Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #534 for August 29, 2016. The drawing is by P. C. Vey.
My own caption only made it to the top 76% of entries, a dismal ranking:
...And the bottom 40:
Was my caption this week really that bad? Shouldn't I have been in at least the top 50%? I can only conclude that Vladimir Putin has been tampering with the Caption Contest ranking results.
September 12, 2016 Update: I like that third finalist's caption, but once again I neglected to vote.
September 19, 2016 Update: Winning Caption
Note: Last week, cartoonist Joe Dator served up a Caption Contest cartoon down in the subway. My caption didn't rise up to the occasion. You'd better mind the gap for Contest #533.
P. C. Vey is the Caption Contest's go-to guy for office humor.
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September 5, 2016 Update: The Finalists
September 6, 2016 Update: The Rankings
The crowdsourced rankings are available here.
The three finalists were selected from the top 21 entries (of 4295). Here are the top 40:
My own caption only made it to the top 76% of entries, a dismal ranking:
...And the bottom 40:
Was my caption this week really that bad? Shouldn't I have been in at least the top 50%? I can only conclude that Vladimir Putin has been tampering with the Caption Contest ranking results.
September 12, 2016 Update: I like that third finalist's caption, but once again I neglected to vote.
Note: Last week, cartoonist Joe Dator served up a Caption Contest cartoon down in the subway. My caption didn't rise up to the occasion. You'd better mind the gap for Contest #533.
P. C. Vey is the Caption Contest's go-to guy for office humor.
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