“Sooner or later they’ll figure out we don’t really have cookies.”

(Winning caption: Not yet posted.)

“Grilled nauga can be a bit rich, but the ledger stuffing should balance it out.”

(Winning Caption: Not yet posted.)

“Proposition 3.2 approved medical can-a-buds.”

(Winning Caption: “I was just transferred to the fraternity ward.”)

“Yep, one is a little swollen. Should I be concerned?”

(Winning Caption: “Put it down slowly—the mothers are very protective of their young.”)

“Order for Ishmael is ready.”

(Winning Caption: “Complain all you want, but I haven’t lost a bathroom key yet.”)

“I warned you not to tweet so much.”

(Winning caption: “Shall I keep reading?”)

“I’m from the oversight committee.”

The other finalists:

“Carry on. I’ll just be a fly on the wall.”
Submitted by Jake Hays, New York, N.Y.

“Mind if I jump in?”
Submitted by Daniel Ballen, New York, N.Y.

(Winning caption: “Mind if I jump in?”)

Contest #404

The broken image was eventually fixed. My caption would have been …

“The knotty aftertaste is captivating.”

(Winning caption: “So when are you two taking the plunge?”)

“Because you gave me blanket authority.”

(Winning caption: “Like I’m the first person who’s tried sleeping their way to the top.”)

“Wise guys. They’ll fix the mole problem.”

(Winning caption: “Hire the one that said, ‘Whom.’ “)

“I know we needed an excuse to shred the files, but after the audit I want my desk back.”

(Winning caption: “Honey, is the Tesla recharged yet?”)

“I’m sorry, I haven’t seen Nemo.”

(Winning caption: “But where would we raise the kids?”)

“Can you hear me now?”

(Winning caption: “I’ll let go of the stick when you let go of the stick.”)

 

“Is his club bigger than mine?”

(Winning caption: “Getting past the guard is easy. How do we remove the paintings?”)

“Only happens when we smuggle performance enhancing drugs.”

(Winning caption: “I can’t believe my eye!”)

“Johnny is still a baby. Do not send him to school. Johnny is still a baby. Do not send him to school …”

(Winning caption: “No, you grow up.”)

“These days people have short attention spans. We only have happy minute now.”

(Winning caption: “You were with Ringling Brothers? I was with Lehman Brothers.”)

“She’s a sore loser but she plays an impressive trump card.”

(Winning caption: “Maybe his second week will go better.”)

“You just had to save a few bucks on the GPS.”

(Winning caption: “Long time no sea.”)

“For the last time, we must unite on this or be overwhelmed by divisiveness.
The correct term is Tsunami.”

(Winning caption: “Row v. Wave”)