Saturday, September 20, 2014

New Yorker Anti-Caption Contest #443








WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
"You know, Charlie, this here would make one hell of a good cartoon. No caption needed: the irony of the image speaks for itself. And with a couple of us blue collar workers standing here in the foreground, watching the destruction of a cultural touchstone for the working class, it becomes a profound commentary on the death of shared social spaces in America and on our growing cultural isolation. Jeez, it's just too bad I had to open my fuckin' mouth and ruin the moment, ain't it?"-- Evan (JUDGE'S COMENT: This cartoon needs no caption. Yeah...that's it!! It's a touchstone or some kind of isolation thing. Know what? I agree. And in that spirt, and mindful that I have a bushel of unjudged contests, this cap is hereby named the sole and exclusive winner of this contest.) 

36 comments:

  1. "I think this is what you call irony."

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  2. "So ... This is the 'Big Lebowski'!"

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  3. "STRIKE ... (by teamsters local #105)!"

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  4. "We might need a different ball since these lanes have always been oily- you know, owned by Italians."

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  5. "When you said we're gonna 'Have a Ball', I didn't visualize this!"

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  6. "This is the greatest moment of my life."

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  7. "You know ... This feels good ... I still resent having to rent those stinking bowling shoes!"

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  8. "I once saw Johnny Petraglia make this."

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  9. "I hear that they're putting up a bowling alley."

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  10. "You know, Charlie, this here would make one hell of a good cartoon. No caption needed: the irony of the image speaks for itself. And with a couple of us blue collar workers standing here in the foreground, watching the destruction of a cultural touchstone for the working class, it becomes a profound commentary on the death of shared social spaces in America and on our growing cultural isolation. Jeez, it's just too bad I had to open my fuckin' mouth and ruin the moment, ain't it?"

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  11. "'Earl Anthony.' Your turn, name another."

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  12. Finally, X Games for geezers.

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  13. This almost beats the time we dynamited the Wile E. Coyote Museum.

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  14. "This kinda remind's me of my marriage."

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  15. Aim between the one and three pins

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  16. This is so meta, Bob. It really makes you think all philosophically and stuff, which is crazy because we're just simple working folk.

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  17. "Let's get started. I'm almost sure I double checked the address."

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  18. "I guess it's plan B for after work."

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  19. "Well, Obama didn't promise us lanes. "

    Jim Cavanaugh

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  20. "Kegler? I barely knew her!"

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  21. "Which is harder to knock down - a 7-Ten or a 7-Eleven?"

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  22. This is my greatest stunt pinata yet.

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  23. "It's our biggest bowl movement ever."

    Jim Cavanaugh

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  24. “Damn! I left my cellphone home.”

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  25. “Do all those X’s mean that there’s nobody inside?”

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  26. "I dunno. I still think we should call in the boss."

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  27. "Someday, God willing, this will be an Olympic medal event."

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  28. "Maybe we should put on our bowling shoes first?"

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  29. Use whatever metaphor you want, just knock it down.

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  30. "We've been standing here so long that they just landmarked the goddamned place."

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  31. "If I get a "strike" will I still get my minimum four hours?

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  32. "We gotta strike E-Bowl-A before it strikes us, Frank."

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  33. "I can't get over the potential of fun."

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