Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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"Hoo buoy."

Grampsy, Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link

"The Residents did it in 1974, Jenkins. And with a lot more balls."

Grampsy, Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link

"You've been down too long in the midnight sea, I fear"

Mates of 808 State (S-), Thursday, 29 November 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/12/10/p465/121210_contest_p465.jpg

Mark G, Monday, 3 December 2012 11:42 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/12/10/p290/121210_contest_p290.jpg

Mark G, Monday, 3 December 2012 11:42 (eleven years ago) link

"Well, everyone else was washing windscreens, so I just figured, 'what the hell'"

bill paxman (darraghmac), Monday, 3 December 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link

"Doctor Doctor, I feel like a cafe."
"I suggest you rest-aurant for a while."

Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 3 December 2012 12:13 (eleven years ago) link

"So far, so good. Now for the prostate check"

bill paxman (darraghmac), Monday, 3 December 2012 12:19 (eleven years ago) link

Okay, good. Now read the bill.

(alternatively, “Respec’”) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link

So... this is weird.

༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽ (cozen), Monday, 3 December 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link

It was originally a typo, but Walk-On Clinic has some legs.

EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link

"My ipod's busted."

and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 3 December 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link

"Wh's the doctor here?"

I dunno, this is the most useless picture source. "My dog has no nose", whatever..

Mark G, Thursday, 6 December 2012 09:54 (eleven years ago) link

I have no suggestion, but the picture did remind me of this from Nathaniel West's novel Miss Lonelyhearts
"In the street again, Miss Lonelyhearts wondered what to do next. He was too excited to eat and afraid to go home. He felt as though his heart were a bomb, a complicated bomb that would result in a simple explosion, wrecking the world without rocking it."

Øystein, Thursday, 6 December 2012 10:45 (eleven years ago) link

"Breathe faster! I have another appointment in five minutes."

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 December 2012 10:47 (eleven years ago) link

"I could kill you with just one thought."

SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 6 December 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link

"My life sucks. I can't wait for the future when you can get a heart monitor on a watchband"

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 6 December 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link

"un-hunh, seems normal. ok, last question- are you still seeing these streets everywhere you look?"

"It's OK Doctor, I don't think I'm an iPod anymore!"

Mark G, Friday, 7 December 2012 08:08 (eleven years ago) link

"Sometimes I feel I've got to...run away I've got to..."

SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 7 December 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link

"I'm sorry we couldn't do this in the office today, but the specialists have assured me the Asbestos levels will be back below lethal doses by week's end"

NINO CARTER, Friday, 7 December 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link

The Bowl Head pic: caption finallists..

"What happened to your goldfish?"
"It looks like Ted is out of gumballs. Meeting adjourned."
"I miss you, too, Aunt Maude, but we were hoping to speak with Mr. Jobs."

Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link

and the small version of this weeks pic:

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/12/17/p290/121217_contest_p290.jpg

Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 11:53 (eleven years ago) link

subject to delivery and related charges

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Monday, 10 December 2012 11:56 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/12/17/p465/121217_contest_p465.jpg

Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link

"What is this terrifying scratchy cramped and ill-proportioned world I have woken into? What's wrong with everyone's eyes and noses? Aaaaaaaah!"

ledge, Monday, 10 December 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link

I told you we were bitten by the Love Bug!

EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 December 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link

your vagina actually was a clown car all along

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Monday, 10 December 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link

That is so terribly drawn, I read that as some dudes giving a sick girl a toy car, and I was like, I don't know what to do with that.

SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 10 December 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link

"i was hoping for a sailboat"

abanana, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link

"In Soviet Union, car comes out of you!"

and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link

"It's a boy racer"

Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link

"Congratulations, it's a Lexus! Would you like to cut the gift ribbon?"

drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link

big versh of that picture not working for me, here or on ny'er site. huh.

before and after broscience (goole), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, I posted it anyway, as usually it fills in at some point (see tomorrow)

Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link

Have a car, sick woman.

THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 December 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link

/!\ hurting wins the new yorker caption contest /!\

flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link

would bet cash some variant of that will be a finalist

flopson, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link

"Here's little John-John, Mrs. Ballard."

Øystein, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link

"It's even easier to sell than a baby!"

dexpresso (Z S), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link

"Your stupid baby thinks the door is a jar."

SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link

YOU DID FUCK THAT CAMRY!

Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link

"General Motors thanks you for your cooperation. Now let's try to carry one to full term."

Øystein, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link

feel like there's a fart joke in here somewhere

dexpresso (Z S), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link

something with gas...

dexpresso (Z S), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link

"I've heard of autofellatio, but autocoitus?"

Paul McCartney, the Gary Barlow of The Beatles (snoball), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link

"be careful where you cut the cord, you could get gas all up in your mouth"

dexpresso (Z S), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link

"This is what happens when you eat unpasteurized cheese."

SHUT UP AND GET YOUR TURKEY SCIENCE BOOKS (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 10 December 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link

"She looks like both of you - a perfect hybrid!"

EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link

"Ah, Dr. Patel, my old nemesis. We meet again!"

Philip Nunez, Monday, 10 December 2012 21:26 (eleven years ago) link


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