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April 15, 2007

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #95

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

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Winner
"So, do you think thats the tiger they were talking about in the e-mail?"—emily miletello

Finalists
"That's what we get for printing all our memos on paper-thin slices of impala." —J

"If we're going to have a tiger on the file cabinet -- and I'm not saying it's a good idea -- why not get one that can do more than dishevel people?"—abe

Honorable mention

"Bored? Nah! Fuck, dude, I could watch this shit all day!" —Ogdred

"Somebody asked, 'If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we put a tiger on the file cabinet?' So we did." —SK

"Huh. Tom and File Cabinet Tiger don't really get along, do they?" —Brian Tufts

"Didja ever notice how when you go to file something there's always a tiger that tries to kill you? Am I right, people?" —TG Gibbon


"Man, if we could just find our Staples EASY button, we could trade in our shredder for one that doesn't disembowel temps." —gary

"That's Jenkins. He's a huge fucking pussy. I'm referring to the filing cabinet, of course. I call it Jenkins."—Tim C.

"I hate sloppy proofreading. Jenkins there is trying to get to the 'Maul of America' file." —Tim H

"I know it seems bizarre and cruel, but what you don't realize is, the file clerk is high yellow." —Trout Almondine

"The tiger act as a counterbalance if you're ever dumb enough to open all three drawers." —Amy

"So much for your 'chosen one.'"—Joe

"We left that guy dying in quicksand to watch this?"—David John

"My word Tomthorton! Some homeless man is trying to steal our files. And the lamp looks like a tiger."—Robert van der Great

"Why does Johnson get this big office a file cabinet AND a tiger?" —JohnnyB

Posted by Daniel Radosh

Comments

"The sign still says 'Beware of the leopard?' We should really change that to 'tiger'. Get the temp to do it."

I told you not to chain him to the lightswitch

I told him not to mention that his face looks like its from the Never Ending Story

"Janine left the tiger plugged in overnight again."

"I have given a name to my pain, and call it 'Dog.' Odd name for a tiger I'll admit but there you have it."

"I can't get rid of him, deVries, he's all I have left to remember Uday by. Plus the tiger likes him."

"Didja ever notice how when you go to file something there's always a tiger that tries to kill you? Am I right, people?"

Some say it's a bit dramatic, but the dress code does call for a sportcoat.

"We got it from the temp agency. Our regular shredder is on the fritz."

"Yeah, his girlfriend told him to pick this door. Sucks for him."

God, I love it when HR sends us an intern.

"Huh. Tom and File Cabinet Tiger don't really get along, do they?"

"The hours here are tiger."

"I'm not sure that guy from Nike is going to get Tiger's endorsement."

"The boss calls him Hobbes; syas he had him since he was a kid, back in the 80's."

"Well, here's your problem: animals in the administration offices. You were right to call us, 'Zoo Consultants Ltd.'"

"Here we see the timeless, deadly dance -- tigers vs. paper."

"Roy's right. We really should make the move to a paperless office."

"No, that sure isn't Tiger Woods. You fooled us again, Tommy, you old scamp!"

"Man, if we could just find our Staples EASY button, we could trade in our shredder for one that doesn't disembowel temps."

"Lately he's just plays with his food."

"That's right -- all our documents relating to the firing of those eight U.S. attorneys are in that filing cabinet. Help yourself!"

"Lately he just plays with his food."

"I don't even know why you want those papers. Simba pees on them all the time."

"Just slap her on the nose if she scratches you. She's got to learn."

You should see what happens when he tries to get something from the top drawer.

So, do you think thats the tiger they were talking about in the email?

"That's the tiger we won at the Enron auction. He can't file worth a damn, but boy is he a natural at shredding!"

"Don't get me wrong. Interviews are good, too. But to really see what an applicant is made of, you need a solid, hands-on activity."

"Whew! From the smell of things, those aren't the only drawers Bob is going to have to clean out today."

"Should we alert Bill that his fly is open?"

He crapped his pants twice, you win.

"It may be true that Roberts was a 'stud-muffin-chick-magnet' in his college days, but I'll bet my bad toupe'that he's never tangled with a pussy like this one before."

Only the penitent man will pass, only the penitent man will pass...

"Perlmutter still struggles with that damn clawstrophobia."

..and this is Jenkins, he's in charge of organizing the exhibits in the Siegfried v. Roy case.

"No, I wouldn't describe his hair as nappy."

