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New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

Persephone

14:36 / 21.11.03

Every year I think that it would be fun to submit something to this, but I don't. That is because I suck at captions. But I still think it would be fun, and this year it is a Barsotti cartoon & Barsotti is my favorite.

Post your ideas here, or send them in to the New Yorker! What if one of us wins? (I guess if you think that you have a *really* good idea, you should keep it for yourself!)

Murray Hamhandler

19:10 / 21.11.03

Ooh! Awesome! I'll get right on it.

I'm wearing the Barsotti shirt you made for me right now!

Murray Hamhandler

20:57 / 21.11.03

A few half-assed entries to get the ball rolling:

Persephone

22:31 / 21.11.03

Ha ha, I like "Maria Shriver really turns me on." I'm so mad, I thought that there was a hammer. I was going to have it say, "I'd rather be a nail." But nooo, it's a screwdriver.

But look what I did:

Squirrel
Screwdriver
King
Businessman
Housewife
Dog
Superhero
Dragon

So you can pick the character you want & stick it in a post with your own caption. How fun is that? Go on, give it a try!

Saint Keggers

23:09 / 21.11.03

"My wife keeps bitchin about the size of my nuts"

"..its always screw this and screw that... I have feelings to you know."

"So I killed a jester or two..does that make me TRUELY evil?"

"I just want to be loved. And rich. Yeah, loved and rich. But forget all that love crap."

"Shut up doc. This is the closest thing Ive had to a break all day"

"Ruff ruff ruff Carl Jung ruff ruff"

"But there are somedays I just want to beat the shit out of everyone I meet"

"Maybe Im just being paranoid but I think they hate me"

Persephone

23:13 / 21.11.03

"I screwed up."

Radix

23:17 / 21.11.03

"Fine, and you?"

bitchiekittie

00:23 / 22.11.03

"I really thought I'd outgrown all those insecurities about my package, but that damned smug superman. I just know he stuffs."

bitchiekittie

00:28 / 22.11.03

"I never knew I'd have to choose between my lover and my career. he says the smell of my sulfur breath turns him off!"

Persephone

00:30 / 22.11.03

"I'm a heroine addict."

Ethan Hawke

01:26 / 23.11.03

Deric, I love all of yours. I was laughing hysterically at the beating to death one. HAHAHAHAHA. You rule.

The Apple-Picker

02:37 / 23.11.03

Woah! It's nice to meet you, Radix!

bitchiekittie

02:47 / 23.11.03

I didn't even notice! hey, hi there!

Persephone

02:55 / 23.11.03

That's his first post. He's had that suit since the first Mafia game. I was going to have him play Xorn and have him heal Sax at the end of the game.

He says hello.

bio k9

03:29 / 23.11.03

Yeah, Deric rules. The beating and the blood in my pants ones are my favorites.

Murray Hamhandler

07:05 / 23.11.03

Thanks, guys. Low-brow one-liners are my specialty.

8===>Q: alyn

12:43 / 23.11.03

I think Radix should send that one in.

"I just feel so... so obsolete."

Persephone

14:14 / 26.11.03

"Back in the day, I led a band of revolutionaries called The Invisibles."

Regrettable Juvenilia

14:56 / 26.11.03

"I know Lucy will never love me. I know she is shallow and cruel. But that doesn't stop me wanting to kiss her."

Regrettable Juvenilia

14:59 / 26.11.03

"Also, I know this is really sick, but Peppermint Patty? Kinda hott."

OR

"What do mean the Sopwith Camel delusions are unhealthy? Define unhealthy."

Ethan Hawke

15:22 / 26.11.03

"Phillips is cross with me, again."

"It's like she thinks I'm Superman."

"You try wearing something made of platinum lightly."

Persephone

16:35 / 26.11.03

OOH, "Phillips" is very Barsotti. Did I ever tell you about my favorite Barsotti cartoon? It's a rotini talking on the phone & it's saying, "Fusilli, you crazy bastard!"

"Doc, I've got news for you: I am a squirrel."

"I'm tired of everyone telling me to loosen up."

bio k9

03:08 / 27.11.03

I've been feeling a bit squirrelly lately.

bio k9

03:15 / 27.11.03

"I want you to lip my stocking."

"I love you."

Keith

07:16 / 27.11.03

"This Barsotti fella... Squirrels really aren't his forte"

Murray Hamhandler

00:44 / 28.11.03

That's a squirrel? I thought it was a beaver.

bitchiekittie

01:12 / 28.11.03

I thought it was a beaver, too.

also, can I say I was AMAZED to see black squirrels in canada? ours aare all the same pale grey, and occasionally you might see a pale brown/tan colored one.

04:29 / 28.11.03

Why do I always have to do the screwing? Can't I be the one who gets screwed every once in a while?

eye landed

08:04 / 28.11.03

"Yesterday I caught myself staring at another guy's nuts."

"I have trouble breaking down emotional barriers."

"God forbid you should phone your own mother, Sigmund!"

"Except for you, Doc, nobody even knows I exist."

"I'll admit it: I've been thinking about a nose job."

"S/M is the use of a strategic relationship as a source of pleasure."

"I'll be fine as long as I have my daughter Cordelia."

"I want my nickel back."

bjacques

10:37 / 28.11.03

Bwaha! I like the Foucault one.

Persephone

18:49 / 28.11.03

"Why the hell does everybody think I'm a beaver?!"

Ethan Hawke

17:43 / 23.01.04

Slideshow about the judging process/winner. I haven't listened to it, tho. At work, you know?

Persephone

20:45 / 23.01.04

Hey, "Fusilli, you crazy bastard" is in the slideshow.

I dunno about I can smell my own fear, though. Does that strike you as hilarious?

Doctor Singapore

23:40 / 23.01.04

"Back in the day I led a group of revolutionaries called the Invisibles

ROTFL

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