Granite countertop caption contest
At the end of every issue, The New Yorker runs a cartoon caption contest. Readers write in with captions they think would be funny. Here's a cartoon I just drew and submitted for the December issue of EARTH, only to learn that they weren't featuring granite countertops in that issue after all (because they already ran a story on that topic in the current issue.)
So here's my challenge for you: Come up with a caption for this cartoon. I'll post the three captions I came up with after 24 hours or so.
Have fun. The geo-geekier, the better... Here's the cartoon:
So here's my challenge for you: Come up with a caption for this cartoon. I'll post the three captions I came up with after 24 hours or so.
Have fun. The geo-geekier, the better... Here's the cartoon:
9 Comments:
You see, Mrs. K, parents can never be too careful when it comes to their daughters.
Ma'am, you have to understand, this is an alkali granite. Do the words "potassium forty" mean nothing to you, ma'am?
That last one made *me* laugh!
I love Lockwood's answer. That's perfect!
Here's what I had come up with:
(1) "Of course it's safe."
(2) "Yeah, but this is an Archean granite… it’s far less radiogenic than yout typical Phanerozoic granite.”
(3) “You can’t take countertop safety for granite.”
Lockwood wins! Lockwood, if you want a "GEOLOGY ROCKS" bumper sticker, e-mail me your mailing address, and I'll pop one in the mail...
Aw, shucks. Thanks Folks!
Here are a couple of others that occurred to me:
Ummm... no... You only need to be careful when you're installing it.
Now, while the utility savings from cooking on 'hot' granite are substantial, there are a few elementary precautions you'll need to take.
Now I know where to come for funny captions - they're all great!
Hi Callan! We're bummed that we couldn't use your cartoon ... but once Cassie pointed it out to me, I went ahead and posted a link to your blog from the granite story's vidcast (http://www.earthmagazine.org/earth/article/11a-7d8-a-2).
We love the cartoons! Keep up the great work.
Thanks Carolyn!
Here's the direct link to the story she mentioned.
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