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February 04, 2008

The New Yorker Cartoon Anti-Caption Contest #133

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
[a Neanderthal animal rights meeting]
 "It's so wonderful that you saved that giant beast from the hunters. Soon we'll convert everyone to a healthy vegetarian life style and finally displace that other emerging human species." —MAtt

FInalists
"Hey, Og, Gor said you had coke?" —TG Gibbon

"Do you have any art that's not about you?" — J

Honorable mention
(Gestures and makes unintelligible noises because speech hasn't developed yet.) —Jacob

"Well, the good news is that you've survived impalement by a spear. The bad news is that, because you're not bleeding, our clan has decided you must be a demon. We'll be burning you at the stake momentarily."—Tom

"We just wanted to thank you for being a part of the effort to kill the Giant Headless Emo Haircut that had been menacing the tribe."—The Confidence Man

"Despite the obvious shock value of impalement, your artwork lacks originality. Cavemen hunting a mastodon? You might as well throw in a smoldering volcano and hit every cliché in the book."—mypalmike

"It's funny cause it's true!" —maristeph

"Things are showing up on YouCave almost as soon as they happen!" —shadysidelantern

"Hey how many Neanderthals does it take to change a light bulb? Don't know, huh? Well I don't know either because the light bulb hasn't been invented yet , ha. ...BUT IF light bulbs did exist here, I'd say t it would take at least twice as many Neanderthals to Cro Magnums because they have really fat fingers. Personally, I find neanderthal fingers disgusting, not that there's anything wrong with that. It's just that I think of myself as somewhat evolved. Thank you very much" —GG

Comments

“Wow, that’s you in the pictogram! I have so many questions! Were the other people chasing you, or that weird looking animal? What kind of animal was it, anyway? Why does the animal look like it has two tails? Are those hairs sticking up from its back, or are they spears? It looks like you were running away, screaming like a girl. Is that what you did? Not that there’s anything wrong with it, but that’s not very hero-like, is it? And why is the spear still stuck in your shoulder? Wanna shag?”

"How long have you known the Cheneys?"

Is it dead? Can we poke it? Is that part of the whole "thing"? Or will we get in trouble?

"Well, it's not quite an Arrow shirt, but it's nice."

"Remember? Last summer? Point Pleasant??"

"We've just come from the Flintstone exhibit on pointillism, but, frankly, you have got him beat."

That must be very painful!

Does it hurt when you drink java, man?

Well, the good news is that you've survived impalement by a spear. The bad news is that, because you're not bleeding, our clan has decided you must be a demon. We'll be burning you at the stake momentarily.

Og here kept telling me you were a tool. I had no idea he was being so literal.

"So, they tell me that you're Britney's father..."

"Harvey, the cave painting is really nice, but we know you just slipped while trying to sodomize yourself with the spear. Still, very remarkable that you haven't succumbed to infection."

"Wow, that looks really cumbersome. Here's my card- stop by my office and I'll make it shorter for you."

"Talk about raw and confrontational, that Chris Burden has nothing on you. Do you think my Manolos will be OK in the cloak-room?"

"Fine art. A buffet of succulent caveman. Oh, Ted, you really know how to treat a modern woman!"

"Could you point us to the white wine and cheese cubes?"

"Ooh! Ooh! I can't believe you're here in person! Will you do that 'Wild and Crazy Guy' routine?"

"What happened to your face?"

"Your art used to be naive, but since the accident it has become wonderfully primitive."

"Ogg, it's brilliant! It really looks like actual people standing in front of the other 'artwork'! You've come up with a whole new art form - we should call it something like 'fool the eye'! Well, I suppose we can work all that out after your funeral."

"Hi, we're not here for the opening, I just really really really really really really have to use the ladies' room. Which way is it?"

"His waiting-room artwork is a little hackneyed, but I heard he's an absolutely wonderful accupuncturist... oh, Grug, there you are! Well, did it work?"

[a Neanderthal animal rights meeting]
"It's so wonderful that you saved that giant beast from the hunters. Soon we'll convert everyone to a healthy vegetarian life style and finally displace that other emerging human species."

"Gleetings, honolable Tliangle Foot."

"Sorry, if you want to call it outsider art, you're going to have to paint it outside."

I guess with the coming ice age, this will all be considered refrigerator art.

"Well, it's like they say. Spear me once, shame on you. Spear me twice, won't get speared again."

Too bad he had to die, but really, what a fine example of taxidermic art!

"So, you believe an invisible man in the sky intervened and spared your life? Quaint idea, but it will never catch on."

"Did smeone here cal for a doctor?"

I'm sorry, but I'm sharing a cave with Ed now. Believe me, it's not you, it's me.

"I didn't know anyone was living here inside the giant pistol."

"We love your artistic rendition, but why were you trying to kill Robin Williams?"

"Golly, that's horrible! Was anyone hurt?"

correction:
"Did someone here call for a doctor."
(I had someone spell it for me.)

"We're here to impose our morality on you; and if you don't agree we'll go on Fox News and say you are attacking our religion. Got it?"

Wow! I love men with body piercings, tattoos and uniforms and since tattoos and uniforms have'nt been invented yet, you have to be the coolest guy around these parts.

"What's the name of that
insurance even a caveman
can use?"

"Do you have any art that's not about you?"

"Is that a spear piercing your flesh just below your right clavicle, or are you just happy to see us?"

"We're absolutely transfixed! But not in the literal way that you are."

I like this new form of communication - it's Biographical, it's Linear, and it's by Ogg. So, what do you call it?

"Yes, Mr. Brady, we'd love to donate to support the spear control bill in your name."

[Is that James Brady or Tom Brady?]

"I hear you have a job in the single-bullet-theory display! How is that going?"

i see they're bored with you now that theyve got their fasciniting drawing on the cave wall to ogle over *rolls eyes* what a bunch of barbarians.

uh...do you need any help with that spear stuck through your throat??

The meeting for the Caveman's Society for Survivors of Tribal Attacks was going well.

Caveman says: Yeah they really got me good. And they weren't even hunting me for meat or fur....they're just aggressive ....They wear leaves... Scary huh.

We just wanted to thank you for being a part of the effort to kill the Giant Headless Emo Haircut that had been menacing the tribe.

Homo habilis, you crazy bastard! How are you?

Have you heard of "2 Neanderthals 1 Spear"?

"Ohhh, me love wall painting! What great about this land before time is rich caveman spear same thing as poor caveman. You can look outside and see mammoth, and know that tribe leader eat mammoth, big tribe slut eat mammoth, and just think, you can eat mammoth, too. A mammoth is a mammoth and no extra clams get better mammoth than the one the bum on the corner is spearing. All the mammoths are the same and all the mammoths are good. Big slut knows it, tribe leader knows it, and you know it."

You know, the Party *always* does this to the initial frontrunner in the primaries.

"Some of our best friends own a Pierce-Arrow."

"It's a wonderful indictment of our throw-spears-first, ask-questions-later society."

If only you were black, we might be able to sell this!

"No, there's no pain from the spear sticking through my shoulder. The acupuncture needles in my arm and calves have totally blocked it."

"....I really wouldn't have mentioned the stale crackers, myself"

"....I used to have a pen like you...but it was much smaller and more kinda like a troll doll."

"....well, yeah...if you pull it out now after all that time, it's really going to hurt like hell...."

"We're looking for something that would match our sofa....."

"It really seems like a cool idea, truly it does, and I love the explanatory graphic, but um, I think you might have a little ways to go in refining this... er.. what did you call it? 'Circumcision?'"

Which modeling agency did you say you worked for?

Is this the method acting school?

"If we weren't pre-verbal, this would be the time for a witty quote."

"When you're dead, can I get my spear back?"

"Can you come over to my place? I've got a fire going and wanted to roast marshmallows, but there are no sticks to be found."

"'Spear' me your sob story!"

"When I said OK to a three-way, I didn't know that you were two of them!"

"Thanks again. Your suicide spearing has really helped the cause."

Oh, you really shouldn't let those critics get to you....

huh - too late...

"You better move out of the hood!"

"Does Hillary Clintstone know about the violence in your neighborhood?"

"We get it, you are advertising the new restaurant at Boulder Ridge Cave called, Spear-It and Beer!"

(1) "That looks really painful and probably life-threatening. You should really go to a hospital instead of standing around in a museum."

(2)

Number (2) should be:

(Gestures and makes unintelligible noises because speech hasn't developed yet.)

"Despite the obvious shock value of impalement, your artwork lacks originality. Cavemen hunting a mastodon? You might as well throw in a smoldering volcano and hit every cliché in the book."

Ugh. Woman behind me have arm look like boob.

Eli, it's incredible that you managed to win when, just twelve weeks ago, all of NY wanted you gone. How did you overcome that adversity? What was it like when Belichick speared you after the game?

"It's my 15 minutes of inflammation."

"My husband would just love to rip out that spear from your shoulder and then stick his cock in the wound until he shoots a snotball of come right into your bloodstream. Interested?"

"I knew this wasn't our polling place. Disenfranchised, yet again."

"They nailed me all right, but were penalized for having 12 men on the field."

"We know a doctor who can get your spear count down a little."

"We love your work in 'The Mastodon Whisperer', but we had no idea you did your own stunts."

"I'd like you to meet my nephew. He wants to be an artist just like you. We really love your work!"

"So, the trajectory of the spear, and the fact that you're still alive, rules out a suicide."

Mom has just always been more comfortable letting her left breast dangle outside of her moomoo, but at least she has the modesty to cover-up the "fun" part. We appreciate your understanding.

"The arrows here sever clean."

"You think this is bad? You should see the other guy!"

"This cave drawing would seem to imply the opposite of what I represent, with my grisly wound. Oh well. Anybody want to have sex?"

"Oh this? It's nothing! The really terrifying thing: my ass is sore and I have no idea why."

"It's funny cause it's true!"

"Is that a spear sticking out of your neck or are you just happy to see me?"

"That one of the rubber chicken will look perfect over the sofa."

I see it that I'm part performance artist, part life model, which goes well with with the suffering artist part.

"When we were invited to the opening we had no idea we'd meet a celebrity and here you are.... hey, wait a minute... You are an Og look alike!"

"The mural captured the big kill PERFECTLY...So.... Grug here was wondering... Can he have his spear back?"

"What mean 'Only when I laugh'?"

"So, this is the 100 clam winner in the 'Funniest Cave Painting' Show!?! Was it staged?"

"I hope this isn't a bad time... but I have met someone else... "

"How ironic. You keep staring at my front despite forgetting to watch your back."

"Oh, don't thank me. I'm just so happy I could rescue you from being trapped inside that picture in the museum. Just lucky I carry a concealed spear. Sorry about it getting stuck and all."

oops, that anonymous was me

"Hey, Og, Gor said you had coke?"

"I just love Mike Huckabee/Dog fighting/According to Jim/Choate! [choose one]"

"Gerry here likes things a little more abstract but I love art with a clear Linear B narrative."

"Is that as good as you can draw?"


Real life winners:

"And what made you choose a spear?"

"Does the spear represent anything specific or is it just wacky for wacky's sake?"

"Do you deliberately try to draw the viewer into the work or am I just taking this way too seriously?"

"Do you paint from your own life or do you just make it all up?"

"I'm interested in process. Can you tell me about your process?"

"You asked everybody to dress as cavemen. Is that part of the art or was it just for fun? And is there a difference between art and fun?"

"I see Gramsci in your work, was that conscious?"

"Loved your use of PowerPoint."

Well, if YOU think you have it bad with your "impalement", try living with my sister "Pat" here...she is taller than everyone, is hairier than an ape and has the worst gas in the Jurassic.

"Veni vidi ooot-greeeet-growr-graggghhh-o-leevio!"

"I know you're inventing the whole artistic persona thing from scratch, but I believe it's a chip, not a spear, and it's supposed to be on your shoulder, not through it."

"You know what would be really funny? If you turned around quickly and hit my husband in the head with the spear handle."

"The screening of your autobiographical pic 'The Spearchucker Sagas' was the bomb, but distribution will have to wait until we get past Black History Month."

"You think that hurts? Just wait 'til you're skewered by the critics."

"It's Super Tuesday and apparently the voters have spoken- better brush up your concession speech."

"This gallery of yours is amazing! I suppose it helps that you have a full-time staff."

We really appreciate the extra effort you've been putting in during the writers' strike.

"Well, Grogg, I think you're selling yourself short when you say, 'So easy, even a caveman can do it.' "

"Thanks for bringing it to the Roadshow. How did you come to own the piece?"

"If I'm not careful, I could really get stuck on you."

So how did you get that spear through your shoulder?

I just loved you in Braveheart!

Do you know van Goah?

I just love it! Can you e-mail me a copy?

This is why I prefer Fox. When the New Wall Times wrote about this, they only covered the black man who got speared.

I think this guy was the model for the wall painting "Last Man to Die for a Mistake."

