CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE! You know how they say that everyone in LA has a screenplay? I think everyone in California has a winning caption. Just give 'em some time....

For instance, the winner of Contest #43 (dog and clown in court) is John Sonntag of Pacific Palisades, California, with

"How many surprise witnesses do you have in that little car?"

So now California has 9 wins in the state competition, with Pennsylvania trailing by four.

The nominees for Contest #45 (couple in hall surrounded by gravity-defying toddlers) don't include any California entries, but there is a good one from Thomas Buell, Jr. of Pennsylvania:

"Back in my day, kids had a little respect for the law of gravity."

My loser:

"They warned me that the walls have ears, but I didn't expect this."

A knee-slapper, right?

Over at Anti-Caption Contest #46 (naked people on dais at stockholders meeting), Tim C. took top honors for the second consecutive week with

"Excellent question. The chairs are vinyl, and can be cleaned with a damp sponge. Now, does anyone have any questions NOT about the nudity?"

My losers were

"Last night we went to a strip club."

"Welcome to the next phase in our Campaign for Real Beauty!"

"Our new credo is, 'If you can't find shoes, you must go nude.' So please find us shoes. Or turn off the air conditioning."

"Pardon my shlurred shpeech--The Johnshons are feeding my clothing and I got free drinksh for keeping my tray down. Hic!"

"I'm sure that many of you will be pleased to hear that, though we are still rich in assets, we are finally willing to discuss downsizing."

Here are Caption Contest #47 and Anti-Caption Contest #47.

Incidentally, if you go to the New Yorker contest page fast, you'll see that, although the links have been updated, the corresponding content is still a week old.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone