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By Staci Zaretsky on May 07, 2012 1:23 pm

Early last week, we asked readers to submit possible captions for this photo:

On Thursday, you voted on the finalists, and now it’s time to announce the winner of our caption contest….

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As is customary with our caption contests, we will now reveal the backstory behind the picture. A reader saw this while vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, and thought that the Biglaw joke potential was too high to pass up the opportunity to share the photo with us. Our tipster notes: “I never did see anyone sitting on the towels – maybe they were in the business center!”

And now, without further ado, here’s the winning caption:

The only time someone screamed “Sharks!” and people ran into the water.

Thanks to everyone for suggesting comments and for voting. If you wrote the winning caption, feel free to email us, subject line “Caption Contest Winner,” to claim your prize (an ATL t-shirt).