Contest #107: Reminder

Hey! Send in those captions. Some of you have gotten lazy and to make it worse, some of the best captioneers have stop sending in their captions. Send in those captions!!

Contest #106: Cast Your Votes

Send in those votes!! And remember, voting is important and your vote matters! Your vote ensures the best caption wins. So, send in those votes!

1 "I am not buying this 'patients may experience strong desire to riot and kill' side effect, Jane.  Can you please re-run the results?"
2 "Then Bongo beats Super-Critical Human's brains out. Beat beat beat. No more Super-Critical Human." ... Don't you think that's a bit cliché?
3 "A million monkey, a million typewriters... what a load of shit"
4 "Me Tarzan.  You Jane..."  That's more like it.  I don't want to see any more of that existential "To be or not to be" drivel.

Contest #105: Winning Caption

Another tie! Weird!
"Do you think recycling is just a waste of time now?"
and
"Um, Joan?  No more Happy Meals for little Timmy, mkay?"

Good job winners

Contest #106: Reminder

Last day to send in those captions for Contest #106! You can do it!

Contest #105: Reminder

Reminder!

Contest #105: Send in your first and second vote! One more day!


1 "I think I've made my case now, Dear.  Little Billy really needs to go on that diet."
2 Do you think recycling is just a waste of time now?
3 "Um, Joan?  No more Happy Meals for little Timmy, mkay?"
4 "Let the grandkids deal with it."
5 "You know, it wouldn't kill you to wave back every once in a while..."
6 "Down boy, down!"

Contest #107: New Cartoon

Send in those captions!

Contest #105: Cast Your Votes

1 "I think I've made my case now, Dear.  Little Billy really needs to go on that diet."
2 Do you think recycling is just a waste of time now?
3 "Um, Joan?  No more Happy Meals for little Timmy, mkay?"
4 "Let the grandkids deal with it."
5 "You know, it wouldn't kill you to wave back every once in a while..."
6 "Down boy, down!"

Vote for your favorite and your second favorite!

Contest #104: Winning Caption

We have a tie!!

"Hide the angel dust."
and
"See what happens when the big guy loosens up his immigration policy?!"

Good job winners! You two are considered by some very smart people to be equally clever!

Contest #106: New Cartoon

Send in those captions!

Go ahead and send in your votes for Contest #104. I will total them tomorrow. Same with captions for #105!

P.S. I love you!

Contest #105: Extension

The New Yorker is giving us till July 15th to vote on this cartoon, so that is what you get too!! Send in your captions. ...and vote on Contest #104.

Contest #104: Cast Your Votes

1 "You gonna arrest us for being high? We're high all the time!"
2 "Hide the angel dust."
3 "Since when is being cloudless a crime?"
4 "See what happens when the big guy loosens up his immigration policy?!"
5 "Yeah, Willy... that guy is in a league of his own. And I mean that literally!"

Send in those votes!

Small field! Where did everyone go this week?

Contest #103: Winning Caption

I'll be damned...says here those markings make it a Brazilian!

Good job winner!!

Contest #105: New Cartoon

Here is the new cartoon. Send in those captions.

And hey!! The $10 was the entry fee for the whole season. There has been confusion about that. Sorry!

Reminder: Contest #103 & Contest #104

Hey! Do these two things before you go to sleep Monday. Better yet, do them now!

1. We have two late entries for Contest #103. Check 'em out and send in your votes. If you have already sent in your votes, then do not worry about it!

2. Send in your captions for Contest #104!

Contest #104: New Cartoon

Hey you clever people, send in those captions!!

Contest #103: Cast Your Votes

All right! Send in your first and second place votes!!!

1 I'll be damned...says here those markings make it a Brazilian!
2 "Yes my dear, I do believe that is the yellow-breasted thong swallow."
3 "...and it says here that the barebacked thongbird is rarely seen this far from shore!"
4 "Look, honey!  Its a Canadian Grape Smuggler in summer plumage!"
5 Ooooh! A Haliaeetus johnashcrofticus!
6 It says here he studied with Baryshnikov's teacher
7 Apparently he wants to mate with us.

Contest #102: Winning Caption

We have a winner!
Sure, some dogs will have to learn new tricks, but in the end we'll all be better off outsourcing our stick throwing and focusing on our core competencies.

and the runner up:
Watch it, Ralph, I think she's just playing with us.

Good job winner person!

I will post the captions for #103 tonight, send in those late entries!

Contest #103 and Contest #102: Reminder and ToDos!

Hay! Wake up!!! Boy, one bye week and you have fallen asleep on us!!!! Do this...

