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Our latest brilliant cartoon is by another regular _floss reader, the very gifted Art Fuentes. To repeat the rules, the idea here is quite simple: Your job is to come up with a gag. Make us smile, make us laugh, extra-points for those who are able to drop some interesting fact or trivia along the way.We’ll narrow down the entries to our favorites and then let YOU guys pick one winner. As always, when dropping your gag in the comments, also let us know which t-shirt you prefer in case your caption is selected the winner. (T-shirts can be found over in our store.)
Lastly, if you’re good with the pen and think YOU’D like to contribute a cartoon of your own for a future caption contest, or want to pitch me an idea for one, please leave a comment and I’ll be in touch with you via e-mail.
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“I should have never taught him how to play poker.”
posted by Antanas on 12-4-2007 at 10:04 pm
Evolution be damned!
posted by Dan on 12-4-2007 at 10:19 pm
“That’s a good boy Dubya…”
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:47 pm
Life after the presidency for George W.
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:49 pm
Why do you insist on having your tea this way master?
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:51 pm
I hope the PETA members throw us some extra cash.
posted by Jodie on 12-4-2007 at 10:51 pm
Ok Master, now drink up and let me finish taking your temperature
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:52 pm
Dude, hurry up and get enough change to for us buy matches…I need to light up this cigarette pronto!
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:53 pm
How does it feel Charlie?? Tell me!!
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:53 pm
Whose curious now?
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:54 pm
Collect change for you my ass! You do it!!
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:55 pm
It isnt so cute now is it?
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:55 pm
Who’s ya daddy?!?
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:56 pm
Could you lossen up the collar Laura? I need to finish gathering support for the Iraq War.
posted by Alex on 12-4-2007 at 10:59 pm
Damn you all to hell.
posted by tina on 12-4-2007 at 11:01 pm
“And thus, over time, the ape became something much greater. It evolved a Fez to conceal its bald spot, a vest to hide its hairy underarms, shorts to avoid the awkwardness of one’s relatives removing and ingesting insects from the area around the genitalia, and shoes to cover its unsightly distalmost toe. Needless to say, the ape’s predecessors were quite jealous.”
Fitted Pluto Tee (Small)
posted by Becca on 12-4-2007 at 11:05 pm
“Ok, Mr. Jingles…crank the electrode and see if we can get my hand to stop shaking.”
posted by Keith on 12-4-2007 at 11:22 pm
“Anthropology seemed like a good major at the time…”
Beethoven XXL, please :)
posted by julie on 12-4-2007 at 11:51 pm
I’m filling in for my brother today. Good thing Coco is here to show me the rope and knows the tune.
posted by Vorple on 12-4-2007 at 11:59 pm
you’d think this was a joke about Bush since you know he looks like a monkey. But no. I like wearing a leash. And I can’t get enough of that jingling change cup.
posted by Lindsay on 12-5-2007 at 12:07 am
“Hey! I thought we’d only trade places when the union rep swang by?”
posted by Jeff on 12-5-2007 at 12:10 am
Harold failed once more to get the caffeine monkey off his back
posted by Heidi on 12-5-2007 at 12:47 am
“Man, Opposite Day sure is a bitch”
posted by Annie on 12-5-2007 at 12:54 am
Ever since he read that Darwin book, he’s been convinced he’s his keeper’s Brother. Some family business, hmph.
posted by Sara on 12-5-2007 at 12:56 am
Oops.
Mens Pluto Medium
posted by Sara on 12-5-2007 at 12:58 am
Harriet was aware of her husband’s fondness for late-nineteenth century hand-cranked organs. His fondness for capuchin monkeys, on the other hand, came as quite the surprise.
posted by autumn on 12-5-2007 at 1:16 am
“Darling, you’re home from work early!”
posted by autumn on 12-5-2007 at 1:18 am
“Okay, okay…medical, dental, AND no more jokes about `chimp change.”
posted by Allan on 12-5-2007 at 1:58 am
Large rhesus please
posted by Allan on 12-5-2007 at 1:59 am
“I think Darwin missed out on a few details.”
posted by Tdave on 12-5-2007 at 2:33 am
“Now remember, we had a deal. I do this long enough to get that Rhesus shirt you wanted and then we switch back!”
