CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION/CROSSWORD CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Yeah, I know: Over the weekend, Tyler Hinman won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament for the third straight time: T-U-R-K-E-Y! But, looking over the full results, let's also note that the third place finisher, Francis Heaney, has also won Anti-Caption Contest #43, Anti-Caption Contest #74, and Anti-Caption Contest #85. Congrats to Francis, whose post-tournament blog entry is a must-read for anyone who digs Wordplay.


As for Anti-Caption Contest #91 (motorcycle cop writing out ticket to caveman with big wheel), the winner is

"So you never got a patent, huh? I had to learn that the hard way myself. Fucking pasta-straining pot. It cooks and drains pasta. Get it? Here, let me draw you a picture."
lil miss poland spring

My losers:

"This is for being on the road with an open rolling rock."

"Call me 'sugar tits' again and I'll kick your caveman ass."

And here's one that made me chuckle:

Guaranteed real-life winner: "All right, where's the fire?"
TG Gibbon

We'll see....


In Caption Contest #88 (line of salemen leading up to growling dog), the winner is

"You don't scare me. I come from a long line of salesmen."
Mike Ford (Brick, NJ)

Now the Garden State is just one win away from double digit territory.


In Caption Contest #90 ("old lady in shoe" living in red shoe district), the nominees are

"Don't ask me. I don't know what to do."
Robin Brecker (Philadelphia, PA)

"Remember back when the worst thing you could catch around here was athlete's foot?"
Charles Beckman (Towson, MD)

"Oh, the rhymes I could tell you."
Jerry Hubert (New Providence, NJ)

My loser? I'll have to check my records at some other date. [Oh yes: "I hear she had a visit from Dr. Scholl."]


Caption Contest #92 is here. Anti-Caption Contest #92 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

16 California

12 New York (11 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

3 Connecticut (all women, two from New Haven)
3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 District of Columbia
2 Illinois
2 Maryland (both women, neither named Mary)
2 New Hampshire
2 Texas
2 Utah
2 Virginia

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

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone