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Sunday, February 4, 2024

Iceland 2024: Strokkur Geyser

The next stop on the Golden Circle tour was the Strokkur Geyser.

Litli-Geysir

Strokkur

Don't touch Thor.

Fun fact: The Vikings never wore horned helmets.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The CartoonStock Caption Contest #162

It's time to disrupt the CartoonStock Caption Contest #162. To recap, here's how the new cash prize contest works: $5 buys three and only three entries. Real cash prizes are $500 for first place and $100 for each of the five runners up. As of this writing, I've invested $40 over eight contests and I managed to win $100 from one of these outings. So far the math is good for contestants and bad for CartoonStock. Few enough people enter that the odds are favorable even for an indifferent captioner like me. My three new entries are shown below at the top of the list; the lower captions were written by me but, on due consideration, withheld. The drawing of conference room chaos is by John Klossner.

"Were we expecting corporate raiders?"
"Ah! They've finally elected a Speaker."
"We've got to find a better doorman."
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"Can I assume we'll be working through lunch again?"
"I tried to tell them you weren't in."
"Your three o'clock is early."
"They want to cash in their stock options."
"They're not here to negotiate."
"The union is getting militant."

January 22, 2023 Update: The Winner

https://www.cartoonstock.com/caption-contest/winners

My doorman caption is first mentioned in the contest deliberations by Bob Mankoff during minute 18 and it is chosen as a runner up in minute 31.

Contest #162 Deliberations

Eight-time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner Lawrence Wood had this to say about my entry in his Caption Contest Commentary:

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/viking-office-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

This is my second payout in the new cash prize contest. It's the twenty-first time Larry Wood cited a caption of mine in his commentary.

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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Joe Dator: Vikings and More

Joe Dator's sale of some of his original New Yorker cartoon art at the beginning of the year presented potential buyers with a dilemma. The asking price was already below the usual market price for such outstanding work, but the Make Offer option was also available, indicating the seller's willingness to entertain offers. That's generally good news for a buyer. As the sale of his Viking and E.T. cartoons shows, though, some buyers opted to pay full price. Why? In the time it could take for the seller to respond to a best offer, someone else could snatch up the item at full price. The Make Offer option is not a good one if losing out would break your heart.

Joe Dator's signature

Joe Dator
eBay listing ended January 8, 2022

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284599158641?hash=item42436e8771%3Ag%3AY4gAAOSwLjdh2J0S&nma=true&si=64J6TuENCQvl%252FEQuIbsoMEcDQlw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Joe Dator
eBay item description

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Monday, May 13, 2019

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #662

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #662 for May 13, 2019. The drawing is by John Klossner.

"So that's why they booked Valhalla."

May 20, 2019 Update: The Finalists

May 27, 2019 Update: I voted with Steve Everhart from Tyrone. Last week I voted with Faith Everhart from Tyrone. Husband and wife?

June 3, 2019 Update: The Winner