CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Thanks again to Emdashes, this time for linking to Blog About Town's second, invaluable, guide to the first 100 winning New Yorker weekly cartoon captions.

And now, on to the latest results!


The winner of the Caption Contest 102 (two dogs watching dog toss stick) is

"He's his own best friend."
Jennifer Iverson (Santa Ynez, CA)

The nominees for Caption Contest 104 (cop car passing "bum" angels amidst clouds) are

"Except here it's always good cop, good cop."
Gary Rawitz (New York, NY)

"They have a really hard time meeting their quota."
Elizabeth Goldberg (Amenia, NY)

"I don't mind cops, but you'd think God would have let in at least one exhaust specialist."
Andy Leighton (Arlington, VA)

My loser?

I don't have access to it now, but I'm workin' on it! Nudge me if you feel like it. Ah yes: "They used to patrol Hell's Kitchen."

In Anti-Caption Contest 105 (Tom Cheney's picture of a tidal wave in a built-in pool), the winner is

"Let's get another lawn chair to go with the chaise longue, I says. No, you says, I'll just bring one out from the dining room when I want to sit by the pool. What about when it rains, I says. Oh, I'll be sure to take it in so it never gets wet, you says. Well I hope you're happy now, cheapskate!!!"
Vance

My loser:

"Looks like Al Gore was right--and it’s all Cheney’s fault!"

"Can’t you ever tear yourself away from the Tube?"

Caption Contest 106 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 106 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

18 California

15 New York (13 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

4 Connecticut (two from New Haven, two not)

3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Illinois
3 Maryland (none named Mary)
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 District of Columbia
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Texas
2 Utah
2 Virginia

1 Alabama
1 Arizona
1 Florida
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Vermont
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone