Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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I've been trying to come up with a 'You wouldn't like me when I'm x' pun, but can't think of any pieces of yoga jargon that sound like 'angry'.

Eight Model Play, Monday, 19 August 2013 11:45 (ten years ago) link

God, I just read that last post back and had a really depressing, 'WTF am I doing with my life' type response.

Eight Model Play, Monday, 19 August 2013 11:52 (ten years ago) link

"NO ONE DISPARAGES TATTY CONDITION OF HULK'S YOGA PANTS"

Eight Model Play, Monday, 19 August 2013 11:57 (ten years ago) link

"HULK _AM_ RELAXED!!!" seems obvious but right

YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 August 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link

"HULK MAKE $94K WITH FULL BENNIES!!"

Poliopolice, Monday, 19 August 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link

chuckle

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 August 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link

"THIS ONE CALLED 'HULK HATE YOGA' POSE"

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 August 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link

"HULK RELAXED AS HULK GET"

(shit, I don't know the rules of Hulk-grammar)

Øystein, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link

(which I realized now I basically stole from Forks -- øystein sorry )

Øystein, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link

"WHY HULK NO GET BROADWAY MUSICAL?!"

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 19 August 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link

"HULK HATE PUNY BANDHAS!"

EZ Snappin, Monday, 19 August 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link

HULK KNOW HOW BREATHE

jel --, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:48 (ten years ago) link

^

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 10:54 (ten years ago) link

^^^

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link

except they probably won't run the word "hulk" in the winners as it's a copyright so figure "ME AM RELAXED" or "ME KNOW HOW TO BREATHE" instead

YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link

"Enough with the Bikram baloney! I'm shvitzing here! S'all right, you're good people."

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link

http://www.dragonrouge.fr/en/work/relay

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/07/29/g290/130729_contest_g290.jpg
1st: "Just water for me, thanks."
2nd: "Or I could teach you how to fish."
3rd: "They lied—I'm from Brooklyn."

Hmm, the 1st place is fair enough, the 3rd is the archetypical NYorker style caption, yeah?

Mark G, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 08:13 (ten years ago) link

"You've changed, son."

wombspace (abanana), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:23 (ten years ago) link

"not on a Sunday, please"

Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:26 (ten years ago) link

"purely beginners luck. double or quits on striking thrice."

"Asshole Lost in Coughdrop": THAT'S a story (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:29 (ten years ago) link

"Oi! I'm the Phantom of the Paradise!"

Man of Steel 2: Affleck Boogaloo (snoball), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:32 (ten years ago) link

"Remember, this is the only way we send messages around here. Because god hates fax."

Man of Steel 2: Affleck Boogaloo (snoball), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:35 (ten years ago) link

"Why aren't you aiming at the gentle people who don't deserve it?"

Z S, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link

"Precision might be more economical, but where's the feeling?"

Øystein, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link

"Are you sure this is how you install Flash?"

Man of Steel 2: Affleck Boogaloo (snoball), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link

"Aim for the Jew!"

Øystein, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/08/26/g290/130826_contest_g290.jpg

  • "RELAX!"
  • "Give Hulk tranquillity now!"
  • "This is my inner self!"

Mark G, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/09/09/p465/130909_contest_p465.jpg

Mark G, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 10:38 (ten years ago) link

"i love you but the sex just isn't working out"

Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 10:40 (ten years ago) link

'Thank you for watching Snail of the Centaury'

i'll be your mraz (NickB), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 10:51 (ten years ago) link

i'll come out of my shell if you get down from your high horse

"Asshole Lost in Coughdrop": THAT'S a story (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 10:53 (ten years ago) link

"This latest ITV-celeb-dancing-show-to-somehow-rival-Strictly is going to be a non-starter."

TO BE PLAYED AT MINIMUM VOLUME (snoball), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:44 (ten years ago) link

"Just rented The Fly. Not recommended, unless you're into depressing documentaries."

Grampsy, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:49 (ten years ago) link

"Say what you will, but you wouldn't believe the rent!"

"Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:10 (ten years ago) link

*panting* "ok than, best of three?"

"Asshole Lost in Coughdrop": THAT'S a story (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:38 (ten years ago) link

Someone tell me that they sell Viennese Whirls in America before I waste an entire afternoon thinking up a tenuous Half Man Half Biscuit joke.

i'll be your mraz (NickB), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 12:58 (ten years ago) link

i'll come out of my shell if you get down from your high horse

prob winner

Mark G, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:40 (ten years ago) link

agreed.

tbh i dont understand why ppl felt the need to carry on after it but i mean i'll play along i spose, throw another few in in case there's a quota.

"Asshole Lost in Coughdrop": THAT'S a story (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link

"You suck, Daltrey!"

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link

"I should've known I'd misheard when she wanted to 'snail away' with me"

Sick Rave and the Bad Speed (S-), Thursday, 5 September 2013 03:42 (ten years ago) link

okay, maybe I am a nice guy but you know what they say about nice guys

conrad, Thursday, 5 September 2013 09:18 (ten years ago) link

"i am the centaur of the universe."

"i am the master of the whorled."

estela, Thursday, 5 September 2013 09:44 (ten years ago) link

"Neither have you!"

Mark G, Thursday, 5 September 2013 09:59 (ten years ago) link

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/09/02/g290/130902_contest_g290.jpg

  • "You knew your wife might remarry."
  • "Ten bucks says you can't hit him twice."
  • "Business school changed you, son."

Mark G, Monday, 9 September 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link

"Oh, no, no. This is completely normal"

Mark G, Monday, 9 September 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link

something about being a big shot

conrad, Monday, 9 September 2013 11:38 (ten years ago) link

"We're upgrading from rat race to cannonball run"

his LIPS !!! (darraghmac), Monday, 9 September 2013 11:55 (ten years ago) link


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