November 9th, 2009 / 3:22 pm
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Htmlgiant Caption Contest

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xr_CARTOON_CAPTION_CONTESTIn the spirit of New Yorker‘s caption contest, we are having our own. Jeffrey Brown has graciously not only accepted our invitation to judge it, but will be procuring the prize: an original artwork by him (no details — maybe a doodle, maybe more).  Just comment what the fish on the ground is saying or thinking. (I made the cartoon as a nod, however awkward and unworthy, to the style of B.E.K., my favorite New Yorker cartoonist.) One entry per person. Only comments with valid links to contact information, or accompanying the entry, will be considered.

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100 Comments

  1. Sean

      “Well…OK. Now I get it.”

  2. Sean

      “Well…OK. Now I get it.”

  3. mark leidner

      Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name ‘Pepperidge.’

  4. mark leidner

      Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name ‘Pepperidge.’

  5. Mather Schneider

      Can’t live with them, can’t jump on the floor and die.

  6. Mather Schneider

      Can’t live with them, can’t jump on the floor and die.

  7. thomas p levy

      nice

  8. thomas p levy

      nice

  9. drew kalbach

      “What, behind me? That’s just George, the Hand of God.”

  10. drew kalbach

      “What, behind me? That’s just George, the Hand of God.”

  11. daniel bailey

      i’m a goddamn fish. get me off the goddamn floor.

  12. daniel bailey

      i’m a goddamn fish. get me off the goddamn floor.

  13. Lincoln

      “I am the thing with color in a horrifying, achromatic world. Please just let me die here on the blank carpet, I am too beautiful to live.”

  14. Lincoln

      “I am the thing with color in a horrifying, achromatic world. Please just let me die here on the blank carpet, I am too beautiful to live.”

  15. Lincoln

      “I am the only thing with color in a horrifying, achromatic world. Please just let me die here on the blank carpet, I am too beautiful to live.”

  16. Lincoln

      “I am the only thing with color in a horrifying, achromatic world. Please just let me die here on the blank carpet, I am too beautiful to live.”

  17. Rachel

      Christ, what an asshole.

  18. Rachel

      Christ, what an asshole.

  19. Tom

      “I knew I should have finalized that living will.”

  20. Tom

      “I knew I should have finalized that living will.”

  21. Ben Brooks

      Please lay me on the window ledge so that the grey sun dissolves my honey hair into a small puddle of light which you can use to paint your nails.

  22. Ben Brooks

      Please lay me on the window ledge so that the grey sun dissolves my honey hair into a small puddle of light which you can use to paint your nails.

  23. Matt Cozart

      “Goodbye, my darling. We’ll be together on the other side–in, like, five days.”

  24. Gabriel Stanley

      “Damn you Stubblefist!”

  25. Matt Cozart

      “Goodbye, my darling. We’ll be together on the other side–in, like, five days.”

  26. Gabriel Stanley

      “Damn you Stubblefist!”

  27. davidpeak

      “It really is a shame I won’t remember any of this in three seconds.”

  28. davidpeak

      “It really is a shame I won’t remember any of this in three seconds.”

  29. Michael James

      “Lame”

  30. Michael James

      “Lame”

  31. mike

      “Janie is going to be pissed when she finds out that her dollhouse toy-fish have come to life, faced the existential crisis of reality, and attempted suicide again.”

  32. Sabra Embury

      Steve had a terrible dream. That his wife Goldie was a fish. His legs felt like vaseline. In burber his face stuck rooted to cookie crumbs. And blue before he lost it.

  33. mike

      “Janie is going to be pissed when she finds out that her dollhouse toy-fish have come to life, faced the existential crisis of reality, and attempted suicide again.”

  34. Sabra Embury

      Steve had a terrible dream. That his wife Goldie was a fish. His legs felt like vaseline. In burber his face stuck rooted to cookie crumbs. And blue before he lost it.

  35. Kendra

      “Fuck Chinatown.”

  36. Kendra

      “Fuck Chinatown.”

  37. Nathan Tyree

      Crap! I thought I was cast for a Simpsons episode.

  38. Nathan Tyree

      Crap! I thought I was cast for a Simpsons episode.

