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January 22, 2007

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #84

Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon. Click here for details. Click here to see last week's winner.

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Winner
"And I said 'Rectum, damn near... uh oh.'"—mobuck

Finalists
"Unless you can tell me how the ability to turn the lower half of your body into a door and the power to pour cascades of granola from my empty hands would be more effective against crime than, let's say, a trained cop with a gun, I still say we're doing more good for society by giving women greater confidence and self-esteem. Now get your scrubs on. Those 34-D's aren't going to implant themselves." —Walt

"A tip? Here's a tip: grow some fucking legs"—Dick Trimble

Honorable mention
"No, that's alright. It happens all the time. What you're looking for is the Animal Medical CENTAUR."—Tim H

"Gonna wash that man right outta my...D'oh!"—Old Hag

"What the hell's the point of washing my hands if I have to grasp this living-flesh door handle to get out of here?" —Vance

"Oh, no, I'm being haunted by this ghost because I was responsible for his death! It's the surgeon I murdered for attaching my body to this door!"—John Tabin

Cleanliness is next to Ghostliness—David

"[Out of frame] Cut! Cut! Your line is, 'Doctor Grey has requested your presence in the ER, stat.' Not, 'Doctor Grey has requested your presence in the ER, faggot.' OK, Mr. Washington? And get your legs on. Washroom scene, take 6! And.... Action!"—mypalmike

"You know how the tooth fairy comes to collect the teeth that small children put under their beds? She leaves a quarter or a half-dollar or whatever parents do these days--a double-sawbuck maybe? What if the joke behind this was that instead of a ghost, it was a fairy that came and picked up other body parts, like amputated arms, and left money for the doctor? And it's probably better that the guy isn't Chinese because then people would think this was topical, instead of a body-part fairy joke. Oh, the the glory hole jokes you could do as a follow up to this!"—Eric

"You know, most men don't try to stick their entire body through that hole."—Greg

"I have a question about my character's motivation in this scene, Mr. Shyamalan."—RichM

Posted by Daniel Radosh

Comments

I knew the operation was a mistake when you walked in with TP on your shoe.

"I really wish they didn't use a naked, inflatable half-man to indicate that this is the men's room."

"I don't like this cuckoo clock. It doesn't even tell time."

"Okay, I'm sterile this time. Exactly how long do you plan on haunting me? Christ, what an asshole."

"Uh... no, it was Dr. Jenkins who operated on your son, Casper. Died on the table. Very sad. Gotta go!"

Yeah, they're Bruno Maglis. Why?

"What the hell's the point of washing my hands if I have to grasp this living-flesh door handle to get out of here?"

"Oh, that's perfect, Ted. A hole in the door just your size, just for you, and you still refuse to use it. Dick."

"Jeeez, for the nine-thousandth time, I'm sorry I had that Ebola all over my hands during that prostate exam. Here, look, I'm washing up, you happy?"

"Hell no, I'm not going to tip you! There aren't any towels and the floor is sticky."

"I know, I know. Christmas past, yada, yada, yada. But you're the one who stuck the glass ornaments so far up your ass that I couldn't remove them safely, so get over it already."

"Look, I forgot to pick up the medication for my obsessive-compulsive disorder, okay? Now get back in your body and I'll be there in...fiiiiive more rinses."

"I still don't see what this is supposed to teach me about Christmas."

No, you can't have any of my bubbles.

I'm not just a doctor, I'm a priest. Get ready for a surgical exorcism half-pint!

No, I don't know what they called a half-man, half door in mythology...a doortaur, asshole?

Yes, this is pure vegetable glycerin soap fragranced with a blend of rare orchid, wild ginger, rice flower and bamboo. So what of it?

"You're half the man you used to be, but I still love you."

"No, that's alright. It happens all the time. What you're looking for is the Animal Medical CENTAUR."

If you insist. But I suspect you would find the gloves on the side table more useful at this point.

How about that? You don't have any feet, and my hands are permanently encased in this polyethylene foam. Let me guess: you bought me a wristwatch?

No, I can't pick that up. But thanks. stumpy, for noticing my mother took thalidomide.

"Did anybody ever tell you, you look like a door from the waist down?"

You know that won't work, my mutant power is the ability to squeeze my anus extraordinarily tightly.

"Don't look at me like that. You're the one who bought your insurance at Costco."

"You know, most men don't try to stick their entire body through that hole."

Our hero Pasta-Man comes face to face with his evil arch nemesis, Dr. Starch.

