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Caption Challenge Vol. 2, No. 6

Hey, look: It’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, left, up there in Iqaluit

by Scott Feschuk on Monday, February 8, 2010 10:15am - 80 Comments

NOTE: The outcome of the Maclean’s Super Bowl XLIV Over/Under Challenge will be posted here sometime this afternoon after the results are compiled and a winner declared by the accounting firm of I Can’t Believe I Have to Do This Myself.

Hey, look: It’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, left, up there in Iqaluit for the big meeting of the G7 finance ministers. Your task: Come up with an amusing caption for this photograph. Your potential reward: a gift certificate from Amazon.ca, courtesy of speechwriting and strategic communications firm Feschuk.Reid, now in its fifth exciting year of existing. Feschuk.Reid: Good to the last drop.

The field of entries will be reduced to five finalists on Tuesday morning, at which time you’ll be able to vote for your favourite.

Tags: caption challenge, Jim Flaherty

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http://intensedebate.com/people/danby danby

Jim is reassured that no matter where he goes, there's always a chapter of Neutered Anonymous meeting, and that help is just a phone call away.
http://notquiteunhinged.blogspot.com Catelli

Hey there! I hear Peter MacKay is single again.
Mike T.

Now take these documents demanded by parliament and RUN boy! Run like the wind!

John D

Ha!
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You, are on a roll!

http://creekside1.blogspot.com Alison

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and companion were the only two members at the G7 meeting to partake of the sealmeat menu option.
Jason G.

Dude, I love your gas. Buy it all the time. Nice work.
Guest

Hey there boy! I thought if I picked somewhere cold and frozen no one would come. It woud just be you and me and I could do whatever I wanted.
Anon001

No, that's not a toupe. Honest.
http://intensedebate.com/people/Admiral_Ackbar Admiral_Ackbar

IT'S A TRAP!
http://intensedebate.com/people/Thwim Thwim

Flaherty liked dog-sledding. It reminded him of Cabinet. He understood it. How they were all pulling in the same direction. How everybody followed the lead dog. And how opening your mouth if you were behind wasn't a good idea.
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I wonder how fast the sled would go if we put Baird in the harness?
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Finding a break in his busy schedule, Jim Flaherty finally has time to pick up Euromoney magazine's prestigious Finance Minister of the Year award.
Misdirection

The first and last time Jim Flaherty will be seen as "a good-looking piece of meat."
http://intensedebate.com/people/OntarioTown OntarioTown

Kyoto, is that you? Don't bite me bro
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Cautiously, Jim Flaherty approaches sled dog Crystal; the initial step of a venerable ritual that will culminate in a testicular reading and a new economic forecast
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"For the last time, my name is NOT Kyot–oh yeah, that's the spot. Keep rubbing there, and my name is whatever you want it to be."
John Blair

G7 reaches out to K9.
http://notquiteunhinged.blogspot.com Catelli

Wow, your eyes are really familiar! Predatory, piercing, make me feel like I've recently done something wrong…

The dog's name isn't Steve by any chance?
G-C

"CBC announces it will be re-launching beloved classic "The Littlest Hobo" as a husky who works with his husky human companion to beat unexpected deficits, one G8 nation at a time"
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Newsflash

Prime Minister John Baird congratulates Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on achieving his fifth consecutive surplus…..

In other News

Over 100,000 people crowd downtown Toronto to celebrate the Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup……
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After four hours of discussion, Mr. Flaherty finally figured that Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego.
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Nanuk decided against eating the leprechaun when he learned this was the magical leprechaun who had lowered the cost of his favourite dog food by 2 cents a can.
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Is that seal meat in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
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I think its funny that whoever wrote the description felt it necessary to identify Mr. Flaherty as the one on the left. :D

"Oooo. Puppies!

What? No I don't have 'anything better to do,' I'm on vacation."
Jason G.

See, doggy? I guess this is a "Disco Mitt."
dave

Good doggie…. nice doggie… don't you try and bite me in the ass like that HST idea did….