In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1005 from the issue of September 14, 2026, a couple who just got married has stopped to fill up the tank. The groom has just finished pumping gas. The pump indicates a price of $65.29. The woman angrily holds up a credit cared and speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Brooke Bourgeois.
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| "I can't exactly keep it where yours would be if you hadn't left it home." |
None of these captions were exactly a match made in heaven:
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| "You never told me we'd be running on empty." "Now you tell me you're a credit risk?" "Hasn't Daddy paid for enough?" "What happened to the 'for richer' part?" |
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