CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST CONTINUES! For this special Halloween report on the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, let’s consider the nominees for Contest #24, the Gahan Wilson cartoon in which men in suits soar over Nutley, New Jersey.

My typically brilliant submission was “The best thing about the Rapture is traveling Business Class!” But somehow it wasn’t chosen! Of the three actual candidates (none of which did much with Nutley either), one hails from New York City, but Blog About Town’s money is on this submission by Eric J. Adams of Pengrove, California: “Hold my hand and we can use the car-pool lane.”

A victory for that caption would nudge California into first place in the state competition because the winner of Contest #22 (four women outvoting three men in a conference room) is none other than San Francisco’s Anne Whiteside with “Well, then, it’s unanimous.” Whiteside’s victory (my pick too) enabled the Golden State to tie Pennsylvania for the lead with three wins each. Second place is shared by Massachusetts, New Jersey, and North Carolina, with New York tied for third place with ten other states, including Mississippi.

Here’s the latest captionless cartoon.

What was your submission for Contest #24?