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August 20, 2007

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #111

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

Posted by Daniel Radosh

Comments

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

Honey, I'm homo!

I expected this "pocket pussy" to be a little more, I don't know, biomorphic.

Good afternoon, ma'am. Can I interest you in a copy of "The Watchtower"?

"I thought I'd grow some chest hair at work. How do you like it?"

"How many times have I told you never to leave this door unlocked?!"

"You put your left foot in, and you shake it all about. You do the ho..., aw screw this! What's for dinner?"

"Hi. Any news from that dry cleaner yet?"

God I love powerpoint!

What a day! First, the train was 20 minutes late. Then when I got in, my computer crashed. It took IT three hours to fix it! After that, the guys in Accounts Payable stripped and sodomized me -- they didn't even use any lube! Finally, I got a paper cut between my thumb and forefinger. You know that webby part? I hate paper cuts!

"Hey, hon, I'm home. Say, have we always had that credenza just out of frame?"

"Gosh, another rough day as the leader of the free world, Laura. I tell ya, some days the dumptrucks full of dirty blood money don't even seem worth it."

"You know I'm beginning to think Magritte doesn't actually need me to pose in the nude."

"Naked Nixon-o-Gram! Naked Nixon-o-Gram for Laura Bush!"

"White socks, black shoes -- that's why they sent me home."

"Then the Emperor says, "And use the leftover magic cloth to make a uniform for yourself. I insist."

"Well, it seems the "Come to Work Naked Day" memo was a hoax."

"Here, you left this in the bathroom again. I'm going to get my shower now."

Where'd you put my belly button lint collection? I've got a good one!

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

"I told you all the guys would make fun of me if I wore white socks with black shoes!"

"Whatcha reading?"

"Yes, I am having an affair. How did you ever figure it out?"

"Well, yes, it is a briefcase, but I am also happy to see you."

Don't be scared by the floating briefcase and empty footwear...I'm invisible!

"Now do you believe I can pick locks with my penis?"

"Why don't you just skip ahead and tell me -- does Harry Potter get killed or not?"

"Well it turns out that the nude portrait class I enrolled in only applied to the model."

"Well that was the strangest subway ride I've ever experienced."

"I wish they would define 'Casual Friday' a little more clearly."

"Why do you always look at me like that when I come back from the company sales convention?"

"Finally they're getting serious about aiport security."

"We should really do something with this gaping empty space between the door and your chair."

"It turns out I'm not the biggest dick in the office after all."

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

"What? You don't even notice I've had a haircut?"

"I think the interview went very well."

"Don't worry, someone already debriefed me."

Well honey, I did it. I ditched the corporate grind and joined a naked barbershop quartet. We call ourselves "The Four Skins", which is ironic because we're all circumcised. Now, where's that red and white body paint?

My thong has ended, but milady lingers on.

Listen Pat, I'm in kind of a rush with the Inagural Address about half an our from now. I hope I didn't forget anything.

It's French Riviera Day at the office.

"Honey, have you seen my penis?"

"What happened to all our pictures on the wall?"

"Everyone had a laugh on me today: it's casual Friday and I wore dress shoes!"

"There was a fire in the subway and all my clothes burned. Some people died."

"Tell me again; which one's the door and which one's my briefcase?"

"Did Gregory come to finish shading the apartment? Oh, I guess not."

"I just had the strangest dream."

"Handcuffs... whipped cream... is that all you need or should I be making a list?"

"If someone called Max or Tony or Alberto or Sven or Wolfgang calls, tell him I'm not home."

"Oh shit. I thought you were planning a surprise party for me."

"Hi, I'm naked."

"Good news. The doctor told me I can start wearing clothes again."

"Y'know, I really like the clothes their wear on that Mad Men show."

"Remind me to wear underwear the next time I get an unlicensed taxi from the airport."

"Well, I flunked the America's Got Talent audition again."

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

"I see you've gone ahead and had the entire living room upholstered in plastic. Good timing."

"I would have been home hours ago. Except for the fact I got arrested again."

"Y'know, hon, I just realized that we can live our entire lives, not only two-dimensionally and monochromatically, but also devoid of any written words, whatsoever."

"Hoooneeey! I got my dick caught in my briefcase agaaaain..."

"Okay, honestly now...does this briefcase go well with my pubes?"

"It was those pranksters again -- Hal and Frank -- at the gym. This time they superglued my cock to my briefcase."

"Oh, darn. Did he jump right into the shower?... Oh well, your hubby left his briefcase of joy toys in my Fanny Fun Room. Could you make sure he gets it? Thanks much, sweetie."

"Don't get too comfortable. They're coming for the couch next."

"Time to judge this week's New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest entries!"

"Honey, I reinvented myself."

"I hate job interviews, but I gotta say I felt good about that one."

What's that you're reading? How to Play Backgammon with a Naked John McEnroe? Well, what a coincidence! I've got my backgammon board right here!

