My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #520

Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #520 for May 2, 2016. The drawing is by Corey Pandolph.

"I am not hiding it under my skirt."

Apparently I went there. The bright side of failing to ace the Caption Contest is that you don't have to explain to everyone you know what on earth you were thinking and why you didn't go with something just a little less outrageous, such as perhaps one of these: 

"I'm afraid Viagra won't help now."
"Did you feel inadequate even before lunch?"
"How did you peel about your loss?"
"You can't always be top banana."
"You can't undo breakfast."
"You let that slip."

May 9, 2016 Update:  The Finalists

May 23, 2016 Update:  Winning Caption

Note:  Last week Tom Toro went bird hunting. My caption was a little off target. See the surefire results of Contest #519.

Then get out your notepad and psychoanalyze these old Caption Contests by Corey Pandolph.

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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #439

Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #439 for August 25, 2014. The cartoon is by Corey Pandolph.

"Two out of three customers can't tell beer from WD-40."

I had difficulty with this one. There were other captions I considered for a while, but eventually they got derailed.

"It's the end of the drinking car as we know it."
"There's no one here from that line."
"I thought I'd heard every line."
"We need a designated conductor."
"We need a designated engineer."
"I'm serving WD-40, but they don't know the difference."
"The derailment was really hard on them."
"The drinking cars are soon to be sleeping cars."
"They've gone off-line."
"That's right, they need a ride home."
"They come from the wrong side of the tracks."

September 1, 2014 Update:  The Finalists

September 15, 2014 Update:  Winning Caption

Note:  Last week Matthew Diffee drew a gigantic cat and I submitted a caption I thought was just purr-fect, only the contest judges didn't agree. It seems they never do. See the pet-friendly results for Contest #438.

Corey Pandolph's previous Caption Contest drawing was a scene right out of my daily commute with the possible exception of a giant squid. No wonder I couldn't come up with a decent caption. See the results for Contest #417.

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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #417

Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #417 for March 3, 2014. The cartoon is the work of Corey Pandolph. I suppose the caption couldn't be anyone's but mine.

"So now de Blasio has to one-up Chris Christie!"

Of course, I did toy with a few other caption ideas:

"I blame Obamacare!"
"Talk about Irony!  I was headed in for calamari."
"Treif!"

March 10, 2014:  The Finalists

March 24, 2014 Update:  Winning Caption

Note:  My previous attempt to find love through the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest shows that Cupid is no longer the  inspiration to me that he once was . My misfired arrow in Contest #416 may be seen here.

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