Rhesus Men’s XL
posted by jeffcomedy on 12-5-2007 at 2:43 am
“Look, I know they just proved you guys have better short term memory, but that doesn’t make you superior all of a sudden. I have opposable thumbs and you still have A PREHENSILE TAIL!”
posted by jeffcomedy on 12-5-2007 at 2:49 am
This takes cross-dressing to a whole weird new level.
Rhesus Men’s XL
posted by jeffcomedy on 12-5-2007 at 2:51 am
“Okay, okay. I promise to never again say, ‘Shake your money maker.’ ever again!”
Rhesus Men’s XL
posted by jeffcomedy on 12-5-2007 at 2:53 am
“All right, now that we have ‘monkey see’ covered, can we get to the ‘monkey do’?”
Rhesus Mens XL
posted by jeffcomedy on 12-5-2007 at 3:06 am
Okay, okay, you are better at memory tests, just keep cranking!
posted by Brian on 12-5-2007 at 5:20 am
Hey Mr. Jinks, keep cranking, I can’t pawhandle and jive for the fans without a beat!
posted by Maeve on 12-5-2007 at 5:22 am
“I always told my self I wouldn’t spend my life wearing this monkey suit”
Rhesus Mens M
posted by Ben on 12-5-2007 at 6:05 am
“I know we’re making more money, Bongo, but the “Will work for food” sign was so much less humiliating…”
posted by Lisa on 12-5-2007 at 6:37 am
Now the brain control fez is on the other fo . . . head!
posted by Andrew W on 12-5-2007 at 7:19 am
I knew the Macrena was asking too much!
Lady Macbeth size M
posted by Karry on 12-5-2007 at 7:46 am
That’s the last self-help book I get for you, Ted…
posted by Karry on 12-5-2007 at 7:48 am
Are you sure this is what the PETA people want?
posted by Karry on 12-5-2007 at 7:50 am
“My boss at Mental Floss said this is the only way I would ever get paid!”
XXL Idioms Tee Please
posted by Owen on 12-5-2007 at 7:51 am
“Hey! Wait just a doggone minute here!”
posted by Dave on 12-5-2007 at 8:16 am
I’m not sure this is what my wife had in mind when she said “No more monkey business…”
(Ladies Pi)
posted by Ashley on 12-5-2007 at 8:36 am
I should have listened to Annie when she told me “That monkey’s opposable thumb is going to get you in trouble.”
Pluto XL
posted by Steve F on 12-5-2007 at 8:43 am
Just some of the lighter musings one might find in the art gallery of the Creation Museum…
Mens XXL Entropy
posted by brick_city_man on 12-5-2007 at 8:51 am
“Buddy, if you think it will get me elected . . . “
posted by Tom on 12-5-2007 at 8:53 am
All around the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought it was all in fun… Well, who’s havng fun now?!?
Easter Is. XL, please.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 9:05 am
wow…i know there’s a writers strike and networks are getting desperate for programming, but this has got to be the strangest reality show i’ve ever seen.
Ladies Pi, medium
posted by mri on 12-5-2007 at 9:09 am
You know, somtimes I just feel like I am pandering myself for a living and that they’re making a monkey out of me.
posted by christina on 12-5-2007 at 9:17 am
Okay, just because you’re “Curious” doesn’t mean I have to look like a fool.
Easter Is. XL, please.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 9:19 am
Hey, Hey, we’re the Monkeys. People say we monkey around.
Easter Is. XL, please.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 9:23 am
“Now wait a minute. The last thing I remember, my monkey was swinging that pocket watch in front of my face…”
Scurvy, XXL
posted by Betsy on 12-5-2007 at 9:27 am
I bet him the monkey wrench was named after monkeys, you know cause it’s a handy tool to monkey with. How was I to know the inventor was Charles Moncky?
Easter Is. XL, please.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 9:37 am
Plant of the Monkeys.
