The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #28
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How bad can New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest entries get? You tell me.
Submit your worst caption in the comments section.
Starter captions:
"Excuse me, you dropped your briefcase."
"I'm a lawyer. I think, once that's stated, the joke makes itself."
"No, fuck you and the horse you rode in on."
Update: Results after the jump
Winner
"My name is William Shawn! I am from the future but have been reincarnated in your time! Attend my tale:
In my age, I was a very powerful and widely respected man. A man no doubt like yourself, of strong character and firm beliefs. One day, a cruel young upstart-- swelling with pride and jealous of my rank--wrote an outrageous and baseless ad hominem attack against me. (This young man's name was "Mr. Wolfe" and he was indeed not unlike that most rash and ravenous of beasts!) What would you have done in my position? This lying youth defamed my character and by extension the character of all who respected me and payed me obeisance. By the look in your eyes I know your answer: You would kill such a man. But, friend, had I committed that just act, the fathers of my town would have stripped me of my rank and thrown me into prison! For such was the unjust nature of my time: I had no recourse with the sword and died without avenging Mr. Wolfe.
Gentle sir, in the cottage to my right there lives a wizard. A wise old sorcerer among whose many potions is a drink that may allow a man to move through time. I see the doubt in your expression, yet these wizards are wondrous men and he assures me that the potion works. (I bought it for a pretty free, I'll tell thee.) I ask but this. Drink the elixir with me and let us ride through time and to my former life in centuries hence. Then let us find the savage "Wolfe" and slay him and just as quick return to where we stand. For this I'll give thee gold. What say you?" Zudz
Finalists
"I represent the owner of this farm. Do you have a permit to film here?" Francis
"Could I borrow your cell phone?" Martin
Comments
"I represent the owner of this farm. Do you have a permit to film here?"
Posted by: Francis | November 14, 2005 11:54 AM
"Excuse me! A couple of little wizard looking dudes are staring at me. Could you do me a favor and knock their fucking heads off?"
Posted by: Marlon | November 14, 2005 12:12 PM
"Excuse me, could you give me directions to the cartoon I'm supposed to be in?"
Posted by: Jesse | November 14, 2005 12:57 PM
"Can I get a ride?"
"Can I get a ride, asshole?"
"Attila, I'm your father!"
"Just one more thing: Did Dr. Ebers usually have coffee just before going to bed or was that just because he was expecting you?"
Vile Peasant #1: I like it when people stop for hitchhikers. Really makes you feel like there's still a germ of good in man.
Vile Peasant #2: Also it means someone else is going to be mercilessly beaten tonight.
VP #1: [Wistful] Yeah.
And the predicted real world winner: Wait! We need to exchange insurance!
Posted by: TG Gibbon | November 14, 2005 1:25 PM
Excuse me, sir, but this enormous restaurant has a dress code, of which you are in violation.
Posted by: Muffin | November 14, 2005 1:36 PM
"You called for somebody to pimp your ride?"
Posted by: RichM | November 14, 2005 1:37 PM
"It is not only that my suit does not match what you are all wearing, but that it is from another era and therefore so am I."
"Smell my finger."
Posted by: Old Hag | November 14, 2005 3:10 PM
"What's in your wallet?"
Posted by: Fire Slam | November 14, 2005 3:59 PM
"Hey asshole! Do you have a warrant?"
Posted by: Dashiell | November 14, 2005 4:00 PM
"Hey! Come back here, you Molly Hatchet-looking motherfucker!"
Posted by: Fire Slam | November 14, 2005 4:03 PM
"Straight up now tell me do you really wanna love me forever? (Oh Oh Oh)...Or am I caught in a hit and run?"
Posted by: Fire Slam | November 14, 2005 4:06 PM
"Yeah, this horse looks a little off behind. Bring back over here. I need to do some flexion tests..."
Posted by: Fire Slam | November 14, 2005 4:13 PM
As your attorney, I'd suggest that you leave the raping and pillaging to me.
Posted by: Matty Matt | November 14, 2005 4:14 PM
I assume you are going into battle, in which case you will need life insurance for when you inevitably die.