I hadn't been to confession in years; I'd forgotten how much fun it was.

"Halfway down the hall and I realized I forgot my keys! I swear, I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my completely nude body!"

"Honey, we gotta get the super to turn down the AC in that hallway. I step out of the elevator and I'm suddenly hung like a fuckin' 5-year-old."

“Have you forgotten again, Helen, that on Tuesdays I’m to walk in on a sex starved and unclothed wife achieving climax with the aid of a cucumber?”

"First it was on that plane where I was naked, now here at home. Seems like everywhere I show up naked it some kind of big deal."

"Honey, you wouldn't believe the cramp in my wrist from holding my briefcase like this all day."

"The penis here is obscene."

"Hey, sweetheart. You would not believe the traffic! I need a drink. I've had the worst headache and erection all day."

On the internet, no one knows you're a nudist. But on the subway, they know. Oh yes, they know all right.

It gets worse. It was also Bring Your Daughter to Work Day.

"Guess which kindergarten teacher got fired today?"

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

"How ironic... You're reading 'Naked Lunch' and I'm a talking asshole."

"Fine, I'll be back later, wearing a shirt. But as a prostitute, you might want to reconsider your 'No shirt, No shoes, No service' policy."

"Could I borrow some butter?"

The showers here are obscene.

Horny, I'm HOME!

Where are my briefs?


"Wow, what a day...I feel like I was RAPED. But only metaphorically. I gave my clothes to a homeless man sitting outside our building."

Stay in the kitchen until I talk to your mother. Daddy had a bad day.

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?

"Is it 4 hours already with this erection? I better call my doctor."

Embarrassed? Only after I realized I forgot to shave my legs. Look at the stubble!

"The good news is, I've been appointed emperor."

"You wanted the naked truth? Well, here it is, baby -- right here in this briefcase."

"Hey, Eve, who's the broad sitting on the couch?"

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....

Meet The Ski-Noses. This Fall, Fox takes reality TV into full-frontal vidiocy.

Damn it. Why didn't you tell me "Dick in a Briefcase" is a total rip of those SNL guys?
I looked like an ass, thank you very much.

The Associate Coordinator of Internal Warehousing and Inventory Management wears no clothes.

"I guess you could stay I stood up to that bitch I worked for"

"I had dibs on the briefcase."

"But I can't give you this case, it don't belong to me. Besides, I've already been through too much shit this morning over this case to hand it over to your dumb ass."

"It's not the heat, it's the humidity."

"I just wrestled a big dog for this Acme Sales sample case."

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

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

"It's not for modesty I hold this briefcase so, it is because the unimaginable non-euclidean forms of my external reproductive organ are so alien to your world and senses that they would cause you to go mad, mad like the mad arab Abdul al-Hazred who transcribed the sacred and terrifying Necronomicon, and for my unholy purposes I need you yet sane. Specifically I need you to tie my bow tie again, Mom."

"Guess what, Hon? Little Timmy's a big boy right now. Wanna see?"

"Are you still reading the latest selection from Oprah's book club?"

"Better draw me a bath, dear- it's been another hard day down at the orifice."

"Just let me set down my case and I'll slide up beside you on our new white velvet couch."

"I'm the Fuller Bush man, and I have a case full of products guaranteed to give you a fuller bush!"

"I guess this means the terrorists have won."

"Honey, whenever you fall asleep reading a book, you have this dream, and it's not you who goes to work naked, it's me. Now what do you suppose that means?"

"Pat, the pollsters think the "I like Dick" campaign is such a smash, I'm taking it to the next level. Of course, if I'm wrong, you can always cover me up with your respectable Republican cloth coat."

"Happy anniversary!"

"Hmm," Susan thought to herself, "My home decorating book suggests that we get some pictures for these walls."

"How was the stock market today dear?" "Don't ask."

"I'm home and I'd rather look at the door than look at you, because I bet you're naked. Put some clothes on and I'll look at you."

I'm the backwards man, the backwards man, I can run back as fast as you can! My bum is on the knob! My bum is on the knob! Look, honey, two, I said two Tom Greene routines at once! Honey? Honey? Are you even listening to me?

"I got all the way to the bus stop before I realized I'd brought my 16-inch briefcase. Have you seen my 24-inch briefcase?"

"I think we might have misread that article about putting some spice back into our marriage. Tomorrow, you be naked when I come home from work."

"I only have a half hour lunch today, so I got started on the way over."

"The unfortunate part about being blind is that neither of us can see if I'm naked when I leave for work. Plus, I'm fired."

"The unfortunate part about both of us being blind is that neither of us can see if I'm naked when I leave for work. Also, honey, I'm starting to think I'm part of a cruel joke and that you might not be blind."

"I forgot my penis sock."

"I so wanted to impress the new boss but I misunderstood- turns out he's really a Buddhist."

Comment: al in la gets my "vote".

