Caption Contest Wednesday: I Stroke My Beard As If To Say, "Yeah, I Know Shit"

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(While I'm stroking it, I'm also saying, please do not question my judgment in agreeing to pose like this. Not that I have to defend myself to you, but I think this is exactly the way America would like to see its Fed chairman, at this time especially. Anyway. Email me for the pics that didn't make it to print: beardofunderstanding (all one word) at yahoo dot com.)

Comments

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 1:35PM

"I love inflation"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 1:37PM

"What is this 'Stagflation' you speak of?"

Posted by A-man, Jan 16, 2008 1:38PM

"This is my Kramer imitation. Get it?"

Posted by Gene Yuss, Jan 16, 2008 1:40PM

You've got a little mustard...right about...

Posted by sledgehammer, Jan 16, 2008 1:40PM

"let me tell you where my hands are and then i will tell you where yours should be and then we can get started"

Posted by Thorny, Jan 16, 2008 1:41PM

Who wants a mustache ride? Greenspan, Greenspan!!

Posted by sledgehammer, Jan 16, 2008 1:41PM

"Hmmm....do you think Maria Bartiromo thinks about me when SHE is in the shower?"

Posted by Anon, Jan 16, 2008 1:42PM

So 1_2 and girl are getting a hotel room...interesting...

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 1:45PM

Which hotel?

Posted by Guy in Chicago, Jan 16, 2008 1:48PM

"Uh, so I have to shave the sides for this to qualify as a Prison Pussy?"

Posted by Jim Simons, Jan 16, 2008 1:49PM

I see now... Greenspan makes the bubble, Paulson bets on the pop. I wonder if I can get a gig with Elliot.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 1:54PM

THAT is Bess Levin's hand.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:00PM

Bernanke contemplating how he can bed Tanner.

Posted by Finn, Jan 16, 2008 2:00PM

"Extra Crispy or Original Recipe. It's so hard to decide."

Posted by chad, Jan 16, 2008 2:01PM

"Under my beard is another hand stroking another beard."

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:02PM

Ben's portrait the Mint will use for the planned $1000 Bill that will be in wide circulation, since 100 just isn't what it used to be. Also provides 10x the fiscal stimulas when dropped from the helicopter.

Posted by CNote, Jan 16, 2008 2:05PM

That's just great, the Fed Chairman trying to pick his nose on the sly...

Posted by Jealous, Jan 16, 2008 2:10PM

I was going to enter this contest but I am still laughing at sledgehammer's caption. I don't think his can be beat. The caption, that is.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:16PM

"Zillion? Jillion? Bajillion! Yeah, Bajillion! They'll but that. Suckers.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:17PM

"Zillion? Jillion? Bajillion! Yeah, Bajillion! They'll buy that. Suckers.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:21PM

"how now Dow cow...?"

Posted by Phil Seltzer, Jan 16, 2008 2:22PM

And in this one I'm preventing my jaw from dropping at the realization of how deeply fucked the economy is.

Posted by Chris G., Jan 16, 2008 2:23PM

"Can you guess the number in my head?"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:24PM

I am not stroking my beard! I am snapping my fingers to the same tune that the traders make me dance to.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:27PM

I am not stroking my beard! I am snapping my fingers to the same tune that the traders make me dance to.

Posted by Anon, Jan 16, 2008 2:28PM

Why did Bess take down her Friendster profile with her picture on it?

Posted by JtotheizzA, Jan 16, 2008 2:28PM

I seem to recall the difference between suppositories, which I receive daily, and stagflation. Perhaps I need more suppositories?

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 2:31PM

the friendster profile with the kiss blowing was fucking hot

Posted by Wyatt, Jan 16, 2008 2:35PM

Three things nerdy fuckers need to do to project an aura of authority:
1. You nee to be wearing suspenders to work. Make sure to put your thumbs under them and nod significantly at everything.
2. Stroke your beard and use the phrase, "That's a good question.' And if some pulls that on you, use: "That IIIIS a good question!"
3. There are 2 kinds of people:
a. Mr. ________
b. Hon (or Miss)

Posted by bear-ringit, Jan 16, 2008 2:44PM

Hmmmm....I wonder if the Russians are behind this...

Posted by food4thought, Jan 16, 2008 2:53PM

Now, now. What kind of question is that Mrs. Clinton...?? You and Bill know how i LOVE my fried chicken.

Posted by heli, Jan 16, 2008 2:55PM

"From helicopters, you say. Hmmmm...."

