Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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yeah, that's still the funniest joke itt

10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Christ, I've just come!"

Mark G, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Traveling with your pets is such a nightmare"

goole, Thursday, 10 May 2012 04:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Thinking of baseball just makes it worse!"

I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 10 May 2012 06:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

"I pack myself."

o s– man (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 10 May 2012 06:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

i.....i gotta pee

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 May 2012 12:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

"i TOLD you to wait an hour"

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu)

This one from last week was better than any of the official finalists

Josefa, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

A one-off: This one is closed but:

now, if they allowed odds on which will get the majority vote:

Your Vote
1) "He's the advertising executive. Let him come up with a caption."
2) "Take the commission, hon, and you can paint full time."
3) "What kind of Neanderthal uses vodka instead of gin?"

.. yeah, go meta and win!

Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

meanwhile...

Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 08:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Ever HBO cancelled Luck because of racehorses dying on set, things have really changed here at the track!!!!!"

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 11:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ever SINCE

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 11:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

there was always a rush to be first to the grill on 'bring your own fetish kebab' night

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 12:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

"horse racing was so much easier before the mafia got involved."

Merdeyeux, Monday, 14 May 2012 12:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

"It's kicking in."

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 12:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

is the stick horse talking? That's weird.

EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 12:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah the horse talking makes it almost inscrutable. i'd go non sequitur:
"Giddyap!"

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 May 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

"I should have quit while I was a head!!!!"

biggie smallclothes (brownie), Monday, 14 May 2012 13:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

or "I think I'll quit as I'm a head" but yeah.

Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

This contest is basically the NY'er's rejected cartoon depot, isn't it.

Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

neigh!

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

you two see if you can find some body, i'll go on a head

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

yukky puns kind of don't fit the NYer's style. I think I said that upthread.

Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Let's win the National Review Caption Contest:

"These PETA idiots ruin EVERYTHING!"

Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

"The best part is him whipping himself for a change."

EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

all day i can't turn round without being bothered by some horses's ass, but the one time i need one....

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

ah! got it:
"Well somebody certainly doped ONE of us."

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

"he's dying to win so he can be put out to stud."

EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

damn poles coming over here and takin our jobs

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol darragh

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

If "The Monkeys You Ordered" website doesn't have "THAT'S TED" as a caption, I will want to know why!

Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:12 (11 months ago) Permalink

"This is normal."

this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 11:54 (11 months ago) Permalink

"In summation, not all ideas are worth having. Thank you."

I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:12 (11 months ago) Permalink

"So I had a TWO billion dollar idea -- iSpanx"

this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

New Yorker-y unfunny style: "And that's the wrong slide."

bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:40 (11 months ago) Permalink

"J'ACCUSE!"

I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:23 (11 months ago) Permalink

^winner

He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:08 (11 months ago) Permalink

"here is the cartoon and caption i submitted to the new yorker. they ... did not accept it."

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:13 (11 months ago) Permalink

"I think we've all learned something here today."

s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:23 (11 months ago) Permalink

"observe how remarkably flexible my neck is."

Merdeyeux, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

"This concludes the sissymanwhore presentation. Any questions?"

bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (11 months ago) Permalink

oh, just got one:
"Admittedly, we still have some kinks to work out of the presentation."

bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:25 (11 months ago) Permalink

another not-funny image

goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:26 (11 months ago) Permalink

"More like TEDDY Talk, amirite"

Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:34 (11 months ago) Permalink

"more like ASSCHEEKS worth spreading, amirite"

goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:37 (11 months ago) Permalink

"And now I will explain how to tie a corset."

s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:48 (11 months ago) Permalink

I've noticed that the contest ones are almost always "Look at this outrageous juxtaposition!" in a way that kind of precludes any actually funny captions.

this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

forks that is a winning caption

judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

half of the people who look at this will have no idea what TED is, which is a bummer, because it precludes all TEDxxx genre captions

Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:25 (11 months ago) Permalink

"...and he's the bad twin"

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:53 (11 months ago) Permalink

"Father, Ted"

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:59 (11 months ago) Permalink


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