Posted by: Chris J M | November 14, 2005 4:40 PM
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Posted by: Jenn | November 14, 2005 4:47 PM
"Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?"
Posted by: mykull | November 14, 2005 6:46 PM
Mom? Is that you?
Posted by: kickassninja | November 14, 2005 6:55 PM
I have haemorroids.
Posted by: Kickassninja | November 14, 2005 6:57 PM
I can point! Can you point? I can. Look, I'm pointing! I'm pointing! You have a horse!
Posted by: Wendy | November 14, 2005 8:09 PM
"Is it really you, Mr. Salinger? It's a good thing I finally found you! I represent the Nobel committee."
"Now, Mr. President: you know you were supposed to return that call to FEMA...."
"Sir! I represent the producers of 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy....'"
"Don't you dare light that cigarette."
"Could I borrow your cell phone?"
"Honestly, can't the Raiders game wait? It would truly be negligent to leave your loved ones in need should you pass...."
Posted by: Martin | November 14, 2005 8:15 PM
"Sup of this booger, Throg; let it nourish thee in thy foul savagery. Gah! My beloved!"
Posted by: wasoe | November 14, 2005 10:11 PM
"I have stepped in your horse's excrement. Get it? 'Stepped?' Christ, I'm dying out here."
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"Wait! You paid for a 'happy ending'!"
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"Actually, recent archaeological work points to horned helmets being more likely used for ceremonial rather than combative purposes, although it is thought that the ancient Thracians may have worn such headgear into battle."
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"Which way to your mother's house?"
Posted by: jamie | November 14, 2005 10:57 PM
"Wait, you promised me some smegma to take back to the lab."
"Say, that recipe for ass liniment...let me patent that for you."
Posted by: wasoe | November 14, 2005 11:33 PM
"My name is William Shawn! I am from the future but have been reincarnated in your time! Attend my tale:
In my age, I was a very powerful and widely respected man. A man no doubt like yourself, of strong character and firm beliefs. One day, a cruel young upstart-- swelling with pride and jealous of my rank--wrote an outrageous and baseless ad hominem attack against me. (This young man's name was "Mr. Wolfe" and he was indeed not unlike that most rash and ravenous of beasts!) What would you have done in my position? This lying youth defamed my character and by extension the character of all who respected me and payed me obeisance. By the look in your eyes I know your answer: You would kill such a man. But, friend, had I committed that just act, the fathers of my town would have stripped me of my rank and thrown me into prison! For such was the unjust nature of my time: I had no recourse with the sword and died without avenging Mr. Wolfe.
Gentle sir, in the cottage to my right there lives a wizard. A wise old sorcerer among whose many potions is a drink that may allow a man to move through time. I see the doubt in your expression, yet these wizards are wondrous men and he assures me that the potion works. (I bought it for a pretty free, I'll tell thee.) I ask but this. Drink the elixir with me and let us ride through time and to my former life in centuries hence. Then let us find the savage "Wolfe" and slay him and just as quick return to where we stand. For this I'll give thee gold. What say you?"
Posted by: Zudz | November 15, 2005 12:14 AM
"Excuse me, I hate to bother you, but you see our car broke down the street there, and my child ... my child has this disease. And we're supposed to be going to the Mayo Clinic and he's not looking so hot ... so I was hoping, maybe you could spare some change to -- oh, thank you sir. Thank you. My child thanks you. My wife thanks you."
Posted by: Reno Nevada Law Enforcement: Hypnotism Division | November 15, 2005 12:18 AM
Good day sir, my name is Frank Frazetta. Ever do any modeling?
Posted by: Patrick Broderick | November 15, 2005 12:57 AM
How much would it cost to kill my wife?
Posted by: Charles | November 15, 2005 8:42 AM
"These Renaisance Faires haven't been the same since the lawsuit."
"They took away his company car."
Posted by: TG Gibbon | November 15, 2005 10:45 AM
There are several of these straw houses on this road.
Posted by: pukebot | November 15, 2005 11:04 AM
Not a caption:
SHIT!!! It's not the suit guy who's talking, it's the little guy on the left in the background!
