I proudly present my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #540 for October 10, 2016. The drawing is by Will McPhail.
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| "I want to try combination therapy." |
Earlier today cartoon editor Bob Mankoff narrowed the field to his fourteen favorite captions. The first of these captions is the only one to use the word combination. I find it rather bland, but probably that's just sour grapes on my part. Let's face it: combination chemotherapy doesn't contract to combination therapy as well as I want to believe it does.
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| https://www.research.net/r/540Mc |
October 17, 2016 Update: The Finalists
October 24, 2016 Update: I voted for the second caption.
October 28, 2016 Update: The Rankings
The highest-ranked captions:
My caption ranked in the top 18% of captions:
The lowest-ranked captions:
October 31, 2016 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Last week cartoonist Frank Cotham defied gravity. My caption defied logic. Go take a hike with Contest #539.
Look into the blog archives and take Will McPhail's pulse.
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I recently found your blog and I've enjoyed posts about the caption contest. I entered the one above with something like "Please turn your dial and cough." Well, there's always next time.
ReplyDeleteI say that every week. Keep up the captioning, Raymond!
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