You know, we should really stop skimping on filing cabinets.

"Y'know, you can lead a tiger to an interdepartmental memo, but you can't make him read it. You just can't. I don't know why Perkins is even trying."

"Either we should get rid of that life-size tiger statue on the filing cabinet, or else hire someone with a little less vivid of an imagination."

"Well, we did it, Frank - the first voluntarily caged tiger in American zoo history. Too bad for your brother and all, but he was fully aware of the terms we agreed to."

"I'm afraid he won't last very long in there. Once Jerry starts reading to him from those directives, he's gonna be bored to death."

"Simba's so dumb, he ran away from the circus to join an accounting firm."

"Nothing to worry about. He's just a paper tiger."

"He has apologized repeatedly for calling them 'furry-headed ho's,' but given his history of inflaming the Tiger-American community, they were not about to let him just file this one away. They want blood."

"I told you to hire Siegfried. Roy can't handle the tiger."

"High score is 30 documents filed. I'll take this over your lousy Wii any day."

"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

"Why does Johnson get this big office a file cabinet AND a tiger?"

"I have a feeling that in about 5 minutes this guy is going to be flying into heaven with his golf clubs and a Webber kettle."

The tigers here are obscene.

And this is Perkins - Perkins Henderson Watkins the third. I don't know who the psycho in the ripped clothes holding the paper is...he probably just wandered in off the street.

"Our filing system is now Sarbanes-Oxley compliant."

"And that, my friend, is the wonderful thing about Tiggers."

"Can you fucking believe it? They've got us two to a cubicle, when there's an entire room with nothing in it but a single filing cabinet and a tiger."

The real reason Apple's next-generation Leopard operating system was delayed.

(Incidentally, in a blatant attempt to influence the judges, I think The Mullet #3 (Drawers) is a near-perfect anti-caption.)

"It's weird, 'cause when we were interviewing him I was like, 'seriously? His name is actually Claude Balls? Who with the last name "Balls" would name their child "Claude?"' But I didn't even realize how like, totally fitting it would be if he ever had to file something in that room with the tiger in it."

"You were right, Zucker. Having Apichatpong Weerasethakul direct an episode of The Office was a horrible, horrible idea."

"Khaaaaaaaaaaaan! Shere Khaaaaaaaaaan!"

"That's what we get for printing all our memos on paper-thin slices of impala."

"Be careful."

(Worth another shot, doncha think?)

"I don't know; the Republican National Committee sent it over."

So much for your "chosen one"

Oops I crapped my pants

What you see before you is what labor relations offered as a hypothetical solution to the frequent sexual harrassement complaints from women in our department, so we decided to take them at their word, literally.

"'Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, on the file cabinet of the night'... I think Robert Blake wrote that."

"I've seen lots of tigers atop file cabinets, but never one that looks like its wearing lipstick."

"Mind if I go ahead of you? It's been a long time since I've been mauled and I can hardly wait."

“Oh my God, a tiger! I ordered an ocelot.”

"Yeah, right -- like that sorry-ass little chain is gonna hold back a tiger anyway."

"My word Tomthorton! Some homeless man is trying to steal our files. And the lamp looks like a tiger."

"If we stand real still, we won't have to move as much."

"Quick Bob! Start singing 'you're a strange animal!'"

"Who took the door away? It was here a while ago. It sure was a nice door. Oh well."

This is a comment - not an entry. I wanted to say that Francis's reference to "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is absolutely brilliant.

"Hey Joe, are you as hot as I am right now?"

"Hey Joe, are you as hot as I am right now?"

"I said, JOE ARE YOU AS HOT AS I AM RIGHT NOW?"

(sorry attempt at a cover up for double post)

"Bored? Nah! Fuck, dude, I could watch this shit all day!"

"Would you mind if I go next? I'm double-parked."

"Why is there a tiger on top of our filing cabinet? Well, that's a funny question -- especially since that's clearly a tigress. Asshole."

"... and here's our tiger-wrestling department. Oh, shit. Someone's put a filing cabinet in there again."

"Thank God you're here, Jeffrey Tambor!"

"That's Jenkins. He's a huge fucking pussy. I'm referring to the filing cabinet, of course. I call it Jenkins."

"Aw, jeez. I'll get the dustbuster."

"Okay, I'm bored. Wanna grab lunch?"