Posted by R. Paul, Jan 16, 2008 2:59PM

"Ron Paul's win will put me out of a job"

Posted by chad, Jan 16, 2008 3:02PM

"We have been getting screwed by the system. The system that forces us guys to like girls. All right? We're getting pushed into this. What if we just take the girls out of it? We can have our own system, it's a counter-system. And then, you do things together, you swim, you row, you... boat, you eat, you stink. We can just be guys! You can have sex, you can do it, you know, many guys at a time, but it's not gay."

Posted by anon, Jan 16, 2008 3:02PM

"Now where did I put my bowtie?"

Posted by ksql, Jan 16, 2008 3:05PM

"And today in Economics 101 we are going to discuss inflation and interest rates"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:06PM

"Was the poop in 2girls1cup real?"

Posted by wtf, Jan 16, 2008 3:06PM

Wow, that is quite a rack.....subprime my ass.....

Posted by Becky Boot Fan, Jan 16, 2008 3:08PM

"Hmmm, what could I post that would really WOW the perverts over at youporn.com?"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:08PM

"Was the poop in 2girls1cup real?"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:10PM

i vote for chad @ 2:01. do we get to vote? because i would vote for chad.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:10PM

"Oh, inflation and interest rates are INVERSELY correlated. I though you said POSITIVELY"

Posted by Becky Boot Fan, Jan 16, 2008 3:11PM

"Hmmm, what could I post that would really WOW the perverts over at youporn.com?"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:17PM

"where can a man get himself some mikes hard lemonade"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:19PM

"With Valtrex, I can be intimate with my partner without giving him my genital herpes"

Posted by mrpink, Jan 16, 2008 3:23PM

"hmmm... I wonder if slimjim will space dock with me after the meeting"

Posted by investorcluzo, Jan 16, 2008 3:29PM

so, alan g signed up a third consulting gig...I'll show his 81 year old a$$, I'm going to get four jobs when I finish with this public servant (whipping boy) bs.

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 3:33PM

"Oh. I see. So all that talk of addressing my 'inflation problems' was literal? Awwwwkward."

Posted by wtf, Jan 16, 2008 3:49PM

"i said reduce by 50 bps not increase......"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 4:20PM

"one fish, two fist. red fish, blue fish"

Posted by jchow, Jan 16, 2008 4:32PM

That Just For Men stuff doesn't work! All this tv coverage, I must do something about my gray.

Posted by jchow, Jan 16, 2008 4:32PM

That Just For Men stuff doesn't work! All this tv coverage, I must do something about my gray.

Posted by jchow, Jan 16, 2008 4:33PM

That Just For Men stuff doesn't work! All this tv coverage, I must do something about my gray.

Posted by smn, Jan 16, 2008 5:06PM

"have you seen my baseball?"

Posted by JP, Jan 16, 2008 5:21PM

"What do YOU think I should do with the interest rate?"

Posted by i AM somebody, Jan 16, 2008 6:05PM

"hmmm... I give up. What does 'deucage' mean"

Posted by i AM somebody, Jan 16, 2008 6:05PM

"hmmm... I give up. What does 'deucage' mean"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 6:07PM

"hmmm... I give up. What does 'deucage' mean"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 6:54PM

"Did they find any corn in the Merrill deucage?"

Posted by , Jan 16, 2008 7:46PM

The (Now) Former Federal Reserve Chairman Admires his hard days work at Merrill, on the 9th floor. His Next Stop: Bear Stearns for a smoke with his good friend Jimmy.

Posted by Rory, Jan 16, 2008 8:03PM

"Wanna sniff my fingers?"

Posted by Holla Bitch, Jan 16, 2008 8:04PM

- I been had skills, Cristal spills
Hide bills in Brazil, about a mil to ice grill
Make it hard to figure me, liquor be, kickin me-

** off camera: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' gripping my nuts**

Attack with the mac, my left hand spit, right hand,
Grip on the whip, for the smooth getaway
Playa haters get away or my lead will spray
Squeeze off til I'm empty, don't tempt me
Only, to hell I send thee, all about the...Benjis

Holla

Posted by Holla Bitch, Jan 16, 2008 8:05PM

- I been had skills, Cristal spills
Hide bills in Brazil, about a mil to ice grill
Make it hard to figure me, liquor be, kickin me-

** off camera: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' gripping my nuts**

Attack with the mac, my left hand spit, right hand,
Grip on the whip, for the smooth getaway
Playa haters get away or my lead will spray
Squeeze off til I'm empty, don't tempt me
Only, to hell I send thee, all about the...Benjis

Holla

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