CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

In Caption Contest 106 (lab monkey at typewriter), the winner is

"Have you considered writing this story in the third monkey rather than the first monkey?"
Robert Gray (Manchester Center, VT)

That's the second win for Vermont.


In Caption Contest 108 (caveman sweeping outside garage-like structure), the nominees are:

"He needed a place to park his wheel."
Ruthie Hayden (Owensboro, KY)

"Yeah, but the weirdest thing was, once he built it I suddenly felt compelled to give him a list of things to do around it."
Stephen Fielder (Arlington, TX)

"He's always thinking outside the rock."
Jonathan Williams (Owings Mills, MD)

My loser was another experiment in verbosity:

"Sweeping the ash is a pain, but just imagine how bad the shoveling must have been during the Ice Age."

In Anti-Caption Contest 109 (man seated next to giant microbe on plane), the winner is

"I don't trust that Arab guy sitting back there."
Harry

My losers:

"The cilia tickle my ear. It's driving me nuts!"

"I've heard of viral advertising, but this is disgusting!"

"I told her not to drink the water, but she just had to learn for herself."

Caption Contest 110 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 110 is here.


In related news, the Los Angeles Times reports (and Emdashes notes) that The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Game is now available at Target.


THE STANDINGS

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

18 California

16 New York (14 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 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Texas
2 Utah
2 Vermont
2 Virginia

1 Alabama
1 Arizona
1 Florida
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

CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Every now and then I'm so proud of one of my losing captions that I use this space to shine a spotlight on it. For instance, consider Caption Contest 106 (lab guy with monkey at typewriter). The nominees:

"Have you considered writing this story in the third monkey rather than the first monkey?"
Robert Gray (Manchester Center, VT)

"We'll have to run it by our infinite number of editors."
Douglas L. Saunders (Oakland, CA)

"Sorry, guys. It's another rejection letter."
Sondra Frisch (Del Mar, CA)

And, well, here's mine.

"'Ods bodkins'? Gibberish."

Get it?


In Caption Contest 104 (cops cruising by drinking and loitering angels), the winner is

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

Those eight words create a formidable seven-point spread between second-place New York and third-place New Jersey while New York moves within two points of California.


In Anti-Caption Contest 107 (man with beer talks to dog while woman lectures cat in house seemingly missing walls), the winner is

"What, did you graduate? Get the fuck back over there."
Bouf la Tete

My loser:

"This house needs walls."

Caption Contest 108 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 108 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

16 New York (14 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 Missouri
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 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