No, I still don't think you look like a trophy husband."

"Are you happy now, You've got yourself good and stuck this time."

No, I'm not interested in seeing how many fingertip push-ups you can do."

"Clooney never had to deal with shit like this"

"For the last time, I am not touching your knob"

It would have been easier for you to open the door than try to squeeze your way through it.

"We'll I probably would have done a better job if I wasn't screwing with your wife, but it's hard to say"

"I know you want me to call you a concierge, but to me you'll always be a doorman."

Hang on I'll be done in a minute...

Great, just great!Everybody knows you can't reach the sink through the damn holes - what are you a moron? Besides you aren't supposed to operate completely naked anyway...and if you expect me to scrub you down you're out of your mind...wait, who are you?

"I knew my yacht wouldn't entirely fit in that room."

"Who the hell was Ben Casey?"

I don't know what you are so angry about, swiss cheese has always been an effective antiseptic, it is just really hard to save someone who has been cut completely in half.

"The guy in the other hole had to leave."

"You may have cured my Restless Leg Syndrome, but now I have Itchy Stump Syndrome."

"Geez, I'll be done in a minute, keep your door on."

"Sure, you died because I was still washing my hands but I had cancer all over my hands so you would've died anyway. Say 'Hi' to God for me!"

"B-b-b-b-but y-y-y-y-you're su-su-su-suppposed to b-b-b-b-be un-un-un-un-uninsured!"

"'Sue you in hell!' What is that, a pun?"

"Oh, hi."

[Sorry SimsburyBear I hadn't seen yours]

You look angry, is something bothering you, pumpkin? You look hot without your shirt on, but I have to get back to work. Go home and fix dinner, we can talk about it later.

"I have a question about my character's motivation in this scene, Mr. Shyamalan."

Big deal, so you can fly. But your piss-poor aim is why you couldn't cut it as a surgeon, Leonard. "Cut it" as a "surgeon"! Hoo-boy! That one always cracks me up.

"What is this, The Philadelphia Experiment Redux?"

Well, tough. I'm going to be a while so you'd better just call for a bed pan.

"Your mother's womb? Thataway."

Whooooa! You proctologists are so damn sneaky.

Land sakes! I don't think I'll ever be able to wash all that gum out of your hair.

"Yeah, and last week the door was a jar, smart ass!"

I've never been good at charades. But if I had to guess, you were supposed to be the quintiple bypass and not the sex change? SHIT!

Sorry. I didn't know you were showering when I turned it on.

Now you know how that poor gerbil felt.

No you idiot. You're supposed to be on the other side of the glory hole.

"Am I late? What'd I miss? Ohhhhhh"

"So that's your big supernatural attack from beyond the grave? Glaring?"

"Harvey, I'd love to play charades later, but right now I have to perform an angioplasty. Also, I think I liked you better as a rabbit. You seemed more good-natured then."

"But, coming out of the closet wasn't enough......"

"This new soap has a haunting fragrance."

Every time a doctor washes with Irish Spring a Mic gets beaten to death.

"And I said 'Rectum, damn near... uh oh.'"

Tonight on Fox: World's Scariest Staring Contests!

No, that's the 'out' portal. The 'in' portal is the one above it.

"Oh, no, I'm being haunted by this ghost because I was responsible for his death! It's the surgeon I murdered for attaching my body to this door!"

“I'm sorry you're not happy with the results of your plastic surgery, but I for one think you look a-door-able.”


"Wash your hands for you? Well, Mr. Slobbo, you should've thought about that before you tagged the door and wall with your graffiti!"

Dammit, Mary Beth, I'm getting really tired of your "floating torso doctor" routine.

"So close to the magic faucet that rains uncut diamonds, yet so far. Huh, asshole?"

Who do you THINK I'm going to call?

"I'm sorry, but sometimes you have to make hard decisions when separating conjoined twins. This one, however, was easy since your brother had a torso AND a lower body."

"In a moment, I'll fling this soapy water into your eyes. And best of all, you'll never know it's coming."

"Want to see the last ghost who tried to scare me? I shoved him in the trash can on my right. Yeah, those are his hands. Now bug off."

"Look, a lot of people make that mistake. They think because I'm a male in scrubs that means I'm a doctor. But I happen to be a nurse. A nurse with a penis."

"Was that signature there before?"

"Stuff it, upper body. Oh, hey-- 'I hardly know her!' Heh."

Semihomoindictogastrocnemiophobia: the irrational fear that half of a man is pointing at your calf.

