In the CartoonStock Caption Contest number 189, a doctor engaging in high risk, unhealthy behavior is talking to his patient in the examining room.
The rules of the monthly cash prize contest have not changed (and neither has my description of them): Five dollars buys up to three entries. Real cash prizes are $500 for first place and $100 for each of five runners up. As of this writing, I've put $170 into the first thirty-four pay-to-play contests and this thirty-fifth challenge brings my total cash outlay up to $175. Having achieved runner-up status with two previous entries, I've collected $200 from CartoonStock, so I'm still playing with the house's money, thank goodness. In fact, so few contestants enter that the odds may generally be considered favorable even for us less-gifted caption writers. My three entries are shown below, above the break. The cartoonist is Peter Kuper.
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| "How about something to warm your insides?" "I don't see any red flags." "Any second-hand exposures?" * * * "And you don't look like much of a patient." "I didn't get my break." "Have you considered vices?" "Take it from me." |
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