Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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"Flight risk, you said. My conscience is clear."

― W i l l

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master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Monday, 29 June 2009 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

jaymc OTM

puns don't really do it

Alba, more of a comment on contemporary foibles of the upper-middle class I'd say

Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 June 2009 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Although this one may be an exception

Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 June 2009 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, my comment was more of a general thing, not about this cartoon specifically.

great gabbneb's ghost (jaymc), Monday, 29 June 2009 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

the dudes are wearing badges so I don't think they are lawyers fwiw

giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Monday, 29 June 2009 15:39 (seventeen years ago)

"In my defence, Your Honor, even you have to admit the phrase "secretarial pool" can be misleading."

get money fuck witches (HI DERE), Monday, 29 June 2009 15:40 (seventeen years ago)

"I've been dressing this way since my business went under."

EZ Snappin, Monday, 29 June 2009 15:41 (seventeen years ago)

Hi DERE that's pretty good

Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 June 2009 15:42 (seventeen years ago)

"How else are you supposed to dress for air travel these days?"

goole, Monday, 29 June 2009 15:47 (seventeen years ago)

"In this economy??"

zzz (deej), Monday, 29 June 2009 16:00 (seventeen years ago)

^^^doesnt actually make sense but i might submit it for every cartoon until it does

zzz (deej), Monday, 29 June 2009 16:00 (seventeen years ago)

The new Law Degree from the Marine Institute just wasn't working out in practice.

[email protected] (darraghmac), Monday, 29 June 2009 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

Whaddaya mean not dressed for the occasion? We're in FLORIDA

[email protected] (darraghmac), Monday, 29 June 2009 16:03 (seventeen years ago)

"OK, I admit: I was paid to take a dive!"

Mark G, Monday, 29 June 2009 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

(groany enuff for yiz?)

Mark G, Monday, 29 June 2009 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

HI DERE why 'secretarial pool' rather than 'jury pool'?

thomp, Monday, 29 June 2009 16:13 (seventeen years ago)

scroll up, I used that one already

get money fuck witches (HI DERE), Monday, 29 June 2009 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

took me a long time to get that Speedo gag; we don't use "pedo" in america as slang

wacky out of context phrase is the worst look (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2009 16:28 (seventeen years ago)

"I plead insanity. I went off the deep end."

EZ Snappin, Monday, 29 June 2009 16:29 (seventeen years ago)

Because "secretarial pool" implies he was caught snorkeling in a tub of secretaries

Tracer Hand, Monday, 29 June 2009 16:30 (seventeen years ago)

Because "secretarial pool" is actually the name of his dog.

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 29 June 2009 16:56 (seventeen years ago)

"I was told the legal profession was full of 'sharks'. WOKKA WOKKA WOKKA!"

Philip Nunez, Monday, 29 June 2009 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

"You watch your back, Jerry! This game of Marco Polo isn't over!"

he is substituite by Crime Club (HI DERE), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:37 (seventeen years ago)

"I know you are but what am I?"

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 29 June 2009 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

"Before you read the sentence, Your Honor, I want to say again that everything I did was dolphin-safe."

But HI DERE's is funnier (though "defense" should be spelled the American way for submission)

Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:43 (seventeen years ago)

I think Dan's idea is good but the phrasing needs to be more concise if possible, if you really want to maximize your chances.

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:46 (seventeen years ago)

picture Can't think of a caption but puts me in mind of the judge quote from Withnail and I.

DJ Angoreinhardt (Billy Dods), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:47 (seventeen years ago)

"I've been dressing this way since my business went under."

This seems exactly the kind of thing jaymc was talking about.

Pimp My Hearse (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:47 (seventeen years ago)

from "Holy shit, the caption bank of attempted winners for past cartoons is a goldmine!":

"If no one laughs, do I get waterboarded?"

Philip Nunez, Monday, 29 June 2009 18:51 (seventeen years ago)

why the hell did I spell "defense" like that

he is substituite by Crime Club (HI DERE), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:53 (seventeen years ago)

"As the sixth amendment plainly states your honor, 'In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedo and public trial'"

special guest appearance (Roberto Spiralli), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

think my reign of terror is probably over. am struggling with this week's.

special guest appearance (Roberto Spiralli), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:59 (seventeen years ago)

i think not. that's some next level gentle punning.

caek, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

i feel like these pictures aren't that funny to begin with

goole, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:01 (seventeen years ago)

"In his defense, that was the biggest ladies'-room toilet I've ever seen."

nabisco, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

yeah berto thats the best yet on this thread, kiu

rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:02 (seventeen years ago)

haha this is to obscure to be useful, but:

"So we promptly identified ourselves as Olice..."

nabisco, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

"If the snorkel doesn't fit, you must acquit"

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

(sorry, s/b "olice officers")

nabisco, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

"One day I WILL free Willy!"

he is substituite by Crime Club (HI DERE), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

"Sustained!"

cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

You guys are being too funny though. Something that barely even registers, as amusing:

"Let's make this quick, I have a 2 o' clock."

master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

"If the snorkel doesn't fit, you must acquit"

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, June 29, 2009 2:03 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hahaha

zzz (deej), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:10 (seventeen years ago)

"Your honor, I have to say this trial is going swimmingly."

EZ Snappin, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

"Drowned her? I can't even swim!"

wacky out of context phrase is the worst look (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:28 (seventeen years ago)

"Is it so wrong to love Virginia Woolf on as many levels as I do?"

baleen, the krill queen (Abbott), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:30 (seventeen years ago)

"Oh, so if you're Michael Phelps it's okay?"

wacky out of context phrase is the worst look (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:30 (seventeen years ago)

Posting week 4 pic again, it's hidden in 'load them all'land:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2viib7d.jpg

baleen, the krill queen (Abbott), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:32 (seventeen years ago)

"But it's true: Mars DOES need women!"

wacky out of context phrase is the worst look (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:33 (seventeen years ago)

"Madoff's son is involved? Your honor, c'mon, just look at him!"

Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:36 (seventeen years ago)


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