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June 3, 2007

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #102

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
"Somewhere there's a human licking his balls." —Mssr Bouf la Tete

Finalists
"The first rule of dog baseball is, you do not talk about dog baseball. The second rule is don't shit on the playing field." —MoBuck

"Hey dickless, go fetch yourself some genitals." —t.a.m.s.y.

Honorable mention
"I? I am planning to reveal my human-like powers at a more opportune time and in a less-trivial manner." —abe

"It's a phrase...three words.... COLLAR! You're pointing at your COLLAR! No, TAG, TAG! No, wait a minute...LICENSE! That's it!...LICENSE!...And STICK! You've got a STICK in your paw! LICENSE, STICK... You're staggering around now like you're...DRUNK! DRUNK! No, not drunk...SICK! You're SICK!...Ooh! Ooh! Wait! I've got it! ILL! ILL! LICENSE, STICK, ILL! LICENSE TO KILL! Ah, I love dog charades!" —kejo

"You knock him down, I'll rip his throat out."—JohnnyB

"Woof."—Slide

"Why do we have collars when we clearly live in some kind of dog paradise where we're capable of playing fetch with each other." —J Warner

"This gives me an idea. What if there were a game controller that you swung around, as if it were an actual stick, instead of just mashing buttons?" —Rubrick

"What's that word for a female bully? Like an asshole or jerk but much stronger and gender specific? Oh yeah, 'cunt.' Moppy over there, she's a real cunt." —anopheles nonemus

"She's showing all the signs of a canine choking on a splinter : pointing at the throat, the presence of a nearby stick, and a rapidly wagging tail to get attention. She could use our help, and I have some basic training in... Hey look, a squirrel!" —mypalmike

"When the revolution comes, she'll be the first one put up against the wall and shot. Except, that the concept of shooting presumes that the dogs leading the revolution would have the use of opposable thumbs, in which case she would probably be the one shooting us." —Richard

Posted by Daniel Radosh

Comments

"You knock him down, I'll rip his throat out."

"Yeah, nice tail, but I'm a teat man, myself."

"She's a fox!"

"I wouldn't read too much into that. Wagging the tail is just the body's way of dissipating excess energy, nothing more, nothing less. I'm more concerned about the message sent by 'throwing the stick'. Is that a controlling behavior or just a desire for play?"

Sure, I like the creation museum, but I totally don't get this exhibit...

"Well, I think she's VERY fetching."

"Woof."

"What a kiss ass. No one likes gym class that much."

"I hope she doesn't throw it down into that thicket of thorn bushes again. That was really rough."

"Sometimes I wish I could use my hands like that. I'm always getting bark stuck in my teeth."

"Arf."

"Why do we have collars when we clearly live in some kind of dog paradise where we're capable of playing fetch with each other."


He thinks his shit ... is shaped like a stick. No, that can't be right."

"I'd like to get over to those mountains sometime...relax from the dog eat dog life, if you know what I'm saying."

"On the internet, no one knows you're a dog."

"Hey dickless, go fetch yourself some genitals."

"Let's invite him to our poker game."

I wonder if she feels this makes her look fetching?

If this is what I am supposed to do on my day off... I'd rather go back to work.

Something's wrong here. Shouldn't we be the ones wagging our tail and getting excited? Maybe we are in a rut.

Five bucks says she'll fetch it herself.

That, my friend, is 'Human Style'.

Yeah, he's got a great arm, but he's tipping his pitches just a little too much with that tail wag there. Unless he can fix that he won't get drafter higher than the seventh round.

Yeah, he's got a great arm, but he's tipping his pitches just a little too much with that tail wag there. Unless he can fix that he won't get drafted higher than the seventh round.

Somewhere there's a human licking his balls.

"He's playing fetch. With my kids. He's treating my kids like they're dogs."

"He says God told him to hold the stick high and the Red Sea will part. And maybe it will. But we're in Cleveland. How would we know?"

Somewhere there's a human licking his balls.

