My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #596
“What’s a nice ghoul like you doing in a place like this?”
(Winning caption: “Sure, I’ve got a few minutes to kill.”)
Little Touches
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #595
“He gives me the chills.”
(Winning caption: “Don’t worry. He won’t last long.” )
My runner-up entry: Wizbang caption contest, November 17, 2017
“One, two, three, four, I declare a trade war.”
(Winning caption: “I haven’t seen matching shirts like that
since The Monkees went off the air.”)
Attention to Detail
My subversive entry: Inside Higher Ed caption contest, November 2017
Matthew Henry Hall’s amusing cartoon for the November IHE contest includes the text “Used only by permission” in the copyright statement. It depicts a faculty member standing in the doorway of the Admissions office, addressing a crowd of – I assume – prospective students.
“We value diversity, except in ideology. Free thinkers need not apply.”
(Winning caption: “I’m not gonna lie, working up to your potential
isn’t as important as having parents paying up to theirs.”)
My loser entry: Linn’s Stamp News, November 2017
“Hey 19, that’s enough of the fine Colombian for now.”
(Winning caption: “OK, Vladimir, we can talk freely up here.”)
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #594
“She’s secretly planning to accuse him of inappropriate contact.”
(Winning caption: “I love it when the shirts turn plaid.”)
Blame
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #593
“The new tax regulations are here.”
(Winning caption: “She left a note. No, I haven’t read it yet.”)
Veterans Day 2017
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #592
“It’s not a typo. We really do have ducking bad tech support.”
(Winning caption: “I’m afraid this whole experiment is about to go south.”)
Anger Management
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #591
The New Yorker initially posted the wrong cartoon for this contest …
“Frankly, my dear …”
My caption should have been: “I really miss Mankoff.”
The cartoonist’s caption: “You have something stuck between your teeth.”
And here is the drawing the New Yorker intended for this contest,
and the caption I would have entered …
“I can change the water but first it has to really want to change.”
(Winning caption: “I can give you the tools, but you have to do the work yourself.”)
Unwritten Rules
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #590
“Dramatic foreshadowing. Spears must be about to be invented.”
(Winning caption: “It will be worth even more when he’s extinct.”)
Ethics Training
My loser entry: New Yorker caption contest #589
“The dessert list is on the billboard outside.”
(Winning caption: “Can I tell you about a few items that aren’t on the menu?”)
Silver Bullet
