Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

there's a "keep calm and carry on" joke in here somewhere but i can't get at it

I really especially hate this one.

"Customs is a bitch but check out is a snap."

yes, this picture is not funny

xp

tracer otm

this one demands the words accentuate, not guide the image because the cartoon is self-actualizing ("I'm attempting to circumvent the ridiculous luggage restrictions imposed by this airline!!!!!!") and is not only not funny but doesn't really reward deeper thought.
so you kinda got to make it quiddy i think.

"I'm gonna make a fuss like Kevin Smith on twitter when they kick me off the plane."

"You can come out when we land"

"Allahu Akbar!"

"I'm flying above the clouds at 540 mph, but they used to serve hot meals."

"(FARRRRRRT!)"

im a suitcase

"If you think this looks uncomfortable, you should see what I did to get around the restriction on liquids!"

"Boy they really pack you like sardines in these things, don't they?"

Part of what is irritating me about this one is that the positioning of the other passenger makes no sense to me visually.

"this is the only drawback to my plan to get a free cancer screening by going through the airport x-ray machines"

like, is he partially under the guy with the suitcase, and does he have two left arms?

"the craziest thing about me is that for some reason i am bringing four different hats on this trip"

"Guess I'm just on a lucky streak - second time I've been upgraded from baggage to coach for free."

"favorite unintentionally homoerotic new yorker cartoon imagery"

"my therapist told me i had to get a 'handle' on my fear of flying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

im a suitcase

― max, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:50 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is the only one so far that's actually made me laugh.

haha n/a I had the same thought about the hats, especially since three of them look like identical knit caps in different colors

"One for each day of Bonaroo"

what's going on with the passenger to his right? is he flat stanley slipping between the two seats?

"been upgraded from baggage" is lols.

"Ironically, I could fit very few items in this bag, because the bulk of its capacity is consumed by the volume of my own body."

lol

hahaha

"If I knew how warm it would be, I would have gone with the valise."

It's true! The whole point is that he's supposed to be cramming as much stuff onto the plane as possible, and yet he winds up wearing extra hats and socks so he can for no apparent reason fit his own body into the suitcase. Christ what an asshole.

"I've never flown in first class before"

"Sure makes the cavity search interesting, let me tell ya..."

"The downside is I have to go through the x-rays. Dying of cancer, actually."

"Lady, quit reclining your seat, it's making me uncomfortable."

the lady in front appears to be wearing a shyguy mask, and the seats behind them are unoccupied, and his seatmate's legs appear to be missing, and one arm appears to be dislocated. there's so many things weird with this cartoon.

_bOb_

pretty sure I hate bOb right now

luggage-inspired hobo furry having sex with the back of an airline seat angers man from a dimension with bad perpective

irl lols

"What is the deal with airline food these days?"

"yeah, i'm sure it seems annoying now, but the C-4's gonna open up a lot of elbow room"

OMG just saw "Claws" upthread.

yeah, that's still the funniest joke itt

"Christ, I've just come!"

"Traveling with your pets is such a nightmare"

"Thinking of baseball just makes it worse!"

"I pack myself."

i.....i gotta pee

"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

A one-off: This one is closed but:

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/05/07/g290/120507_contest_g290.jpg

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!