My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1002

In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1002 from the issue of August 17, 2026, four monkeys sing in a barbershop quartet while two laboratory workers observe them through glass. The older woman speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz.

"So you found them at the bottom of the barrel?"

These captions were not in tune:

"They're swell. You and I are no longer in harmony."
"Run your next project by me first."
"Great job. We've been defunded."

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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #946

I entered the first caption I thought of in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #946 from the issue of June 2, 2025. I could have tried to work through it all week, but I didn't think I would do any better. In the cartoon, a dog demonstrates a scientific formula to two labworkers. The mathematical conclusion is a bone. The female lab worker comments. My entry appears below. The drawing is by Lonnie Millsap.

"We should check his math."

June 14, 2025 Update:  The Finalists

June 21, 2025 Update:  I voted for the caption from Roseland.

June 23, 2025 Update:  The Winner

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Francis Crick's Nobel Prize

I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me that there is a robust market for old Nobel Prizes. After all, one can buy old Olympic Medals, Academy Awards, and Super Bowl rings. On April 10, Heritage Auctions will be selling the Nobel Prize Medal and Diploma that belonged to Francis H. C. Crick (1916-2004), co-discoverer of the double-helical structure of DNA along with James D. Watson and Maurice Wilkins. The price is expected to exceed $500,000, which is daunting, but the prospect of winning a Nobel Prize on one's own is considerably more daunting!

Francis H. C. Crick's 1962 Nobel Prize Medal, Obverse
Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

 http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34001

Francis H. C. Crick's 1962 Nobel Prize Medal, Reverse
Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

 http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34001

Francis H. C. Crick's 1962 Nobel Prize Medal Diploma
Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

 http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34001

Francis H. C. Crick's 1962 Nobel Prize Diploma Folder
Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

 http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34001

Francis H. C. Crick's 1962 Nobel Prize Medal and Diploma

Heritage Auctions Listing, April 11, 2013

 http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34001

Francis H. C. Crick's 1962 Nobel Prize Medal and Diploma

Heritage Auctions Item Description, April 11, 2013

 http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34001

Also available as a separate lot is Francis Crick's Nobel Prize endorsed check:

Francis H. C. Crick's Endorsed Nobel Prize Check
 Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34002#Photo

Francis H. C. Crick's Endorsed Nobel Prize Check
Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34002#Photo 

Francis H. C. Crick's Endorsed Nobel Prize Check

Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34002#Photo

April 13, 2013 Update:  Auction results are now in for Francis Crick's Nobel Prize:

Francis Crick's endorsed Nobel Prize check: 

Francis Crick's labcoat, since I mentioned it in the Comments section: 

Francis H. C. Crick's Lab Coat
Heritage Auctions, April 11, 2013

http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6093&lotNo=34003

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