Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

I think Dan's idea is good but the phrasing needs to be more concise if possible, if you really want to maximize your chances.

picture Can't think of a caption but puts me in mind of the judge quote from Withnail and I.

"I've been dressing this way since my business went under."

This seems exactly the kind of thing jaymc was talking about.

from "Holy shit, the caption bank of attempted winners for past cartoons is a goldmine!":

"If no one laughs, do I get waterboarded?"

why the hell did I spell "defense" like that

"As the sixth amendment plainly states your honor, 'In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedo and public trial'"

think my reign of terror is probably over. am struggling with this week's.

i think not. that's some next level gentle punning.

i feel like these pictures aren't that funny to begin with

"In his defense, that was the biggest ladies'-room toilet I've ever seen."

yeah berto thats the best yet on this thread, kiu

haha this is to obscure to be useful, but:

"So we promptly identified ourselves as Olice..."

"If the snorkel doesn't fit, you must acquit"

(sorry, s/b "olice officers")

"One day I WILL free Willy!"

"Sustained!"

You guys are being too funny though. Something that barely even registers, as amusing:

"Let's make this quick, I have a 2 o' clock."

"If the snorkel doesn't fit, you must acquit"

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hahaha

"Your honor, I have to say this trial is going swimmingly."

"Drowned her? I can't even swim!"

"Is it so wrong to love Virginia Woolf on as many levels as I do?"

"Oh, so if you're Michael Phelps it's okay?"

Posting week 4 pic again, it's hidden in 'load them all'land:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2viib7d.jpg

"But it's true: Mars DOES need women!"

"Madoff's son is involved? Your honor, c'mon, just look at him!"

"No, YOU'RE in contempt!"

i feel like there's a workable marco polo gag here somewhere.

Lionel Hutz: Now, Mrs. Simpson, tell the court in your own words what happened after you and your husband were ejected out of the restaurant.
Marge: Well, we pretty much went straight home.
Lionel Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, remember that you are under oath.
Marge: We drove around until three in the morning looking for another open all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant.
Lionel Hutz: And when you couldn't find one?
Marge: We... went... fishing.
Lionel Hutz: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do these sound like the actions of a man whose had ALL he could eat?

"All my financial problems can be traced back to the fact that I don't float."

"I congratulate your on your diligence in keeping out illegal immigrants, gentlemen, but I think we can let Mr. Smith go."

i feel like there's a workable marco polo gag here somewhere.

;_;

oh did you do one already? did it work?

I wld say: not really, sorry Dan.

;_; ;_;

"Get ahold of yourself, Bernie. No one's getting waterboarded here."

haha, how about just "MARCO!"

That drawing is just so painfully unfunny.

"When my lawyer said he thought I'd be going away for a long time, I figured I would hope for the best."

I am so proud of mine.

"Dippy dippy dive and so socialize; how ya gonna make a black nation rise?"

i actually kind of like my "i can't even swim" one, but honestly i don't know what the hell to do with this ugly fucking picture.

"You're honor, but I actually have a real estate license."

^^ whoops that should be "your"

The expressions of his retainers make it seem as though he should be saying something they respectively find in poor taste & shocking.

"Can you explain to the jury exactly what you were doing in the ball pit at Chuck E Cheese?"

His right arm's positioning suggests he is arguing a point.

Ha, Roberto, that's great!

"I misunderstood the meaning of sub-prime."

"I would say I am fairly confident of escaping from Alcatraz, yes."

I'm a little worried about going over the 50 nominations threshold again. Is there any reason that polls are limited to 50 options? I feel bad when it's poll time and I have to delete caption entries.