Submit the worst possible caption for this New Yorker cartoon. Click here for details. Click here to see last week's results.
Winner
"Kejo: You are overthinking this considerably and *still* being illogical. All the crawlers know that there is no water in the direction they have come. Therefore everyone, upon suddenly coming across a wave of parched crawlers coming the opposite direction, should realize that there is also no water in the direction they are going, and try crawling in a direction that no one is crawling from. Therefore they should make a left or a right turn, although it is impossible to determine which. (Making a 180 degree turn would just send them back where they came from, dooming them to certain death.) In my caption, I hypothesize that most of the crawlers are unable to generate this optimal survival strategy, addled as they are by thirst." �Francis
Finalists
"Francis: Oh, and furthermore, a ninety degree turn would send them perpindicular to all other crawlers! Did you mean a 180 degree turn?" �kejo
"Francis: Actually, exactly the same number of people are crawling in either direction (not including the conversing duo)." �kejo
Honorable mention
"Considering how many other people dying of thirst are crawling in the opposite direction that we are crawling, I bet there's no oasis that way. We should make a 90 degree turn." �Francis
"Frankly, none of us could have survived long enough to grow beards." �Amy
"Futility, you crazy bastard!" �shadyside lantern
"The mainstream media refuses to report the positive stories. That's the real issue." �al in la
"Fun run my parched, cracking, soon-to-be-dead ass." �Dan McCoy
"Bet you wish you voted for Al Gore now." �jake
"I agree; quite simply 'Lost' really glamorized plane crashes. I am finding it extremely difficult to make friends under these conditions." �Donny
"Keep looking! He who controls the spice, controls the universe!" �Rubrick
(Translated from the original Arabic.) "One more week at this [terrorist] training camp and we'll be ready to attack the American infidels. Allah be praised." �mypalmike