Don't try to pin the blame on me. I'm not the one who said he swings both ways!

"don't look at me, you're the one that signed up for the philadelphia experiment."

Quite frankly I've mounted horses easier than you.

How dare you presume I'm gay! You said you wanted me to mount you. You knew I was a surgeon!

Scottie, it's Spock. Re-check your coordinates. Something has happened to the Captain. His brain is in my hands and his underwear has somehow landed on my head.

"... and glory hole protocol clearly indicates that if it falls on my side, I get to keep it..."

Damn, I hope this one gets out of limbo when the anesthesia wears off.

"Test results confirm you are a puzzle inside an enigma wrapped around a mystery lodged inside a door.”

"Geez, you Times reporters are persistent. Because I don't give a shit! That's why all my patients die. You happy?"

"Christ, what a lack of asshole."

"My legs and feet are so poorly drawn that I think they're going to separate from me, too."

"What the hell's your problem?"

"You aren't half the man you used to be."

"Just my luck -- the half that eats."

"Get lost. I enjoy being Michael Jackson's soulless plastic surgeon."

"Colonel, if you want to bust someone's balls on this whole geting-killed-in Iraq-thing, go to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The guy living there is one you want to haunt."

"You must be from the insurance company."

"I'm afraid we had a little accident with one of the bone saws while attempting to reattach the two severed fingers of your left hand. Well here, take a look for yourself before I wash it off."

You said you wanted to be mounted under a portal. You're mounted under a portal. So what are you bitching about?

Listen pal, I lost half my platoon in Kabul. Don't talk to me about loss.

"Hope you specialize in buttholeistic medicine."

"Hey buddy, quit the fartin'...were gettin' a lotta portnoise complaints."

"The next time I have an out of body experience I'll remember to bring a key!"

"It's jammed and I just pray someone is trying to ram YOUR DOOR!"

Oh yeah? Well, I can only pray that this doesn't explode and eliminate all life as we know it!

Jesus Christ! How many times have I told you not to interupt me when I'm washing the tapioca?

"Morrison, you crazy bastard! How the heck are you?"

Actually, an erection lasting more than four hours requires medical attention even if it doesn't happen while you're trying to escape from an insane Spongebob-obsessed tattooist by squeezing through a small hole in a door.

Tonight, on a very special "Quincy": the incredible unburiable Gerald Ford makes a special guest appearance as part 13 of his 68 part "Don't Put Me In the Ground Yet" nationwide tour (Parental Guidance Advised).

No, I'm not going to wash my feet. We're just in a stupid snow globe anyway.

Orco, my old friend, good to see you. That's right, I'm a surgeon now, going by the name of Man of Hands. How's Adam doing these days? What do you mean She-man? I guess someone else got into a little surgery as well.

"Whaddya mean 'Give me a lambda!' ?"

"Hey, I 'saved your arse' didn't I?"

You know how the tooth fairy comes to collect the teeth that small children put under their beds? She leaves a quarter or a half-dollar or whatever parents do these days--a double-sawbuck maybe? What if the joke behind this was that instead of a ghost, it was a fairy that came and picked up other body parts, like amputated arms, and left money for the doctor? And it's probably better that the guy isn't Chinese because then people would think this was topical, instead of a body-part fairy joke. Oh, the the glory hole jokes you could do as a follow up to this!

"Get in line pal."

"If you're the ghost of Hillarycare, we already rejected it as too topical."

"You are the ghost of a patient I operated on in a routine procedure, but lost because I was high on several self-administered prescription drugs. Your haunting of me has wracked me with guilt, first for thinking I could be a surgeon in the first place, second for partying my way through a fly-by-night Caribbean medical school, and third for getting my family to pull strings to get me a position in a municipal city hospital where my gross incompetence has gone unnoticed as all of my patients have been indigent. You were right when you moaned that my attempts at being a surgeon all these years have amounted to nothing more than ghoulish improvisation. Now you see me atoning for my lifetime of monsterous criminality by holding my hands under a steady stream of sulpheric acid until they dissolve. Tell me, oh demon hot from hell, when will you be satisfied?"

Erm, I meant "monstrous" of course.

...they're not your pearls Jeffrey. Mother gave them to me. And now you've gotten them all knotted and twisted up and they're ruined.

Look, I already told you, I can't reattach your legs until another doctor reattaches my hands.

Do that again and I'll sever your damn ice-cold finger too.

