This week’s contest
Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption below, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Finalists for this week’s cartoon, by *Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby*, will appear online January 17th and in the January 24, 2022, issue of The New Yorker. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To read the complete rules, click here.
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The Finalists
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The Winner
“Just pretend to give them your wallet.”
second place
“You had to insist on a quiet neighborhood.”
third place
“No, it is not better than being broken up with in a text.”
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