  39. Charles Dodd White

      This is not a good day for bananafish

  40. Charles Dodd White

      This is not a good day for bananafish

  41. reynard

      Sorry, babe. I just can’t look at that sculpture anymore.

  42. reynard

      Sorry, babe. I just can’t look at that sculpture anymore.

  43. Henry Ronan-Daniell

      “I wish this 1940s frat boy was going to swallow you instead of me, you arrhythmic honkey.”

  44. Henry Ronan-Daniell

      “I wish this 1940s frat boy was going to swallow you instead of me, you arrhythmic honkey.”

  45. eric johnson

      “It ‘aint easy being cheesy”

  46. gene

      this is how you gets the pussy.

  47. eric johnson

      “It ‘aint easy being cheesy”

  48. gene

      this is how you gets the pussy.

  49. Matt Sullivan

      Goldie was grateful that the fraternity’s newfound adherence to anti-hazing regulations spared him swallowing, but couldn’t help shedding a tear for his cracker clone

  50. Matt Sullivan

      Goldie was grateful that the fraternity’s newfound adherence to anti-hazing regulations spared him swallowing, but couldn’t help shedding a tear for his cracker clone

  51. Ben White

      No. Stop. I don’t need your help. I can do it myself.

  52. Ben White

      No. Stop. I don’t need your help. I can do it myself.

  53. man

      The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh a fish.

  54. man

      The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh a fish.

  55. Aaron

      Back off whitey.

  56. Aaron

      Back off whitey.

  57. The Arm

      You tried to make love to one fish and…

  58. The Arm

      You tried to make love to one fish and…

  59. Ryan Call

      “Thank you for the opportunity to consider your manuscript. We’ve read it with care but have decided not to accept it for publication. Best of luck placing it elsewhere.”

  60. Ryan Call

      “Thank you for the opportunity to consider your manuscript. We’ve read it with care but have decided not to accept it for publication. Best of luck placing it elsewhere.”

  61. Ben Segal

      “That isn’t arm hair. I’m killing myself.”

  62. Ben Segal

      “That isn’t arm hair. I’m killing myself.”

  63. jh

      ‘Go Fuck Yourself’

  64. jh

      ‘Go Fuck Yourself’

  65. ce.

      dammit, david. i was going to run with the 3 seconds memory thing. now i have to start all over.

  66. ce.

      dammit, david. i was going to run with the 3 seconds memory thing. now i have to start all over.

  67. ce.

      “Dave Grohl dream sequence fishing trip.”

  68. ce.

      “Dave Grohl dream sequence fishing trip.”

  69. Michael

      FIRST!

  70. Michael

      FIRST!

  71. JPaul

      Well, she did say I was being a bit vain in prophesying that the sun would reclaim me in a ray of golden light. Honest mistake right? I would have never guessed you looked like those dumb fucks.

  72. JPaul

      Well, she did say I was being a bit vain in prophesying that the sun would reclaim me in a ray of golden light. Honest mistake right? I would have never guessed you looked like those dumb fucks.

  73. bl pawelek

      I like when he rests me here – his last thing before heading for work everyday. Lucky, the real fish above, needs the company against a lonely house. I, the cheddar variety, sleep well in the sun.

  74. bl pawelek

      I like when he rests me here – his last thing before heading for work everyday. Lucky, the real fish above, needs the company against a lonely house. I, the cheddar variety, sleep well in the sun.

  75. Adam 'Ayn Rand' Humphreys

      I’ve always respected you.

  76. Adam 'Ayn Rand' Humphreys

      I’ve always respected you.

  77. Colin Herd

      Oh oh oh yeah
      Ooh oh ooh oh oh…

      Came in the door
      Checked in my coat
      And who I’m looking for
      Is staring in my face, ooh
      They played our song
      We hit the floor
      He held me strong
      And we danced the night away

      I can see the way that he is making me feel
      This way about his love
      I’ve been looking for something like this
      I’m saying ooh oh oh oh ooh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      If makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !
      It’s been a long long time

      Since I fell, fell
      Love has found my way oh oh oh
      I’ve been looking (looking)
      I’ve been searching (searching)
      For the man to touch this place, oh ooh oh yeah