Those New Yorker fools provided a low-res picture that makes it almost impossible to see that!
AAAAAARGH HULK MUST SMASH NEW YORKER!!!!!
Posted by: Marlon | November 15, 2005 11:07 AM
Also not a caption:
Actually if you click through you'll see that there is a hi-res image on the NYer site, I just didn't want to post something that big. Also, I think you could make a case that either person is talking. Or maybe they're both talking at once, like in an Altman movie. The New Yorker loves you and wants to give you options.
Posted by: Radosh | November 15, 2005 11:23 AM
"WAIT! OK, OK, OK, you win. Don't leave. We'll raise the child visigoth."
Posted by: Vance | November 15, 2005 12:32 PM
Oh, well, if it's the guy in the back talking...
"This road sure is busy today."
"Is the guy on the horse a Hun? I forget what Huns look like."
"That dude is cruisin' for a skull-crushin'."
"Is our hut on fire? I think our hut is on fire. Quick, tell the guy in the suit and the other guy in the helmet to go get some water."
Posted by: Francis | November 15, 2005 2:02 PM
Excuse me, do you work for Halliburton?
Posted by: koa | November 15, 2005 3:14 PM
I represent the estate of J.R.R. Tolkein...
Posted by: Jason | November 15, 2005 3:42 PM
Come back! You forgot to rape and pillage ME!!!
Posted by: J | November 15, 2005 4:53 PM
No no no, you misunderstood me - I want to suck your horse's penis. My mistake.
Posted by: Chris J M | November 15, 2005 5:04 PM
"That lawyer looks like he's been PhotoShopped out of an elevator cartoon."
"Hm. Lawyers following Huns. I smell a trend article in the offing."
"Boy, Landesman will follow up on even the most untrustworthy-source lead, won't he?'
"Judy Miller warned us about this."
Posted by: The Confidence Man | November 15, 2005 10:03 PM
Wi2ard1: "Spell of binding arbitration"!? Never heard of it.
ArcMageBoy: By my pointed hat I swear, it's totally in there.
Wi2ard1: Kewl! So OK, roll 2D10 against the visigoth's illiteracy...
Posted by: zebra | November 15, 2005 10:58 PM
No avian flu 'jokes' yet? This is an outrage!
"The birds checked out healthy, sir, but I'm also going to have to test your horse."
"I'm sorry, but there's a piece of food in your beard and... are you gonna eat that?"
"And if you could also pick up a bottle of milk and some tomatoes, thanks. And some apple sauce."
Posted by: anno-nymous | November 16, 2005 12:38 AM
I don't say anything, you have to read me.
Posted by: tito | November 16, 2005 4:58 PM
Goddamnit, this is going to fuck up your custody petition. I've been busting my balls for months trying to convince the judge you aren't crazy and now this? Why do I even fucking bother?
Posted by: Charles | November 17, 2005 4:44 PM
Just like ancient Mongolian proverb say: first come the Huns, then come the lawyers, then come the anonymous smart-ass online comments.
Posted by: The Confidence Man | November 17, 2005 8:50 PM
sieg heil!
Posted by: sven | November 17, 2005 9:44 PM
wait for me!
Posted by: sven | November 17, 2005 10:33 PM
"Excuse me, I think your horse dropped something. Or was it you, you smelly fuck?"
"Hagar the Horrible? Or are you his lesser-known brother, Frank Stallone the Horrible?"
"Check it out, we have the same nose."
"I must say, that helmet makes you look horny."
Posted by: Kevin Dean Nicewanger | November 18, 2005 11:55 AM
"Yo, yo, yo... s'up? You need smoke, rock, ex?"
Posted by: Marc | November 18, 2005 4:24 PM
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, MISTER!"
Posted by: Adrian Wapcaplet | December 8, 2006 2:45 AM
"Thank God (the christian, of course), a man of ambition at last!"
Posted by: Sam L. | January 11, 2008 8:53 PM
"Impossible ! Impossible ! 'Oh, give me a home...' 's against character !...... Rewind, boys !"
Posted by: Sam L. | January 11, 2008 9:12 PM