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Google Search has put its own spin on the conventional caption-writing contest. To test your wit, it wants you to view a cartoon in which one of the characters is performing a Google search. Your task is to write a word or phrase to illustrate what that character is searching for.
Each cartoon has a title -- the one below is "definition: rectal screening" from cartoonist Peter Martino -- and blank spots for you to submit your name and a caption. Give it a go at Inside Search.
"Cartoon caption contests have a long history dating back at least to the 1930s," wrote Udi Manber, Google's VP of engineering and cartoons, in a blog post. "For our modern version, we worked with artists like Matthew Diffee, Emily Flake, Christoph Niemann, Danny Shanahan and Jim Woodring, who created cartoons that place characters in unusual, interesting and funny situations."
While there are no prizes, you do have the chance for your caption to be voted number one by your peers. The contest has a Reddit-style voting system; people can give a thumbs-up vote or thumbs-down vote for each submission. The winning caption for this cartoon so far says, "What is the average girth of a woman's finger?"
