Contest No. 171 starts right now.
Briefly, here are the details: I’ll supply a drawing of one of my old cartoons that has never been published, leaving off my caption. You are invited to supply your funniest captions. Simply (1) click on “See Comments and Add Your Own”. Then (2) scroll down past any other submitted captions and type in your name and your caption in the spaces provided. You will also be asked to verify that you are a human being and not a robot. Please follow the instructions in the “Captcha” box. Then (3) click “Save”.
Your caption (or captions) will be posted after I review your submission. However, no captions at all will be posted for the first few days of each contest. This is to give everybody a chance to submit their spontaneous, gut-instinct caption without fear of discovering that it was ripped off by somebody else’s similar spontaneous, gut-instinct caption. This is an equal opportunity contest!
There is no limit on the number of captions you may enter for each drawing, but I will only post and consider the first 15 captions from any contestant. Entries will be accepted and posted for one week, after which a winner will be announced and the winning caption will be printed. Below that I will also print my original caption.
The cut-off time and date for you to send in your captions is midnight Thursday March 18, 2021.
I will be the sole judge. The winning caption will be the one I judge to be the funniest one submitted (not necessarily the one that matches or comes closest to my original caption). Additional rules and regulations, for those of you who need such things, can be found here.
Below is the drawing that needs your funny captions.
45 Comments
We find the defendant, a tourist from Europe, not guilty . . . we believe he truly thought he was on the line for the White House tour and was deeply impressed with the enthusiasm of the people!!!!
“Your Honor, we find the defendant not guilty by reason of stupidity, his not ours.”
“Frankly, your honor, we the jury had hoped for a more interesting case.”
“Your honor, we the jury found the plot cliched and predictable, the characters vague and the dialogue verbose and overwritten. The role of the bailiff was played with authority by Byron M. Whittaker, however, and Sharon Pellman was appealing in a cameo as the daughter of the defendant.”
“We the Jury, after much deliberation, think we should flip a coin.”
“We the Jury, after much discussion, feel like our hotel was average, the food terrible, and Juror 4 has a severe case of halitosis. Oh, and guilty on all counts.”
“It was tough, Your Honor, but we leaned on the defendant saying he didn’t do it. Not guilty.”
“We the jury, after much deliberation, and before we render our verdict, have a few complaints to discuss with His Honor.”
“The jury requests you provided us with adequate social distancing.”
“In the manner of ‘Ginsburg vs. Ginsberg’, the jury finds Ginsberg guilty. Either one will do.”
“The jury is disappointed that no swings or slides were provided during recess.”
“We, the jury, find the judge guilty.”
“First, if you’d like to hear some of the behind the scenes that went into this verdict, please check our podcast …”
” We find the milk, bananas, lox and cream cheese, a gallon of milk and…Oh wait, this is my grocery list.”
“After much consideration and arguing, the jury has decided not to mix in.”
In addition, we also find the defendant guilty of insulting our intelligence.
“We couldn’t make heads or tails out of this case, so we flipped a coin.”
“Your Honour we find the invisible man guilty of impersonating a chair.”
Your Honor, we find this chair guilty of being uncomfortable and old-fashioned.
“Regarding the charge of robbery, the jury is still out.”
“And one ham and cheese on rye.”
Your honor, we are hopelessly deadlocked. Half the jury wants Italian food for dinner tonight, the other half wants Chinese.
We can’t see any evidence that points to the Invisible Man.
“We recommend the death penalty, Your Honor. It’s nothing personal–it’s strictly business.”
“What we have here is failure to adjudicate.”
“We have decided to award 160,000 in damages,divided in equal amounts to each juror.”
” The award for best actor goes to the defendant’s alibi witness. “
“As we fell asleep on day two, we would only be guessing at a just verdict.”
It appears the World Monopoly Champion has used his Get Out Of Jail card.
“You seem nice but you’re no Judge Judy.”
“We find the defendant guilty of perjury and that’s no lie.”
Your honor, we the jury, being of sound mind and sober, cannot give you
a verdict pertaining to this case.
“The jury wishes to express our profound disappointment at the performance of everyone involved in the trial.”
” The jury verdict will be available on Entertainment Tonight. “
“Before we vote, we would like to ask the defendant the following questions.”
“The door with the large peep hole freaks us out!”
¨We, the jury… find Mr. Houdini, guilty, as charged!¨
¨Although, we see no evidence for validation… we feel the stench
of guilt, is in the air!¨
¨We, the jury, feel the client is entitled to damages… considering
the extent of the Covid needle side effect!¨
“We would like the court to know that we are all freaked out by the large peep hole in the door.”
“In keeping with the friendly way this trial was conducted,we would like to sing the verdict.”
¨We find the defendant . . . not guilty! The phantom may
return to the opera!¨
Your Honor, we cannot come up with a verdict at this time, we would like you to flip a coin, heads guilty, tails innocent .
” Whoever bought the toilet paper should be on trial for assault.”
Yes, your Honor we’ve come to a conclusion . . . 3 tuna on rye, 3 egg salad on rye and 3 ham and cheese on rye.