Writing Humor — Creative Caption Contest
Here are the results of the Pirate Cartoon Caption Contest featuring the artwork of Dan Rosandich.
There were lots of great lines, making the judging difficult. Congratulations to the winners.
Our next caption contest will be announced on April 1.
And mid-month, our next Joke Writing Contest will be announced on April 15.
Here are the top lines:
** FIRST PLACE **
You have lost a leg, a hand and an eye… and you want to know if this will hurt?
Tim Dumas, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
** SECOND PLACE **
So, what do you do for a living?
Les Harden, Brisbane, Australia
** THIRD PLACE **
How long have you worked for Disney?
Cindy Tebo, Catawissa, Missouri, USA
HONORABLE MENTION (in random order)
You picked a bad day to be Johnny Depp’s stand in.
Since I quit caffeine I haven’t had to hand out any more eye patches.
One more gold filling and the buried treasure will be in your mouth!
Novocain, gas or rum?
I’m lucky…I can put my hook down before rubbing my eyes.
You make me suffer from hook envy.
Want to hook up later?
One tooth can be saved, but the other two must walk the plank.
Painless dentistry…ha! That’s for gentleman pirates!
They say size doesn’t matter, but your hook IS bigger than mine.
Spit your teeth out and open wide.
How often do you floss your tooth?
Say, I bet you have a mean right hook!
I know you get lonely at sea, but please remove your hand from my leg before I hurt you.
Buccaneering, gunrunning and plundering…I tried them all but the money wasn’t as good as dentistry.
Well if you can’t pay…the next best thing I can do is give you some pain medication and a set of Billy Bob teeth.
Well, I’ve never had anybody ask if they could have this hook, but if it reminds you so much of the one you had as a baby, I guess I could make an exception!
Check out the web site of Dan Rosandich for ideas on adding great cartoons to your next writing project!
March 25th, 2008 at 5:36 am
[...] I didn’t even get honorable mention for my submission to the latest caption contest. [...]
March 25th, 2008 at 8:47 am
I meant to put in an explanation with the results post. And I forgot to.
We normally get an average of 400-500 submissions. And surprisingly, we rarely have duplicates. In a normal contest we might have one line duplicated in all the entries. In the pirate contest, over 20 people submitted jokes with “say arrrrrrgh” as the punchline. Good writing. I like the line. The problem with recognizing the line with so many duplications is that when you publish it, 20 other people are thinking “hey, that was MY line!” Or they’re thinking, “there’s my line, but they mixed up the words.” A second consideration, was that with so many people submitting the line, it was considered too obvious. In my opinion, however, it’s good writing and is funny. I had intended to publish one of the variations with an explanation. Arrrrrrrgh!
April 1st, 2008 at 6:36 pm
John : The “Honorable Mentions” Long LIST would be Easier
to Read — IF EACH NEW answer had a “Bullet” in front of
it — or a Dash — or a # — or a * . Used ONLY to Introduce ( precede ) First Word in each New Answer. Try it; you’ll like it. Your readers will Really like it !
July 20th, 2009 at 11:20 am
No one offered, “Say AARRRRRRH”?
October 1st, 2009 at 7:59 am
I read two times, printed out and hung it on the fridge. Now every morning I know what I should do