“you’ve got male” small
posted by Emily on 12-5-2007 at 9:44 am
Really the collar isn’t that bad, and I like the outfit. Though what REALLY bothers me is this is the best job I could get out of college.
Marx XL
posted by Ian H. on 12-5-2007 at 10:02 am
Abu, how many more wishes do you have left?
posted by Suzanne on 12-5-2007 at 10:04 am
OK, folks, I’m up to step 9: Making direct amends to those I have harmed. NOW, can I have a freakin’ donation?!?
And can I have a large Pluto T-shirt, please?
posted by Paul on 12-5-2007 at 10:06 am
Hey Naked Cowboy…Could you teach me how to play guitar?
2XL Pavlov long sleeve please
posted by Doug K on 12-5-2007 at 10:12 am
Yes, pet insurance is really this expensive. Don’t judge me. He’s my life.
posted by christina on 12-5-2007 at 10:13 am
It was always believed that humans evolved from apes. Who could have guessed that it was actually the reverse?
Binary Social Club T-shirt!
posted by Lindsay D on 12-5-2007 at 10:13 am
“When empathy goes wrong”
mendel xl mens
posted by Chris S. on 12-5-2007 at 10:14 am
Curious George turns the table on The Man.
posted by jenny on 12-5-2007 at 10:30 am
“Punish the monkey - let the organ grinder go!”
posted by Sorcerer Mickey on 12-5-2007 at 10:31 am
“Turns out my monkey spanks back.”
Beethoven def jam Large
posted by Phil on 12-5-2007 at 10:53 am
“Embarrassing? Maybe a little. But at least the monkey provides health insurance…and all the bananas I can eat!”
posted by Jakepants on 12-5-2007 at 10:55 am
Beethoven Def Jam Large
“Turns out my monkey spanks back.”
posted by Phil on 12-5-2007 at 10:59 am
He’s really a terrible dancer and my arm was getting tired so we figured…
posted by Lisa H on 12-5-2007 at 11:09 am
Oops Ladies Pluto
posted by Lisa H on 12-5-2007 at 11:10 am
I knew the Macarena was asking too much!
(Spelling correction from earlier posting)
posted by Karry on 12-5-2007 at 11:26 am
“Son of a Gun! We do wear the same size!”
posted by JaneM on 12-5-2007 at 11:26 am
Monkey: “Keep dancing Charlton Heston, you belong to me now.”
posted by Linda Borgmeyer on 12-5-2007 at 11:58 am
I still think I am right and the BCS yoyos are wrong!!!!!!!!!!
posted by allen hott on 12-5-2007 at 12:07 pm
“i need money for an xbox, the monkey keeps winning at memory”
posted by tami on 12-5-2007 at 12:31 pm
Can’t we all just get along?
Easter Is, XL.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 12:38 pm
“Okay, I can go along with the whole Boxing Day ’switch jobs’ thing, but is the diaper really necessary?”
pluto, women’s medium please.
posted by heather on 12-5-2007 at 12:42 pm
M-O-N
`n` we’ll see ya real soon
K-E-Y
Why, because we like you.
M-O-U-S-E
Easter Is. XL, please.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 12:47 pm
I still contend that Akbar and Jeff were better looking in their fezes than Ren, but a bet is a bet.
Rhesus Men’s XXL
posted by Dusty on 12-5-2007 at 1:01 pm
What can I say. He earned enough to buy me out and offered to keep me in the organization.
posted by Mike on 12-5-2007 at 1:07 pm
Sorry, I forgot. A lemonade shirt in XL
posted by Mike on 12-5-2007 at 1:09 pm
“These shorts have me strangely aroused.”
posted by Lalita on 12-5-2007 at 2:03 pm
“Hey, I don’t tell him what to play, and he doesn’t tell me how to spend the money I collect.”
With apologies to Inspector Clouseau.
