Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #484 for August 3, 2015. The impeccable drawing is by Liam Francis Walsh.
August 31, 2015 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Last week Carolita Johnson put the Creator on the analyst's couch. Yes, that Creator. My caption proved apocryphal. See the consecrated results of Contest #483.
Liam Francis Walsh has made far less fussy appearances here in previous caption contests. Go ahead, take a look...
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| "Too late. I was just hustled by Mary Poppins." |
Now I had thought about repurposing an old Peter Arno caption, but it worked better for Arno:
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| "It isn't often one sees a bowler these days." |
August 17, 2015 Update: The Finalists
August 31, 2015 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Last week Carolita Johnson put the Creator on the analyst's couch. Yes, that Creator. My caption proved apocryphal. See the consecrated results of Contest #483.
Liam Francis Walsh has made far less fussy appearances here in previous caption contests. Go ahead, take a look...
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This is one of those cartoons where I think I know where the artist got the concept. In Pool, the term for the spin you put on the cue ball is called "English". Even knowing that, it's still difficult to figure out a caption that works. The best I could come up with was, "Too much English."
ReplyDeleteWow, that never occurred to me. I like your caption!
DeleteI suppose my caption is related to the first finalist and yours is related to the third. The second finalist has come up with something very original.
DeleteMine is saying what the third one is saying, just with fewer words. I thought they liked brevity! Perhaps too brief?
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DeletePerhaps. Who can say how they choose among similar entries?
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