It's time to go with the floe in the CartoonStock Caption Contest #145. My three captions are shown below. The drawing is by Liam Francis Walsh.
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| "I told you I'll quit before all the ice melts." "I might set fire to what?" "Our days are numbered anyway." |
January 5, 2021 Update: The Winner
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What's funny about climate change? That's the unspoken challenge of The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #765 from the issue of August 2, 2021. My temperate caption is shown below. The drawing is by Feggo, a.k.a. Felipe Galindo.
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| "You won't believe this, but my desert island disc is 'I Melt With You.'" |
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| "I don't see how this helps either of us." "Stop raising my sea level." "Thank goodness. For a minute I was afraid you were a cruise ship." "Next time let me come to you." |
August 10, 2021 Update: The Finalists
August 17, 2021 Update: I neglected to vote this time around, just as I neglected to submit a caption for the juggling contest. Had I voted, I might have gone for the Croton-on Hudson caption.
August 28, 2021 Update: The Winner
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| "I asked for a dry martini." |
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| "Then how about finding me some iceberg lettuce?" "That reminds me: I don't have a napkin." |
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| John Norment Original art New York Times Book Review, c. January 1953
Scan by Jerome Wrinkle
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Verso
Artist John Norment was paid $50 on Saturday, January 3, 1953
Scan by Jerome Wrinkle
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The Book Review was an exclusive sale—if I remember correctly, they only published one cartoon in each issue, on the second page. Lots of competition for that spot.
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| "In spite of the fact that very few people are buying it, it's still a best seller." John Norment Original art The New York Times Book Review, c. February 1951
Scan by Jerome Wrinkle
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| Verso Stamp indicates that artist John Norment was paid $50 on Saturday, February 17, 1951
Scan by Jerome Wrinkle
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