Caption This: A 1950s Homemaker Ponders…
What do you think this young homemaker from the 1950s is thinking about?
“I wonder if that gold refrigerator I bought will look dated in a few years?”
“Should I hang that horse and jockey wallpaper in my kitchen?”
“If only I had a portable stereo in here!”
Write your own caption for her in the comments and tell us what you think she’s got on her mind.
(I’m working through the weekend on a project deadline, so I hope you guys will come up with some good captions to keep me entertained while I’m slaving away. Come on–don’t fail me now!)
Photo via DarkRoastedBlend.
February 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
She’s thinking, “I wonder…if I substitute soymilk for regular, will my husband still eat it?”
February 29th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
That’s a good one, Maya. This photo does in fact resemble what I probably looked like, standing in my kitchen yesterday and pondering whether I could substitute natural, organic peanut butter for the usual Skippy without my kids noticing.
And, as all the moms out there can probably guess–they DID notice that it was different–and neither of them said, “Yum! Thanks, Mom, for helping us make healthier choices!”
March 1st, 2008 at 8:43 am
“I’ve heard that too much butter is bad for the figure”. Check out the amount of butter in that dish!!
Janet
March 1st, 2008 at 8:46 am
Oh, you’re right, Janet! There’s like, three or four sticks of butter crammed in there!
March 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Playing off #3:
“Hmmm, did I get that Lipitor prescription refilled?”
March 1st, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Hmmm, now let’s see….have I had two cocktails today or three?
March 1st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Now let me see. If I use all that milk can I get Mr. Holmes to come back tonight and deliver me another quart before supper. That cake is not as good if we don’t have milk to drink with it.
March 1st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Jodi W, I’ve been trying to come up with a way to work “valium” into a caption for her, and your cocktails caption came closest to what I had in mind. Ha.
Irishof–that’s a good one! You always make me laugh.
Class of 56–I wish I had a milkman to deliver some a bottle to us this weekend. We’re always running out!
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 am
“Whatever possessed me to combine this many shades of yellow, cream, and gold in one kitchen?! Maybe I should ditch it all and go with blue and white…”
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
“hmm… is it our first date anniversary or is it the anniversary of our first fight…”
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Is it milk or eggs that gives my mother in law horrible stomach pains?
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
You guys are cracking me up.
My six-year old says, “She’s trying to think what to cook for dinner.” I’m afraid she sees that “What on earth am I going to make tonight??” look on my face every night around 5:30….
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
like most women of the 1950s, she was thinking, “Did I remember to take my diet pills this morning?”
October 30th, 2008 at 10:46 am
You all have such creative captions!
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I think she is thinking ” When the hell is he going to cook dinner for me, the slob!”
December 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
“Hmm … is that the milkman’s ring? or did John forget his keys again?”