Winning caption by Tracy:
Tiny dung beetle is color blind, he just wants to make a snowman.
And now for something completely different… a tiny dung beetle!
I’ve never met one in person, but I imagine they’re a pretty down-to-earth bunch.
Let’s have a tiny dung beetle caption contest! Leave your caption for this little guy in the comments, and we’ll pick our favorite on Monday. The winner will get the Tiny Fantasy Patterns!
(Bonus points if your caption is both funny AND tasteful!)
Same dung, different day.
(I decided to alter the famous phrase to make it more G-rated, but you get what I mean.)
Awwww, tasteful? I’m out.
Caption for the dung beetle: On top of the world, looking down on creation
It’s cute, I don’t know about knitting a dung ball, though. :)
Ding, dong, dung. You can sniff and I’m coming by……
(Do you have an earworm now?)
Anybody smell something funny?
I REALLY hope you make this pattern available to us (for purchase) because I NEED one of these.
Being a dung beetle makes every day feel like a Monday. :-(
“Oh, poo.”
When he left the apartment for the first time, tiny dung beetle was dismayed to find that not all poo is high quality wool.
I can bring home the dungball… da da da da dum… fry it up in pan…
Some days you’re the dung, some days you’re the beetle.
Not the cleanest job, but someboby’s gotta do it!
“Why do I do this job you ask? What can I say, doody calls.”
Tiny dung beetle is happy to just keep on rollin’
Survival of the fittest….no one steps in sh*t on purpose!
The Egyptians thought I was rolling the sun, but it’s really just a ball of dung.
Poopsies eyes are bigger than his stomach!
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’,
I’m not phased by trollin’
Keep those Dungballs rollin’
Dungbeetle!
Even though I’m yarn,
I don’t give a darn,
For dung I don’t wheedle!
Wool, acrylic, cotton,
I won’t be forgotten
I was knit with tiny needles!
Knit it up, roll it out!
Roll it out, knit it up!
Knit it up, roll it out!
Dungbeetle!
Count your stitch, marker slip,
Marker slip, count your stitch,
Count your stitch, marker slip,
Tiny needle!
Dungbeetle! Dungbeetle!
(To the tune of “Rawhide”)
“Ah well… A woolen poop is better than no poop at all.
They see me rollin’, they hatin’.
Mmmm truffles, …wait a minute…
I deal with a little bit of crap each day too!
Winny the pooh never had it that good!
This is how I roll.
Life stinks, knit a dung beettle!
I roll so you don’t wallow …
Don’t judge him for his habitat. He’s making the best out of a crappy situation.
“I prefer to be called a Dorodango Beetle, thank you.”
Poor little dung beetle, he seems to be having a poopy day :(
He knows he’s small man on the totem pole, but still wishes he didn’t get all the crap jobs.
Dung? Whaddya mean dung? They told me it was chocolate cake!
tiny dung beetle is color blind, he just wants to make a snowman.
Tiny Dung Beetle thinks that he is very lucky that he has a yarn dung ball and not real poop. He has a very sensitive nose that would probably fall of if he rolled around poo all day.
On your marks, get set,
Dung’s away…….
Watch out or it could go Splat!!!!!
Now THAT’S a spicy meat -a – ball!
Tiny dung beetle is very popular because he knows that the lady beetles much prefer high quality wool to genuine dung
Don’t worry, tiny dung beetle doesn’t smell that bad.
Been there, dung that.
Tiny dung beetle resolves to stop eating bran muffins for breakfast.
Tiny Dung Beetle thought that all this time he was rolling around a giant chocolate chip!
“I come from a land dung under!”
Sung in the rhythm of Men at Work – Down Under
“And you thought your job was crappy”
Tiny Dung Beetle wishes that Tiny Elephant had a smaller gauge, as it would make his task less Sisyphean.
Na Naaaaaaa na na na naa na na na Le Katamari Damashii!
