i.....i gotta pee
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Thursday, 10 May 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
"i TOLD you to wait an hour"― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu)
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu)
This one from last week was better than any of the official finalists
― Josefa, Friday, 11 May 2012 06:55 (twelve years ago) link
A one-off: This one is closed but:
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/05/07/g290/120507_contest_g290.jpg
now, if they allowed odds on which will get the majority vote:
Your Vote1) "He's the advertising executive. Let him come up with a caption."2) "Take the commission, hon, and you can paint full time."3) "What kind of Neanderthal uses vodka instead of gin?"
.. yeah, go meta and win!
― Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
meanwhile...
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/05/21/p465/120521_contest_p465.jpg
― Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 08:43 (twelve years ago) link
"Ever HBO cancelled Luck because of racehorses dying on set, things have really changed here at the track!!!!!"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
Ever SINCE
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
there was always a rush to be first to the grill on 'bring your own fetish kebab' night
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 12:01 (twelve years ago) link
"horse racing was so much easier before the mafia got involved."
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 14 May 2012 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
"It's kicking in."
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
is the stick horse talking? That's weird.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the horse talking makes it almost inscrutable. i'd go non sequitur:"Giddyap!"
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 May 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
"I should have quit while I was a head!!!!"
― biggie smallclothes (brownie), Monday, 14 May 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
or "I think I'll quit as I'm a head" but yeah.
― Mark G, Monday, 14 May 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
This contest is basically the NY'er's rejected cartoon depot, isn't it.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
neigh!
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
you two see if you can find some body, i'll go on a head
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
yukky puns kind of don't fit the NYer's style. I think I said that upthread.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Let's win the National Review Caption Contest:
"These PETA idiots ruin EVERYTHING!"
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
"The best part is him whipping himself for a change."
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
all day i can't turn round without being bothered by some horses's ass, but the one time i need one....
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
ah! got it:"Well somebody certainly doped ONE of us."
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
"he's dying to win so he can be put out to stud."
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
damn poles coming over here and takin our jobs
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
lol darragh
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2012/05/28/p465/120528_contest_p465.jpg
If "The Monkeys You Ordered" website doesn't have "THAT'S TED" as a caption, I will want to know why!
― Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
"This is normal."
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
"In summation, not all ideas are worth having. Thank you."
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
"So I had a TWO billion dollar idea -- iSpanx"
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
New Yorker-y unfunny style: "And that's the wrong slide."
― bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 12:40 (twelve years ago) link
"J'ACCUSE!"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
^winner
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
"here is the cartoon and caption i submitted to the new yorker. they ... did not accept it."
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
"I think we've all learned something here today."
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
"observe how remarkably flexible my neck is."
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
"This concludes the sissymanwhore presentation. Any questions?"
― bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
oh, just got one:"Admittedly, we still have some kinks to work out of the presentation."
― bailiwick bill (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
another not-funny image
― goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
"More like TEDDY Talk, amirite"
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 21 May 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
"more like ASSCHEEKS worth spreading, amirite"
― goole, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
"And now I will explain how to tie a corset."
― s.clover, Monday, 21 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
I've noticed that the contest ones are almost always "Look at this outrageous juxtaposition!" in a way that kind of precludes any actually funny captions.
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
forks that is a winning caption
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
half of the people who look at this will have no idea what TED is, which is a bummer, because it precludes all TEDxxx genre captions
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
"...and he's the bad twin"
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
"Father, Ted"
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
"You don't know what pain is!"
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
IRL LOL
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome!"
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 21 May 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I went for "... and This is Me!"
― Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
"There seems to be a mistake with my slides. My name is Dave, not Ted."
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link