Sunday, October 27, 2013

New Yorker Anti-Caption Contest #402






















WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
"…figures."--Kate Nelson (JUDGE'S COMMENT: A slam dunk. In the long and storied history of the Anti-Cap, there have been scant few one-word winners. This one one works on levels obvious and not so obvious. Further proof that people who are really good at something can do that something whenever they choose to do that something. Just something to think about.)

SECOND PLACE
"It's a classic case of life imitating cave art."
--Jim Cavanaugh (JUDGE'S COMMENT: A little pedestrian but maybe one of these guys is named Art and Jim lower-cased it because he is, after all, mistake prone.)
THIRD PLACE
"OK, let's circle 'em."--Puffin (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Why not try to draw them a bit closer? Yeah, I can do it too!)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"Steve, I've considered your approach, and while it certainly has merit, we can't just sit here forever in front of your vision board. At some point, we actually need to go outside and hunt. We can do this, especially if we work together."--Steve's Supportive Friend (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Long-winded but I get the effort that went into this, if not the actual joke.)
"What do connect-the-dot deer taste like? Kind of gamey."--smuck (JUDGE'S COMMENT: And when you skin them they have no place to hide.)
"What are those creatures?"
"No eye deer."--Levon Delight (JUDGE'S COMMENT: I guess that's when hunters use a deer blind.)
"Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen."
"Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon."--pg13 (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Still trying to out-Dylan me?? This is from the song “It must be Santa” included on Bob's wonderful 2009 album “Christmas In The Heart.” Mrs. al in la insisted it that I pack the CD away with the Christmas decorations so she wouldn't have to hear it hear round. It will, of course, be coming out any day now.)
The Paleolithic Era: Men began to hunt, and al judged his last Anti-Cap Contest.
--Jim Cavanaugh (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Not to be confused with the Jim Cavanaugh error, which we don't need to bring up. DO we Jim?)
"Which of those 6 contests would you like to judge with your arrow?"--NJ-to-TX (JUDGE'S COMMENT: What is amazing, and frankly a bit sad, is that he counted the number of contests that went unjudged. Don't fixate on this, you'll only get your heart broken.)
"This is where unjudged anti-cap contests go to die."--Satireguy (JUDGE'S COMMENT: There are a great many things worse that going unjudged.)
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    44 comments:

    1. Dr SumguyOctober 27, 2013 at 10:43 PM

      "What we have here, is a 'Neanderthal Extinction Hypothesis'!

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    2. Dr SumguyOctober 27, 2013 at 10:49 PM

      "Tell Grodbak his radiocarbon dating is off a few millennia!"

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    3. Dr SumguyOctober 27, 2013 at 10:59 PM

      "Thumbtacks! ... I thought you brought them!"

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    4. UnknownOctober 28, 2013 at 4:47 AM

      "What are those creatures?"
      "No eye deer."

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    5. NJ-to-TXOctober 28, 2013 at 5:20 AM

      "Thank God for National Rectangle Association."

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    6. ShellyOctober 28, 2013 at 6:03 AM

      "When we can hit ducks with these spears and our beards get longer, I'm so making a reality show."

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    7. pg13October 28, 2013 at 6:13 AM

      "Looks like we'll be eatin' three squares a day."

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    8. pg13October 28, 2013 at 6:16 AM

      "Don't even think about it. It's like fitting a round peg in a square hole."

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    9. AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 6:21 AM

      "They call me boneguy because...well, you'll find out."

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    10. SatireguyOctober 28, 2013 at 6:30 AM

      "Apparently they're part of that new Paleo diet I keep hearing so much about."

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    11. LROctober 28, 2013 at 7:39 AM

      "If those things were meatier I could quit you, Ennis."

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    12. Steve's Supportive FriendOctober 28, 2013 at 8:07 AM

      "Steve, I've considered your approach, and while it certainly has merit, we can't just sit here forever in front of your vision board. At some point, we actually need to go outside and hunt. We can do this, especially if we work together."

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    13. Dr SumguyOctober 28, 2013 at 9:31 AM

      "WHAT IS THIS! SOME KIND OF CRUEL HOAX! ..... (Note the Acme Stick Deer Co. truck, not quite visible in the background).