"I'm sorry. When I said the surgery was 'low risk', I meant FOR ME. You signed the release, after all. Now go rattle some chains or something...I'm needed on the golf course."

Yes, I'm washing off your kidney right now. Now get back to your body before I drop it on the floor again.

Why don't you let your fingers do the walking right back outta here, Mr. Keitel.

"Out, damn spot! Out I say! Hey, ghost, got any soap?"

Usually, the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout. But in your case, it looks like they just attached to your scalp and called it a day.

[Out of frame] Cut! Cut! Your line is, "Doctor Grey has requested your presence in the ER, stat." Not, "Doctor Grey has requested your presence in the ER, faggot." OK, Mr. Washington? And get your legs on. Washroom scene, take 6! And.... Action!

I see you have retained your "girlish figger" in the afterlife. What more do you want? An engraved invitation to rest in peace? Well, people want cool water in Hell, too. Which they won't get from me since this faucet isn't working.

Yes, yes, I always loved you! But now you're dead! Can't we just leave it at that and go our separate ways? It would restore a sense of sanity and decorum. And by God, we could sure use some decorum. Almost as much as paper towels, better lighting and a doorknob.

I need space Jeffrey! Space! I can't go anywhere without you. You're always hanging around me! I NEED SPACE! SPACE!

"Nothing, I was just gonna make a joke revolving around Dreamgirls being robbed of a Best Picture nomination, but I figured it would already seem outdated in four-and-a-half days. Oh, and you're a ghost, and I'm a doctor washing my hands in something open to wild interpretation."

"Gonna wash that man right outta my...D'oh!"

...listen "Mommie Dearest" I've had just about enough of you hanging around telling me I've missed a spot!

Endora? Endora! Endora! Endora! Sam! Sam! Sam? SAMANTHA! Sam? Sam!Tabatha?

"It's not my fault you passed on while under. I told them, 'I want death camp-gray scrubs that match hospital decor perfectly, or God help me, I'm going home to watch Charles In Charge reruns for the rest of the day and he can just fuckin' die out there on that table!' Unfortunately for you, their answer came too late."

Eyelid restorations...that’s two bathrooms down the hall.

No Sailor, I drew number 27…When it’s my turn, I’ll be on the other side on the door.

"Is that a door, or are you just glad to see me?"

My God Man, You have no knuckles.

"Bitch at me all you want but you don't have a leg to stand on."

I know there's an extra pair of hands to help me pull you through the door Jeffrey! Put your eyes back in your head and let me soap up your schlong!

I didn't have time to take it to the cleaners.

Are you 100% certain you had 10 fingers before the surgery?

Quit whining. I don't have elbows either but that hasn't stopped me from learning to dress myself.

Yes, I know the shoes don't match the purse and no, I don't appreciate you using the doggy door to tell me.

First of all, I didn't say 50% of patients survived. I said 50% of the patient survived. And secondly, at least you don't have to duck when you go through that damn 5 ft tall doorway.

"Knock if off already with the goddamn 'pull my finger' routine."

"I said have a CHAIR!"

"Marley, to begin with: I've got a pair of triple-bypasses lined up tonight, so you can send over all the Ghosts of Patients Past that you want, but no one comes into my OR without my say-so."


You picked a helluva time for a staring contest.

If you don't like the way I do it, from now on you can wash your own damn delicates.

You're the worst clothes hook ever.

Look, I told you plastic surgery can only fix so much. You're not the only one who has to live with eyes that look like billiard balls, Dad.

Are you just going to float there all day, or are you going to get the giant leech off my ear?

"The New York magazine said I didn't have to tip you"

working on the same theme

"A tip? Here's a tip: grow some fucking legs"

"Yeah -- like I'm going to give you 20 push-ups."

"Haunt me all you want, but I'm warning you -- knock off that mime shit."

"Oh- a WISE guy, eh??! Nyahh, nyahh, nyahh- woop, woop, woop! Next time I'll stick you in the hole feet first!"

look, we both know Gahan Wilson jumped the shark long ago, but they keep using his stuff anyway, and all the dismembered glaring in the world aint gonna change that, so hand me a towel . . .

"Remember, getting circumcized at age forty was your idea. That gran mal seizure didn't help either."

Don't try to guilt me with your "staring ego" face. We both know only TV doctors wash up to their elbows.

...get down on my knees and blow what? what?

"Man, I'm really gonna have to talk to the building & maintenance folks about this Let's-Cut-the-Gargoyles-in-Half-and-Mount-Them-on-Interior-Doors initiative. They're really not that much fun close up. Although at least my washroom got the upper half..."