Uh-oh. The pink sausage thing is back.

Yup. I'ma gonna shove that stick right up his ass.

For some reason all I wanna do is fuck her leg.

"Sweep the leg, Rover."

"Release the hounds."

"I'm concerned about the Bush Administration's politicization of the U.S. Attorney's office...and if I can outrace you to that stick."

"I think Johnny Damon's dog has lost weight."

"Sure, but can he look up?"

"Frankly, Wilson, I'm ambivalent about the whole thing. This bitch is like Condoleezza Rice. On the one hand you have the bipedalism and opposable thumbs but on the other hand she's playing along with George Bush. Two steps forward, three steps stupid."

"When my owner became a furry, I figured it to be just an eccentric but healthy form of sexual expression. Of course, that was before we were being subjected to the constant anal rape."

"There's never a wildlife watercolorist around when you need one."

"Remember, you don't do anything unless she goes "Simon says."

"I don't know what's more bizarre: That he's standing up with a stick or that his stiffening penis seems to be on the wrong side."

"Christ, what an asshole! And believe me, I know assholes."

"Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elys... geez, could you at least pay attention while you're conducting?"

"It must be hot in that dog suit."

Ah, whoops. Those were me.

Man, I am so friggin' sick of that cocky son-of-a-bitch.

"If belief in evolution means simply assenting to microevolution, small changes over time within a species, I am happy to say, as I have in the past, that I believe it to be true. If, on the other hand, it means assenting to an exclusively materialistic, deterministic vision of the world that holds no place for a guiding intelligence, then let's assassinate the motherfucker."

"Between his standing up and throwing the stick, and my speaking to you, I think Shanahan has reached the anthropomorphic limit for one cartoon. What say you?"

"I keep telling him, his name is Bowser, not Dowser, damnit."

"Cashman said they're desperate for good right arms."

"Bitches are doing it for themselves."

You throw like a bitch!

"The powers here are obscene."

“Sure, at this rate Sparky’s going to break Old Hank's one-armed home run record. But Hank did it with class, and with style, and with his testicles intact.”

“Fetch. YAWN. Sit, roll over, whatever. Tell me what, Lou, do you know any other dogs that can tackle recontextualized celebrity impersonations? Here, here’s Johnny Weissmuller doing Torch Song Trilogy in a Hawaiian dinner theater: ‘Me just want be loved. Is that sarong?’ I tell you, I should be a fucking star.”

Sir, a dog's walking on his hind legs is like a woman's preaching. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all. "Sir?" I had meant, "Cur."

"I guess what really bugs me is that I know I'm going to chase it."

"I thought she was cute before but those implants don't look natural."

"Well, there aren't any current studies that positively link the use of Canine Growth Hormone to improved performance on the field."

"He can't sit down because his anal sacs need expressing."

"She's a Laika. Got her mail order."

"FOUR LEGS GOOD! TWO LEGS BAD!"

"FOUR LEGS GOOD! TWO LEGS BAD!"

"What I can't figure out is, how's he holding it? And don't hand me any bullshit about the dew claw, either -- that vestigial appendange can't hold squat."

It's a phrase...three words.... COLLAR! You're pointing at your COLLAR! No, TAG, TAG! No, wait a minute...LICENSE! That's it!...LICENSE!...And STICK! You've got a STICK in your paw! LICENSE, STICK... You're staggering around now like you're...DRUNK! DRUNK! No, not drunk...SICK! You're SICK!...Ooh! Ooh! Wait! I've got it! ILL! ILL! LICENSE, STICK, ILL! LICENSE TO KILL! Ah, I love dog charades!

He needs to be put down. And I don't mean with a verbal quip, I mean he needs to be put to sleep. And I don't mean take a nap, I mean he needs to be stabbed with a needle that slows his heart rate until he's dead.

I believe the phrase is, "Somebody throw me a bone", not a useless stick.

This is about as funny as Will Ferrell and Borat kissing at the MTV awards.

