The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #228
Harry EffronSubmit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon. (Limit 25 words per cap, five caps per person.)

WINNER
Caption: Can you ask the CFO to come in here with a mop, please?
Anti-Caption: "Ms. Wagner, I seem to have a nasty stomach bug....I just soiled my chair and the floor through my overalls. Can you ask the CFO to come in here with a mop, please?"-- m ham rant
HONORABLE MENTION
No Mr. Bond, I expect him to try. The bastard is standing there like a statue.--CRC
SUPER BOWL BONUS: al in la has left a comment for every Anti-Caption submitted last week. Click here to see for yourself!
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

Note: I will not be enforcing the 25 word limit, but if your caption is excessively long, I may just not read it. 5 entries per person.
First Place:
"Here's the shopping list...I'm late for work. Gimme a kiss -- And GET YOUR BARE ASS OFF THE COUNTER TOP -- we cook food there! Jeez..." -- m hartman
Second Place:
"Here's that sample of the wall color you asked for...oh and you have cancer" -- The shark
Third Place:
"Doof deeef ffeexxil plexil booot glepglop feemie" -- Those Fuckers
Honorable Mention:
"You have a benign tumor on your occipital lobe. We're planning a non-invasive laser procedure that will shrink the tumor and return your eyes to normal." -- Beth
"Your transgender process is almost complete, Pat. however, since most of your chart is gone, remind me which direction we're going again." -- LV
"Take me to your litre of urine." -- Rob
"I cheated on my MCATs" -- Gretchen
"Now Mr. Jones, if you could just get down from the table and put on your pants, we can get started with your dental checkup." -- Snooki N. Tish
"I understand it seems a bit odd for census-taking, but may I please have a sample of your stool?" -- Tim H
"What the fuck is wrong with your face??" -- johnnyo
The "I'm a regular here, see!?!" award:
"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to have a stye."
"The homo sapiens here are not what they seem."
"Facsimile, you crazy bastard. How are you?" --NAMBY
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon. (Maximum five entrys per person, 25 words per caption.)

Rules & Tips
WINNERS
FIRST PLACE
"Hi, wanna see my confetti impression?"-- TG Gibbon
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"No, Captain, Sullenberger, I'm not Kate Hudson and you can't 'ditch it' in me."--JohnnyB
"Oh, jeez. Another fucking moron to get arrested while they close down the goddam airport."--Glenn
"Remember me? I was on Comair CRJ-100. 49 of us died and you survived. I hope you're haunted by my face."--Yetta K
For additional Honorable Mentions and a Judge's Comment on all of the winning entries, visit al in la's blog..
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon. (Maximum five entrys per person, 25 words per caption.)

WINNER
"How long am I expected to stay at Flight Delay Training Camp before you let me go to the airport?"--RichardH
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
"Is it Haiti in here, or is it just me?"-- Dex
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"The aliens left only the 27 of us alive. Somebody fuck somebody with working ovaries."--Glenn
"As Moses' attorney I implore you to let his people go...or at least go to the bathroom."-- Rob
"Worst. Orgy. Ever." --Austin D
NOTE: For additional Honorable Mentions (including Anti-Judge Anti-Captons) and Judge's Comments on all the winning entrys go here.
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon

WINNER
"Because they Need Another Seven Astronauts really fast...THAT'S why!" -- dwilk
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"No Mr. Bond. I Expect you to dry." --NAMBY
"It's a Westinghouse, so I'm westing. Not the others, though. They've been hacked to death by some maniac."--Steve_O
For additional Honorable Mentions, Judge's Comments on all of the winners AND other jokes relating to the 1986 Challenger disaster go here.
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

