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David K. Israel
Caption Contest No. 10
by David K. Israel - July 11, 2008 - 3:00 PM

[there's still time to get your caption in!]

We’re back with another cartoon by regular _floss reader, the multi-talented Robert Bonotto. 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 with last time, 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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Comments (159)
  1. Party crashing

  2. While on the Autobahn, Paul thought he was ontop at 125 mph. Little did he know that the derestriction sign applied to more than just speed!

  3. Bob was used to being the party crasher; not the party crashing him.

  4. Funny you should say we should ‘party like there’s no tomorrow’… I got a hunch that there might not be one!

  5. Oh, Pavlov long sleeved womans small

  6. Sometimes you crash the party…. And sometimes the party crashes you…

    You’ve got male tee please

  7. “Looks like someone is already trying to one-up *Ken’s Lawn Chair/helium balloon stunt!”

    [*AP) Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, Ken Couch, a 48-year-old gas station owner, flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.]

    Again Pavlov long sleeved womans small

  8. As karma kicked in, Carl suddenly regretted making fun of the balloon animals the clown was making…

    you’ve got male tee please

  9. Everything you need for a party – balloons, horns, snacks, confetti (made on site), drop-shipping to a party near you.

    entropy – xl

  10. ” I spy with my little eye… something approaching southward from the sky”

    Again Pavlov long sleeved womans small

  11. GRRRrrrrrr… Hulk no want party! Hulk turning 50! Hulk want peace and quiet!

    Pavlov Lrg please

  12. In Soviet Russia, party crashes you!
    /yakov smirnov accent

    No Right Way to eat Rhesus
    Men’s large

  13. Suddenly, Jim understood Carl’s childhood fear of clowns.

    Lady Macbeth, Woman’s Medium, please!

  14. The ramifications of Paul’s “I bring the party with me” attitude were realized all too late.

  15. “Hot girlfriend? Check. Shiny red convertible? Screw it, Genie, for my third wish, use your imagination.”

    Women’s Gregor Mendel T-Shirt XL

  16. The tragic tale behind the catchphrase
    “Party ON Wayne … Party ON Garth!”

    Pavlov long sleeved womans small

  17. Typo in the last comment, sorry. Should read as follows:

    “Hot girlfriend? Check. Shiny red convertible? Check. …Screw it, Genie, for my third wish, use your imagination.”

  18. “If he lives no one will believe his story of the accident. If he dies it’ll certainly be a festive death.”

    Hyperbole is the best thing ever (Sm Mens)

  19. “Melvin now realized that the piano on Thursday and the wardrobe yesterday were not freak accidents….someone wanted him dead.”

    women’s scurvy shirt small

  20. “Number 14 on the strangest insurance claims ever.”

    Rocket surgeon XL

  21. Addiction to Speed is No Party

  22. She always knew her wild party days would catch up to her.

  23. Another over zealous clown whose concept of “having a crush” on someone went awry.

    medium women’s idioms

  24. Frank never realized the gravity of stealing Chuckle’s girlfriend … until now.

  25. despite the gravity of the debate, Johnson found a way to prove his political party was more down to earth

    im no rocket surgeon

  26. and in a strange twist of fate, the off-duty clowns never did get to enjoy the day off with a full size rental car

  27. The first delivery of ‘Bob’s Parachute Party Favors’ goes horribly awry.

  28. gah, almost forgot:

    Hyperbole, women’s large

  29. “It was apparent that the absent-minded professor had been recently down on his luck when he was forced to recycle the scraps of Flubber sitting around his house.”

  30. “John and Steve had been waiting for years when, quite suddenly, the party had arrived.”

    Rocket Surgeon, please.

  31. “Okay, fine, we’re lost! You’re right?What, do you want balloons and confetti to fall from the sky?”

    Hyperbole XL

  32. That first question mark should be an exclamation point. sry

  33. “We’ve robbed 10 banks, outraced cops in six states and have flattened at least a hundred armadillos, and now it’s all going to end by a flying party truck driven by a skunk!”

    Pluto XL

  34. “Bringing new meaning to the term suprise party.”

    Beethoven M

  35. John wanted to go out with a BANG…..

  36. “Well, that’s going to go over like a lead balloon.”

    Archeologist Med.

