CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

The winner of Caption Contest 135 (P. C. Vey's couple arriving with lit bomb) is

"It's great to see you, but we can only stay about fifteen seconds."
Stefan Martula (Houston, TX)

Congrats to Stefan Martula, who moves Texas into a fifth-place tie with Connecticut and Illinois, with five wins apiece.


In Caption Contest 137 (Gahan Wilson's psych patient using semaphore), the candidates are

"Yes, I understand. Many of my patients have difficulty talking about sex."
David Amory (Mercer Island, WA)

"Great! Next week we'll work on your fear of Morse code."
Thomas Brennan (Garrison, NY)

"And when did you first come to believe that your conversations were being recorded?"
Katherine Warwick (Pasadena, CA)

My loser:

"You see? It's healthy to joke about your flagging manhood."

In Anti-Caption Contest 138 (P. C. Vey's marriage counselor showing large tank to couple), the winner is

"'There is water at the bottom of the ocean.' That lyric is as true today as it was in 1984 when I wrote it, and there's your proof. Same as it ever was. That's why I know this marriage can be saved."
R.K.

My loser:

"Spitzer...McGreevey...Paterson...hahahahaha!"

Caption Contest 139 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 139 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

24 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)
5 Texas (three from Houston)

4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

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