In the CartoonStock Caption Contest number 194, we find two frankfurters being heated on a hot dog Ferris wheel. The smaller, shriveled hot dog is speaking.
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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 $195 into the first thirty-nine pay-to-play contests and this fortieth challenge brings my total cash outlay up to $200. Having achieved runner-up status with three previous entries, including the most recent contest, I've collected $300 from CartoonStock, so I'm still playing with the house's money. 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 and, yes, I went there. The cartoonist is Mike Shiell who is new to me and thus new to the blog.
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| "Do you think I WANT to be chosen?" "What's your secret, Cialis or Viagra?" "I had to retire from porn." * * * "Worst amusement park ride ever." "Do you know a better survival strategy?" "My friends who hydrated are all gone." "May I call you Little Indian?" "I thought I got on a Ferris wheel." |
July 2, 2025 Update: The Winner
The Judges Deliberate
Video added June 29, 2025
At 19:30 in the video, Lawrence Wood admires my first caption very briefly. He later mentions it in his caption contest commentary:
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Image added June 29, 2025 |
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