{"id":8240,"date":"2022-04-22T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:16:10","slug":"two-men-and-a-rain-cloud-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/two-men-and-a-rain-cloud-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"“Two men and a rain cloud” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"captionIn Kaamran Hafeez\u2019s cartoon, two men are strolling along a sidewalk. One man is bald, holding a phone in his right hand, and carrying a briefcase with his left. The other man is carrying a briefcase in his left hand, holding a bag of groceries in his right arm, and getting soaked by his own personal rain cloud. The man under the rain cloud is speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both men are wearing raincoats, but only the man who\u2019s speaking needs one, so my first caption was, <\/span>\u201cWhy are <\/b>you<\/i><\/b> wearing a raincoat?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

I next suggested that a full head of hair, which is usually considered desirable, can be a problem when one is caught in a downpour: <\/span>\u201cRight now, yes, I\u2019d rather be bald.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

I then came up with a pun: <\/span>\u201cThis shower is <\/b>really<\/i><\/b> isolated.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Next, I acknowledged that the situation could be worse: <\/span>\u201cAt least it\u2019s not a thundercloud.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Finally, I focused on the paper grocery bag, which won\u2019t last long in the rain: <\/span>\u201cI should have got plastic.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s see how you did:<\/span><\/p>\n

By changing one word, each of the following entries converts a common observation into a clever caption:<\/span><\/p>\n