CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

The winner of Caption Contest 136 (Drew Dernavich's businessman with vulture on desk) is

"Let me guess—the lab results aren't good."
Jacob Kono (Jersey City, NJ)

That's a first win for Jersey City, as Jacob Kono helps the Garden State secure its third-place position.


In Caption Contest 138 (P. C. Vey's marriage counselor with large tank), the caption candidate writers are a Swanson, a Goldman, and a Woodman. Sounds like a joke in the making, eh?

"Get naked, jump in, and make this marriage work!"
Trent Swanson (Anchorage, AK)

"We call it shark-tank therapy."
Mara Goldman (Jackson Heights, NY)

"And if you'll agree to drop the divorce proceedings and reconcile I'll throw in a pair of lobsters."
Thad Woodman (Westerville, OH)

My loser:

"My ex-wife has custody of the fish."

In Anti-Caption Contest 139 (Leo Cullum's lion lying by a doctor's remains), the winner is

"I'm going to lick my balls now."
J. D.

My loser:

"His last words were that he was Dr. Kevorki-something and that he had chosen to rent the convertible. What do you suppose he meant by that?"

Caption Contest 140 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 140 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)

12 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