"Holy fuck, that's a tiger in there. I wish I didn't have this rare maxillofacial disease that renders me completely incapable of changing my expression, because really, this is far more alarming than I'm currently letting on."

Dr. Lowenstein did his plugs. Not bad, eh? You could have a full head of hair in no time!

"Sorry, Ben. The leash for the heated collar the tiger wanted only came in a length where she can still kill everyone in the room."

"Hey, did you hear that the death toll in the Virginia Tech shooting is up to more than 30 now? Holy crap, there's a tiger in the next room!"

"That's why there are no women on the Executive floor. Can you imagine what would happen if a female V.P. needed a document while menstruating? "

"J-Q."

"Whichever annual report is most intact when the lackey dies is our winner. That's how we've always picked stocks at Tiger Brothers."

"Filing makes you feel so alive."

"oh, it's a stuffed tiger. i like to find homeless people too drunk to tell the difference, and hire them to do the filing. it amuses me!"

"after abu ghraib, we were forced to change our procedures. trust me, nothing like this appears in the geneva convention"

"oh my god! a talking file cabinet!"

"We left that guy dying in quicksand to watch this?"

"And this is Human Resources. I know - ironic."

"Hey there. We're the 'surge.' Whaddya want us to do?"

"Master Hidden Dragon will be ready to meet with you in a moment."

"This IRS auditor asked to see one of the tigers we've been deducting, Sigfried- you think he just wanted a photo, mein schatzie?

"Surprisingly, the tiger's been declawed- Perkins is a bit roughed up from the nooner he pounded out with Zoe from HR and her two-inch nails."

"They really can't be avoided- another cartoon involving death and taxes."

"If we're going to have a tiger on the file cabinet -- and I'm not saying it's a good idea -- why not get one that can do more than dishevel people?"

It is our new office

"Your tour of the New Yorker offices ends with a look at judging the caption contest."

"Guess our tiger's on the rag."

"I didn't realize that it was just the literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhi laohu, which means something that seems dangerous, but it really harmless. Apparently Mao Zedong said it first, about America. Of course I didn't look it up on Wikipedia until AFTER I ordered one from Staples, but it is what it is."

"I didn't realize that it was just the literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhi laohu, which means something that seems dangerous, but it really harmless. Apparently Mao Zedong said it first, about America. Of course I didn't look it up on Wikipedia until AFTER I ordered one from Staples, but it is what it is."

This document shredder shredder is exclusively marketed by Rove industries.

"Yeah, he eats some people now and again, but his accounts love him. And he's always good for office gossip. But don't get him started on HEROES. He won't shut the fuck up about it."

"Oh for heaven's sake Peterson! That better not be the Siegel the contract in your hand!"

"Filing can be not so bad, RETRIEVING files is the problem; especially A-H."

"First he was sacked by Uniroyal, then Mobil merged with Exxon. Who can blame the poor kitty?"

"Sheesh, what a messy floor!"

"File under 'M' for 'Moron.'"

"I hate sloppy proofreading. Jenkins there is trying to get to the 'Maul of America' file."

"The queer thing is that tiger was stuffed and mounted five years ago."

"Tony, everyone knows your chain is a clip-on."

"And he's watching us file with the eye... of the tiger."

files....They're GREAT.

"That's the invoice from the vet who fixed the tiger."

And here is our Public Information Rights access room.

"That's Katz on the right, and Catz on the left. You'll be working with Catz."

Can I touch your pussy?

No wonder he's mad, he just shit out that file cabinet.

"They can sense typeos."

"Buttons is the office leader at Scratch and Win."

"So basically, each week we tie up the tiger, put him on the filing cabinet and then tear up George's clothes and force him to stand hunched over and look terrified... I don't exactly remember how this tradition got started."

"It's the stuffit file."

I'd help him out but I have a terrible fear of file cabinets that have been partially opened by my subordinates.

"Oh no, this new filing system is a cat-astrophe!"

"He's a self-hating cat, and I think the stripes on Johnson's tie just set him off."

Dirk, stop teasing my pussy and just jam it in there!

"I know it seems bizarre and cruel, but what you don't realize is, the file clerk is high yellow."

"Watch this! It's really cute. Steve pulls the drawers out, staggered-like, so the tiger walks down them like a set of little stairs. Then it mauls and rapes him. We have DVDs available, if you're interested."

(Predicted real-life finalist: "Wait here. I'll get you the results of the tiger team session.")