1. What is your caption for contest #103?
2. What is your first place vote on contest #102?
3. What is your second place vote on contest #102?
4. Think about how cool you are! You are frickin cool!!!
5. Mail all that stuff to me!! Not snail mail silly!!! E-mail!!! You know, the one with the hyphen!!

Contest #103: New Cartoon

And we're back!!! Send in your captions! Also, you have the rest of this week to vote for Contest #102.

Contest #103: Next Week

Well, I did not know this, but some times the New Yorker takes a week off. Enjoy your bye week, but send in those votes for Contest #102

Contest #102: Cast Your Votes

Cast your votes! Lots of good ones here!!!

1 I knew we should have bought a Schnauzer.
2 "Wow, that guy has a serious case of homo erectus envy!"
3 Strong hitter, solid in the field, quick on the bases. But the word is, he's got a thing for late nights and hens.
4 Watch it, Ralph, I think she's just playing with us.
5 "All I know is she used to hang out with Barry Bonds at some place called the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative."
6 Radio!
7 Sure, some dogs will have to learn new tricks, but in the end we'll all be better off outsourcing our stick throwing and focusing on our core competencies.

Contest #101: Pre-Season: Winning Caption

We have a tie for the winner!

"Coffee? Doughnuts?Choir boy?"
""Trust me, fellas--this will be hilarious."

Contest #102 and Contest #101: Reminder and ToDos!

Hey! Hey! Hey!!! Do not forget to send in your caption for Contest #102 (cartoon above) and to send in your vote for Contest #101.

You have a to-do list!!
1. Send in vote for Contest #101
2. Send in caption for Contest #102

Contest #101: Pre-Seasion: Cast Your Votes

It is time to vote for the second preseason game: Contest #101. Give 2 points to your favorite and give 1 point to your second favorite. And, YES!, you can vote for your own submission! Send your votes to me.

1 So, a priest, a cop and a fireman are out on a ledge…
2 "I really don't think there is an agency specifically dedicated to onion research."
3 I'm with the Union of Jumpers. We're ready to negotiate.
4 "Coffee? Doughnuts?Choir boy?"
5 "No wait, I'm telling it wrong. The priest jumps last, so he's the one who tells St. Peter about the pigeon with the moldy toast."
6. "You guys aren't doing much for my conviction that my life is just one cruel joke..."
7 "Trust me, fellas--this will be hilarious."
8 Its safe to come in now.  The rabbi just left. 

Next week I am just going to post the winner. Posting the points does not seem fun for the people who score fewer points than the rest.

Contest #102: New Cartoon

...and we are off!! This is the first cartoon of the Summer League regular season. Send in your caption!

Contest #100: Pre-Season: Winning Caption

Here are the results from Contest #100! The Duck and Herring crowd did well! Are the rest of you going to take that lying down!!!???

The winner is: Okay, okay, you've made your point. I would sleep with you if you were the last man on earth.

7 points. #5 Thomas Bell

Good job Tom!!

The rest of you...
6 points. #1 Jamie Allen Let's hit the buffet before the elephants and lions get there.
4 points. #3 Ben Owens 40 days and 40 nights. I'm glad it's just us men!
2 points. #7 Lian Shakespeare Sunglasses—what foresight! God forbid you bring two umbrellas. Putz.
1 point. #2 Sara Goodfellow Cruise insurance?  Who needs cruise insurance?  What could possibly go wrong? you said...
1 point. #4 Pete McCommons Cool! You can't even see Staten Island.
0 points. #6 Patricia Crawford So wait...there's only ONE bathroom on this thing?

Get those captions in for Contest #101!!

P.S. There are some cool people playing this game. Follow the links!

Contest #101: Pre-Season: Reminder

Get those captions in! I am going to move the deadline to Monday night. It seems that some people might not be near their computer on Sunday, so we will move the deadline to Monday.

I will send out the results of Contest #100 in the morning. Good stuff here. There is a nice battle going on for first. If you have not sent in your votes, go ahead and send them in.

Does it seem there is a lot going on with this game? There is!!! Here is your check list...

1. Send in vote for Contest #100
2. Send in caption for Contest #101
3. Send in Entry Fee via PayPal
4. Get excited about Regular Season, it starts tomorrow!!

Entry Fee? PayPal!

Hey Everyone!

It looks like PayPal is going to keep things simple for us. Just pay your entry fee via PayPal! Just $10! And then, if you win the Summer League you will the whole pot!

You should have received an email saying the exact same thing.

Contest #101: Pre-Season: New Cartoon

Contest #101 is ready to go!! Are you feeling those caption muscles burn? Are you out of breath? You have not pulled anything yet, have you? Keep going! That's what preseason is for!! We are going to have one more preseason round and by next week you will be in fighting shape, ready to caption with the best of 'em!! Send in your captions for this cartoon by Sunday night. Good luck!

