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New Yorker captioncontest

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Caption Contest

  1. Possible Entries:
  2. BM: "Don't let it escape. We have to return it to the pet shop tomorrow."
  3. MM: "You always get yourself tied up in something before we go to dinner"
  4. PW: "Don't laugh or cough. Remember that cracked rib."
  5. MY: "Not to worry. FEMA just called back. Help is on the way."
  6. LQ: "I told you not to wrestle with that boa. He's a pro."
  7. "I warned you not to keep your pets under the sofa."
  8. "Damn! Now I'll have to release my boa to unwind yours."

New Yorker Caption Contest
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January 17

  1. Suggested captions:
  2. MM: "I'll have to do something about this. All my ties are too short."
  3. BM: "My wife says if it's a boy, she'll call it Fatso."
  4. PW: "They must have botched that sex change job."
  5. MY: "It's nothing. Just a little present from Ronald McDonald."
  6. LQ: "You wouldn't believe the number of shirt buttons I lost last week."
  7. RM: "I start at AG Edwards next week."

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Feb 6

  1. Suggested Captions
  2. BM: "Habeus Corpus is so old hat."
  3. MY: "You shoudn't take Habeus Corpus literally, you know."

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February 11, 2006

  1. Suggested captions:
  2. MB: "She went bananas last night when we showed her Satan's Cheerleaders."
  3. PW: "We take her to all the games. She's crazy about the cheerleaders."
  4. MY: "We told her she'd never get to dance in Swan Lake."
  5. "It's cheaper than therapy."
  6. RM: "She's such a prude."

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Feb 20, 2006

Suggested captions:
  1. BM: "I think, if you've got it, flaunt it."
  2. MY: "What's the point of travelling upscale if you can't relax?"
  3. MB: "It's the land of the free and the home of the brave, isn't it?"
  4. "This way I get quick service from the attendants."
  5. RM: "I'm afraid my short term memory is totally kaput."
  6. LQ: "It's a great way to foil pick-pockets."

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Bar in a church

Possible captions, Mar 6:
  1. BM: "I know the pastor's Irish, but this is too much!"
  2. LQ: "Guinness was our biggest donor last year. I knew there was a catch!"
  3. MM: "Maybe we should have kept Father Letcher. We could have sent the boys to boarding school."
  4. NM: "The bishop says it's OK--as long as we mix the cocktails with holy water."
  5. RM: "You wouldn't believe how this has revitalized our finances. Next week we'll add a Hail Mary lounge."
  6. "The Lord never meant us to pray through a parched throat."
  7. "During Lent we can sell only holy water."