SQUID OR OCTOPUS? The New Yorker recently announced the latest incarnation of its annual Cartoon Caption Contest. The press release says that "This is the contest's sixth year; readers are asked to make up a caption to accompany an Alex Gregory drawing that depicts a sushi counter complete with chef, customer, and a large octopus wearing an enormous chef's hat."

The fact checkers must've been AWOL on that one. The sea creature depicted in the cartoon looks like a squid, not an octopus.

For that matter, it also looks more like a cartoon squid than a cartoon octopus.

Yeah, yeah, yeah--we know they all look alike.