Shadow Caption Contest for 1-7-08
So, the rules are simple: write a caption that confronts the horror and despair of the above cartoon. This “shadow” contest arose out of my frustration with the usual winners (and runners-up) of the regular New Yorker Caption Contest, which tend to be pedestrian, unoffensive, and not all that funny. I’ve been really happy with the results of the previous shadow contests, and I’ve created a tag to mark them with, so just click the SCC at the bottom of the post (or in the category archive) to see the previous contests. Here are my starter captions, just to get the ball rolling.
#1. “Say hello to your new respiratory system.”
#2. “It looks like the only known cure for your condition is Blue Whale semen. So, good luck with that.”
#3. “Oh, you can see him too? Thank God, I thought it was just the Percocet.”
Play along at home.
Mon., Jan. 7, 2008
Reader Comments (9)
"It's a simple exploratory procedure."
"That's a very common misconception. Actually, Death has always appeared as a man in a diving suit."
"Oh, don't mind Dr. Ramirez. He has a thing about AIDS."
"We have to go look for that asshole from the last comic."
"Brace yourself, Mr. Deakins, because you are about to learn what love really is."
"Now, there may be some bleeding."
"If the point isn't driven home by now... you cry a lot."
"I'm afraid it's time to go back to the surface. You've sodomized your last Atlantean."
"Just go with it."