Tiny Dung Beetle has found a new “round-looking” best friend. The first thing he said to him was, “You smell…”
Tiny Dung Beetle is predictable, and always brings the poo poo platter to the office potluck.
Tiny Dung Beetle’s Mom: “Look what you did on the bed!”
Tiny Dung Beetle: “I’m sorry but I really had to go! The washroom was to far away!”
Hmmm, he’s cute but i might not make him, at least not with the dung ball, though that would just make him an overgrown cricket or rhinocerous beetle or something (hey, there’s an idea for you!)
Caption: The other tinies don’t like ting dung beetle much, he’s a bit antisocial. Not just cause of what he carries, and not to mention his breath, but he acts really feces-ous*!
*(facetious)
Some one who would do that must have dung for brains…
Me thinks this needs some salt.
It’s not bad, dude, just come try it!
It happens but I can take care of it.
A chocolate ball, miam ! Take care “petite fourmi” because I love chocolate !
Slam dung recipe:
Roll dung into gunk,
Add a little poop,
Yum yum
That really looks good!
Tiny Dung Beetle and Co. will fix all your tiny plumbing problems.
You think Atlas (the greek god) had it hard? Try getting poo to roll uphill!
In preparation for the upcoming bikini season, Tiny Dung Beetle started a new Pilates class. He even made his own tiny Pilates ball!!
Their business, is my business. And man, does it stink.
There once was a tiny dung beetle,
Who simply flew off my needle,
He rolled up my stash,
And demanded my cash,
Boy that beetle could wheedle!
Sometimes dung happens, but the job goes on…..
It might not be so pretty,
It might not be so clean,
But I’m thankful for the dung I have to keep me grounded and from becoming mean.
Poor thing he thought it was a chocolate doughnut hole!!! :p
Oh crap!
Tiny Dung Beetle reflects on how you never really know how much crap you have until you have to move it all.
“This finally job is dung!” said the tiny dung beetle. “It’s a dirty job, but hey somebody has to be the pooper scooper.”
It’s a living! Dung in, dung out.
Rollin’ with my homies…
Tiny dung beetle knows: a tiny dung a day keeps the doctor away!
Tiny dung beetle has found the perfect place to keeps his treasures : in his great ball of dung!
It’s the right time to roll to me!
Since it is political season, for a change….Very simply – every DOG needs to come with its’ own DUNG BEETLE.
All for starting a group to march around the city where you live and hand out DUNG BEETLES to all dog owners, please sign up.
(Free) radicals UNITE!!!! Let the candidates talk about us; who will be pro and who will be con? Have the t.v. commentators, with cameras, show that we mean “business”. omg – who could not be for this project? Ha Ha Ha.
“Tiny Milton is up to the porch steps when he hears his mother say ‘Come to dinner and wash your feet?’ “
A dung beetle wanted to grow
A vegetable garden, and so
He pulled all the weeds
He planted the seeds
And mixed with the dirt his small ball!
Ah to be young,
And rolling in dung
But I’m old and blue
So it’s only …
Tiny Dung Beetle is a dog owner’s best friend! No more smelly chores and bending down, when there’s Tiny Dung Beetle to do the job!
Poor little Khepri the tiny dung beetle… In his mind he thinks he’s some sort of small god, rolling his ball of dung around every day like he’s pushing the sun across the sky……*
* A quick explanation: Ra was the chief god of the Ancient Egyptians and his divine personality took three forms. Khepri was his most powerful form in which he took on the identity of a golden scarab beetle as he daily crossed the sky, bringing sunlight to the Ancient Egyptians.
Oh sure Sisyphus, keep complaining. You only have to roll a rock. Want to trade some day?
sitting on the stool…
The the cattle are happy with my removal services — I get to eat everything I take!
All in all it’s just another poo in the ball.
~from the pink Floyd song
First thing that came to mind when I saw this was “A Bugs Life”
“If we didn’t like the taste, you’d be in solder high waste.”
omg!!! that is soooooooo adorible please post the pattern for sale.