“I don’t know the way down but if you hum a few bars I can fake it.”

(Winning caption: “This time I’m going to teach you how to tune it yourself.”)

“The sketch artist has the day off. Work with me here.”

(Winning caption: “If you want to see a giraffe, we’re going to need a lot more information.”)

“Clearly an act of God.”

(Winning caption: “It’s a textbook case—depending on which state your textbooks are from.”)

“Try to look more like a robin.”

(Winning caption: “I told your parents I would convert.”)

“The butcher is standing strong but the candlestick maker is turning state witness.”

(Winning caption: “Bad news. They found proof in the pudding.”)

“Dibs on the window meat.”

(Winning caption: “We can take this and transfer to the B.L.T. at Forty-second.”)

“The organ transplant didn’t turn out as I expected.”

(Winning caption: “I see the radiator’s Baroque again.”)

“All these years he was wearing high heels and a negligee under the robe.”

(Winning caption: “I was hoping taxes would go first.”)

“Don’t stop. We have no idea where that thumb has been.”

(Winning caption: “O.K., but he is going to have to check that bag.”)

“That must be Butch Cassidy.”

(Winning caption: “Well, you’re no masterpiece yourself.”)