“OK, let’s grab his tail and vibrate him ‘til we get the recipe for that lemon meringue pie.”

While she's doing this, the water level in the mineshaft should be about a foot over Timmy's head.

"Little-known fact: The only demonstration sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- dog stick-throwing."

“A-Dog, Stray-Dog, the motherfucker can hit!”

"Every time he smacks himself in the ass he gets friskier. And I can't stop watching."

"I'm bored. Wanna fuck?" (Note: suitable for any cartoon whatsoever)

"This gives me an idea. What if there were a game controller that you swung around, as if it were an actual stick, instead of just mashing buttons?"

I heard playing fetch with yourself makes you go blind.

"Huh. Would you look at that."

That's an interesting idea... now, when I have 'wood', I just tend to lick myself loudly.

No, not the low collar!!! Look closer...That bitch can throw a stick, dummy!

He wiggles like that right before a stream of hot shit flies out of his ass but it's OK cause we are off to the side.

"He's trying to draw a walk."

OH MY GOD! A TALKING DOG!

"I? I am planning to reveal my human-like powers at a more opportune time and in a less-trivial manner."

“Man, I could use an ice cold one right about now.”

"If I could get up on twos, throwing my own sticks to fetch would only be, say, third on my list, after kicking my owner in the nuts and walking away."

"You put a hot dog on the end of that stick- now maybe that's worth getting up off my ass."

"Bottom of the fifth, two out, nobody on, full count- and Shepherd smells fastball."

"That's one small stick for a dog; one giant waste of time for dogkind."

"ALLAHU AKBARK."

"Whatever. He still squats to poop, just like the rest of us."

Some moron wants to take you and me on an ark. Kick his ass Fox.

"Is it just me... or is that a dog?"

"Yeah that's impressive. But I still want to give his butt a sniff or two before I let him climb on."

"This is the most intriguing segment I've ever seen on fox news."

"Society for Canine Anachronism? I don't care what it is. If he shouts 'lightning bolt!' one more time, I'm going to shove that 'magic wand' right up his anachronistic ass."

What's that word for a female bully? Like an asshole or jerk but much stronger and gender specific? Oh yeah, "cunt." Moppy over there, she's a real cunt.

Dog beats man in twelve innings, now that's news.

This is the least erotic furry convention I've ever been to. And that's saying a lot.

Watch me hit that kid over there.

Dave has been such a poser since he grew thumbs.

"Larry's such a condescending prick. Whatever, I fucked his wife."

"Ever since T.A. Winchler adopted her, she's been acting out."

"Basenji, you crazy bastard!"

@ stcoleridge: Very nice. But why not go all the way: "Basenji, you crazy bastard! How the hell are you doing that?"

"Jethro, sometimes we're just so impractical. We hire a buff sketch model for a day, but we can't draw him- 'cause WE DON'T HAVE FRICKIN' HANDS! Let's see if he's open to a threesome."

“Come on Spot; make him walk you for a change.”

“Where the hell is that hotman dog!”

"I've never really understood Tai Chi. Is it a religious thing?"

"Surrealism is (ital)so(ital) overrated. By the way, did you happen to catch the Magritte show?"

"Quisling."

"Quisling."

"She's showing all the signs of a canine choking on a splinter : pointing at the throat, the presence of a nearby stick, and a rapidly wagging tail to get attention. She could use our help, and I have some basic training in... Hey look, a squirrel!"

"Her tails would look cute in a little pink velvet scrunchee."

"My intent with this piece was to expose our innate compulsion to please humans as an unhealthy egotism, but everyone who sees it just wants to sniff its anus."

Does he really think we don't recognize a dog suit when we see one.

"Well now, this explains that cat with the stick-shaped catchers mit."

"Whoa, nice. But, you know, the robots learned how to throw grenades, so..."

He found water last week with that stick.

"Well, you know what they say:
'A fetch a day keeps the doctors at bay.
Two fetches, and out come the letches.
Three fetches and you're a megalomaniac.' "

Ruff, it's not hard to do. Pretend the stick is the anti-caption contest, and I am Radosh. Ruff, now fetch bitches.

