda ...
— Judy Reel, Lancaster
1 bush + 1 very hungry squirrel = 2 cute
— Elizabeth Faye White, Kirkwood
"Calories don't count if you eat upside-down."
— Winifred Goodin, Lancaster
"You told me to drop by for lunch."
— Marlene Bowman, Ronks
Seedy hangout
— Philip Lafferty, Mount Joy
"Look, Mom! No hands!"
— George J. Crouse, Quarryville
"I am the Birdseed Eating Champion; my family claims that has gone to my head."
— Rose Locar, Mount Joy
"For me, healthy eating is a stretch."
— Roxie Sarroff, Lancaster
And there's more!
Here are some more captions submitted by Sunday News readers. (Although many sent multiple options, we are only posting one caption per contributor.)
"I'll bet Congress designed this feeder."
— John H. McBeth, Akron
"Anything an opposum can do, I can do better!"
— Carol McGrath, Atglen
"Tail-gate party."
— Ellen W. Smiley, Columbia
Hanging in there.
— Susan Dolla, Denver
"I finally got the hang of it."
— Jane Weik, Denver
"I'd love to taste this in an upside-down cake."
— Roy Weik, Denver
"Eating out isn't all that bad since I got the hang of it."
— Kathryn E. Sensenig, East Earl
"What a beautiful day to just hang out!"
— Marianne Gibble, East Petersburg
"No thanks, guys. I'll just hang out around the house today."
— Laura Newlin, Elizabethtown
"Eating upside-down is truly for the birds!"
— Robert E. Rhoads, Ephrata
"I would rather have peanuts; but, with the way the economy is, this is fine with me."
— Mary Dimitris, Lancaster
"Now, THIS is for the birds."
— Virginia Joline, Lancaster
"I knew my gymnastics classes would come in handy!"
— Moira Koehler, Lancaster
"Come on up and we can hang out together."
— Deborah McCartney, Lancaster
"By crackin', I am still getting my lunch of corn and other bird seed!"
— Shirlee Mershon, Lancaster
"I can eat these seeds up."
— Imelda Minnich, Lancaster
"Just hangin' out."
— Jack Pyott, Lancaster
This Type-A squirrel, a true multitasker, does his morning stretches — "Look, mom, one foot!" — while eating a NUTricious breakfast.
— Judy Sandt, Lancaster
"Who says I'm not ambidextrous?"
— Michelle Wise, Lancaster
"Now, THIS is multitasking: leg crunches and tasty munchies!"
— Katheryn Yerger, Lancaster
Feat 'n' Eat
— Ginny Bailey, Landisville
The following are from Landisville Middle School seventh-grade Nobles Team students who are taught by Diane Anderson:
•Is he dead, falling, or just plain hungry? — Sage Constable, age 12
•"My dream as a spy isn't turning out so well." — Alex Spence, age 12
•We just found a new species of squirrel — a bat squirrel. — Erin Hollis, age 12
•"Wait. Was this always upside-down?" — Kenzie Lausch, age 12
•"What? You've never seen a squirrel bird before?" — Monica Grove, age 13
•Rare spider squirrel caught stealing bird seed. — Cameron Thompson, age 12
•Fall ... a time for hangin' out and being nutty! — Erin Gamble, age 12
•Bat squirrel steals food from bird feeder. — Hayley Heisey, age 12
•Squirrel starts gymnastics to get bird feed. — Emily Ciepiela, age 12
•Warning! There have been reports of squirrels robbing bird houses. Don't be alarmed! — Brianna Huhn, age 13
•"Oh, how I wish I was a bat." — Sean Creegan, age 12
•Acrobatic squirrel hanging from a limb: It's dinner and a show! — Brianne Zeamer, age 12
•Squirrel goes nuts for bird seeds in feeder. — Jeffrey Smith, age 12
•Mmmmm ... I wonder if he wants to be a 'possum. — Malina Green, age 12
•I know that the economy is tough, but there's no need to steal from the birds. — Brody Smith, age 13
•"Squirrel-proof bird feeder ... yeah, right!" — Randolph Woodruff, age 12
And more:
"Hang, this food's for the birds."
— Donald Steller, Leola
"I think I have the hang of this."
— June Steller, Leola
"Some say it's a dog-eat-dog world; I say it's a squirrel-eat-bird-seed world."
— Mark Steller, Leola
"Mrs. Bird, I enjoy hanging out at your place."
— Martha Clark, Lititz
"Look at me! I can do tricks and still get the bird seed!"
— Barbara A. English, Lititz
"If I eat enough, I will become a flying squirrel."
— Bob Hill, Lititz
"It's squirrel-magic, humans. Far superior to yours! I can hang upside-down and eat at the same time."
— Robin Davis, Manheim
"Hanging out "tw-eat."
— Kamille K. Beittel, Manheim
"Birdbrains picked out all the cashews again. I'm gonna be one irate rodent."
— Robert M. Johnson, Manheim
One hungry squirrel.
— Jerry Morrow, Millersville
"I gotta go to the 'length' degree to get food these days."
— Todd Wolgemuth, Mount Joy
That little thief is back again.
— Dolores Hohenadel, New Providence
"Of course there's such a thing as a free lunch!"
— Shirley Orfanella, Quarryville
Just have patience and hang in there.
— Joan Heisey, Salunga
"Hang in there; somebody will be around to fill the feeder soon."
— Nancy L. Rintz, Strasburg
"Hangin' low drives me nuts."
— David Sunden, Willow Street
