CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

Wow! California breaks away from New York in Caption Contest 131 (Mick Stevens's rain of safes) with its second win in a row:

"And tomorrow there's a twenty-per-cent chance of anvils."
Richard Jones (Pasadena, CA)

Jones beat out New York's Jessie Birks and California's Blythe Million, both of whom lobbied for votes here.


In Caption Contest 133 (Danny Shanahan's impaled caveman art gallery), the contestants include yet another Californian but no New Yorker:

"I almost wore the same spear."
David Schermer (Chicago, IL)

"So how much of the story is autobiographical?"
Tim Bauer (San Francisco, CA)

"So you're the guy who discovered friendly fire."
Mike Lingle (Dalton, GA)

I don't recall my loser at this time. Sorry!

Here it is:

"You're more than just a model. You're a supermodel."

In Anti-Caption Contest 134 (Jack Ziegler's couple in bed wearing welder's suits), the winner is

"I really wish we had bought hazmat suits for the kids too. I miss them."
JohnnyB

My losers:

"Blast you, don’t hog the sheet!"

"Wake up, honeybuns. I’m ready for my Flashdance fantasy!"

"I’ve got to hand it to you, babe. After 70 years, your farts are still as infernally hot as a blast furnace! And now I’m in the mood for hot anal sex!"

Caption Contest 135 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 135 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

22 California

20 New York (17 from the Big Apple)

11 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania
6 Virginia (three from NOVA, two from Richmond, one from Charlottesville)

5 Connecticut (two from New Haven, three not)
5 Illinois (four from Chicago—two captions by Lawrence Wood, two drawings by Leo Cullum)

4 Maryland (none named Mary)
4 Texas (two from Houston)

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 Florida
2 Michigan
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 Delaware
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
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