Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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"don't worry -- follow my dietary guidelines, and your weight will be back in the black by new years."

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:50 (thirteen years ago)

"it's okay, you won't break the scale fifty-foot tall man standing twenty yards away from me."

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:52 (thirteen years ago)

"Mistakes were made" is one of those universal captions that's surprisingly funny with about 80% of visual gags. Like the jet wearing stilettos upthread: "Mistakes were made."

Grampsy, Monday, 20 May 2013 22:00 (thirteen years ago)

"I feared the stiffness would lead to this. You have cooties."

Øystein, Monday, 20 May 2013 22:19 (thirteen years ago)

(kinda gave up on that -- was trying to come up with some crap about a tween curse)

Øystein, Monday, 20 May 2013 22:20 (thirteen years ago)

another caption i think is pretty funny with most of these is "jesus."

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Monday, 20 May 2013 22:54 (thirteen years ago)

For the sisyphus one:

"It helps if you think of it as 'leaning in.'"

I'm stuck on this one

Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:44 (thirteen years ago)

"I've brought down bigger men than you, Picard!"

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:51 (thirteen years ago)

"Everyone knows magic monkey paws thrive on ironic literal interpretations of euphemisms -- you should've just asked it to make you less fat."

(uh, that's basically the plot of a Chesterton short story, I think.)

Øystein, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 21:53 (thirteen years ago)

Oh wait, it's by H.G. Wells. The Truth About Pyecraft

Øystein, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 21:57 (thirteen years ago)

"wtf lol."

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 21:58 (thirteen years ago)

"Please stop jumping on my wagon; you've already made the wheels break off"

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 22:03 (thirteen years ago)

^ ha, best so far.

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 22:05 (thirteen years ago)

yeah that one's great

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 22:06 (thirteen years ago)

no rapturing!

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 22:25 (thirteen years ago)

"Good. Now cast a shadow."

..."Exaiaiai", thanks, I get it (Assurance T. Rex), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:33 (thirteen years ago)

"To be frank, everybody prefers the card tricks"

my name is louis and i'm an acoleuthic (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:38 (thirteen years ago)

"The power of Christ may compel you, but it's not a weight-loss plan."

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 12:48 (thirteen years ago)

"Seems to be a particularly light dose of the flew"

my name is louis and i'm an acoleuthic (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 13:08 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/06/03/p465/130603_contest_p465.jpg

Mark G, Friday, 31 May 2013 12:42 (thirteen years ago)

"Ah, there's a taxi"

Mark G, Friday, 31 May 2013 12:43 (thirteen years ago)

"You'd think they'd put out that fire, what with that hydrant being right there."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:48 (thirteen years ago)

"Ha- ha!"

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:49 (thirteen years ago)

"That new Margaret Thatcher museum is really popular."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:51 (thirteen years ago)

"Say, isn't that one of those new Obamacare death panels?"

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:52 (thirteen years ago)

"Finally they're doing something about all those four-eyed glasses wearers."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:53 (thirteen years ago)

"Either we're both really short or the cartoonist can't draw perspective."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:54 (thirteen years ago)

"Looks like the Jimmy Savile Fan Club are going to pay the old pedo a visit."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:56 (thirteen years ago)

"So this is what happens backstage at a concert of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'!"

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:57 (thirteen years ago)

"That's where the New Yorker send all their cartoonists for training."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:57 (thirteen years ago)

"I didn't know that auditions for 2013's X Factor had already started."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 12:59 (thirteen years ago)

"So there are TWO Satans? This changes everything!"

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Friday, 31 May 2013 13:01 (thirteen years ago)

"Oh look, a street theatre performance of the original ending to Star Trek V!"

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 13:05 (thirteen years ago)

the "just lean in" finalist for the rock/stroller contest is really new yorkery.

stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Friday, 31 May 2013 13:06 (thirteen years ago)

"wrong again jews"

Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 31 May 2013 13:07 (thirteen years ago)

"So that's what they're doing with all the people who voted LibDem at the last election!"

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 13:09 (thirteen years ago)

"A queue! Thank god I'm on the guest list"

nagl dude dude dude (ledge), Friday, 31 May 2013 13:10 (thirteen years ago)

"I don't care what you're saying," sighed Pauline Chick. "It's time to see Dr. Erickson again, Jack."

Tuomas, Friday, 31 May 2013 13:14 (thirteen years ago)

"I'm starving, let's eat!"

Z S, Friday, 31 May 2013 14:07 (thirteen years ago)

"mmmm tandoori"

congratulations (n/a), Friday, 31 May 2013 14:25 (thirteen years ago)

"why they gotta be black?"

congratulations (n/a), Friday, 31 May 2013 14:26 (thirteen years ago)

"Oh, wow!! This must be Hell's Kitchen! Let me get my camera!"

Poliopolice, Friday, 31 May 2013 14:45 (thirteen years ago)

Sipress Hell

Poliopolice, Friday, 31 May 2013 14:47 (thirteen years ago)

"This place cooks their pasta perfectly al Dante."

EZ Snappin, Friday, 31 May 2013 14:59 (thirteen years ago)

"Fuckin' hipsters."

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Friday, 31 May 2013 15:00 (thirteen years ago)

"This is exactly the kind of shit you'd see in a crappy New Yorker caption contest cartoon."

go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 31 May 2013 17:48 (thirteen years ago)

"Ah, there's a taxi"

― Mark G, Friday, May 31, 2013 8:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this one is great

i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 31 May 2013 17:49 (thirteen years ago)

"As I said, that's why the manholes all smoke."

EZ Snappin, Friday, 31 May 2013 18:01 (thirteen years ago)

"Looks like Travis was right, more or less."

Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Friday, 31 May 2013 18:09 (thirteen years ago)

"I see they got the A train stop up again"

i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 June 2013 18:02 (thirteen years ago)


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