You Write The Caption

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.

Your new challenge: Oct. 19,2009

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. 21.

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 caption winner: 10/16/09

The winner:

"Change is in the air? Not really."

-- Lee Baber of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Heads I'm the liberal, tails you're the liberal."

-- Al Vaughn, Waxhaw

"Wait a minute, both sides of this coin are the same!"

-- Ryan Smalley of Charlotte

"It all comes down to spin."

-- Julie Iacovelli, Concord

"Campaign contributions ain’t what they used to be!"

-- Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis

"See?  There IS a dime's worth of difference between us."

Loyd Dillon, Charlotte, and, with variations, from many other 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:

“Heads or tails, Charlotte wins!”

"The budget for the 'thin blue line' -- one thin dime!"

"As it is in most elections, money will be the deciding factor."

"We're both tails."

"Let's stop fighting over this money slated for Charlotte road construction."

"The winner gets to veto the flip."

"This economy makes it tough to raise money, so why don’t we just flip for it."

"Frankly, Charlotte, I don't give a dime!"

and the one everybody sent in . . . .

"Heads I win, tails you lose."