I'm back from the lab and ready to publish the preliminary findings of my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #730 for October 26, 2020. The drawing is by Navied Mahdavian.
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| "I could use a few pointers for the maze." |
This caption wasn't part of the protocol:
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| "Nothing to report in the control group." |
November 2, 2020 Update: The Finalists
November 9, 2020 Update: It isn't often that I vote for the longest caption, but I like the way the contestant from Evanston started where I did, more or less, and then ran with it.
November 16, 2020 Update: The Winner
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