NYTimes.com, The Local Cartoon Caption Contest, Week 4

Read About The winners of Week 4 of the NYTimes.com's Cartoon Caption Contest on The Local Here

The winners from last week are…

“It was then that I questioned my recent decision to become a vegetarian.” — Arjan

and, in 2nd place,

“Some days I just don’t know how Noah did it.” — Lou Franzini

Congratulations!

A Possible Solution

Finding A Way

Easter is Coming Folks

The Commuter Guy Seeks Help

Evening Commute

There's More Than One Way to Find the Real Meaning

Toronto Hires Fake Homeless Persons

Read About Toronto Hiring Fake Homeless Persons Here

The Scientific Study of Belly Buttons is Not Without It's Problems

Read About the Study of Sex and Belly Buttons Here

NYTimes.com, The Local Cartoon Caption Contest, Week 3

Read About The winners of Week 3 of the NYTimes.com's Cartoon Caption Contest on The Local Here

Winner: Jason Savage
My client pleads innocent to jaywalking but guilty to pant-wetting.

2nd place: Alison
Your Honor, my client feels strongly that applying the “third time offender” rule to discourage turning left into parking spaces on Maplewood Ave is a bit extreme.

3rd: Also Arjan
“Your Honor, my client sincerely regrets parking in Phil Chen’s spot and wishes to apologize to Mr. Chen for any harm this may have caused him.”

There is a logical explanation ....

AstroBat Continues on Mission

Bat Flies Into Space Aboard Space Shuttle Discovery

Read About Astronaut F.T. Bat Here

They Are Trying To Tell Us Something ....

Read About Dolphins Blowing Bubbles Here

Infestation of Earthworms

Run, Sharon, Run. Before they take you away!

Winner of NYTimes.com, The Local's Second Cartoon Caption Contest

The Local is pleased to announce that Adam Kott is the winner of last week’s cartoon contest, with the caption,

“Bartender: What is this, some kinda joke?”

Congratulations!

Excerpted from: The Local's Cartoon Caption Contest, Week 3

Happy St. Patrick's Day

A Maplewood Mystery

Maura Gets Here Just In Time

Thoughts Of Spring Are In The Air!

Bernie Loved to Travel

Bernie Loved to Draw

Winner of NYTimes The Local's First Cartoon Caption Contest

Congratulations to our first winners of last week’s caption contest, Ken O, Georgeann, and Read Sherman!

Here are the winning captions from last week:

First Place:

“Bottles? You just don’t get it do you Jimmy?” — Ken O

Second Place:

“We all have our hobbies, Billy. It’s just that some are a little healthier than others.” — Georgeann

Third Place:

“Gosh, Billy, your show-and-tell about your dad’s work was the best! I wish my father was a microbrewer. Say, do you think the teacher would mind if you let me sample the honey brown ale?” — Read Sherman.

Our judge is the impeccably credentialed and unbesmirchable Andy Newman, our Brooklyn blogger, who describes his affiliations with Maplewood, Millburn and South Orange this way:

Andy Newman was born in Summit, spent the first four years of his life in Berkeley Heights, and has not returned to the area since. Despite having spent several years working for the Times New Jersey Weekly section out of the Newark bureau, not a single one of his 2,012 published Times articles carries a Millburn, Maplewood or South Orange dateline. He does not recall ever having set foot in any of the three towns, except for one unfortunate trip to the Mall at Short Hills.

Congratulations to all winners! First prize is the winner’s choice between an Obama Inauguration issue of The New York Times, or a Times T-shirt.

Thanks for participating — now do it again!

Excerpted from: The Local's Cartoon Caption Contest, Week 2

A Video in Honor of the Launch of The Local

This video was created in honor of the launch of The Local by the New York Times newspaper which features a cartoon caption contest using cartoons from There is Strangeness in the Universe.

A Public Service Announcement

My friend Fishy is now an Author

The Secrets of Belly Button Fluff Are Solved!

Read About the Ground-breaking Research Here

Your MP3 Acting Up? Here's a Solution!

NY Times launches its local edition, The Local

Read The Local here

In its inaugural edition, the website features an original cartoon by There is Strangeness in the Universe, inviting readers to come up with creative captions for the cartoon. Please visit the site to see the cartoon.

There are apparently prizes to be won, so go there and give it a try.

The winning entry will also be posted here with byline credit given to the author of the caption. So stay tuned for the latest news.