"It's a dog, but it's throwning a stick like a human."

"You can laugh, but he's hitting .296 since he started wearing the St. Francis medallion around his neck."

"He bats left, throws right, and pees from both sides."

Oops, silly me ...

"He bats right, throws left, and pees from both sides."

"I don't mind a few human affectations, as long as the main event is doggy-style -- missionary just creeps me out."

"I don't begrudge her playing with herself. Have you heard why we lick our balls? Because we can."

"What's really bizarre is how into it she seems to be."

"I'll grant you that the bitch is a fox, but she seems a tad too independent for my taste."

"He may look menacing at the plate but he dogs it around the bases."

“If I hear that ‘You’ve got to crawl before you can walk’ bullshit one more time I’m going to throw up.”

"Stupid bitch thinks she's Kurt Masur."

"I can't believe he's playing with himself again."

"Once he gets his prosthetic testes, he won't be able to beat the chicks off with a stick."

"When the revolution comes, she'll be the first one put up against the wall and shot. Except, that the concept of shooting presumes that the dogs leading the revolution would have the use of opposable thumbs, in which case she would probably be the one shooting us."

I met her on Letterman's Stupid Pet Tricks. After six litters, things have gotten nasty so we're booked to go on the Jerry Springer Spaniel Show. God knows where it will all end. I'll probably be reduced to leading the Sheriff to an abandoned well that Timmy fell into. Please shoot me before it comes to that.

"...so this automated voice said 'Press one for English and two for Spanish...' so I waited for the beep and told them to go fuck themselves. I just barely learned to use the phone to order the goddamn pizza. I don't have time for all that crap.

"Teacher's pet."

"I'm just here to say 'fetch.'"

"I just think that it's wrong to throw sticks at the handicapped."

real life winner:
"All he ever does is play with himself."

"Put the stick down, it's just Michael Apted coming. We agreed to be filmed every 7 years for his new series of Up documentaries, but now it's like he's stopping by every 12 months!"

"The bow-wowers fear the ravine."

"I'm not sure she gets the concept of sticking it to the man."

"You freed our minds, Bob Barker."

"I think this is what they call a 'new paradigm.'"

"As performance art, I prefer Rex's 'A Paper Bag Filled with Poop and Set on Fire on the Porch.'"

"I think this is what they call a 'new paradigm.'"

"As performance art, I prefer Rex's 'A Paper Bag Filled with Poop and Set on Fire on the Porch.'"

"I think this is what they call a 'new paradigm.'"

"As performance art, I prefer Rex's 'A Paper Bag Filled with Poop and Set on Fire on the Porch.'"

The first rule of dog baseball is, you do not talk about dog baseball. The second rule is don't shit on the playing field.

He thinks his shit don't stink, and surprisingly it doesn't. And I would know, because I smell dog asses, as I am a dog.

10 bucks says he gets killed crossing the street.

Yeah he can throw a stick, but can he lick peanut butter off our owner's balls?

One dog says to the other, "He sure looks happy throwing that stick. I can tell because he is wagging his tail." The other dog turns and says, "I'll be damned, a talking dog."

Around Town: The 'Theater in the Bark' series returns to Central Park next Saturday with a performance of 'Dog Quixote'.

(Wait, that would be slightly better as "Goings On About Town:", in New Yorker parlance.)

Watch - it goes up as a stick and comes down as a spaceship. Too bad we stay dogs.

"I think this is what they call a 'new paradigm.'"

"As performance art, I prefer Rex's 'A Paper Bag Filled with Poop and Set on Fire on the Porch.'"

"The mowers here are mexican."

He hasn't been right ever since Commander Riker broke up with him."

"OMG WTF?"

Poor bitch. Her owner died and she's still working on getting the Prozac dosage right.

"His talent tends to be overshadowed by his sheer lack of ambition."

