Cartoon Caption Contest Results
It’s time for the results of our February Cartoon Caption Contest featuring the art of professional cartoonist Dan Rosandich.
A new caption contest will be announced on March 1.
New Joke Writing Contests are announced mid-month.
Here are this month’s top captions:
** FIRST PLACE **
Dad tried to talk to me about the birds and the bees but it turned out I knew more than he did.
Gary Bachman, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
** SECOND PLACE **
You won’t believe what Dad told be about where babies come from.
Tom Nee, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
** THIRD PLACE **
If those kids aren’t going to listen to me I’m going to go try this speech on my wife.
Andrew Jones, Laie, Hawaii, USA
HONORABLE MENTION (in random order)
– Dad says a good old newspaper works better than the internet in the bathroom, because that’s one place that shouldn’t be a paperless environment.
– Yeah, Dad still reads a newspaper AND listens to music on cassette tapes!
– I told him his epidermis was showing and he got up and walked away.
– I said: Don’t believe what you read in the papers dad. He said: They wouldn’t print it if it wasn’t true.
– Mom gave me an increase in my allowance. Dad thought such a raise required bipartisan support.
– My Dad is always lost–he even needs a GPS for the riding mower.
– Amazing what Dad will fall for when Mum isn’t around.
– Thank god my Mom has control of the House… or I would have never gotten my stimulus or err… my allowance.
– My Uncle Bob asked me if you’d like to see his road kill collection.
– Wow–dad has really gone downhill since Richard Simmons went off the air.
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February 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Hey John,
I was just wondering how the jokes are judged? Who does the judging?
thanks…
February 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Normally we have 8-10 judges. The judges are normally speakers and improv players. They judge “blind” and do not know who submitted the lines. Judging is a very subjective thing. Often the line I like the best is not picked as the winner. Sometimes my favorite line is not even in the top three. There are many reasons why a favorite line of ours may not be a “winner.” Possibly a good topic for a posting. If you are a Toastmaster, check the March 2009 issue for an article on “the psychology of losing.” Although it’s about speech contests, some of the points are relevant to written humor contests too, whether you’re a person who submits or someone who just reads the results and feel that a “better” line was not recognized.