      Can’t deny the way that he’s making feel
      This way about his love
      I’ve been searching for something like this
      I’m saying oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left right up down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If you feel good
      If you’re feeling good,
      Put one hand in the air, say yeah
      If you feel good
      If you’re feeling good
      It’s cause love is in the air
      Love is in the air

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !
      My baby
      Ooh
      C’mon and say
      C’mon and say
      Ooh
      C’mon and say
      Ooh baby

  78. Colin Herd

      Oh oh oh yeah
      Ooh oh ooh oh oh…

      Came in the door
      Checked in my coat
      And who I’m looking for
      Is staring in my face, ooh
      They played our song
      We hit the floor
      He held me strong
      And we danced the night away

      I can see the way that he is making me feel
      This way about his love
      I’ve been looking for something like this
      I’m saying ooh oh oh oh ooh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      If makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !
      It’s been a long long time

      Since I fell, fell
      Love has found my way oh oh oh
      I’ve been looking (looking)
      I’ve been searching (searching)
      For the man to touch this place, oh ooh oh yeah

      Can’t deny the way that he’s making feel
      This way about his love
      I’ve been searching for something like this
      I’m saying oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left right up down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say oooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If you feel good
      If you’re feeling good,
      Put one hand in the air, say yeah
      If you feel good
      If you’re feeling good
      It’s cause love is in the air
      Love is in the air

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !

      If he makes you feel like a million dollar bill
      Say oh oh oh, say oh oh oh !
      Makes you go left, right, up, down
      Makes you spinning round and round
      Say ooh oh oh oh, say ooh oh oh oh !
      My baby
      Ooh
      C’mon and say
      C’mon and say
      Ooh
      C’mon and say
      Ooh baby

  79. Justin Marks

      Please! Don’t take my sunshine away.

  80. Justin Marks

      Please! Don’t take my sunshine away.

  81. Mike Buffalo

      “His sister Idgi wore new dresses and dilapidated shoes. They used to dance together.”

      Or

      “But from the half that is dreaming there emanates a mysterious strength.”

  82. Mike Buffalo

      “His sister Idgi wore new dresses and dilapidated shoes. They used to dance together.”

      Or

      “But from the half that is dreaming there emanates a mysterious strength.”

  83. Janey Smith

      “Besides, an appearance as artificial as possible gave him the advantages of artifice: hiding a bourgeois love of order.”

  84. Janey Smith

      “Besides, an appearance as artificial as possible gave him the advantages of artifice: hiding a bourgeois love of order.”

  85. Clapper

      My mom bought me some goldfish crackers. I ate them in like 15 minutes.

  86. Clapper

      My mom bought me some goldfish crackers. I ate them in like 15 minutes.

  87. Mather Schneider

      I was wondering when this connection would be made.

  88. Mather Schneider

      I was wondering when this connection would be made.

  89. daniel bailey

      yes.

  90. daniel bailey

      yes.

  91. mark

      The sick and the dying warned me, and pleaded with me, but I would not hear. The harvest is now past; the summer is now ended, and I am not saved. The Lord has turned away his lovely face. What a pity our beautiful world must perish.

  92. mark

      The sick and the dying warned me, and pleaded with me, but I would not hear. The harvest is now past; the summer is now ended, and I am not saved. The Lord has turned away his lovely face. What a pity our beautiful world must perish.

  93. Christian Sweda

      “Well hello air…we meet again! Perhaps today i shall be the victor.”

  94. Christian Sweda

      “Well hello air…we meet again! Perhaps today i shall be the victor.”

  95. mimi

      One fish makes you larger
      And one fish makes you small.
      And the one in Mother’s fishbowl
      Don’t do anything at all.
      Go ask Alex,
      When he’s ten feet tall.

  96. mimi

      One fish makes you larger
      And one fish makes you small.
      And the one in Mother’s fishbowl
      Don’t do anything at all.
      Go ask Alex,
      When he’s ten feet tall.

  97. Sean Carman

      “Hey, where’d all the water go?”

  98. Sean Carman

      “Hey, where’d all the water go?”

  99. Lisa Lim

      “Yuck, your fingers smell like cat.”

  100. Lisa Lim

      “Yuck, your fingers smell like cat.”