My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #946

I entered the first caption I thought of in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #946 from the issue of June 2, 2025. I could have tried to work through it all week, but I didn't think I would do any better. In the cartoon, a dog demonstrates a scientific formula to two labworkers. The mathematical conclusion is a bone. The female lab worker comments. My entry appears below. The drawing is by Lonnie Millsap.

"We should check his math."

June 14, 2025 Update:  The Finalists

June 21, 2025 Update:  I voted for the caption from Roseland.

June 23, 2025 Update:  The Winner

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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #859

Eureka! If you can't read the writing on the wall, try the blackboard in The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #859 from the issue of July 31, 2023. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Juan Astasio.

"What were we looking for again?"

These captions didn't compute:

"It's so obvious!"
"How could we have missed it?"
"You were right. It's the null set."
"I forgot to factor in our combined weight."
"I forgot to carry the one."
"It IS rocket science."
"I can't sort this out. Let's call them non-human biologics."

 

August 7, 2023 Update:  The Finalists

August 18, 2023 Update:  I voted for the caption from Boston, the bottom one.

August 21, 2023 Update:  The Winner 

Colin Mills is the son of Carol Lasky.

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Back to Schule

It's that time of year again. At the blackboard, Oskar Schlemmer's slender, young schoolteacher demonstrates the x-, y-, and z-axes as she stands before rows of abstract student's heads.

Oskar Schlemmer
Schule, 1928

Oskar Schlemmer
Christie's London, February 27, 2018

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Oskar Schlemmer
Schule, 1928

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