Roundup of the 10 Literary Dares

Jul 24, 2009 by Constantine Markides

: Fourth Fiction Dare 1: Write a caption for this cartoon

DARE 1 -- Come up with a caption for this cartoon (taken from this week’s New Yorker Caption Contest) http://twitpic.com/aei8o 12:00 AM Jul 15th from TwitPic

COCO: Who is DARE 1? a new contestant? The picture is very funny. look at the poor Devil. God can be a very cruel man.3:10 AM Jul 15th from web

COCO: oh no. Ok, I understand. Should I delete or not. Host? Help please.3:23 AM Jul 15th from web

TUCK: “He wants to talk to you about some of your Retweets.”7:19 AM Jul 15th from web

HOST: (to Coco) Don’t worry about it. It’s understandable, given the time zone. I didn’t exactly give much forewarning.10:06 AM Jul 15th from web

HOST: Enjoying the outside responses by the readers to the cartoon. Maybe start tagging those with #4thfiction for easy searching?10:07 AM Jul 15th from web

IGOR: “Sorry about the dismissal. Between us, He still hasn’t shed His anti-Semitic streak. Your circumcised tail gave you away.”1:23 PM Jul 15th from web

RHAE: “At least consider it. It’s not as if it would be the first ever same-sex marriage.”2:02 PM Jul 15th from web

FIDO: Fyor, right? You’re late.2:57 PM Jul 15th from UberTwitter

NORA: You must have misread the ad, sir. We were actually looking for SANTA look-alikes.5:22 PM Jul 15th from TwitterBerry

ISIS: “Let me get this straight. You’re saying you had a change of heart because of a juice fast?”6:23 PM Jul 15th from web

OMAR: He claims you’ve been spreading employee disgruntlement through Twitter. You may want to start blocking your updates.7:04 PM Jul 15th from TwitterFon

COCO: “So is this some kind of a dare?”8:05 PM Jul 15th from web

OLAF: “He was wondering who your barber is.”8:35 PM Jul 15th from web

UTAH: “You know how he is about keeping the toilet bowls spotless. The devil is in the details.”9:37 PM Jul 15th from web

TESS: “He’s looking for something kinky and discreet. Are you good with whips?”11:09 PM Jul 15th from Twitterrific

RESPONSES BY OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS:

iFernando: Do you have an appointment?

jodicleghorn: I’m sorry you feel the wait is like being stuck in pergatory sir. I assure you, the boss will be right with you.

Annasbones: I see you didn’t get the memo about ‘casual Fridays’…

danpowfiction: God is unable to accept your application for retrial at this time. Church records show, as a distinct spiritual entity, you no longer exist.

panderson1979: I’m sorry sir, you were told at the time. YOU get the best tunes, HE gets the corner office.

benjaminsolah: “I’ll be down in a sec, boss. I just need to wait until the cameras leave.” K. Rudd #4thfiction

writefromkaren: Devil: “What do you think he wants to see me for?” Rep: “I don’t know, it’s not like you did anything bad …”

mburggra: God’s taking ME to Court to settle our differences?!? Where’s he going to find a lawyer? I’VE got all the lawyers!

Annasbones: Unfortunately, it seems your references didn’t check out.

mburggra: God’s taking ME to Court to settle our differences?!? Where’s he going to find a lawyer? I’VE got all the lawyers!

Annasbones: You just took ‘daring’ to a whole other level.

Annasbones: Thank you for applying, but Mr Kringle fears that your look may frighten the reindeers.

mburggra: Look, buddy… you’re not real… He’s not real. I just answer the phones and collect a paycheck.

mburggra: MAN: Actually, I created you both in my image.

djemal: The innocent dude in fancy costume: `How many times I told you to lock the door ? This poor schizophrene will escape again, create a mess and will lie everyone and by saying that I did it!`

1stephzen: You can’t win. I know the song, “They’ll take your soul if you let them. don’t you let them.” I got backup. See that Big Guy behind me. Well, he ain’t no Santa Claus

djemal: Little red fancy horn: `Why this guy`s head is so big?`Man with no eyes but glasses: `In order to fit you in it!`

djemal: `you see my shadow behind? thats the gate through the real world, where you ll see the results of your boss` acts! stop being the puppet of pretencious corporation `god`s you human being! There is no god anyway… Human being: `Frederick?!`

Falcorius: Yeah… it seems like ‘fall from grace’ isn’t covered in our healthplan. Have you brought your PCP reference form?

Falcorius: Apparently, you haven’t take a Sunday off in a few thousand years. He’s concerned.

Falcorius: I know you took my phone… AND my pencil holder.

You can also read the outside participants’ responses to this dare HERE

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