As predicted, Robert Cafrelli's hilariously almost-kinky caption, "It's me, '9,' from yoga class," has won Contest #6. As for #7, a Danny Shanahan drawing that almost needs no caption (here, with others—the new contest-history interface, though generally convenient, still isn't perfect), I don't think I can resist entering it, since as my friends are happy to remind me in gleeful detail, I dated two registered clowns in my less circumspect days. One was a famed polyamorist with a very small bicycle, the other a sozzled tunesmith well ahead of his time (he said). Both perfectly acceptable people at the end of the day, but I don't think I'll go for three. As for the current contest (the Victoria Roberts drawing of a woman on the phone and a tiny man in a fishbowl), it's a toss-up. I like the second, “We decided on separate vacations this year," by Ronald Katz of Potomac, Md., but I'm going to go for “He's the cutest little thing, and when you get tired of him you just flush him down the toilet,” by Jan Richardson of Ridgeland, Miss. If you pick the first, you'll probably also be wanting some of my clown contact info. I won't give you the satisfaction, though.

Update: The information superhighway never sleeps, so there are already some clown-cartoon caption ideas ideas forming out there. Squeeze into the funny car, but be sure to submit under the Big Top too.