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Strangler Lewis
10-29-2006, 11:03 PM
The New Yorker cartoon caption contest is a fun little diversion that I would recommend to you all. I happen to be a finalist this week. (About f****** time!) I would appreciate your vote. I'm the fellow from Petaluma. (No need to mention my name in any responses.)

http://www.cartoonbank.com/CapContest/CaptionContest.aspx?tab=vote

The first entry is also fairly strong; however, I submit that mine is the truly surreal response. If anyone is on the fence about whom they should vote for, I would be happy to explain in laborious critical detail why most of my entries in prior weeks should have won.

I also Googled the author of the first caption. He has a blog about his two-year-old. What a putz.
Stan4dSteph
10-30-2006, 07:49 AM
Congratulations! I submitted a caption once, but didn't make it to the finals. You've got my vote. :)
Snowflake
10-30-2006, 08:02 AM
You've got my vote! Good luck, I hope you are the winner!:snap:
DreadPirateRoberts
10-30-2006, 08:33 AM
You've got my vote.
innerSpaceman
10-30-2006, 09:01 AM
I voted for you, too. But seriously because yours was the best choice (and I found it hard to believe that one of the three even made it to the finals).
Ghoulish Delight
10-30-2006, 09:05 AM
Yup, definitely would have voted for yours either way...makes me want to start entering.
Capt Jack
10-30-2006, 09:38 AM
I voted for you, too. But seriously because yours was the best choice (and I found it hard to believe that one of the three even made it to the finals).


ditto and ditto
LSPoorEeyorick
10-30-2006, 09:56 AM
Excellent caption! I would also have voted for you even if I didn't know you
Motorboat Cruiser
10-30-2006, 09:58 AM
You have my vote as well.
wendybeth
10-30-2006, 10:14 AM
Well, I wouldn't have voted for you if I didn't know you, primarily because I wouldn't have known about this contest. (Yours is the best entry, btw).

But, now I do, so I did!
Gemini Cricket
10-30-2006, 12:15 PM
I voted. I hope my vote will count.

:D
Strangler Lewis
10-30-2006, 04:14 PM
Thanks, everybody. For those of you who have not yet voted, please be advised that alcohol is now at stake.
Matterhorn Fan
10-30-2006, 04:25 PM
I voted.
CoasterMatt
10-30-2006, 05:48 PM
That's the best caption, so hopefully you'll get your alcohol...
katiesue
10-30-2006, 06:35 PM
Thanks, everybody. For those of you who have not yet voted, please be advised that alcohol is now at stake.

Well you should have mentioned this in the first place. I voted.
lashbear
10-30-2006, 06:52 PM
Voted and LOL'd
Strangler Lewis
11-03-2006, 06:11 PM
Thanks to all who have voted so far. Voting closes Sunday night at midnight eastern time. Remember, if you don't vote, you can't complain about the outcome of this very, very, very, very important contest.

Only I can.
lizziebith
11-03-2006, 06:18 PM
Yours was easily the funniest -- vote cast! :snap:
Boss Radio
11-03-2006, 06:25 PM
I voted for you.

(I confess I became quite confused in the polling booth and may have experienced what they call "butterfly ballot" syndrome.)

All I know is that I now receive offers to subscribe to the New Yorker.

Your caption was by far the funniest.
Betty
11-05-2006, 05:32 PM
I voted for ya too.
Strangler Lewis
11-05-2006, 09:48 PM
Thank you. If you haven't voted yet, there's just 13 minutes left.
http://www.cartoonbank.com/CapContes....aspx?tab=vote
Betty
11-06-2006, 06:41 AM
Well?

I checked to see if you won and don't see that cartoon anywhere - either current or previous.

You must tell us the results!
Strangler Lewis
11-06-2006, 10:09 AM
They'll post the results at midnight next Monday. I assume I'll hear one way or another before then. Then, if I lose, I'll have a few days to challenge to the reliability of the results.
Strangler Lewis
11-12-2006, 10:25 PM
The majesty of the democratic process has held sway.

Bastards!

http://www.cartoonbank.com/CapContest/CaptionContest.aspx?tab=winner

A few moments ago I e-mailed Mr. Sagalyn . . .

Now, now, no, none of that.

. . . I e-mailed Mr. Sagalyn to congratulate him on a good job in a fun contest.

Thanks to all of you who voted. I appreciate it.

Onward!
Moonliner
11-13-2006, 07:41 AM
Onward!

So what's you entry for this week (http://www.cartoonbank.com/CapContest/CaptionContest.aspx)?

I came up with:

"I'm sick and tired of other companies playing us like a fiddle"

or

"Our quarterly reports are in, looks like more of the same old song and dance"
Snowflake
11-13-2006, 08:15 AM
Good for you Strangler! Onward!

I entered with this caption

Bringing in Elton John did little to lighten the mood at the quarterly stockholder's meeting.
Strangler Lewis
11-13-2006, 09:52 AM
Uh oh.

This was my entry.

I'll open the shareholders' meeting with "CEO Man" a la Billy Joel and close with "CEO Man" a la Elton John.

They say that they get a lot of entries on the same theme. If it weren't for the microphone I would have liked something about what a shame it was that the local symphony went under.

"Onward!" is actually how Howard Junker, the editor of Zyzzyva, would conclude his rejection letters.
Snowflake
11-13-2006, 10:54 AM
Uh oh.

This was my entry.

I'll open the shareholders' meeting with "CEO Man" a la Billy Joel and close with "CEO Man" a la Elton John.

They say that they get a lot of entries on the same theme. If it weren't for the microphone I would have liked something about what a shame it was that the local symphony went under.

"Onward!" is actually how Howard Junker, the editor of Zyzzyva, would conclude his rejection letters.

If I were more confident in my abilities, I'd say great minds think alike! Nontheless, I'll continue to vote for you! My entry was simply a whim when I saw it. I have no expectations whatsoever.