For the past 6 months I have entered the New Yorker Caption Contest with some close calls but little success for even a nomination. I consider it to be the perfect weekly challenge to test my mettle for headline writing.I refuse to give up, not until I win it all.
Join me on the frustration and failures as I now feature my weekly submissions and those that beat me. Mark my words--I will not give up. I will pave a public road of mistrials and misfortunes, no matter how many, so that one day, I will defeat this arch rival: Damn you, NEW YORKER!
My Submission (I forgot to take the picture):
"I swear, 36 lives and they can't even get one."

To be honest I'm glad I didn't get nominated this week. My line sucked, I was in a caption rut, but submitted the best of my worst. If I can't win, the best should. That's the rule. I chose, "Hello Youtube? I've got something you might be interested in." I like the idea of him calling YouTube, as if it's some hotline for this kind of stuff. However, I feel the unemployed one will get the most votes simply because it's so timely.
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