CaptionThatCover:LOLHANDS!

by SB Sarah Friday, October 10, 2008 at 01:39 AM

Thanks to the many, many people who forwarded me the Fail Blog’s salute to three-handed romance. I have a special love of that cover - that chick is my avatar. Why? The only thing better than having a third hand would be the magical ability to conjure up more hours in the day. Three hands?! OMG PLZ.

So! A contest is born! Take that fabulous cover and LOL-caption it. Certainly we can do better than “FAIL,” because certainly, while it’s an artistic fail, as a matter of promotional opportunity, for Christina Dodd, it was utterly full of win.

Your quest: take the cover, and LOL Caption it. You have 24 hours, and can post them in the comments or post links to an image hosted elsewhere. If you do post them here, please don’t make the image more than 325 pixels wide, please. Vote for your favorites in the comments, please, and then we’ll have a vote-off for the top 3 over the weekend.

Grand Prize? The book itself, of course! One pristine, fabulous copy of the three-handed woman adorning the cover of Christina Dodd’s Castles in the Air. Second prize: $20 to the online bookstore of the winner’s choice, and third prize will be $10 to the online bookstore of the winner’s choice.

Ready, set, go! Copy of the art is below the fold for your downloading and LOLing pleasure.

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Picture of Vera Vera said on...
10.10.08 at 02:09 AM

The DaVinci code revealed- The nights Templar protecting Princess octopussy

Picture of Amiracle Amiracle said on...
10.10.08 at 02:15 AM

Three hands are better than one…..or two.

Picture of A C Spencer A C Spencer said on...
10.10.08 at 03:10 AM

He has his mother’s hands

or one, at least.

Picture of Liz in Australia Liz in Australia said on...
10.10.08 at 04:17 AM

“My mother did tell me to look for a woman who was handy in the kitchen… “
or
“Now that I have you, might I suggest what you could do with that free hand of yours…?”

Picture of rm rm said on...
10.10.08 at 04:36 AM

“Yes, you may have my hand in marriage… as long as the other two are free to roam!”

Picture of Ciar Cullen Ciar Cullen said on...
10.10.08 at 04:41 AM

It’s not a disability, darling. You’re differently abled. But I told you not to bowl with that hand, okay?

Picture of rm rm said on...
10.10.08 at 04:42 AM

“Can I give you a hand?”

Picture of rm rm said on...
10.10.08 at 04:44 AM

“Let me lend you a hand.”

Picture of rm rm said on...
10.10.08 at 04:45 AM

“Need a hand? I’m not using it for anything.”

Picture of rm rm said on...
10.10.08 at 04:46 AM

It’s got to be said, I can’t help myself:

“I wanna hold your ha-a-a-a-and, I wanna hold your hand!”

Picture of Elizabeth Wadsworth Elizabeth Wadsworth said on...
10.10.08 at 05:00 AM

“He thought he’d found the woman of his dreams; little did he know that under her lovely, unassuming exterior lurked…Shiva The Destroyer.”

Picture of Sara N. Sara N. said on...
10.10.08 at 05:32 AM

Now darling don’t be self-concious…I’ve got plans for that extra hand!

Picture of Darlene Marshall Darlene Marshall said on...
10.10.08 at 05:33 AM

LOLcaptions:

My mutant hands, let me show you them.

I can haz xtra hands???

Picture of Teddypig Teddypig said on...
10.10.08 at 05:35 AM

The Handmaid’s Trilogy

Picture of Morgan Morgan said on...
10.10.08 at 05:51 AM

Neither nuclear disaster nor subsequent deformation could stand in the way of their love…

Picture of joykenn joykenn said on...
10.10.08 at 05:52 AM

I had to flee when they discovered my secret!

Picture of Kathy Kathy said on...
10.10.08 at 05:54 AM

Doing the “wave” was never so much fun!!


two74:  All about numbers today.

Picture of KarenD KarenD said on...
10.10.08 at 06:06 AM
Picture of Rebecca Rebecca said on...
10.10.08 at 06:10 AM

Hey Lady!  No need to be handsy!

Picture of SamG SamG said on...
10.10.08 at 06:19 AM

I’z hung like horse, you needs 3 hands…..

Me 2 penis, you 3 hand…we made for each other

Pinch my nipple, slap my ass and choke my chicken, I’ve found the perfect woman

Sam

Picture of Mari Mari said on...
10.10.08 at 06:29 AM

“Is that a hand growing out of your shoulder or are you just happy to see me?”

Picture of Julie Leto Julie Leto said on...
10.10.08 at 06:29 AM

KarenD for the win, IMO!

Picture of L L said on...
10.10.08 at 06:32 AM

Finally, he’d found a woman who could handle all of him.  At once.

and…

She was more than he’d ever imagined.

