George
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2015 09:29 am
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
A "heads-up" would have been nice.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2015 05:44 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
I'm just saying the Jehova's Witnesses are getting a little pushy.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2015 06:50 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
Still doing the old ball and chain, eh Goliath?
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firefly
 
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Reply Tue 7 Apr, 2015 07:13 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg

Our granddaughter has been practicing her Miley Cyrus routine for the school talent show.
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George
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2015 04:33 am
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
The building to come down is 47 Ninety-Third St. We are 93 Forty-Seventh St.
panzade
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2015 12:26 pm
winners...
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/150316_contest-690.jpg
First Place
"Welcome to Mechanics Anonymous."

Second Place
"Tell them that the jury is still out."

Third Place
"All right, folks, it's crunch time."
hingehead
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2015 01:43 pm
@panzade,
Ooh, the winner was a more succinct delivery of one of mine.
panzade
 
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Reply Wed 8 Apr, 2015 02:38 pm
@hingehead,
kudos kid
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George
 
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Reply Thu 9 Apr, 2015 09:21 am
It would be interesting to know how many variations of a given caption they
get each week and what the "tie-breakers" are.
panzade
 
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Reply Thu 9 Apr, 2015 12:09 pm
@George,
As osso has told us before, Bob Mankoff is the cartoon editor for the New Yorker and oversees the contest.

Here's his explanation of the process used to determine the winner.

Hinge indeed had a line on the winning caption, which was just a tad more succinct.
http://www.bobmankoff.com/blog/how-to-win#.VSa9avBLVdc
Butrflynet
 
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Reply Thu 9 Apr, 2015 02:09 pm
@George,
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
"Oh dear, there goes your effort to have a civilized disagreement with the neighbors."
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 9 Apr, 2015 05:28 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
Not much. Just having a typical Able2Know discussion.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 9 Apr, 2015 08:50 pm
@panzade,
I hadn't seen that explanation (he's tried before, somewhere back there), it made me laugh, natch, and nod.




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George
 
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Reply Fri 10 Apr, 2015 05:42 am
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The apartment's nice, but it's not a very welcoming neighborhood.
Ragman
 
  1  
Reply Fri 10 Apr, 2015 09:35 am
@George,

http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg
"No! That's not the kind of ballroom I was thinking of!"
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parados
 
  2  
Reply Fri 10 Apr, 2015 02:03 pm
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He still refuses to get out of his chair.
parados
 
  2  
Reply Fri 10 Apr, 2015 02:45 pm
@parados,
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg

Ten feet to your left next time.
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ossobuco
 
  4  
Reply Fri 10 Apr, 2015 04:48 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150413_contest-690.jpg

You missed.
ossobuco
 
  1  
Reply Fri 10 Apr, 2015 04:53 pm
@ossobuco,
I've always thought that the most succinct is better and that is where we - not fail, but are too loose. Alas, I'm not personally snappy funny, and it's the connecting of funny and succinct that buys you a new Oldsmobile.
panzade
 
  1  
Reply Mon 13 Apr, 2015 12:12 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150420_contest-690.jpg
 

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