Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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it's aloof, it's clever, it know it's clever, it smells of ink and paper, it's got that urgency about it, that want.

i'm in negotiations to turn this display name riff into a sitcom btw

xps none of those are half as good as mine, is zs doing his job here at all

nope!

i think i've only submitted once

aw what? MODS

you don't understand, i've been really busy every single night for the last three and a half years

my best work , you bastard, my best work has been neglected in order to do this *breaks down*

you know you can submit too, right? not trying to be a smartass - for some reason i assumed that only u.s. citizens could enter, but the rules say "any legal resident of the United States or Canada (except residents of the province of Quebec), Australia, United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, age eighteen or over can enter, except employees, agents, or representatives of Sponsor or any other party associated with the development or administration of the Contest, or any member of their immediate family."

unless you're sleeping with a representative of the sponsor

now he tells us

i'm gonna get kicked off the new yorker caption contest thread, aren't i?

http://i.imgur.com/NEvFtzS.jpg

guess this could use a caption *tears*

tried to enter before, page wouldnt load, lol europeans i guess- other had similar problem iirc

xp

"i knew it was too early in the relationship to give her the ear"

niiice

Yeah, I always get a SQL code breakdown page.

conrad: i lol'd

Yeah, I always get a SQL code breakdown page.

me too!

maybe their CMS can't handle UK post codes or something and nobody has bothered to fix it?

"Here we go again ...! (roll credits)"

"This monument must be a poignant symbol of the gradual decline of our society into a self-imposed oblivion."

"There's no need to be big headed!"

"It's great to be a member of the nouveau riche."

this is a really dumb one given that the lead character clearly isn't talking to anyone or even saying anything
feel like a caption has to be in a narrator voice or used as a title to frame the image

also i can't unsee the handle on the lamp

"I need to quit drunkenly browsing Ebay."

ha!

this is a really dumb one given that the lead character clearly isn't talking to anyone or even saying anything
feel like a caption has to be in a narrator voice or used as a title to frame the image

― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Monday, September 16, 2013 2:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM -- the only caption that really works is "Whaaaaaa?!"

"THAT SPIDER HAS GONE, JILL"

"how 'bout a little head?"

"Las Vegas is officially the worst place on Earth."

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/09/16/g290/130916_contest_g290.jpg

• "Here we shoot the messenger."
• "Sir, you did ask for our lowest fare."
• "Team-building is all about trust."

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/09/30/p465/130930_contest_p465.jpg

"They're really serious about this new 'three strikes and you're out' Internet rule!"

"aah, couldn't catch a cold if you ask me!"

"This looks grim! Ha ha! Geddit? Grim! Ha... oh never fucking mind..."

(actually, strike "Internet" off that one, and that's a winner)

"Wizard needs food badly!"

xp I was thinking along the lines of 'if you're not allowed to use the internet any more, your life's over'

"once costner started fucking with the metaphysics this game was done, man, done."

"Yeah, I think he wants his Field of Dreams back!"

"Jeter's back."

"This is normal."

"Looks like the return of the dead ball era."

BOOM

"I'm not scared but I've heard death can be a great relief pitcher"

"how very original - 'bad to the bone' as his entrance song"

great, another debate about whether floating above the base counts as a tag

"How can you see with your hat brim pulled down over your face like that?"

He gets really mad if you say 'more cowbell' just before he pitches.

"Watch out for his sinker."

"I guess the pitcher does have a dead arm."