Caption This

Winning Captions: Spring 2021

This photo from the 溏心vlog免费B站 Library Archives is dated February 27, 1952. The straightforward description is, 鈥淎 picture of studio director Pauline Bregnan and William J. Toohey 鈥55 in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Radio Station room.鈥 Your caption ideas and responses, 溏心vlog免费B站 Magazine readers, were anything but straightforward. In fact, they were quite creative.

Winning Captions

Two students look at an LP record

鈥淭he Beatles? They鈥檙e no Kingston Trio. One-hit wonder for sure.鈥
鈥擱ichard McCahey 鈥69

鈥淚t鈥檚 called Rock & Roll. It鈥檚 a fad that will never last.鈥
鈥擬ichael Kenny 鈥81

Runner-Up

鈥淪o Larry says if you play this one backwards you鈥檒l hear the name of every Dorr Hall resident…ever.鈥
鈥擳imothy Anderson 鈥97

Notable Submissions

Reader Janis Murray (wife of David Murray 鈥75) was inspired by this photo, along with the poetry story in the spring 2021 issue, to share a submission in verse:

鈥淚 am curious about you.
Your smile captures my mind.
I study vinyl for my own interest,
Your attention surprising,
Divine.

Hold me closely
Let your fingers explore
my back.
If not, we may miss
this potential match.

Let that smile
Kiss me
And we may see,
independently,
The vibe,
The music,
We want.鈥
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From 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 first lady, the Rev. Lynn Baker-Dooley:
I love this photo as proof that women were involved at our radio station in 1952, but I have to say, without that knowledge, this photo reeks of mansplaining. So the caption might read:

鈥淟et me explain how this round thing works, honey.鈥
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WRIU DJ John Austin Murphy, aka The Monsignor, submitted this caption:

鈥淭his record is perfect for your show on WRIU!鈥

Listen to The Monsignor鈥檚 show, Roots & Offshoots on WRIU (90.3 FM or streaming live at wriu.org), Friday mornings from 6鈥8.

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