CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

The winner of Caption Contest 115 (Leo Cullum's man in radiation suit at bar) is

"Ever have the feeling you forgot to turn something off?"
Preston Thomas (Chicago, IL)

This is the fourth victory for Illinois and either the third or fourth for Chicago, depending on whether one considers Lake Bluff to be Chicago. Anyone?


The nominees for Caption Contest 117 (Mick Stevens's circus ring in apartment) are

"Welcome to the greatest living room on Earth!"
Lynn Tudor (New York, NY)

"My wife will be here any moment. She's loading herself into the cannon as we speak."
Elizabeth Ruelas (New York, NY)

"The people who lived here before had lions."
Richard Chisolm (Baltimore, MD)

My loser:

"The kids will be home soon."

Close to the one by Elizabeth Ruelas, right?


In Anti-Caption Contest 118 (angels on eggs on clouds), the winner of The Year of Living Biblically is

"Man, fuck Ostrich-Heaven! That's all I'm gonna say."
Ogdred

My losers:

"Okay, Horton, let me get this straight: Hoo's on first?"

Hemorrhoid Heaven [apologies to tom]

Caption Contest 119 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 119 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

20 California

17 New York (15 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

4 Connecticut (two from New Haven, two not)
4 Illinois (three from Chicago, one from Lake Bluff)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio
3 Texas
3 Virginia

2 District of Columbia
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Utah
2 Vermont

1 Alabama
1 Alaska
1 Arizona
1 Florida
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Michigan
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone