A York woman has proven that even liberals sometimes have a sense of humor.
Wendy Werner just became a finalist in the weekly New Yorker magazine’s cartoon-caption contest.
What? The New Yorker has a sense of humor?
Allegedly. At least when it comes to poking fun at the way hard-working working Americans carry themselves.
“I’m leaving you for everyone else” is the caption that Werner submitted to go along with a sketch of a woman walking out the door of her house into the face of a human-sized cell phone as her husband stands at the door with a long face.
Not bad, even for a liberal.
Let’s be honest – the subscription base for The New Yorker magazine is not your average conservative construction worker who hates liberal snobbery.
The New Yorker says its readers are typically middle- to upper-class adults with average incomes of $129,631.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the magazine’s readers are college grads who pretend to have senses of humor.
The New Yorker caption contest features a cartoon without a caption in each issue, where readers submit their own captions online
The magazine then selects a few finalists, and the public votes to choose the winning caption which is printed in the next issue, with the winner’s name displayed alongside it.
True to liberal form, there are no prizes, only participation trophies.
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