"Is it true that you zigged when you should've zagged?"

"So, when you went out that morning to sketch the mastadon's asshole, you didn't know about the hunting party scheduled for noon?"

"Pleeeeze Grog.. one more time. Do that flailing of the arms think...like in the painting, but scream like a girl!"

"So... where is the free food and the bar?"

"Okay... you're sleeping on your side. What else is new Brug?"

"Yes, Yes, we saw the painting... Now which one was you, again?"

THING... not think

THING... not think

"Hmmm. What mean 'friendly fire'?"

“There’s a woolly mammoth outside that wants to have a good guffaw at your expense.”

"All in all, not the best way to exterminate body lice, eh?"

"Oh, you artists and your body piercings!"

"I'm not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!!!" Get it??

"This modern art seems so... bloodless."

"Aahhh... I think I finally see your point."

"Let me give you a little projectile tip..."

"So how exactly did you find out that Mankoff liked the cartoon but not the caption you had written for it?"

"Vitiligo?"

"What mean 'dialectical restructuring of pre-agricultural workplace power dynamic?'"

"What mean use of color?"

"What mean 'vernissage?'"

"You right. Jackson Pollock pussy."

"What's your policy on validating existence? Do we have to buy anything? Or is it enough we show up?"

Sorry for the over-posting; I have Obama-fever.

"It made me hot when you called me 'dirty whore' last night. But this is today, and I'd really prefer it if you just called me mom."
(That was so funny last week, that it's STILL funny with a different cartoon!)

"We are here from the insurance conpany to investigate the accident. I am Sheilia Stone, and this is my partner Crow Magnon, P.I."

Brun, the tribe isn't laughing AT you they are... uh... ok we are laughing at you."

Company

(sorry for the postings, too.. I just have a fever)

Love, love, love the artwork. Have you ever thought about doing commercials? Maybe we could even get a development deal at one of the networks?

"Me get it! You human cocktail weiner! Ha ha! Wait...what IS cocktail weiner?"

"Thank you for your service."

"So, you say they retrained you from being a javelin thrower to being a javelin catcher? Well, that's just sad."

"I see they've given you the shaft...and then some."

Of course we're in the right era. After all, nothing predates us. Can I interest you in an issue of Watchtower?

"Things are showing up on YouCave almost as soon as they happen!"

"While you really suck at the Caption Contest, here you really have captured what a schlemiel you are quite nicely."

"We don't get it. But we LOVE your use of color!"

John, this playfully lifelike piece was sculpted by Dwayne Hanson's great great great great great great great grandson. Oh, you question how I know that? He's my fucking husband...that's how I know that. Let's fool around after the show.

John, this is Forg, the greatest life model in the history of our art. The taxidermist did him for free. In fact taxidermists all over the globe competed for the contract. The RFP stated that Forg's representation should have the love of mamouth in his eyes. Let's fuck now.

John, isn't it so cool that we Know the Earth is a globe when most people don't know they their ass from a hole in the ground, where most of these fuckers still shit into. Let's strip off right now. Fuck these artsy fartsy types.

John, this guy was stupid enough to craw into that weaponized contraption featured in a previous cartoon. Do you think you'd like to fuck me with that type of thing?

John, I should tell you that I'm pregnant with Dwayne Hanson's great great great great great great great grandson. Maybe we shouldn't fuck.

John, the type of life model you are looking at petered out long ago for obvious reasons.

Before we leave, where's the best corner to take a shit?

We just love the way you've incorporated ochre.

"If I were you I'd hunt down those sp**r ch*ckers and [obscenity] them in the [vulgarism].

We're here for the Hands-on Sex Workshop.

John, these are the stuffed remains of the Artist/Comic Formally Known As Grog. Critics swear he's funnier now.

John, one day they'll be a series of commercials about us that will start of strong and really peter out of ideas. But the good news is that I just saved a whole lotta money on my manmouth insurance. I feel great but there something I need to know -what is money and what is insurance? I'm so flustered that I goona take a shit right now in the corner.

Your art has spirit, Lance.

"Our hands itch terribly- do you recommend macropuncture?"

John, it if I lifted that spear off that poor excuse for a sculpture and rammed it up your ass? Would that be plagerism or merely utilizaton of 'found' art?

"You tried valiantly to stop the poachers from killing the beast. Too bad you didn't murder all those bad men; we would have invited you to join PETA."