Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

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."

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

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"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."

I expected no less from Coach Bergman

"Every generation gets the Angels in the Outfield it deserves."

"The Washington Druids? Come on."

"We need a miracle."

"'Roids, man. 'Roids 'roids 'roids 'roids 'roids. We're all on 'roids."

"He throws a mean knuckle ball."

(I have no idea wtf a knuckle ball is. I'm not from a country where baseball is a thing)

Best closer in the game.

"If they're taking the ball from this guy, I don't even wanna know who's in the bullpen."

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• "Yes, he's still out there—and he looks serious."
• "Incredible! We still get Saturday deliveries."
• "I hope it's chocolate."

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"I've changed my mind. My place!"

"i hope it's chocolate" is dreadful, really awful