Picture of SarahLTB SarahLTB said on...
10.10.08 at 06:38 AM

At first he loved her despite her handicap - then he loved her for it.

Picture of rebyj rebyj said on...
10.10.08 at 06:40 AM

I forget which code works here…


Trying this..

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Picture of Dorilys Dorilys said on...
10.10.08 at 07:08 AM

OMGZ!!1! HANDZ MAKE KITTEH SCARED!

Picture of Maughta Maughta said on...
10.10.08 at 07:21 AM

I found myself purchasing this book from e-bay after I lampooned it on Judge A Booy by its Cover.  What a great book!

Speaking of great books, I think DocTurtle is still waiting for his romance reading challenge.  Don’t tell me y’all have chickened out!

Picture of SB Sarah SB Sarah said on...
10.10.08 at 07:31 AM

No worries Maughta - DocTurtle is on my shipment list for this weekend.

Mwaaaahahahahahha.**rubs hands (all three of them) together**

Picture of Anon76 Anon76 said on...
10.10.08 at 07:41 AM

“Stop trying to cheat, darling. You can only use ONE hand to play rock, paper, scissors.”

Picture of Mary Mary said on...
10.10.08 at 07:44 AM

Jazz Handz.  Ur doin it wrong.

Picture of Ms Manna Ms Manna said on...
10.10.08 at 07:46 AM

“Someone else has come between us!”

Picture of KimmieB KimmieB said on...
10.10.08 at 07:47 AM

“Forth hand in ur ass, savin ur life.”

Picture of Silver James Silver James said on...
10.10.08 at 07:47 AM

Okay. Mary beat me to it! She gets my vote. Jazz Handz FTW!

Picture of rooruu rooruu said on...
10.10.08 at 07:52 AM

Not an entry, but a chuckle that the cover spontaneously includes the word Priceless….

Picture of m3t m3t said on...
10.10.08 at 08:00 AM

Having failed twice our Knight and his lady discovered that three was a charm…

Picture of Ramprat Ramprat said on...
10.10.08 at 08:15 AM

Darling, I think now is the time I need to tell you about my symbiotic siamese twin, Lola…

Picture of Karen Karen said on...
10.10.08 at 08:16 AM

“Once,  Twice, Three Hands a-Lady”

“He was also a handhandhandsome devil”

Picture of Shiloh Walker Shiloh Walker said on...
10.10.08 at 08:33 AM

No, pls. Can’t handle no moar.

Just in case the image doesn’t load, there’s the link.

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Picture of Shiloh Walker Shiloh Walker said on...
10.10.08 at 08:34 AM

oh, yay…it worked…

Picture of Eunice Eunice said on...
10.10.08 at 08:42 AM

“Oh, so you don’t have a dwarf hidden in you in your skirts, huh? Well what’s this?!”

Picture of Jora Jora said on...
10.10.08 at 09:05 AM

Her cousin Zaphod was right.  That third hand really comes in handy when undressing.

Picture of Ms Manna Ms Manna said on...
10.10.08 at 09:39 AM

Too late, she discovered why property was so cheap on Three Mile Island.

Picture of Beadgirl Beadgirl said on...
10.10.08 at 10:12 AM

Kali would devour him in seconds, and not a moment too soon—her disguise was wearing off.

Picture of Joanna S. Joanna S. said on...
10.10.08 at 10:16 AM

3rd Hand?  Made fur plezur!

Picture of Maureen Maureen said on...
10.10.08 at 10:18 AM

Ur won hand-som womn!

Picture of endlessdesk endlessdesk said on...
10.10.08 at 10:21 AM

After being proud for his making her moan and gasp in pleasure, he idly wondered what was that smell…

Picture of Barbara Barbara said on...
10.10.08 at 10:29 AM

Not an entry…but the Amazon product description includes the line “What man would have her once he discovered her secret?”

If it ain’t the extra hand…what could it be?! Let your mind run with that one!

Picture of karmelrio karmelrio said on...
10.10.08 at 10:41 AM

“Polly.  What a nice name.  Is it short for Polymelia? ”

Picture of Jessa Slade Jessa Slade said on...
10.10.08 at 10:45 AM

Wit dis hand
Iz thee wed.
Wit dis hand…
Huh? WTF?

I vote for KarenD’s:
Mai forth hand? In my pantz!

Picture of Lizzie (greeneyed fem) Lizzie (greeneyed fem) said on...
10.10.08 at 10:49 AM

I vote for rebyj‘s vajayjay cover - I LOL’d.

Picture of Carol Carol said on...
10.10.08 at 11:23 AM

I getz gud grades in sckool because I count to 15!

Picture of megalith megalith said on...
10.10.08 at 11:29 AM

I suck at linking, so let’s hope this works.