"Funny thing, Hon, you'd think I'd have some briefs in my briefcase."

"Man, I'm spacey today -- I packed my briefcase and put my shoes on before realizing that I haven't even showered yet. I'm going to leave them in the living room until I'm done."

"Rehearsals for the Abu Ghuraib Musical are going well, but damn! are those tap numbers tricky."

"It's my birthday.. and guess what suit I plan to wear today!"

"I misunderstood the church secretary where I was applying for a job. She said "We are looking for a BUDDIST"! You'll never guess what I thought she said."

"Hon, does this briefcase make me look gay?"

"Where did the TV go? Honey, the television is missing!"

"Hey, lady... my face is UP HERE!"

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

I ran into the organ grinder today. I'm afraid he's a bit too literal minded.

“Honey, I met Chris Hansen today…”

The day care center threw me out again.

"I adore you, you sexy door, you."

"What in the heck!? They've gone and stripped this place bare! There's not even a flooo......"

I couldn't find the ice machine.

"I donated my clothes to a homeless person as an unselfish random act of kindness, yet the authorities and most people all too predictably see only public indecency and exhibitionism."

"Yep: fashion police again..."

#1, I'm not an attention whore, and #2, if I am an attention whore, it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm only three feet tall.

"Sorry. I thought this was Robert Reich's apartment given the placement of the peephole."

"Nope, they sure don't write novels like Naked Lunch anymore."

"Honey, Saturday is Kiss and Make Up Day. Let's beat the rush."

"Hon, which do you think is better - four of a kind or a straight?"

i daresay, remember when a wee key chain was all the coverage i needed?

"The doormen sure are friendly around here. What? We don't have a doorman?"

"You wouldn't believe what happened on the elevator."

"Honey, I forgot my tube sock, could you fetch it?"

"Why yes, I had a hard day, why do you ask?"

"Stop dressing me with your eyes!"

"I'm back. Can you believe it? - I forgot my shirt!"

"Hail to the Chief, Pat... Check out the Presidential Staff!"

"Pretty cool how I rigged up this briefcase and the couch to collect our bodily excretions while a couple of hundred nudniks with nothing better to do think up inane captions till midnight on Sunday, eh? How stiff is your neck by the way?'

"The guys at the office really dug the new merkin you got me."

"You're supposed to be my personal shopper! So put the fucking book down and let's get shopping!"

"Take off your clothes and put on your shoes - we're going out to dinner."

" Wasn't there a scene like this in one of those movies by one of
those directors that all died on the same day a coupla weeks ago?"

"I finally got circumcized - TA-DA!"


"Goddamn global fucking warming!"

"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.]

There was a huge sucking sound coming from my asshole. My clothes went first, then Smith from Finance, Jones from Facilities, until the entire room was empty. Luckly, I snatched this leather briefcase from the new marketing guy just before his Italian shoes sealed off my rectum.

OK, how about now? Is my penis completely obscured if I hold the briefcase like this?

"I told you if the rapture ever came they'd take at least one Jew lawyer."

"Hey, guess what?! I'm on that TV show, 'What not to wear.' It's amazing how stealthy they are; you never even see the cameras or crew. Anyhow, the host, Steve, decided I shouldn't wear anything at all! Then he began to sodo... What, the host isn't named Steve?"

"Well, the Executive Ecdysiast had a terrific day - how 'bout you, hon?"

"I'm back. Can you believe it? - I forgot my pants!"

"The perspective in this room is still very strange, even without my clothes on."

"Hey! What happened to my nuddie painting?!"

Hi, I'm T. A. Winchler and I brought a couple of testicles. Do you mind?

(1) "I totally got raped at the board meeting today."

(2) "It was Casual Sex Friday at work today. Hey, don't give me that look, my job paid for that fancy couch you're sitting on."

(3) "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."

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

"What?...You're the one who IMed me you're ovulating."

Kendra, I'm glad you're here. I was at the meeting today, staring at Johnson's coffee cup. He's the World's Greatest Dad. I kept thinking about all we've gone through trying to conceive a baby. All of the guilt I've been feeling about what I did when I was younger. I kept thinking about your face. That exasperated face you make at me every single day. Like everything in our relationship would work if we just had a baby. I'm done, Kendra. You can have it all. The house, the car- You want my briefcase? Here, it's yours. I'll keep whatever dignity I have left.

"I'm up here!"

"Everyone kept asking me if I wore boxers or briefcases."

Whoops, forgot my hat....

You posted this too soon! My late entries for the people checking results to read:

"Did you change the combination? I really have to pee."

"On further review, I think I'll just get the vasectomy."

"What do you mean I'm too late? Radosh usually doesn't pick a wiener until Sunday."

Dang it honey! You let me forget my watch again.

"OMG I forgot to wearing the clothes"

"Lol, you are forgetted clothes"

"Yes."

What are you doing? Grab the kids and get dressed, we're auditioning "the aristocrats" tonight, remember?

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