{"id":8657,"date":"2022-09-26T23:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T03:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:15:53","slug":"pink-elephant-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/pink-elephant-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pink Elephant&#8221; Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CC_captionComp_Nelly-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CC_captionComp_Nelly-copy.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CC_captionComp_Nelly-copy-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CC_captionComp_Nelly-copy-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CC_captionComp_Nelly-copy-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Chitty\u2019s drawing is set in New York City, where two pedestrians are crossing the street. High above them, a huge pink elephant is scaling the Empire State Building. The pedestrian in a white sweatshirt is saying something to the one in yellow jeans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitty\u2019s original caption was a reference to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Kong<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>\u201cFYI. We\u2019re telling people it\u2019s a gorilla.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A couple of you went in a similar direction by suggesting that the elephant was part of a misguided attempt to remake the movie:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201c<\/b><b>These reboots are getting out of hand.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cWorst sequel ever.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here\u2019s another <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kong<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-inspired joke: <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>That building can\u2019t catch a break.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSeeing pink elephants\u201d is a euphemism for hallucinations caused by delirium tremens\u00a0or alcoholic hallucinosis. The following entries all allude to that euphemism:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cLet\u2019s get that elephant. Then we\u2019ll go to rehab.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cThey nearly went extinct during Prohibition.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cHow are you enjoying the absinthe so far?\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cLet\u2019s switch to coffee.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cAm I hallucinating or are you really wearing yellow jeans?\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That last caption does a nice job of highlighting a seemingly insignificant detail and making it central to the joke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the month\u2019s best pun: <\/span><b>\u201cYou don\u2019t see that every Daiquiri.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here\u2019s the best sick joke: <\/span><b>\u201cYou\u2019re about to learn what New York hot dogs are made from.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This next entry combined a reference to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Kong<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an allusion to drinking:\u00a0 <\/span><b>\u201cIt was cirrhosis that killed the beast.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of you focused on the color of the elephant without making any reference to alcohol-induced hallucinations:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cThese gender reveals are getting out of hand.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cIn Manhattan it\u2019s called Mauve.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cI love this time of year when the elephants change colors.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cI\u2019d be blushing too if I was up there naked.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nThat last caption is missing a couple commas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A similar entry (submitted, I\u2019m guessing, by a New Yorker) alluded to the way the Empire State Building is lit on the 4th of July:\u00a0 <\/span><b>\u201cOn Independence Day, he\u2019s red, white and blue.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three of you got political:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cIf that\u2019s their strategy for women, the GOP is doomed.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cSee? There are Republicans in New York City.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cWell, Trump Tower has a huge orange ass.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several of you suggested that New Yorkers are inured to bizarre sights:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cYou can do anything in New York and nobody notices.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cWhat\u2019s \u2018unusual\u2019 is how light the traffic is.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t stare. You\u2019ll look like a tourist.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cNobody ever calls it in.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201c911 stopped taking my calls.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the last two years every contest has elicited some pandemic jokes, and this contest is no different:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cOur new normal is much worse than anything we feared.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cI don\u2019t know about you but I\u2019m really glad that everything is back to normal.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That last caption would be better without the first six words. They\u2019re unnecessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This next caption suggests that the man who\u2019s speaking has not yet seen the elephant: <\/span><b>\u201cYeah, right. Next you\u2019re gonna tell me the Mets are in first.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nThe next two captions suggest that the man who\u2019s speaking is completely oblivious:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cThat\u2019s something you don\u2019t see every day\u2026a cab yielding to pedestrians.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cI can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m seeing. No litter.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Chitty\u2019s drawing featured an elephant, I was steeling myself for all the references to the idiom about ignoring an important topic that no one wants to discuss, but this one\u2019s not bad: <\/span><b>\u201cWe need to talk about the elephant not in the room.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A couple months ago <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Yorker<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s caption contest (#810) featured Lonnie Millsap\u2019s drawing of a man who\u2019s trying to explain why he\u2019s sharing an elevator with an elephant. One of the three finalists was, \u201cThere\u2019s a mouse on the stairwell.\u201d I loved that caption, and I thought of it when I saw this equally clever explanation for the pink elephant\u2019s behavior: <\/span><b>\u201cYou should see the mouse that scared him.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, here\u2019s an entry that came out of left field. It\u2019s silly, but it works: <\/span><b>\u201cOf all the days that I forget to bring my giant, pink elephant gun.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s winning caption comes from Thomas Andel: <\/span><b>\u201cYou\u2019re about to learn what New York hot dogs are made from.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The five runners-up, in no particular order, are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cAm I hallucinating or are you really wearing yellow jeans?\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cThese gender reveals are getting out of hand.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cLet\u2019s get that elephant. Then we\u2019ll go to rehab.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cYou should see the mouse that scared him.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cIt was cirrhosis that killed the beast.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Chitty\u2019s drawing is set in New York City, where two pedestrians are crossing the street. High above them, a huge pink elephant is scaling the Empire State Building. The pedestrian in a white sweatshirt is saying something to the one in yellow jeans.\u00a0 Chitty\u2019s original caption was a reference to King Kong: \u201cFYI. 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