You Write The Caption

The July 14 Caption Contest Winner!

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The winner:

"Not me, I always talk UP to Black people!"

-- Laura Thompson of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Guess cutting remarks can come back to haunt you!"

-- John Bailey, Davidson

"For my next illusion I will make you think that my opinion still matters."

-- Marion Bowers, Charlotte

"Is this thing on?"
-- from many readers

"It's easier to get my foot in from here!"

-- from a multitude of readers

Thank you for all your entries.  As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"I lost my head..but my proctologist found it."

"Testes, one, two, three . . . "

"To quote Forrest Gump: 'Neutered is as neutered does.'”

"Why no, I don’t believe anything important was severed by my comments."

"I lost my head for a moment ..."

"We must not be afraid of alternative viewpoints."

"GREAT!  First I get Foot in Mouth Disease, now I have this Head in Hand problem!"

"It looks like Obama nipped this nut in the bud."

"I've bit off my nose to spite my face before, but this is too far!!"

"Put it where? But that's where I just got it from!"

“If I only had a brain!”

"Some things are better in the off position."

"Yes, it is possible for a black man besides Obama to get ahead in politics"

“My head wasn’t screwed on!”

Please join us again Monday, July 21, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: July 14, 2008

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

As regards this week's toon and the news story it's based on, please pay special note to this from our guidelines:

"While political edginess is fine, entries must not be too bawdy or libelous for publication in a family newspaper."

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us!  Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, July 16.

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The June 30 Cartoon Caption Winner!

Welcome back to You Write the Caption!

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The winner:

"Uncle Sam is Bushed!"

-- Tim Yount of Claremont, NC

The runners-up:

"The economy is on the mend!"

-- Douglas R. Cox, Albemarle

"Here's looking at YOU, kids!"

-- Suzanne Estro, Charlotte

“I did not have relations with that oil company.”

-- Michelle Scovill, Moorseville

"Can you spare a euro?"

-- James Robert Jernigan, Woodland Hills, CA

Thank you for all your entries.  As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"If you think I look rough after 8 years of this Administration wait till you see what they did to the Constitution!!"

"Oh say does that Opec strangled banner still wave?"

"This administration has run me ragged."

"...then swing left onto pennsylvania avenue, and you'll see a big white house in ruins..."

"This is no way to treat a veteran!"

"I want you to tell me where I can find some clothes made in the USA!"

"You're turning me into 'Uncle Sham'!"

"I want BREW!"

"I AM YOU!"

“You celebrate the Fourth with the economy you got.”

"Need cheap gas? Pull my finger."

“I want YOU to remember that Freedom isn’t Free!”

"I want YOU to Democratize the world, pay higher taxes, and subsidize earmarks."

"Spend those rebate checks now, before they bounce."

"I don't know about you, but for me it's starting to feel more and more like Dependence Day!"

"Don't blame me, you voted for him twice."

"This outfit made of 100% moral fiber!"

"I told YOU you should have voted for RON PAUL!"

Please join us again Monday, July 14, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: June 30, 2008

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us!  Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, July 2.

You Write the Caption will  be taking a short break for the July 4th holiday.  We'll return with the winners of this week's challenge on Friday, July 11. 

 

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The June 23 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"Ever feel like our administration is one long rerun?"

-- Lee Baber, Charlotte

The runners-up:

"George, looks like we may be losing our appeal!"

-- Doug Cox, Albemarle

"And what's so bad is, he always gets his man off by flushing out the real bad guys."

-- Richard Randall, Cherryville

"This Guantanamo business is becoming a real Burr in our sides!"

-- Les Sigman, Hickory

"Everybody loves Raymond!"

-- Noel Bankhead, Indian Trail

Thank you for all your entries.   As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"Don't worry.  I leaked the rumor that Della Street1s an undercover CIA agent."

"Did he say 'Praise Della'?"

"Maybe we can get Matlock."

He introduced himself as 'legal combatant'!"

"Now we know how Hamilton Burger felt!"

