# Art imitating art in The New Yorker **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545 "2012-07-17T17:45:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/1 "2012-07-17T17:45:36Z")
[Here’s the current cartoon caption contest for The New Yorker.](http://contest.newyorker.com/CaptionContest.aspx) They know what’s going to happen, right? I mean…30% of people will submit "I wish I was taller, 30% will submit “My wife is a slut,” 20% will submit “I can’t find my receipt, my place is a sty,” 10% will be something else Seinfeld related, and maybe 10% at best will be actual submissions. Personally, I submitted “My wife is a slut,” and I hope that’s the one that gets submitted most, and some editor at The New Yorker who has never seen Seinfeld will be confused off his rocker. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/2 "2012-07-17T17:53:03Z")
Admittedly it has been a while, but in my time I have watched a lot of Seinfeld, and I have no idea what you are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/3 "2012-07-17T17:55:22Z")
[“It’s a _Ziggy_”](http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheCartoon.htm) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/4 "2012-07-17T17:57:21Z")
Elaine writes a cartoon for the New Yorker: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bY-h3spBAgI/hqdefault.jpg "The pig says, "My wife is a slut"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-h3spBAgI) And it turns out her cartoon is just a Ziggy cartoon that got into her subconscious. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/5 "2012-07-17T18:23:49Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > 30% of people will submit “I wish I was taller…” These are New Yorker readers. They’ll use the subjunctive. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/6 "2012-07-17T19:04:11Z")
> [@Roger Ebert](#): > > “I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do about your wee-wee-wee problem.” Ebert posted his caption to his Facebook page. He’s never won, but this one isn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/7 "2012-07-17T19:30:13Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Ebert posted his caption to his Facebook page. He’s never won, but this one isn’t bad. In fact he [did win](http://contest.newyorker.com/CaptionContest.aspx?id=281), a little over a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/8 "2012-07-17T20:23:58Z")
This is where I find some kind of pretence to tell everyone that I won once because no one in my life gives a shit. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/9 "2012-07-17T20:54:16Z")
Just submitted “My wife is a slut.” _fingers crossed!_ ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/10 "2012-07-17T21:42:15Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > This is where I find some kind of pretence to tell everyone that I won once because no one in my life gives a shit. > > That is all. Wow **phreesh** , congratulations! 🙂 No really, I think it’s pretty neat to win a _New Yorker_ caption contest. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/11 "2012-07-17T22:49:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Just submitted “My wife is a slut.” > _fingers crossed!_ I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that’s what I submitted as well. Five times. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/12 "2012-07-17T22:54:42Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > This is where I find some kind of pretence to tell everyone that I won once because no one in my life gives a shit. > > That is all. **GET! OUT!** /Elaine Benes ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/13 "2012-07-17T23:04:25Z")
That’s pretty dope, **phreesh**. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/14 "2012-07-17T23:10:53Z")
I would have gone with [“Christ, what an asshole.”](http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/christ-what-an-asshole-is-only-001-of-new-yorker-caption-contest-subs/) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/15 "2012-07-18T00:41:32Z")
I just submitted Jerry’s: “I got a complaint: This cartoon stinks.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/16 "2012-07-18T00:45:26Z")
Curious: why aren’t residents of Quebec allowed to enter? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/17 "2012-07-18T00:46:17Z")
I bookmarked this and entered my first (of what I hope to be many) “captions” No hope of getting selected, but still should be fun ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/18 "2012-07-18T15:42:23Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Just submitted “My wife is a slut.” > _fingers crossed!_ Weird coincidence! I submitted, “Happy Lendervedders wife is a slut!” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/19 "2012-07-18T16:46:10Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Curious: why aren’t residents of Quebec allowed to enter? They have rules about contests that are different from the rest of Canada. It’s quite standard to see “offer not valid in Quebec” if you live in another province. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-imitating-art-in-the-new-yorker/628545/20 "2012-07-18T18:59:32Z")
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