Lady Macbeth in XL.
posted by Deanna on 12-5-2007 at 2:08 pm
And if I collect enough, I get time off for good behavior.
easter is. XL.
posted by It's good to be the King on 12-5-2007 at 2:20 pm
I know it’s only 2 terms Baboon…but I am telling you, these American people…
Mental_Floss Logo - Feel Smart Again
Texas Orange - XL
posted by Alex on 12-5-2007 at 2:21 pm
He just saw planet of the apes
posted by Alex on 12-5-2007 at 2:21 pm
(The equivalent of trying to win a caption contest for Mental Floss)
posted by Alex on 12-5-2007 at 2:22 pm
“Get me my caption contest David!!”
David: yes, sir.
posted by Alex on 12-5-2007 at 2:23 pm
I don’t think Emerson was making a suggestion when he said “Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.”
Marx Small.
posted by Kat on 12-5-2007 at 2:57 pm
“Stupid corporate Monkey!”
Beethoven, women’s med. please :)
posted by Ashley Daily on 12-5-2007 at 3:14 pm
Everybody’s got something to hide, even me and my monkey…
Marx small.
posted by Kat on 12-5-2007 at 3:20 pm
“If I only had known that being a DC lobbyist involved wearing a fez, I would have become a congressman instead.”
Alaska, lg
posted by cyndi on 12-5-2007 at 4:02 pm
May I present the Executive Branch
posted by Id on 12-5-2007 at 5:47 pm
Marx, medium
Darwin was WRONG! THEY evolved from US!
posted by Will R on 12-5-2007 at 6:02 pm
Isn’t it all so CURIOUS, George? One moment I have this spiffy yellow hat and the next I hock it and all I can afford is this darned fez. Maybe we’ll earn enough money to buy it back!!!
posted by Amy on 12-5-2007 at 11:57 pm
Isn’t it all so CURIOUS, George? One moment I have this spiffy yellow hat and the next I hock it and all I can afford is this darned fez. Maybe we’ll earn enough money to buy it back!!!
Pavlov, woman’s small
posted by Amy on 12-5-2007 at 11:57 pm
“Brother can you spare a banana?”
Alaska XXL
posted by Chris Coultas on 12-6-2007 at 6:18 am
“I hate working for the Boss’s son”
Alaska XXL
posted by Chris Coultas on 12-6-2007 at 6:20 am
“I’m just hoping he doesn’t automate”
Alaska XXL
posted by Chris Coultas on 12-6-2007 at 6:23 am
“I just really like the hat”
Alaska XXl pls
posted by Chris Coultas on 12-6-2007 at 6:24 am
“I can’t believe Koko beat me on the aptitude test”
Alaska XXl Pls
posted by Chris Coultas on 12-6-2007 at 6:25 am
I have two.
“Human see, human do”
And,
“This is NOT how I pictured the next phase of evolution…”
Rhesus, XL.
posted by Mej on 12-6-2007 at 9:00 am
Boy, you were right. This does blow.
posted by Paul R on 12-6-2007 at 10:47 am
Who’s the monkey now, huh?
Pavlov XXL
posted by Michele on 12-6-2007 at 11:06 am
What? It’s a good job.
posted by Alex on 12-6-2007 at 11:49 am
They told me in HR this would “not” be considered a demotion
posted by Alex on 12-6-2007 at 11:52 am
Harsh realities
posted by Alex on 12-6-2007 at 11:54 am
It was either this, or working as a dog for Michael Vick. This was a no brainer! Pun intended.
posted by Alex on 12-6-2007 at 11:57 am
Another day in corporate America
posted by Alex on 12-6-2007 at 11:58 am
“So then, Frank the Snake says, “Eitha your a organ grinda monkey, or we grind ya organs, monkey”, what was I supposed to do? “
posted by autumn on 12-6-2007 at 4:55 pm
Jackass.
(humans do stupid things)
posted by Alex on 12-7-2007 at 9:03 am
I work with a guy just like this!
posted by Alex on 12-7-2007 at 9:04 am
I am sorry I slept with your sister George. Hope this makes it up to you.
posted by Alex on 12-7-2007 at 9:10 am
Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash…
posted by Dibyo on 12-9-2007 at 2:44 am
“What have I done to you Sammy? I knew I should of not ,got rid of your banana’s.”
posted by Derrick Clark on 12-19-2007 at 7:04 pm