Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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meanwhile...

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/05/21/p465/120521_contest_p465.jpg

Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 08:43 (fourteen years ago)

"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 (fourteen years ago)

Ever SINCE

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 11:56 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

Merdeyeux, Monday, 14 May 2012 12:25 (fourteen years ago)

"It's kicking in."

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 12:27 (fourteen years ago)

is the stick horse talking? That's weird.

EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 12:49 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

biggie smallclothes (brownie), Monday, 14 May 2012 13:46 (fourteen years ago)

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

Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 13:53 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

neigh!

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:30 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

(Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:35 (fourteen years ago)

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

EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:52 (fourteen years ago)

damn poles coming over here and takin our jobs

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:57 (fourteen years ago)

lol darragh

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:59 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/05/28/p465/120528_contest_p465.jpg

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 (fourteen years ago)

"This is normal."

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

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

I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:12 (fourteen years ago)

"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 (fourteen years ago)

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

bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:40 (fourteen years ago)

"J'ACCUSE!"

I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:23 (fourteen years ago)

^winner

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

"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 (fourteen years ago)

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

s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:23 (fourteen years ago)

"observe how remarkably flexible my neck is."

Merdeyeux, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (fourteen years ago)

"This concludes the sissymanwhore presentation. Any questions?"

bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

another not-funny image

goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:26 (fourteen years ago)

"More like TEDDY Talk, amirite"

Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:34 (fourteen years ago)

"more like ASSCHEEKS worth spreading, amirite"

goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:37 (fourteen years ago)

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

s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:48 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

forks that is a winning caption

judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:22 (fourteen years ago)

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 (fourteen years ago)

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

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:53 (fourteen years ago)

"Father, Ted"

pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:59 (fourteen years ago)

"You don't know what pain is!"

He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:15 (fourteen years ago)

IRL LOL

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:16 (fourteen years ago)

"Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome!"

this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:51 (fourteen years ago)

I went for "... and This is Me!"

Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2012 20:27 (fourteen years ago)

"There seems to be a mistake with my slides. My name is Dave, not Ted."

the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

"no, YOU the man"

Philip Nunez, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:55 (fourteen years ago)

"My name is Jeff Mitchell and i live in Rugby, Warwickshire, UK. I like fucking different objects and wearing womens underwear and i love showing the pictures off."

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:14 (fourteen years ago)

"Perry Farrell made me admit it. Nothing's shocking."

EZ Snappin, Monday, 21 May 2012 23:19 (fourteen years ago)


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