Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

novelty baby coffins softened the blow

"This is a normal birth"

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/12/24/p465/121224_contest_p465.jpg

"Water.... and Motorboat...."

"what a predicament!"

"why do we still have mittens on? this is the desert!"

'you and your package deals'

"global warming? global warming!"

I told you that Police song was not called "Ski In The Sahara"

"This sport is ridiculous. I dunno what those Scandinavians see in it."."

"someone's taken the piste"

We are the slowest skiers ever.

"This is awful. I hate this. I hate you."

I knew we shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque.

why would they need the skis and not the skipoles

"This must be what they mean by 'very sudden climate change'..."

skier on left: "If this large ball bounces on my head again, I swear I'll do something!"
skier on right: "You think you've got problems - those two cacti just flipped my off!"

"Quit humming that goddamn Alanis Morissette song."

"the desert is stupid"

i pulled a wit muscle coming up with that one, so hope everyone likes it

"Could be worse -- did you hear about HURRICANE Sandy?"

"this goddamn holodeck"

"I still can't believe you brought klister instead of glide wax."

btw i'm going to continue to periodically bring up my brilliant "ban private ownership of guns/establish rent-a-gun hunting ranges" idea until someone convinces me that the drawback is something more than "rented guns are not as much fun to shoot"

it's going to be really annoying how i bring this up

^ winner

oops, wrong thread

but maybe i should up the ante and post my brilliant idea HERE too, just to really be annoying

"You and your shortcuts."
this is a terrible cartoon.

"oops wrong thread" ftw

"I guess they didn't mean cross country literally."

"This is the last time I go off piste."

Green cactus is much harder than black diamond.

"We shouldn't have dropped acid before hitting the slopes."

"Did you notice how much the sun is wobbling?"

"Didn't I tell you: Waterskiing in the desert in winter is a fundamentally stupid idea??"

"I don't care where Canada is"

"next time we're definitely paying for the ski-lift"

"sacking my agent tomorrow, classy remake of the prisoner he said"

"YA I FUCKING KNOW IT'S HOT, OK? I KNOW. I KNOW IT'S HOT, I KNOW YOU'RE THIRSTY, I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING, I AGREE WE'LL LIKELY DIE SOON"

ESTRAGON:
Well, shall we go?
VLADIMIR:
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]

^ Hoping to make that the new "Christ, what an arsehole", tbh.

I went with "Are we nearly there yet?"

"these pretzels are making me thirsty"

"Just imagine how great it'll feel to sit down by the fire with a mug of hot chocolate."

^ pretty good tbh!

"Machine wrapped, with butter?"
"Machine wrapped, with butter."

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/01/07/p465/130107_contest_p465.jpg

"I got this job because my previous employer was In-N-Out Burger."

"'Shake-It-All-About's late for work again."

"My previous job was working as a musician and DJ. But it all went downhill when I decided to change my style and sound like Burial. Have you ever heard of Skrillex? Yeah, well, that was me..."

"Better Out than In."