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    14. ctaOctober 28, 2013 at 9:44 AM

      "Maybe it is some really good grass? Whatever. Who cares what or who drew them here!"

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    15. ctaOctober 28, 2013 at 9:45 AM

      "I just want the wife to prepare a simple meal for me tonight."

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    16. ctaOctober 28, 2013 at 9:47 AM

      "I think the mushrooms are starting to kick in."

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    17. ctaOctober 28, 2013 at 9:55 AM

      "Did you just say a discouraging word?"

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    18. AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 10:31 AM

      "It's a classic case of life imitating cave art."

      Jim Cavanaugh

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    19. AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 11:24 AM

      The Paleolithic Era: Men began to hunt, and al judged his last Anti-Cap Contest.

      Jim Cavanaugh

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    20. AnonymousOctober 28, 2013 at 12:43 PM

      "_ ____ ____k___ __'s F_____."

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    21. boneguyOctober 28, 2013 at 6:23 PM

      Remember when Brenda the Bible thumper used to put out practice dinosaurs?

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    22. boneguyOctober 28, 2013 at 6:23 PM

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    23. DexOctober 28, 2013 at 7:27 PM

      "Bob Ross would have added some happy little trees."

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    24. PuffinOctober 28, 2013 at 7:58 PM

      "Our cartoonist is still stuggling with the animal form."

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    25. DexOctober 28, 2013 at 8:21 PM

      "I see evidence of Crayon-Magnon man"

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    26. boneguyOctober 28, 2013 at 10:30 PM

      Worst...safari. .ever.

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    27. Dr SumguyOctober 28, 2013 at 10:32 PM

      "Speak Up! ... What's all this talk about 'Endangered Feces'!"

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    28. boneguyOctober 28, 2013 at 11:32 PM

      If you startle them, they'll poop out Post It notes.

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    29. NJ-to-TXOctober 29, 2013 at 6:31 AM

      "Which of those 6 contests would you like to judge with your arrow?"

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    30. pg13October 29, 2013 at 7:23 AM

      "Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen."
      "Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon."

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    31. smuckOctober 29, 2013 at 2:25 PM

      "What do connect-the-dot deer taste like? Kind of gamey."

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    32. UnknownOctober 29, 2013 at 7:39 PM

      "…figures."

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    33. AnonymousOctober 30, 2013 at 4:12 AM

      "Obama promised rain, Dear"

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    34. NJ-to-TXOctober 30, 2013 at 5:22 AM

      "Explain again how rays sent along vectors can intersect their interiors."

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    35. PuffinOctober 30, 2013 at 6:46 AM

      "Where's the beef?"

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    36. boneguyOctober 30, 2013 at 8:35 AM

      This sounds crazy, but in about 100,000 years we will be able to get married.

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    37. Dr SumguyOctober 30, 2013 at 11:43 AM

      "Ethiopian cuisine ... Again!"

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    38. Dr SumguyOctober 30, 2013 at 4:12 PM

      "No does ... Yawn."

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    39. NJ-to-TXOctober 31, 2013 at 5:34 PM

      "Urgh, we need find some still have angle of dangle attached."

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    40. ctaNovember 1, 2013 at 11:42 AM

      "It is a magical field, making everything appear with simple lines. See? Look what it has done to our penises."

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    41. SatireguyNovember 1, 2013 at 11:56 AM

      "This is where unjudged anti-cap contests go to die."

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    42. DexNovember 1, 2013 at 2:17 PM

      "The neighborhood's a little sketchy."

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    43. PuffinNovember 27, 2013 at 2:54 PM

      "OK, let's circle 'em."

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    44. NJ-to-TXDecember 11, 2013 at 4:55 AM

      "Which of those 6 contests would you like to judge with your arrow?"--NJ-to-TX (JUDGE'S COMMENT: What is amazing, and frankly a bit sad, is that he counted the number of contests that went unjudged. Don't fixate on this, you'll only get your heart broken.)

      - Uhh, I counted the number of ANIMALS in the cartoon. Sadder to assume anything else.

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