"Knew they were religious fanatics - but why does he keep chanting 'Godzilla'?"

"Don't worry, Mason and I are going hunting."

"It looks like Mason's going with the 'If the terrorist is from 'Git', you must acquit' defense."

“It looks like his prayers were answered before ours.”

"We can't let HIS right to a fair trial trump MY right to accidentally shoot him in the face."

"And I thought WE were the dream team!"

"Which part do you want to play...incompetent, irrelevant, or immaterial?"

"I think our case outline may be chalk."

"Leave it to a terrorist to bring the big guns right into the court room."

Please join us again Monday, June 30, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: June 23, 2008

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us!  Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, June 25.

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The June 9 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

Dove: "Don't you guys usually eat roadkill?"
Vulture:  "This is roadkill!"

-- Jordan Schwarz of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"To the victor go the spoils."

-- Joyce P. Brown, Cherryville

"That's probably not going to help in the blue states."

-- Dick Brewer, Naples, FL

"I never thought my job would be outsourced!"

-- Jason J. Wnetrzak, Charlotte

"I hope the new administration tests for steroids."

-- Ross Levin, Charlotte

Thank you for all your entries.   As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"Prey for peace."

"Olive branch or not, you still LOOK like Dick Cheney."

"I fully endorse you,  Senator Obama."

"I didn't get the job done.  Maybe you can scavenge something from the carnage."

"I know the job market’s shrinking but this is ridiculous."

"Best two out of three?"

“Peace was never o‘LIVE’ anyways.”

"I guess you're looking forward to the 'peace' Obama promises when we withdraw from Iraq!"

"If you're interested, Dick Cheney is looking for a house pet."

"Don’t you think 8 years holding that is long enough?"

Please join us again Monday, June 23, for a new cartoon caption challenge!

Your New Challenge: June 9, 2008

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us!  Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, June 11.

You Write the Caption will  be taking a short break this week.  We'll return with the winners of this week's challenge on Friday, June 20. 

 

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The June 2 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"First, the good news . . . "

-- Steven Barber of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Take four years and call me Mr. President!"

-- Noel Bankhead, Indian Trail

"Oh, I'm sorry.  This is Hillary's chart."

-- Leora Itzhaki, Charlotte

"A second opinion?  She's not vice-presidential material either."

-- Scott Nordgren, Fort Mill

"There is no 'little-blue-state' pill!"

-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton

Thank you for all your entries.  As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"The diagnosis is terminally high expectations!"

"The good news is -- never mind, there is no good news."

"Your big mouth was just what the doctor ordered!"

"I recommend you see a spin doctor immediately."

"Sorry Kid, there's no comeback this time."

"Let me show you the Obama effect."

"Not a an uncommon occurence for a man your age ..."

"You are suffering from unpopularity syndrome which appears to have spread to members of your family."

"It's all down hill from here!"

" 25 Super Delegates and FoxNews will never hear of this."

"You seem very healthy for a man who's been bedridden for fifty years!"

Well, President Clinton, it depends on what is your definition of 'right side up'!"

"I would recommend that you get your affairs in order."

"It's called electile dysfunction."

"That is the bad news.  The good news is that Michele and I are going to move into your old house."

"Actually, in this case ICU means Inevitable Clinton Undoing!"

"These are Ken Thompson's numbers -- your chances look much worse."

"I'll quit playing politician if you quit playing doctor."

"The good news is, You’re still in better shape than McCain and Bush."

Please join us again Monday, June 9, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Caption writing lessons, continued

Just for fun, we've posted over at our sister blog, The Daily Views, a short piece entitled, How to win the New Yorker cartoon caption contest (and maybe the Observer's).  It links to a piece on slate.com where a recent New Yorker winner reveals his secrets.   As our regular contributors will recognize, not everything he says is applicable to our little contest here, but he does have some good insights.  Enjoy, and see how they might work for you during next week's contest.  We'll have the winner of the Obama/Clinton toon posted sometime early Friday.  Please join us again then!