  37. Guy looking up: “It’s” B-B-Baacckkkk…

    Car Driver: “Damn You Stephen King!”

    Fibonacci Female XL

  38. Dude… this party is gonna leave us with a killer of a hangover!

  39. And with that his seemingly impossible horoscope became all to real.

    Kinetic Energy

    Mens Medium

  40. Parties en-route: a surprise every time, gaurenteed.

    Fibonacci Mens Med

  41. Sometimes, you have to go looking for a good time. Sometimes, a good time just finds you.

  42. Uh-oh, the helium balloons are beginning to deflate!

    Archeologist shirt – large

  43. “I understand that what goes up, must come down…but how did that get up?”

    -or-

    “No one likes a back-seat driver, Earl.”

    Scurvy-medium

  44. Fleeing yet another party, the crashers soon realized they had underestimated its vindictive nature.

  45. Ceiling truck is watching you.

    -the dutch one, please.

  46. oops! Hyperbole women’s medium

  47. I told you that paying that clown extra for express delivery was a mistake.

    hyperbole xxl

  48. For the first time in history a mother told her child to, “Speed UP!!”.

    Fibonacci Med

  49. “And this, Wile E. Coyote, is how you kill a roadrunner.”

    Fibonacci Med

  50. AND THEN God let Dylan know that, in actuality, he told Absolutely No Good Jokes at his last Dinner Party.
    Squinting up at the greasy, dripping underbelly of his Dreams,
    Dylan finally realized that everyone lied through their bleached veneers when they laughed at his Belgian Waffle Joke.

  51. crap. sorry.
    (i guess women’s beethoven in S)

  52. Hunter S. Thompson never saw it coming.

  53. “Way up in the heavens
    for whatever it was worth
    thought He’d have a big ole’ party
    thought He’d call it planet Earth.”

    Christian Sects X-large

  54. Blowing off the party invite wasn’t as easy as John and Karen thought it would be.

    Pluto, men’s large

  55. “My exact words? I think I told them we couldn’t attend their party unless it fell from the sky and hit us. Why do you ask?”

    Pluto, men’s large

  56. “Celebratory Overkill”

  57. So Jeff, tell me again why you have coulrophobia?

    Rhesus, XL

  58. Hyperbole – S

  59. Keith had grossly misunderstood the prophecy about his death at the hands of heavy metal clowns. His lifelong avoidance of KISS had been in vain.

    hyperbole-s

  60. In today’s news, “disgruntled employee seeks revenge on CEO of Party Supplies Ltd. after economic downturn layoffs.”

    Medium Mens – Christians

  61. Charles did not find the Fate’s sense of humor amusing.

    Hyperbole Small

  62. Things go terribly awry when Bozo the clown takes having a crush on his favorite fan too far.

    R.I.P. Bozo

    medium idiom

  63. “Raining frogs, yes, Irma! But I don’t remember anything about party trucks.”

  64. (in Waylon Jennings voice over)
    The Duke Boys were no match for Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrain in his new unmarked cruiser.

    Rhesus – XXL Thanks

  65. “Raining frogs, I’ll give you, Irma! Party trucks is a whole nother level.”

    Fibonacci, men’s sm

  66. Everything was going so well. Little did Agrajag know that, yet again, fate was bringing Arthur Dent rapidly closer…

  67. “Raining frogs, I’ll give you, Irma! Party trucks is a whole nother level.”

    Fibonacci, men’s sm

    (having trouble commenting)

  68. - I just knew I shouldn’t have declined the “under” insured motorists policy

    Christian men’s small short sleeve

  69. - I just knew I shouldn’t have declined the “under” insured motorists policy

    Christian men’s medium short sleeve

  70. -Funny, I didn’t notice any cirr(c)us clouds overhead.

    Christian men’s medium short sleeve

  71. Don’t worry pal! We’ll get there before the party is over.

    Pavlov womens large

  72. - Clowns absolutely despise fuel inefficiency

    Christian men’s medium short sleeve

  73. “Monkey on your back” or “party on your car”, either way, you’ve got a problem.

    ReCAPTCHA: his depth

    wow.

    entropy w sm

  74. “Wow, there IS a party in my mouth and everyone’s invited!”