First Place:
"Can't ... breathe ..." -- Charles
Second Place:
"Honey, maybe you should see a doctor. Your eyes are bigger than my tits." -- J.D.
Third Place:
"I can't figure out where my asshole is." -- David
Honorable Mention:
"Fuck you and your sweater vest. Stop being such a cheapskate and turn up the thermostat." -- A. Jorgensen
"The doctor with the shadow puppets said it's supposed to smell like fish." -- mike
"Honey, don't you see? One tit in the last issue, my luscious breasts in this issue. By next week, the readers will be ready for some camel toe, and it won't be long until the readers will expect nothing less than graphic girl-on-girl lovin and hair-tearing all-nude catfights!" -- Barb
"Fuck the rules! This week, I'm showing my tits in the New Yorker and submitting more than 5 captions to the anti-caption contest." -- mypalmike
Suck up to the judge award:
"The whore here is piscine." -- J.D.
The "Fuck the rules!" / "50th time's the charm" award:
"I'm getting tired of the same old routine, Yuvie. You read, I show my tits, and morons propose clever captions and anti-captions until some deadline passes. How about we take a stance...end it right now...shake things up: LET'S GO ANAL TONIGHT!!!!" -- m hartman
(but seriously, 5 entry limit.)
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon
Rules and Tips

WINNERS
(NOTE: For an Extended list of Honorable Mentions including Judge's Commentary on each winning Anti-Cap go here.)
First Place
He's temperamental, but he makes an awesome tit and testicle chowder.--
Jim Cavanaugh
Honorable Mentions
"This madhouse is a real kitchen."--Francis
Ghost of Christmas Future: "This is what will happen to your restaurant after you cut labor by twenty percent and forged invoices, Ebenezer."--Grant
"Tisch School of the Arts graduates make great wait staff, *never* kitchen staff."--J.D.
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Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

First Place:
"Quit fucking around." -- Steve_O
Second Place:
"You're just a shadow of what you used to be, just like my wife." -- Rob
Third Place:
"Stop eating your own feces." --TG Gibbon
Honorable Mention:
"Christ, what a shadow." -- The Confidence Man
"If this is your non-verbal way of pointing out that I have the lights mounted on the wall of my office instead of the ceiling and yet, strangely, I cast no shadow at all, I take your point." -- Joshua
"Mr. Foo-Foo, you have a repetitive stress fracture consistent with scooping up field mice and bopping them on the head. A regimen of Ben Gay and ibuprofen should have you back at it in no time." -- Rich Lather
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.

Winners
First Place
"Of course not, Mr. Bond, I expect you to dance."--TG Gibbon
Second Place
"We're making remarkable progress on our Pianos for Little Asian Prodigies Program. What basketball did for the ghettos, pianos will do for Shanti towns everywhere"-- RL
Honorable Mentions
"I'm glad there are no white keys here to see this."-- LV
In mother Russia, piano plays you!"-- Harry
"I like my pianos like I like my men: big, black, and hard ... and scattered randomly about my salon, passively waiting for me to play them."--J.D.
"More Cowbell."-- Pandyora
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

First Place:
"I hate jail." -- andy
Second Place:
"White people find jokes about the American judicial and penal system quite humorous." -- J. D.
Third Place:
"I don't fit in the bed. I haven't slept in years." -- Johnny B
Honorable Mention:
"Just let me know if you need some caulk." -- mypalmike
"Why is there a casket in here?" --David
Sucking up to the judge's ego award:
"The sexual assault and sodomy which can go on for hours here are obscene." --Steve_O
Runner up: "Yes, I, too, also prefer a bath. The showers here are obscene." --Tim H

