Contest No. 195 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. 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 reveal my original caption.
The cut-off time and date for you to send in your captions is midnight Wednesday, January 18, 2023.
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).
Below is the drawing that needs your funny captions. Good luck, Captioneers!
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It’s supposed to be upside down but we like it better this way.
What is your opinion on modern art.?
I am glad you asked, this is how the world is communicating with each other.
“Can you find the hidden land mass?”
“It’s his Rorschach series.”
“I think it looks like a fluffy bunny.”
“Okay… Is this supposed to be ‘string art,’ or something?”
“It’s from his early works, a mixed media in crayons and a juice box.”
“Well hello Dali.”
“I didn’t know Dr. Rorschach was a painter.”
“Some art critics think this painting is a forgery.”
“How inspiring! It opens the door to the world of all kinds of possibilities.”
“No Mrs. Gray… this is not ‘string art!'”
“And we thought our Herbert was slow… maybe he’s gifted!”
“And you told Linda not to scribble… you were impeding her talent!”
“Meet me in the ‘Retro’ section… Nature and Nudes!”
“It’s way too expensive but isn’t that the point.”
“The artist is open to making any changes you may want.”
“You know this artist is starving.”
That`s my self portrait.
It seems the electrician forgot to remove the old light wire.
“This is part of our ‘No Chance of Theft Wing’.”
“It’s from Picasso’s ‘Kindergarten Collection’.”
“Well, it’s an amoeba Mrs. Cavendish…obviously.”
“They say, a good painting evokes feelings… I don’t know about you… but I
am feeling nauseous! “
“Ah, ‘Abstract’… the synonym for ‘Scribble!'”
‘You are getting sleepy…!”
‘Blink, dear… you’re scaring me!”
“We acquired it for the frame.”
“It will be the most talked about painting in your collection.”
“It’s a hedge against inflation and recession but I must admit that it’s somewhat speculative.”
“This is Salvador Dali’s ‘Surreal Afternoon with an Etch-A-Sketch’.”
“Can you imagine the sheer number of minutes required to complete a masterpiece of this magnitude.”
“One can only imagine the painstaking minutes required to create a masterpiece such as this.”
I think it would perfect for your therapy office! Everyone who looks at this needs therapy afterwards, either for delusions that they too could be an artist or for rage that this is considered art.
“Who knew Pollock first dabbled in oil spill on canvas.”
“I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you.”
“He supposedly committed suicide because he was obsessed with golf courses.”
“It puts me in the mind of a Kandinsky, that is Melvin Kandinsky.”
Looking at this painting reminds me of our constant bickering.
The artist calls it “Organized mass confusion” and we totally agree!!!
“The pre-k sixties scribbles were already there so I positioned a frame around them.”
“It’s called, ‘The Drunken Spider’s Web’.”