Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

"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!

meanwhile...

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

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

Ever SINCE

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

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

"It's kicking in."

is the stick horse talking? That's weird.

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

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

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

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

neigh!

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

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

Let's win the National Review Caption Contest:

"These PETA idiots ruin EVERYTHING!"

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

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

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

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

damn poles coming over here and takin our jobs

lol darragh

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!

"This is normal."

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

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

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

"J'ACCUSE!"

^winner