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
WINNER
"Look on the bright side. With all the tears of our laid-off colleagues, I created a great salt water pool."-- Richard H
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"It's your wife's Today sponge. I'm going in to try to find my buddy's car keys."--gary
"I don't know who draws this shit, but my snorkel is gonna fill my lungs up with water, and you're wearing a double-breasted pullover. Totally fucking lame."--MAtt
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
(New category: Anti-Caps that shamelessly reference judges and/or contest.)
"For my next trick, I will judge last week's anti-caption contest! . . . Ha ha! Just kidding! That would be insane! I'm actually just going to dive into the piranha pool."--Joshua
I guess the jig is up. No, I'm not actually working for the Daily Show. I've been away from the blog working on my form to enter the diving competition at the Christian Olympics.-- The Confidence Man
"I'm sorry, but after I referenced Bob Dylan, my innards AND the Anti-Cap Contest in one sentence, I decided to end it all. Or, take a dip. Either way." --Tim H
"Last one in is an al in la!"--Kathy H
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.
Note:
It seems people are taking what I said last time a bit too seriously-- you are probably better off completely ignoring it. The anti-caption contest is almost impossible to explain, but I'll try again in the future. In the mean time, go to the above rules and tips link for some clarity. Good luck!

WINNER
"So we're agreed then, the winner of this sword fight takes home the little referee butt plug." --jf
SECOND PLACE
"The winner, and still champion, is Nair for Men with Lanolin" --Rich Lather
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"I've got a ten dollar bid, do I hear twelve dollars, I hear twelve dollars, twelve fifty, do I hear twelve fifty, I want twelve fifty, I have twelve, do I hear fifty, I don't have twelve fifty, how about twenty five for the pair......"--dwilk
"And there will be absolutely no kicking below the ankle."--Satireguy
"OK, gentlemen, despite your secret inclinations, no extended clutching or hugging. America needs it penchant for glorifying homosexuality cloaked in pujilistic aggression. Now, box!"--Jyce Cranston
"I brought a couple of giants - do you mind?"--JohnnyB
"Lllleet's get ready to Trrrriiiiiippppp"
(and)
"Let's get ready to trip!"
(disclaimer: I didn't like how the repeating letters appeared. Anyhow, apply a bronzer, coiffe your hair, and take 10 seconds to read this entry. Now, that's funny!) --Sarah
"Fusilli, you crazy bastard! How the hell are you?"
(I'm pretty sure this is the winner under the Harry criteria.)--Joshua
"And for my first trick, i will judge last week's contest!" --harry
(As selected by al in la )
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

First Place:
"I miss my computer." -- Johnny V
Second Place:
"No, I was talking to the asshole in the chair." -- The Confidence Man
Third Place:
"Wait -how many syllables? Sounds like what? This is frustrating." -- Deborah
Honorable Mention:
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FIRST PLACE
"So, it's okay to fuck your neighbor's husband?"--dwilk
SEOND PLACE
"Are you sure these are the Lord's commandments and not yours? Because, can't imagine "Wives, keepeth parted thy buttocks for thine husbands' Sabbath anal' sounds a lot more prince of Egypt than Yahweh."-- David
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"Hey Chisel-gripper, anything in their about tending to your wife's burning bush?"-- Rich Lather
"You rendered me flat and asymmetrical. Start again."--Deborah
"Christ, how long does it take to chisel 'al in la'?!"--Tim H

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

First place
"That's a load of horseshit, Greg. If the firm thinks I'm so stupid, why don't they fire me instead of moving me to the roof? Because they NEED me, that's why. Tell them I'm pissed. And send someone to hook up my phone." —Damon
Second place
"Fiddler on the roof? I barely even know 'er, outside of fiddling her on the roof. Why do you think my secretary and I relocated to the roof? Anyway, honey, I don't see what that has to do with the school play. Sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you, I'm on the roof." — t.a.m.s.y.
Third place
"I'll get that report to you as soon as possible." —Harry
Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon.
•Last week's results. •Rules and tips.

First place
"Yes, we can schedule a session for you same time next Tuesday Mr. Johnson. To be honest, you don't even have to ask anymore. As sexual role-playing businesses go, this has turned out to be a much more limited market than we anticipated. Don't forget to leave your suit to be dry-cleaned."—v
Second place
"I was 9 when I died, thanks for asking." —Brian L
Third place
"The greatest trick I ever pulled was convincing the world I didn't just steal the four-month old copy of Newsweek sitting on your waiting room coffee table." —bunsen
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