"Well, will you look at that? Buster can walk...Oh my God!! I can talk!!"

"I used to do that too, but I find myself in less playful moods since I was fixed."

"Now that he can do that, he's stuck in an infinite loop--throws the stick, chases it, picks it up, throws it--it's like those auto-stimulating mice, the ones with the electrodes hooked up to the pleasure centers of their brains, and they're given access to the trigger and wind up doing nothing but pressing it until they die. Sad, really."

"He's revolutionized the process by eliminating the need for the 'retrieve' portion of the exercise. I'ts not just a three-step deal: Throw, chase, pick up, throw again. Of course, the liabilty is that he's travelled over 300 miles doing that, because he's no longer required to return to the point of origin. I think he was from Iowa or somewhere. Anyway, want to sniff my rectum?"

"The Supreme Court said you don't have to chase it if it's thrown by another dog. Look up the Goofy v. Pluto decision if you don't believe me.

"The thrower here is Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen"

"He was briefly the most famous dog in Louisville."

"Well, this is getting old. Say, isn't that Farleigh Brooks' dog over there?!"

"I hear the only human he actually catches for is Farleigh Brooks."

Fuck fetch, I'd rather chase pussy.


Who's a clever bitch!


Castration does strage things to you.


He's been friggin' weird since he sniffed Radosh's arse.

So then, after they installed the chip in her neck I heard the vet say, "nurse, please recode EPROM for butt-sniff override". It was after that that I began to notice strange behavior.

"Do you think humans know that we have these practice sessions?"

"'Fetch this.' 'Fetch that.' Who came up with this crap?"

red rover red rover lets bowl this bitch over.

"You know, I finally got those "Dean Martin Roast" dvd's in the mail....pretty funny stuff."

"Did you ever think to yourself, "What the hell am I doing with my life?"

Want a mint? You smell like you drank from a toilet.

She's a good looking bitch with talent plus an excellent pedigree. But recently, I've been finding cats really very attractive. Especially the Domestic Shorthairs. Does that make me a freak?

Who put the mother fucking sticks on the mother fucking plains.

"The suspense is killing me."

"That Sopranos finale sucked."

"First we have to throw the stick for ourselves and now it looks like Radosh forgot to feed us. I don't like the way this looks."

I'll chase the stick after they choose the best caption for our illustration.

"My computers's down; thought I'd come out and get some fresh air."

"My computer's down; thought I'd come out and get some fresh air."

"My computer's down; thought I'd come out and get some fresh air."

"Hail Anubis, son of Osiris and Lord of Death, warden of the gates of the underworld and whose high priests possess the secrets of immortality. We your faithful followers await your dread command."

"My computer's down; thought I'd come out and get some fresh air."

"I want to fuck this bitch so bad. Bitch bitch bitch."

God this is boring.

So do you think she has any idea she's about to be shot to death for her fur?

So do you think she has any idea she's about to be shot to death for her fur?

So do you think she has any idea she's about to be shot to death for her fur?

"You're right, he does look really strange doing that, but think of it this way: At least he doesn't have a grotesquely enlarged right arm."

"If I could talk, I'd say something clever right now."

The foxes here are epicene.

"I guess we really ARE hot shit -- they let us stay on for two whole weeks!"

Or is this such a dogshit drawing that it needs to weeks to get the same number of funny captions?

Or is this such a dogshit drawing that it needs two weeks to get the same number of funny captions?

epicene \EP-uh-seen\,

adjective:
1. Having the characteristics of both sexes.
2. Effeminate; unmasculine.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. Assholes who spoil the anti-caption contest by posting the original caption.
5. mypalmike.

At least he stopped waving his dick at us.

"Lets go piss on that statue"

Over so soon?

No disrespect to Mssr Bouf la Tete, but that "License to Kill" one totally should have won.

Also, one of my brilliant entries should have garnered an Honorable Mention, though I can't for the life of me remember what even one of them was.

I'm like the Susan Lucci of anti-captioning.

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