The votes are coming in on Contest #100 and it is quite a battle. I can not wait to find who the winner will be. Hey Stragglers! Send in those votes!!

I need to figure out how to get the money thing working. Someone suggested PayPal, so I will look into that. More later.

Contest #100: Cast Your Votes

All right!! The time has come to vote! Just read the entries below, give 2 points to your favorite and give 1 piont to your second favorite. And, YES!, you can vote for your own submission! Send your votes to me.


1 Let's hit the buffet before the elephants and lions get there.
2 Cruise insurance?  Who needs cruise insurance?  What could possibly go wrong? you said...
3 40 days and 40 nights. I'm glad it's just us men!
4 Cool! You can't even see Staten Island.
5 Okay, okay, you've made your point. I would sleep with you if you were the last man on earth.
6 So wait...there's only ONE bathroom on this thing?
7 Sunglasses—what foresight! God forbid you bring two umbrellas. Putz.

Late Entry: I'm sorry I can't relax, but I think I left the stove on at home.

Contest #100: Pre-Season: Extension!

With the holiday, everyone is getting a one day extension on this preseason game. Get your submissions in!

Contest #100: Pre-Season

All right! I think we should run a couple of practice runs to work out the kinks. Pre-Season if you will. The game has not started yet, so do not get too stressed, just practice for now.

Just email me your entry for this cartoon by Sunday night. This is contest #100, so reference that in your email if you can. Also, send in your entry to the New Yorker Caption Contest, the link is in the right nav, under 'http things'. Next week, I will send out submissions and you can vote. We will also do another training round. The Summer League will not start for real until June 4th. We will worry about money after Memorial Day.

I am going to make the blog public so anyone can view it. If Google harasses me, I might need to make it private. Cross your fingers that they do not harass me.

Ok! Think for half a second, think of a caption for this cartoon and send it to me! You will win! I have faith in you. I love you! You! Seriously, you! This message only appears for you, no one else!!

Link to blog: http://nyccsummerleague.blogspot.com/

Welcome and Rules

So! Do you think you can come up with THE caption for this cartoon? Do you think your caption will be more funny than your peers? HA!

HA HA!!

Welcome to the New Yorker Caption Contest Summer League!! Every week we will post the cartoon for the New Yorker Caption Contest. You will contribute money to a pool. All entrants will contribute money to the pool. There will be a lot of money. Winner takes all. You will send in your caption for the cartoon to both this blog and to the New Yorker Caption Contest. The New Yorker will judge your caption and your peers will judge your caption. The winner takes all. You might be wondering, "What are the rules?"

The Rules
1. Winner takes all!
2 The season starts on June 1st. We will start with the first cartoon after June 1st.
3 The season ends August 31st. We will not compete with any cartoons after August 31st.
4. Get your money to me, Jamie or Charlie. There is a $10 entry fee. My name is Stewart Haddock. You can send me an email (messed up for the spammers: stewart @ the haddocks . com ... well, it was not that messed up, now was it??) I will hold the money.
5. Every Monday I will post the cartoon for the contest
6. You have until 11:59pm Sunday to send in your caption. Send your posts to me.
7. I will post all the captions to this blog Monday.
8. Everyone will vote on the what they think is the best caption. Give two points to your favorite caption. Give one point to your second favorite caption. You can vote for your own entry. Send your votes to me by the following Sunday at Midnight.
9. I will notify you of the winning caption and who entered it.
9. I will keep track of the total score, but I will keep this to myself until the end of the season.
10. At the end of the season, the person with the most points wins. Winner takes all!
11. Now! If the New Yorker picks your cartoon for the final three, that trumps the final score of your peers. So, if you make it to the final three during week seven and no one else makes it to the final three, then you win the Summer League Contest outright. Who cares what your peers think.
12. However, if someone else makes it to the final three then you would be considered tied for first. If, at the end of the season, you and that fucker who also made it to the final three are tied with your New Yorker score, then final score of your peers will determine who wins the game.
13. Winner takes all!
14. There will be a party or a gather or an exhale when the season is over.
15. The rules of the game might need to be tweaked as the season progresses. No whining about lack of fairness and no suing. Got that? You can not play this game if you think there is a remote possibility that you might sue me. Yes, I like you but I do not trust you and that is very sad.

If you are not familiar with the New Yorker Caption Contest, click here:New Yorker Caption Contest

To avoid the ire of the New Yorker, this is a private blog which means I will need to invite you to read the blog. Just shoot me an email!

I like you alot!

Stewart

Questions and Answers!
1. Q: Can we make several entries per week?
A: To the New Yorker you can, but just one to the game.