The "Let's Obliterate the New Yorker Caption Contest" Poll: Week THREE

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Here are the captions suggested in the third week of the Let's Win the New Yorker Caption Contest thread.

Which should we select for this week's official ILX entry? There are several gems this week, I think.

Previous winners:
First week: Roberto Spiralli (10 votes), Hi Dere (4 votes) and EZ Snappin and Dr Superman (tie) (3 votes).
Second week: Roberto Spiralli(3 votes), W i l l(2 votes), Philip Nunez (2 votes).

Last week's winners were Roberto Spiralli (10 votes), Hi Dere (4 votes) and EZ Snappin and Dr Superman (tie) (3 votes).

Poll Results

OptionVotes
"Look Tony, it's not that I don't like it, but I live in a 3rd floor studio - where am I going to put it?" 5
"No, the drivethrough girl did not seem weird to me." 5
"i still say the extortion industry shouldn't have to advertise." 2
"in the trunk, complain, in the backseat, complain. I try to be reasonable but I've had it with this guy." 2
"Just pull over slowly and let me do the talking" 2
"back in my day, we didn't have to travel to a sustainable fishery" 2
"I've always hated Rush Week." 1
"I got the idea from Mitt Romney" 1
"what are those idiots beeping at?" 1
"I spy with my little eye something that rhymes with 'shoe left the hostage on the roof, idiot'." 1
"Thank god THAT'S taken care of." 1
"I dunno...did you leave the gas on maybe?" 1
"No, that was too loud for something a pigeon might have dropped" 1
"these harsh interrogation techniques are torture on your highway milage" 1
"Well it's not like he WALKED away..." 1
"now that you mention it, the whistling sound *is* kind of irritating" 1
"I didn't say I didn't like it! I said that, for a hood ornament, it's a bit ostentatious." 1
"So you're certain that this 'life-sized subbuteo' game is legal?" 1
"yes but *I* didn't forget my drink on roof of the car" 1
"I'm sorry, but I'm getting really tired of people telling me how great the wire is" 1
"i'm actually an electrician by trade, i just do this for fun" 1
"i'll admit the look on his face is priceless, but i still wonder if we shouldn't have just hired a stripper" 1
"Christ, I'm going not going to be able to close my eyes tonight without seeing a twitching bushy tail." 0
"Hey, if it was good enough for Mitt Romney's dog..." 0
"The third film was by some margin the darkest of the Weekend at Bernie's trilogy." 0
"for the last time, i'm not spending my per diem to rent an SUV" 0
"Not that you even asked, but I _don't_ think he'll go with the sofa." 0
"Do you think this will count as 'something borrowed' or 'something blue'?" 0
"I'm not sure if this is what the boss meant by 'thinking outside the box'" 0
"Now we just look for an overpass" 0
"So much for 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas'." 0
"This was a lot easier before they transferred us to Arizona" 0
"You wanna know where he is? Hit the brakes and I'll tell you..." 0
"I told him, if he says aare we nearly there yet?' one more time..." 0
"Do you think these frappucinos are making me irritable?" 0
"you wouldn't be hungry if you got something at the drive-thru, mr. i-hate-trans-fats" 0
"Are you sure this is the best way to avoid the sirens?" 0
"well, I'm not explaining why we had to drop him off 'somewhere more scenic'" 0
"if you didn't want jackass 3 on your resume you shouldn't have taken the job." 0
"don't tell me you forgot your drink on the roof again" 0
"I thought he was with you!" 0
"Nothing back there but a coffee cup, boss." 0
"thanks for stopping, a slurpee always brings out the kid in me" 0
"look, paul, I'm trying to be supportive here but there are better ways of getting on reality TV" 0
"Are you or have you ever been a representative or member of a terrorist organization or a member of a group which 0
"these car rental people don't know the meaning of the word 'legroom' do they?" 0
"I'm not exactly sure how they took the news but they said they'd give us 'a sign'" 0
"maybe it's in my other pants" 0
"i think it qualifies as a 'stress position,' yes" 0
"That's right, avert your eyes! You don't want to end up like Henry, do you?" 0


ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago)

http://i41.tinypic.com/2rzzb4y.jpg

NOTE: For the first time, we had more than 50 nominations (around 60 or so, I think), so I had to leave a few out for the poll. I took out my own 2 first, and then for the rest I had to just be an asshole and take out the ones that I thought had the least chance of winning. No offense to anyone whose nominations were deleted!

ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago)

"No, the drivethrough girl did not seem weird to me."

voting this. simple & elegant

zzz (deej), Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago)

I like that one a lot too. Lots of good options this week.

ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago)

"now that you mention it, the whistling sound *is* kind of irritating"

This one cracks me up, but only when I imagine that the hostage on the roof is whistling as they buzz down the highway.

ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Thursday, 25 June 2009 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

"No, the drivethrough girl did not seem weird to me."

^^ this is excellent and has a good shot, I think

nabisco, Friday, 26 June 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago)

it's the only really good one

Tracer Hand, Friday, 26 June 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago)

"Look Tony, it's not that I don't like it, but I live in a 3rd floor studio - where am I going to put it?"

Eazy, Friday, 26 June 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago)

haha thats great too

zzz (deej), Friday, 26 June 2009 08:48 (fifteen years ago)

"i still say the extortion industry shouldn't have to advertise."

I think this could win!

And I didn't vote for my own, so thar.

Mark G, Friday, 26 June 2009 09:20 (fifteen years ago)

"I've always hated Rush Week."

i think the expressions here are making some of these less funny tho. as a cartoon it's less likable than the mice one

thomp, Friday, 26 June 2009 10:16 (fifteen years ago)

went for hood ornament even tho it's not on the hood. mostly preferred the ones that avoided the obvious angle, but drivethrough girl was the best of those.

ledge, Friday, 26 June 2009 10:21 (fifteen years ago)

"Drivethrough girl" is a good combo of "things are normal" with acknowledgement to how they are not.

Mark G, Friday, 26 June 2009 10:22 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 26 June 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Bump for an hour and half's worth of votes and answers before the results come in.

ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Saturday, 27 June 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 27 June 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

2 clear standouts, then.

Goole and Roberto Spiralli, would you mind submitting to the NYer at

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/caption

btw congrats to R Spiralli for winning or tying for first in the first three caption contests. You are the Wayne Gretzky of ILX.

ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Saturday, 27 June 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago)

Is there a new one?

Mark G, Monday, 29 June 2009 07:10 (fifteen years ago)


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