Picture of AgTigress AgTigress said on...
10.10.08 at 12:12 PM

I am not suggesting a caption here (there have been some great ones posted), but I can’t resist mentioning that the song that came into my mind was Tom Lehrer’s I hold your hand in mine, dear.   Definitely a lot more gruesome than the cover!

And another point:  no less an artist than Rembrandt van Rijn once drew a woman with three arms - and in an erotic context.  Perhaps because of the tendency for male brains to get addled when thinking of copulation?  Rembrandt’s contribution to the three-hand genre is in an etching of a very fully-clothed couple making love on a large four-poster bed:  the woman has two arms clasping her partner around the waist, and a second left arm lying along her side on the mattress.  I have not been able to find the etching online, but it appears regularly in general books on Western erotic art.

Picture of S.J. Ku S.J. Ku said on...
10.10.08 at 12:31 PM

I was only one hand short of being the reincarnation of Saraswati!!

Picture of Just Passing Just Passing said on...
10.10.08 at 12:32 PM

SEE I TOLD YOU….It does look like a baby’s arm holding an apple….GIGGITY GIGGITY GIGGITY.


I vote Karen’s Once, Twice, Three Hands a-Lady FTW             I can totally picture sopmeone singing that song.

Picture of Jessi B. Jessi B. said on...
10.10.08 at 02:49 PM

He’d heard the rumors, but never truly believed until it happened to him. Heroines of the 21st century were fighting back against their ‘ripped bodice’ portrayal. When she sprouted athird limb in order to support herself, he knew he was out of job.

Picture of TarotByArwen TarotByArwen said on...
10.10.08 at 02:50 PM

OH NOES!!1!! Zombie kitteh gurl lose hand. No worry. Iz found!

Picture of Lisa O Lisa O said on...
10.10.08 at 02:52 PM

“I heard you were the queen’s handmaid, but apparently I didn’t take it quite literally enough.”

Picture of Kathy Kathy said on...
10.10.08 at 03:03 PM

I like Mary’s “Jazz Hands”  Too damn funny.

Picture of DeeCee DeeCee said on...
10.10.08 at 03:17 PM

“This little piggy went to the market, this little piggy…..wait, r u saying that doesn’t apply to fingers?”

“So many digits, so little time!” Moohahahaha

Picture of Sarah Sarah said on...
10.10.08 at 04:02 PM

His life was given in service to the Knights Templar. Her parents were brother and sister. Their love would break all the rules.

Picture of LindaM54 LindaM54 said on...
10.10.08 at 04:06 PM

Menage a Addams

M/F/Thing

Picture of ashley ashley said on...
10.10.08 at 04:20 PM

The closely guarded secret of the knights Templar? Princess Magdalene’s holy hand.

You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out.. Ha! I knew you were cheating!

Picture of Lorelie Lorelie said on...
10.10.08 at 04:32 PM

Vote: Rebyj’s vajayjay lol, followed closely by Karen D’s forth hand.

Otherwise:  Does anyone have a very high res scan/copy of this cover?  Because I swear when I blow up the standard versions it looks like their hands are melting together.  Which is a whole new type of creepy.

Picture of Melissandre Melissandre said on...
10.10.08 at 05:45 PM

This gives “magic fingers” a whole new meaning.

Meanwhile, I think I read this book.  Aren’t the main characters blind?  That might be why he never noticed her third hand…and why she doesn’t know she’s a freak.

Picture of Melissandre Melissandre said on...
10.10.08 at 05:47 PM

Never mind.  The book with the blind characters is Candle in the Window, also by Dodd.  I was close; architecture was being exposed to an element.

Picture of Ocy Ocy said on...
10.10.08 at 06:31 PM

rebyj’s vajayjay just about killed me, I think.  Brilliant!

Picture of Kaffy Kaffy said on...
10.10.08 at 09:26 PM

Picture of sadieloree sadieloree said on...
10.10.08 at 10:13 PM

A knight in one hand in worth two in the bush. No wait…

Picture of sadieloree sadieloree said on...
10.10.08 at 10:15 PM

That’s IS worth… yeesh. I need sleep. Sorry ladies.

Picture of kh kh said on...
10.11.08 at 01:00 AM

um do u waant to s ee if the carpet matches the drapes

Picture of ehren ehren said on...
10.11.08 at 01:03 AM

Artz. Yur doin’ it wrong.

Picture of Danny Danny said on...
10.11.08 at 01:08 AM

He was in love with her—Unfortunately, she was a conjoined twin and only her hand was hers and hers alone. Would her sister stand aside and let them be together?

Picture of Linda Linda said on...
10.11.08 at 01:29 AM

I haz one hand in ur pocket, steelin ur change

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