You Write The Caption

Your new challenge: Nov. 23, 2009

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.

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

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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. 

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The new cartoon caption winner: 11/20/09

The winner:

"April 15th is my holiday."

-- Douglas R. Cox of Albemarle

The runners-up:

“No.  This is my ‘Cheer’ Summit!”

-- David W. White, Charlotte

"Can you exclude viewers of Fox News?"

-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton

“Considering that one of you has a short life expectancy, one of you flies in a risky aircraft, and one of you is premature, you should all support my health care initiative!”

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"The new year baby's paying for everything!"

-- From many 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:

“We are all figments of someone’s imagination!”

"Come the holidays, you'll all be czarry."

"Oh come, oh come, Emanuel!"

"I have a proposal concerning the alternate funding of Acorn."

“I can offer you bailout protection but I’ll need to cap your income.”

"I think if we all work together, we can pass health care reform."

"A signed health care bill would make a nice holiday tweet."

"I'm counting on you to help my approval ratings!"

“To help our economy, I'm outsourcing you to China.”

“I'm sorry that Cupid couldn't join us today.  His contract with match.com is keeping him busy.”

"If you guys are looking for a symbol of  April Fools' Day I would suggest Glenn Beck!"

" This meeting will start as soon as Kwanzaa arrives."

"Hope is what led me here today; hope that they'll spend a bundle on you holidays."

"To get this 2000 page turkey of a health care plan down the chimney and into America's homes, I need to borrow a pacifier to give to the Republicans."

"After much consideration, I have chosen the Chinese New Year as the new Holiday Czar."

Please join us again Monday, Nov. 23, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: 11/16/09

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.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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. 

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The new cartoon caption winner: 11/13/09

The winner:

"Here's the key to Charlotte.  It works best if you jiggle it to the right."

-- Anne Monroe of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Here, maybe you can get it to work, it's to Bev Perdue's pocketbook."

-- Rob Mundt, Concord

"Here is the key to the Charlotte City Partners' executive bathroom.  Do what they say and they will give you one."

-- Tom Warlick, Clover

“Call a locksmith. This thing never did get me into Raleigh.”

-- Jeff A. Gregory, Charlotte

“The key to my desk drawer where you will find 3 envelopes.”

David W. White, Charlotte

Mr. White wins honorable mention in the  "Best reference to old joke" category.  If you don't know the joke, see the comments section.

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:

"The key to the city is keeping BofA headquarters in Charlotte."

“In the 14 years I was here, I never found a single thing it opened.”

"It doesn't open as many doors as it used to."

“The key is leadership!”

"It's the key of C.  You have to write your own song!"

“The key to the Governor’s Mansion.  It didn’t work for me.”

"Just remember, BofA still owns the mortgage."

"This officially opens the office of Mayor to a whole new error."

"It’s actually for the BofA Executive Cafeteria.  We’ve had them locked in there for months."

"No, it actually opens the medicine cabinet. After about six months, you’ll need it."

"The banks actually own it but they let us carry it around on weekends."

"Just a turn to the right and it's a lock."

"Turn it only to the left; it won’t go to the right anymore."

Please join us again Monday, Nov. 16, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: Nov. 9, 2009

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.

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

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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. 

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The new cartoon caption winner: 11/06/09

The winner:

"I'm afraid it's incurable.  Have you considered a run for Senate?"

-- Sean Chatham of Concord

The runners-up:

"Looks like the graft is not working."

-- Doug Cox, Albemarle

"The good news is it's no longer growing. The bad news is I can't stop the hemorrhaging."

Tim Cole, Charlotte

"The medical term is felony!"

-- Rodney Robinson, Lincolnton

"Whoa! This Looks Just Like Mary's."

-- Bob Pettus,  Matthews

“Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal – all politicians look like this.”

-- From many 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:

"Your insurance has determined that it was a pre-existing condition."

"The scan shows plenty of dollars, but no sense."

"It appears the stupidity has spread."

"Take two suponeas and call me in the morning."

"It's not terminal but it may be prosecutable."

"I think we’ve found the source of all of your headaches."

"This bears a remarkable likeness to a scan I did of Jim Black."

“Your friend McQueen’s is even bigger.”

“The buck stops here!”

"This bubble gum is mint flavored."

"Yes, it is similar to the inevitable head injuries suffered by NFL players but yours comes from playing politics all those years."

"Prosecutors would give more than a penny for your thoughts."

“Not too bad. Governor Sanford’s brain scan was X-rated.”

"This is where your conscience is supposed to be."

"This is your brain on bakeesh."

"Take two aspirin and call your lawyer."

“Looks like you had a stroke of greediness!”

"No wonder! Your major synapse has sin apps!"

"You may want to get your affairs in order."

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

Your new challenge: Nov. 2, 2009

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.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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. 

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The new cartoon caption winner: 10/30/09

The winner:

"General, why don't you start by introducing yourself?"

-- Nelson Thompson of Indian Land, S.C.

The runners-up:

"It's not easy being green."

-- Doug Cox, Albemarle

"Can it wait until after he picks up his peace prize?"

-- Mike Monroe, Charlotte

“Your situation is above my pay grade.”

-- Scott Foster, Cornelius

“You say push and he says pull, but neither one of you can tell me what a win looks like!”

-- Jay Tillman III, Charlotte

"We're going to need more beer."

-- From many 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:

"For now, the president wants to focus on Fox News."

It's obvious you gentlemen don't see aye to aye."

"Well, tell him, General, do you REALLY think you know more about Afghanistan than Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and George Soros combined?"

"Now General, when did you first find out that he removed you as a facebook friend?"

“He may not know what he is doing, but he is still your boss.”

"Okay General, Explain why your plan is more important than his poll numbers."

"Before you decide on a tactic, you've got to decide if the enemy is Afghanistan or Fox News!"

"He just wants to be loved."

“I need a neutral third party.  Can somebody find Joe Biden?”

"Yes, but he did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night."

Your new challenge: Oct. 26, 2009

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.

Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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. 

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The new cartoon caption winner: 10/23/09

The winner:

"I'm not George Bush either."

-- Douglas R. Cox of Albemarle

The runners-up:

"Just in case I do something useful!"

-- Devin McRorie, Charlotte

In 2010, we don’t get a COLA – just this economics award!

-- Joe Calvin Robinson, Hildebran, N.C.

“Well, I PLAN to stop gossiping at the beauty parlor!”

-- Melissa King, Stanley

"I got it for winning the 'You Write the Caption' contest!"

-- From many readers

Thank you for all your entries. This was a tough one to judge -- most folks were all thinking along the same lines this week. Mr. Cox's entry was judged to be the best written, even if a couple other readers had similar variations of a good idea.  

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:

“I got it for surviving town halls and redistricting plan meetings.”

"I offered to buy the world a Coke."

"The Nobel Prize Committee says I may already be a winner!"

"It pays to be a democrat."

“My Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe has potential.”

"I got this from the box of corn flakes this morning."

"I won it at Bingo."

"At least the Norwegians like my meatloaf."

“Look what I found at the bottom of my Cracker Jacks.”

“First prize was a set of Swedish steel steak knives!”

“I’m accepting this as a call to action, I’m about to start dinner.”

"I sent a Letter to the Editor about the Myers Park School reassignment."

"I was the high bidder on e-bay!"

“It is for Economics --- they heard I intend to balance my checkbook.”

“Literature --- they heard I hope to write a novel someday.”

“It’s Glenn Beck’s teething ring!”

Please join us again Monday, Oct. 26, for a new cartoon caption challenge.