Monday, September 22, 2014

New Yorker Anti-Caption Contest #444
















WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
It’s only considered entrapment on dry land.--SalmonOfDoubt (JUDGE"S COMMENT: Perfect anti-cap because it's smart and funny but still too stupid to pass muster with the brass at the NYer. )
SECOND PLACE
This guy's so desperate to become a lawyer, he tried to pass the sand bar.--boneguy (JUDGE"S COMMENT: By now it's clear that the bone man has his moments of quiet desperation. These yeild his best caps, among which this is not.)
THIRD PLACE

"What you've got there, Billy, is a large-mouth barrister. Unfortunately, they're a dime-a-dozen in these parts, and pretty much clog up the lakes."--Anonymouse (JUDGE"S COMMENT: Anti-lawyer jokes? Talk about a dime-a-dozen. This makes the grade because of the word play and the use of “barrister.” Kind of classes up the joint. Don't you think?)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"The lawyers here are piscean."--Kathy H (JUDGE"S COMMENT: Well hats off to K.H. for keeping a classic alive even at the expense of her dignity and good name. )

"Fusilli, you crazy basstard!"--Dex (JUDGE"S COMMENT: Thanks Dex. It's the die-hards who make it all worthwhile.)

47 comments:

  1. "What you've got there, Billy, is a large-mouth barrister. Unfortunately, they're a dime-a-dozen in these parts, and pretty much clog up the lakes."

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  2. "Next time, use a worm instead of a twenty dollar bill."

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  3. "This one's a keeper, but the blue collared ones are endangered.

    Jim Cavanaugh

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  4. "Looks like another 'Subpoena Ad Testificandum' ... Throw em back!"

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  5. "Boy is this place polluted ... In my day I used to catch Orca's ... Using a 'Zsa Zsa Gabor' lure!"

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  6. "Out on the lake there called victims, in town there called card counters".

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  7. This is the last time we fish in the Tidal Basin.

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  8. No worries, you've got LSAT line. It's 185 lb.legal test.

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  9. This guy's so desperate to become a lawyer, he tried to pass the sand bar.

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  10. Nothing comes close to the "Goodfellas Fishing Derby".

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  11. "I understand he works at Fish & Richardson. His uncle, Abe Vigoda, got him his job."

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  12. "Well, Obama did promise us skeins."

    Jim Cavanaugh

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  13. "Loan sharks never let go."

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  14. "The lure of the law is lore around here."

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  15. "He must specialize in liquidations."

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  16. "Son, that's a large-mouthed lawyer. You must have used a retainer for a bait."

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  17. "Check out the tie - there's a whole of school of 'em!"

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  18. "Fusilli, you crazy basstard!"

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  19. "Looks like he wet his briefs."

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  20. Just in time for the cutting board meeting

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  21. "No, son, our fishing practices are not sustainable, but neither are his objections."

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  22. Why don't the sharks eat these lawyers? Professional courtesy.

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  23. "You're gonna need a bigger throat."

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  24. "Look like you just got 'Power of Attorney'!"

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  25. "I think he's from the firm of Hook, Line & Sinker."

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  26. "Christ, Billy! You can't hit a baseball, can't sink a basket, can't catch a football or even a fucking fish."

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  27. Another broker. Who's been stocking this lake?

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  28. "Throw him back, Bobby. There's no room for him in the boat. Heck, there's hardly room for me and the bow's full of water."

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  29. "That's good, son. It looks like he swallowed the retainer."

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  30. "Well I'll be, by hook and by crook."

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  31. "Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to be a fish, well that's seriously fucked up."

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  32. "Up a little higher Bobby ... 'I Know It When I See It'!"

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  33. WTF Billy, Bobby or whatever your name is. It looks like George W. Bush!

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  34. "Don't lose him! I need to find out where he got that suit."

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  35. "Looks like a junior partner. Throw him back and we'll try for him again next year."

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  36. "Never let a piranha off the hook."

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  37. It’s only considered entrapment on dry land.

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  38. This is a fishing trip, not a Ponzi scheme.

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  39. "...then in a couple years I'll teach you how to unhook a bra with one hand."

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