The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #111

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #111

Daniel Radosh

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

"Hi. I'm a door-to-door rapist. Ha ha-- just kidding! I'm not going door-to-door. I'm targeting you specifically." �Dan McCoy

Finalists

"Surpri!...What the...I'm sorry. I seem to have the wrong house. You wouldn't happen to know where there's a children's birthday party around here?" �Owen

"You said you were 14. You don't look 14...And what are these cameras doing here?" �al in la

Honorable mention

"Guess which kindergarten teacher got fired today." �GilbertBob

"Turns out no one thinks Mark Foley jokes are funny anymore." �therblig

"I really lost my shirt in the market today -- and I lost my pants at Stop & Shop." �gary

"Mistress Kendra, your slave has arrived. Did I do it right that time?" �kejo

"You count the money. I'll untie the kid." �dwilk

"Did you know there was a Bonobo exhibit in the park?" �jake

"Look, I bought a briefcase to hide my cock." �Alan

"They told me drinking coffee makes you grow hair on your chest... true enough, but they forgot to mention that it also causes you to take off all your clothes and barge into a stranger's house with a briefcase full of S&M equipment." �Jacob C

She considered saying something...but thought the better of it and slowly turned back to her book. Have nice fucking day she thought, really, HAVE A NICE DAY.... �simsburybear

"Well I just had it out with the boss."(laughter) [script consultant note: I suggest sticking with the "classic" setup for that punchline, with the man clothed, zipping up his fly, exiting an office bathroom. While this is a nice absurdist twist on it, the gag itself is probably unfamiliar to enough of the young demo that it'll work fine the straight way. Also, since this beat falls midway through Act I, we should really build gradually toward -- or "earn," if you will -- the surrealistic payoff of Act III.] �B'nai tha K

"The hours there aren't the only things that are obscene. In addition, everyone exposes their genitals." �Eric