# New Yorker caption contest: I wuz robbed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752 "2005-10-25T00:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752/41 "2005-10-26T18:54:43Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Well, that I knew from snakes. I never learned about the Viceroy butterfly, though. > Guess I just couldn’t make the mental connection. There are also non-poisonous frogs that LOOK like poisonous frogs, and moths that look like bumblebees, and even nasty fish that look like nice fish, all the better for sneaking up on unsuspecting victims. Mimicry is a commonly enough known phenomenon that I don’t think it’s all that esoteric. Although the NYer clearly disagrees with me. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752/42 "2005-10-26T19:05:03Z")
I loved your caption but it does require a bit of background knowledge to fully appreciate the wit. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752/43 "2005-10-26T20:08:12Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > I loved your caption but it does require a bit of background knowledge to fully appreciate the wit. I agree. I thought it was very clever. I like the fact that you have to make a connection. I also think a good number of New Yorker readers would get the Mondrian/Monarch coloration/ mimicry reference. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752/44 "2005-10-26T20:57:39Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I submitted one for #25. > > “We met at the the wet bar.” > > Not overly funny, but if you’ve been following the contest, you’’ get the nod. Best I can do is “I’m afraid Harry still thinks he’s Jacques Cousteau but at least he’ll get out of the tub now.” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752/45 "2005-10-26T21:27:08Z")
How about for #25: “Oh, we met at a local dive bar.” ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752/46 "2005-10-26T23:11:13Z")
> [@ITR champion](#): > > A scientist in a lab full of cages of mice, dressed in a mouse costume. > **More Important, though, is what I’ve learned about myself.** As a Brit I’m not eligible to enter, but for that one I did think of “They appear to have established a dominace heirarchy”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yorker-caption-contest-i-wuz-robbed/327752.md?page=2)