"Our tiger's been pissed off ever since he saw that New Yorker Caption Contest with the lion making a phone call from his cage."

Comment: Props to Abe's "disheveled" caption; Gary's "STAPLES"; and Tim C.'s triple-misinterpretation ("Jenkins") is the last word on the oevre. I promise not to whine about losing this week.

The "paper tiger" one is another predicted real-life finalist.

"What's the matter with that coward? Why doesn't he show some courage and just rush the tiger and disarm him? I'm pretty sure that's what I'd do if I were in the room, instead of, you know, eight to ten inches away."

Incredible! He [undecipherable] Enron [undecipherable] shredding [undecipherable] matzohs! Those [undecipherable] Jews!

"At lunch I came up with at least half a dozen jokes about Gerald being pussy-whipped, but now I can't think of a single one. Fuck! Fuuuuuuuuuck! It's right on the tip of my... Ah, screw it. Let's go flirt with Ted's new assistant."

"That must be the Exxon contract."

"This new generation of college grads is just (ital)completely(ital) self-involved."

The boss caught him in bed with his wife and told him if it's a pussy licking he wants, it's a pussy licking he'll get.

Poor bastard. What he doesn't realize is that as soon as the tiger learns to alphabetize, he's toast.

This will be over in a sec - then the office is all yours!

Better call in the cleaning service. This floor is mess.

Cho Seung-Hui had a score to settle with Hong Kong Fuey

"Ha! You see! I told you his new filing technique was stoppable!"

"Sure, Thackeray, tiger of my heart, my loins, my soul. But Balasaheb here is definitely the tiger of the office."

"And this is Virginia Tech's veterinary medicine department, the most dangerous place on campus."

"I told him to use a whip and a chair, but he insists the two-pieces-of-paper method is better."

"We had to lay off the bottlenose dolphin that used to work here. He was a talented guy and probably found a better job by now."

"Jeez Sanjaya, it doesn't seem like you're even trying to be any good."

"That's weird. Should we call security?"

"April fool! That's not really a tiger, it's Jeannine from accounting in a tiger costume! We agreed to let her maul you because she's still pissed off about how you date-raped her at the Christmas party."

"Exactly my point. If his head had been up his ass this wouldn't have happened."

"I'll tell you what Tompkins, if you DON'T get me that fucking report I'LL tear you a new one."

"Why yes, you're absolutely right. That bulge does indicate that she's pregnant. Why don't you go and congratulate her."

"Not only is it a hazing ritual- it also tests hand-eye coordination and perseverance."

"You know what they say: 'The more you want something - a sick-leave form, a 401K disbursement, keys to the executive men's room - the more fucked up you have to get to obtain it.'"

"This is nothing short of harassment- I'm calling PETA."

Looks like Wilson dropped his pencil on the floor again.

Wow! He reminds me of that dead Australian guy.

Just as I came in here a moment ago and saw Rawlins with his torn papers and the tiger on the filing cabinet, it suddenly dawned on me... there's no actual point to this, is there?

"And in the next office there's a lady with a sore tooth? Or what?"

This merger with Ringling Brothers just isn't working out.

"It's a Mac."

"First they reinvent the phone, now this?"

"He's actually lucky. He could have picked the room with Omarosa in it."

"How many times do I have to remind you? The tiger belongs in the feline cabinet!"

That's what you get for refusing to wear the Kevlar suit coat.

The tiger act as a counterbalance if you're ever dumb enough to open all three drawers.

I'll distract him, you grab the tiger.

"And this exhibit recalls the first primative attempts at file protection."

If Chas Addams had drawn us, at least we'd be ghoulishly enjoying this. As it is, we're just a couple of expressionless office drones. Thanks for nothing, chGagy, whoever the fuck you are.

I long ago stopped waking at 3am wondering what Sartre might say about this.

Somebody asked, "If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we put a tiger on the file cabinet?" So we did.

So far, Smithers has not been included in the pet food recall, so everything here is just fine.

Let's go grab a beer. Tim can join us later if he's still alive.

"I swear the Donald would fuck Rosie if it meant better ratings"

"The first thing you have to learn around here is how to delegate."

"Well what's it gonna be Johnson are you pussy-whipped or not?"

"Jane -- you ignorant slut"

"I have had it with these motherfucking tigers on this motherfucking filing cabinet!"

See... I told you that ripping at your clothes and personal letters does NOT make the tiger lay down.

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