Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #502 for December 14, 2015. The life-affirming drawing is by Tom Toro.
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| "He handled all the arrangements beforehand." |
These alternate captions were dead on arrival:
December 28, 2015 Update: The Finalists
January 16, 2016 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Two weeks ago Liam Francis Walsh created a caption contest in semaphore. I ran my caption up the flagpole but no one saluted. See the unflagging results of Contest #501.
The blog archives have two previous caption contests by Tom Toro.
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| "He said he wanted a big headstone." "He always was a huge Deadhead." "He hated attention." "I still feel he's watching over me." |
December 28, 2015 Update: The Finalists
January 16, 2016 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Two weeks ago Liam Francis Walsh created a caption contest in semaphore. I ran my caption up the flagpole but no one saluted. See the unflagging results of Contest #501.
The blog archives have two previous caption contests by Tom Toro.
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I think yours is very good. I think "watching over me" is also good. I think one finalist will be something like that. I was thinking of something like "Now he's smiling down on us." I went with something that I knew was a long shot but I liked best: "The epitaph is written on his face."
ReplyDeleteOr "writ large." Thanks, gboris. On Monday all will be revealed...
DeleteAnother one I had: "It's a shame the tree has to go when I go."
DeleteOh, right.
DeleteHeadstone was made by the Chia pet company.
ReplyDeleteHeadstone was made by the Chia pet company.
ReplyDeleteCh-ch-ch Chia.
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