"Don't look now, but I think that's Homer Simpson trying to stick his head through the other hole."

"My bad."

Are you levitating or are you just happy to see me?

My God?!! Haven't you ever heard of knocking first?

"It's ghost bustin' time." (porn music plays)

"See? It was a very large invasive hemorrhoid, so we had to be aggressive with removing surrounding tissue."

Dammit! Why is it that you evil spirits always show up right after I've taken a dump?!

Doctor: :7 0
Ghost: :? (
Doctor: :7 /
Ghost: :? (
Doctor: ;7 }
Ghost: :~ }
Doctor: $$$$7 ]

Get out of the fucking bathroom and stop washing your pizza, you fagot!

The door handle was quite sullied, so instead of using an ample amount of Purell©, I simply cut a large whole through the door and squeezed my body through it. Get my witticism here?

"And, gargoyle these soap suds 3 times a day."

"What other entry level positions can you show me?"

"Actually, they do teach this now in medical school."

No, I do not need to wash my feet to perform this surgery.

"Of course, Mom always liked me best. I graduated from Harvard Medical School while you were diving through doors."

What's that? Timmy fell down a well?

No, I'm not interested in a 50% off subscription. But you might ask your boss why that snooty waste of paper, The New Yorker, can't find a decent cartoon artist.

No, I can't give you OxyContin, Limbaugh. You're only here for a bikini wax. Ask me again if you ever agree to a brain implant.

They're loafers. I never wear laces during surgery.

"Well okay mistakes were made, but you have to admit your hair transplant does look pretty good."

Yes, I sympathize. But I'll never understand what possessed you to go lumberjacking with that Satan-worshipper Cheney in the first place.

"No, I don't want to race you."

Unless you can tell me how the ability to turn the lower half of your body into a door and the power to pour cascades of granola from my empty hands would be more effective against crime than, let's say, a trained cop with a gun, I still say we're doing more good for society by giving women greater confidence and self-esteem. Now get your scrubs on. Those 34-D's aren't going to implant themselves.

My lower half has been stuck in this cold room for 3 days now, and what's worse is that the entire room is now filled with urine. Although it does keep me warm.

"I'm a doctor, Jim, not a surrealist."

Obviously, nudity prevents the loser half of my body from making an appearance in this drawing. The height of this door, however, is purely poor artistry.

You're half the man I'll ever be.

You're telling me they don't have Head & Shoulders in the after-life?

I'll be finished when I damn well please.

I JUST FUCKED YOUR WIFE

Your other half isn't living up to your expectations? What about my other half?

I'm beginning to think you're not all there.

Shouldn't it be called a blahg?

"Yeah I saw that in the matrix -- its not that cool anymore ..."

"... So I'm like - 'its just a phase, you know?', and she's like - 'But did you have to go and stick in a door this time ?!' "

"Argh ! Women ..."

"Can't you read the sign? We don't wait on spooks!"

Jeffrey stop getting upset about what other's think about you. You're neither trophy wife nor boy toy. I like to think of you as my goy kebab.

"No, I don't need another update on how things are going in Heaven! If it's so great, why do you keep coming back here?!"

Yeah, well, if I'd been hanging around here as long as you have, I'd be Chief of Surgery by now and not just some lowly organ grinder.

"Where's Beth ?"

"She moved upstairs"

"oh ..."

"Naah, its good for both of us -- she was always looking over my shoulder"

"You wanted hip replacement surgery. You got hip replacement surgery."

I told you not to bother me until a new anti-caption contest started.

Fine. You can be Chief of surgery and I'll be the naive young intern. Now go get ready before I get too tired.

I hope you're here to heighten the doorway.

Cleanliness is next to Ghoulishness

Cleanliness is next to Ghostliness

"This is why I love earthquakes."

"I am scrubbing in here!"

"The autopsy results confirm that you're dead."

No, you have to wait until I say the word "gently" before you jump in. Let's try it again. Row, row, row your boat...

No, you have to wait until I say the word "gently" before you jump in. Let's try it again. Row, row, row your boat...

"I always sterilise the rubber puke before placing it inside the patient's chest cavity. Otherwise my signature practical joke could have tragic consequences."

Give my regards to your mother.

Hi, "Mr. Ghost that Only Visits Every Ten Years";
the Cubs still haven't won the World Series. There's really no need to return so frequently to check.

What the hell are you doing here, the contest was over a week ago?

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