CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

The East Coast streak continues with the winner of Caption Contest #72 (man calling out to man on tightrope outside office buildling):

"And make mine a decaf."
Cheryl DiMenna (Baltimore, MD)

As previously noted, this caption is similar to the first caption in Anti-Caption Contest #72:

"Wait, make that *three* lattes."
Francis

The nominees in Caption Contest #74 (two men observing hand emerging out of (quick?)sand in otherwise empty room) are

"Of course, the current tenant will be gone before the first of the month."
Stephen Gelb (Teaneck, NJ)

"O.K. Second word, four syllables."
Kim Antieau (Stevenson, WA)

"I thought Ferguson hated quicksand."
Dickie Harris (Chicago, IL)

My loser:

"...and this is where we keep our metaphor for the Bush administration."

There's a lot of catching up to do regarding the Anti-Caption Contest.


The winner of Anti-Caption Contest #73 (seated businessman on phone while businessman lies curled around his ankles):

"I am fat and ugly, so I am not picky about what sort of affection I attract and from whom."
J.D.

The winner of Anti-Caption Contest #74 (two men observing hand emerging out of (quick?)sand in otherwise empty room):

"As you can see, the living room is very roomy, although it needs new carpet. Oh, I see the previous tenant left a small plant on the floor. I'd better pick it up before it falls over."
Francis

My losers:

"...and this is the office Gottlieb gave to Thing after Charles Addams kicked the proverbial bucket."

"Unzip your fly and kneel over it. Best you'll ever have."

The nominees for Anti-Caption Contest #75 (board meeting around grand piano, with man seated at keyboard with microphone):

"Miss Adams you're a little flat this morning. tee-hee. I never get tired of that one!"
Amy

"Ebony and ivory, side by side on my piano keyboard, but not on this board. Seriously -- even the ladies should count themselves lucky to be here."
Tim C

"It's been a good year for us here at Consolidated Giant Oven Mitt & Microphone, a good year indeed."
TG Gibbon

My loser:

"Once you hear my proposal, I'm sure you'll be singing a different tune. It will be a canon, with seven distinct voices, each a half-step apart. Don't be surprised if it shatters the large pane of glass behind me. I recently heard of a girl violinist who was capable of having a similar effect on household objects. Or perhaps I was just dreaming."

Caption Contest #76 is here. Anti-Caption Contest #76 is here.


THE STANDINGS
Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

12 California

9 New York (8 from the Big Apple)

6 Massachusetts
6 New Jersey
6 Pennsylvania

3 North Carolina

2 Connecticut (both women, both from New Haven)
2 District of Columbia
2 Georgia
2 Illinois
2 Maryland (both women, neither named Mary)
2 Minnesota
2 New Hampshire
2 Texas
2 Utah

1 Arizona
1 Iowa
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 New Mexico
1 Ohio
1 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 Rhode Island
1 Vermont
1 Virginia
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone