By David DiBenedetto

The recent Man’s Best Friend caption contest produced a flood of great entries. But before I get to the winner, let me say many thanks to Joe Pope of Sporting Dog Photographs for the hilarious image. And thumbs up to Cabela’s for the prize—a six-pack of training dummies.

As usual, there were a few themes that seemed to bubble to the surface, so to speak. Seems a good number of you had cold-water shrinkage on the mind. (You’re not trying to tell us anything, are you?)

Another common theme was the “bird dog don’t swim” idea. Our favorite of these was from jersey pig:

I'm done with this, you want ducks, get a lab!

Rynodaug mined the memorable scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High for the following caption:

Phoebe Cates, eat your heart out.

The Olympics seemed to also be on your minds. Here’s a funny one from NathanH:

The Germans have begun exploring some unique synchronized swimming talent for the 2012 Olympics.

Taking honorable mention was John Anderson with a funny reference to our favorite childhood swimming-pool game:

MARCO....MARCO???? MARCO???????

But the winner, MLH, made us laugh out loud with his caption.

Yep, she learned to point flying fish all on her own.

Congrats, MLH. Send your address to me at mbfcontest@gmail.com and I’ll ship your Cabela’s training dummies.

Thanks, all, for participating.

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from stick500 wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

you picked a good one!
thanks for including other funny contenders as well

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from JOHN ANDERSON wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

CONGRATS!! MLH.This was a good one!

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from 2Poppa wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

I must have missed that one, I'm still laughing!
A lot of good ones.

Great one MLH!

Congratulations!

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from blackdawgz wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Great photograph.

And humorous caption.

Can't wait 'til Fall!

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from kolbster wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

this is by far the funniest caption contest F&S has done. and way to go MLH!!

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from dukkillr wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Good job, MLH!

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from pinopolis wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

hilarious! congrats, MLH!

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from spartan88 wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH.

I need to start entering these contests.

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from Judd McCullum wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Yeah, thanks for picking a good one, and including the runners up like stick500 said. Couldn't believe "Tastes like chicken" won that Iaconelli caption contest a few weeks back, no offense to the winner.

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from Cgull wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

yup good one MLH, many happy fetches to come in your future!

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from rrmont wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH, that was a good one!

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from 86Ram wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH

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from KyleKortright wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Good one, congradulations.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Great Job MLH and Congratulations!!!

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from MLH wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Thank you everyone, especially the selection crew (Dave and his lovely wife, I presume), Cabela's, and Joe Pope - I love the picture. I would not have wanted to pick a winner out of that contest - too many good ones. Perhaps this was destiny - been looking for retriever stuff for an upcoming RGS banquet. This will make a great prize and help us raise funds for habitat work.

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from Del in KS wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

MLH, Well done and congrats to all.

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from Muskiedenton wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

What a Great Picture....Good Job!

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from ckRich wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH!

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from Dave DiBenedetto wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

MLH- Appreciate the kind words. And I'm delighted the prize will be put to use for a good cause. Don't forget to e-mail me your address so I can ship out the goods:

mbfcontest@gmail.com.

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from hengst wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

As always a great choice..had me laughing ALMOST as much as the ones I wrote (lol) Congrats MLH and props for "regifting" to a great cause...really nice

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from jersey pig wrote 1 year 49 weeks ago

nice job MLH!!

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from kelmitch wrote 1 year 49 weeks ago

Great contest lots of fun congratulations MLH.

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from stick500 wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

you picked a good one!
thanks for including other funny contenders as well

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from JOHN ANDERSON wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

CONGRATS!! MLH.This was a good one!

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from 2Poppa wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

I must have missed that one, I'm still laughing!
A lot of good ones.

Great one MLH!

Congratulations!

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from blackdawgz wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Great photograph.

And humorous caption.

Can't wait 'til Fall!

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from kolbster wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

this is by far the funniest caption contest F&S has done. and way to go MLH!!

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from dukkillr wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Good job, MLH!

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from pinopolis wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

hilarious! congrats, MLH!

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from spartan88 wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH.

I need to start entering these contests.

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from Judd McCullum wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Yeah, thanks for picking a good one, and including the runners up like stick500 said. Couldn't believe "Tastes like chicken" won that Iaconelli caption contest a few weeks back, no offense to the winner.

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from Cgull wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

yup good one MLH, many happy fetches to come in your future!

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from rrmont wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH, that was a good one!

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from 86Ram wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH

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from KyleKortright wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Good one, congradulations.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Great Job MLH and Congratulations!!!

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from MLH wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Thank you everyone, especially the selection crew (Dave and his lovely wife, I presume), Cabela's, and Joe Pope - I love the picture. I would not have wanted to pick a winner out of that contest - too many good ones. Perhaps this was destiny - been looking for retriever stuff for an upcoming RGS banquet. This will make a great prize and help us raise funds for habitat work.

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from Del in KS wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

MLH, Well done and congrats to all.

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from Muskiedenton wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

What a Great Picture....Good Job!

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from ckRich wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

Congrats MLH!

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from Dave DiBenedetto wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

MLH- Appreciate the kind words. And I'm delighted the prize will be put to use for a good cause. Don't forget to e-mail me your address so I can ship out the goods:

mbfcontest@gmail.com.

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from hengst wrote 1 year 50 weeks ago

As always a great choice..had me laughing ALMOST as much as the ones I wrote (lol) Congrats MLH and props for "regifting" to a great cause...really nice

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from jersey pig wrote 1 year 49 weeks ago

nice job MLH!!

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from kelmitch wrote 1 year 49 weeks ago

Great contest lots of fun congratulations MLH.

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