    Women’s Beethoven size S

  75. - While ununoctium balloons were a “noble” idea, they were impractical due to a half-life shorter than that of wayward desert highway travelers

    Christian men’s medium short sleeve

  76. Take your pick:
    1. “Killer Party”
    2. “How the life of the party commits suicide”
    3. “Gives new meaning to the word ’shindig’”
    4. “Monty Python’s Flying Circus branches out with disastrous results”

    Gregor mendel green men’s medium

  77. Take your pick;

    1. “killer party”
    2. “Monty Python’s Flying Circus branches out with disastrous results”
    3. “Gives new meaning to the word shin-dig”
    4. “How the life of the party commits suicide

    mendel green mens medium

  78. As the truck came crashing down towards them, Ted paced his speed. “If it lands on my wife, then it will truly be a party favor.”

    Marco Polo, please. Medium. Long sleeve if you have it.

  79. “Edgar’s hatred of surprise parties suddenly made sense.”

    Kinetic Engery – Large

  80. “Wait, you wished that Marty Vann had a crush on you?”

    Kinetic – Large.

  81. Reservation at the B&B: $150
    Sportscar rental: $82.50
    Getting the extra insurance: Priceless

    Rhesus, biggest you’ve got

  82. “Wait, you wished for who to have a crush on you, Marty Vann? Not good!”

    Kinetic Large

  83. The just desserts for the party crashers trek across the desert.

    Christian Sect – Large

  84. - Once again proving Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, the scientists clocked the van going 60 mph in the adjacent lane

    Christian men’s medium short sleeve

  85. The truth about what happened at Roswell would forever remain classified.

    XL – XY Chromosome T-Shirt

  86. The truth about the Roswell incident would forever remain classified.

    XY Chromosome T-Shirt

  87. “For the last time Timmy, clowns are not out to get you!”

    Rhesus XL

  88. The truth about the Roswell incident would forever remain classified.

    Men’s XL – XY Chromosome T-Shirt

  89. Had he known it was Kodos’ birthday, Jim would have never driven past Area 51.

    Hyperbole Men’s XL

  90. This is you right before the party crashes. Remember, kids, say no to drugs!

    christians have the best sects (Large)

  91. The final seconds before a spectacular ending to Newton’s First Law of Motion.

    Pluto W Medium

  92. Heh. Isn’t favors spelled favours?

    Pluto W Medium

  93. alright jim, i’ll give you this one, aside from coincidence there IS an element of irony here.

  94. where the rubber balloon hits the road

  95. Tonight we’re gonna Party like it’s $19.99!

  96. The Road goes on forever and the Party will end any second now…

  97. Upset that the only cars his size were reminiscent of the Volkswagon Beetle, Crash the Clown set his sights on something a bit more stylish.

    Marco Polo, please. Medium. Long sleeve if you have it.

  98. IT: The Sequel. “Beep, beep, Ritchie!”

    See above for t-shirt.

  99. During Dean’s ill-fated final spin on the road, Sal realized that, as the passenger, he would be a party to immiment disaster.

  100. 2099 was no party either–5 years after cars and trucks started flying and 2 years after we switched from the combustion engine to magnetized highways.

  101. The Duke boys sure pissed in the punch this time.

  102. Sorry, should be *imminent* in my last comment

    and Pavlov long sleeved womans sma;;

  103. In Soviet Russia Party Crashes You

  104. Biff learns the hard way that beer spillage really is the ultimate party foul.

  105. Sorry! I forgot the shirt option, too.

    Palindrome, size M

  106. “…and here I thought it would be the balloon mortgage payments that would kill us.”

  107. This is why friends don’t let their God drink.

    Christians – Men Medium

  108. “Remember how I always told you that I had an irrational fear of clowns? I don’t think it’s irrational any longer.”

    Pluto-XL

  109. And it was then that I told him, “I’m not asking for you to give me any favors!”

  110. with thanks to Comden and Green, for the following lyrics – somewhat taken out of order to suit this caption :

    “The party’s over… They’ve burst your pretty balloon… the piper must be paid”

    Pavlov long sleeved womans small

  111. Note to self: take fortune cookie more literally next time.

    Hyperbole XL

  112. “DUDE!! We are so almost there!” from B-(never to be released)movie Maximum Overdrive II: The Party’s Over

  113. This is the last time I let you cut off someone because there’s a clown behind the wheel.

  114. “This is why double-decker freeways in earthquake zones are a bad idea.”

    T-Shirt? Like I have a chance…

  115. …and that’s why you shouldn’t always believe everything your navigation system says.

  116. This one’s better:

    “This is what happens when a double-decker freeway collapes in an earthquake.”

  117. uh oh…

    Palindrome small

  118. “That’s when Barbie and Ken knew they shouldn’t have crashed that Bratz birthday party.”

  119. 50 feet from hell and 100 miles from nowhere, Karma can strike anywhere. Have you been good lately?

  120. sorry my choice
    Archeologist shirt – large

  121. What’s in your Pinata?

    Rhesus L

  122. “After killing David Grundman the saguaros decided to step up the offense against the human race.”

    look him up.

  123. not sure if the first one worked, so here it is again.

    “After killing David Grundman the saguaros decided to step up the offense against the human race.”

    look him up.

  124. Julius Caesar accomplished everything that we know about him in a span of only 56 years, yet most of us only associate his name with those three little words, “Et tu, Balloons”

  125. Forgot to include my shirt: I’m no rocket surgeon.

  126. Hey Phil! Do you think is was weird that we were the only ones to whack the pinata at Stephen King’s birthday party? Phil? Phil?

    Rhesus L

  127. Hey, buddy this is a convertible, that “The roof is on fire” thing won’t work for this party.

  128. “I think we grossly underestimated the literal mentalilty of the clerk who offered us the “drop shipment” of our party supplies

  129. “It would either land and crush them, or explode like a confetti and helium filled Hindenburg.”

    palindromes are rasemordnilap

  130. Adam’s friends knew he didn’t want a party, so they threw him a surprise one instead. Too bad it ended up getting crashed.

  131. forgot the shirt: “Simple as 3.141592″ XL

  132. After creating Man, the stars and planets, universe and cosmos, God finally decides to celebrate his work, and again, over compensates.

  133. Life is a party. Now, so is death.

    Constitution, mens x-large

  134. A congressional inquiry has begun regarding the tradition of hazing at clown colleges.

    Rhesus XL

  135. When God kills you on your birthday he at least makes it a little special.

  136. Like a sy Bob live fast love hard and PARTY DOWN!!!!!

  137. pluto t

  138. Okay Doc now what do I do because I am well over 88 miles per hour?

  139. Rocket

  140. THIS is the LAST time I ask you for any favors!!

    Rocket

  141. This is not what I had in mind when you said a speed dating party!

    Rocket

  142. Okay Mario I think you need to quit clowning around and pay your party bill before they come down on you, even if the bill statement is over your head!

  143. “Hey, you don’t think that clown was mad at us for ruining his joke, do you?”

  144. The meteorites that killed off the dinosaurs eons ago had nothing on what killed off the humans in 2020.

  145. This is what you get when you ask the mafia for party favors.

  146. Oh, Man! How come sexual favors never fall on us?

  147. Hey Jimmy, do me a favor and speed up! Some clown is chasing us.

  148. See Bob?! THIS is why you don’t buy a convertible to solve a mid-life crisis!

    (Rocket Surgeon, Women’s M)

  149. Actual screenshot of Grand Theft Auto 17.

  150. Constitution/Articles XL, please

  151. Even God hates balloon animals

    mens xl fibonacci

  152. “A Four Ton will fall in your lap??? I think you misheard the psychic.”

    Pythagoras please XL

  153. “We shoulda hung out man! The parties alway get jumpin’ after we leave!”

    ‘Apathy, I could take it r leave it.’ Womens L

  154. They thought they were Forever Jung, but then they realized that Ship Happens.

    reCAPTCHA: Machina powerful

    Let’s hope so, otherwise this party will crash them.

  155. “It’s all fun and games until someone get’s crushed by the party favors.”

  156. “hey Jason! remember when I told you I was praying we would be hit on at the party?”

    pluto large please

  157. Fellini ex machina.

  158. sorry,
    Hyperbole Small

  159. In this political season:

    Newly registered Democrats, Frank and Larry now regretted not towing the party line by not buying the hybrid.

    rocket surgeon please

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