Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

Your New Challenge: Feb. 27, 2006

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Welcome to 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 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. 

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 Thursday, March 2.

We'll post the winner's name and caption and the runners-up here Friday afternoon and publish them in the Observer next Monday.  The winning writer gets the original cartoon art with the caption added.  Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 20 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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We can't tell a lie -- we were worried that this week's surreal President's Day challenge might stymie our readers. But they proved you can't stump all the cartoon caption writers even part of the time!

The winner:

"This executive order allows me to eavesdrop from anywhere!"

-- submitted by Marshall Kiser of Charlotte.

We doff our hat to Mr. Kiser, and award him our grand prize, the original Kevin Siers editorial cartoon artwork with his caption on it.

The runners-up:

"Forefathers? How come I only count two?"

-- submitted by Bobby Burchell of Charlotte.

"Explain to me again just how this honesty thing is supposed to work."

-- submitted by Mike Strother of Rockwell, N.C.

"Tall, skinny, bearded - yep, I done caught bin Laden."

-- submitted by Ritchie Duffy of Concord.

"Actually, I'm not a rabbit...I'm a lame duck!"

-- submitted by Alison B. Napier of Charlotte.

Thank you for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"Hey fellas, I just sold Mount Rushmore to the United Arab Emirates."

"Afghanistan, Iraq - for my "Hat Trick" I'll be visiting Iran soon."

"We’ve got a lot in common. You guys are on Mount Rushmore and I’m hard-headed too."

"Do me a favor and make sure Cheney knows this proclamation I’m holding declares rabbit season to be over!"

"....and you must be Mrs. Lincoln."

"I'd rather be seen in Abraham's hat than Abramoff's pocket!"

"Well, would you be willing to sign my petition to put me on Mt. Rushmore?"

"Here's where you went wrong - if we fight 'em there, we don't have to fight 'em here."

"So let me get this straight, you actually admitted to the cherry tree thing?"

"Do either of you guys know what a 'foreign entanglement' is?"

If you'd like to add any of your own late captions, or if you'd like to discuss or comment on the judges' selections, feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post. Please visit us again Monday for a new cartoon challenge.

Your President's Day Challenge!

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Welcome to 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 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. 

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 Thursday, Feb. 23.

We'll post the winner's name and caption and the runners-up here Friday afternoon and publish them in the Observer next Monday.  The winning writer gets the original cartoon art with the caption added.  Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 13 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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This week's cartoon caption contest was drawn from the real-life protests over the Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed. Our readers' responses were drawn from their imaginations.

The winning caption:

"'Death to Everyone!' was taken."

-- submitted by Guy P. DiCenzo of Matthews.

Mr. DiCenzo has taken our grand prize, the original Kevin Siers artwork, with his caption written on it.

The runners-up:

"Irony? What's Irony?"

-- submitted by Marshall Davis of Charlotte.

"I copied from the Patriot Act."

-- submitted by Robert Moore of Monroe.

"Particularly, 'Peace Train' by Cat Stevens!"

-- submitted by Keith Mason of Matthews.

Thank you all for your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"The death part I understand -- it's the other part I'm having trouble with."

"It jihads itself!"

"We have found a way to execute the principles of western style democracy!"

"The bad news is, I can only use the sign once!"

"It's part of our new truth-in-advertising initiative"

"But death has alway been our only freedom of expression."

"I hope the Ayatollah doesn't mind if we take another approach -- the suicide bomber class of '06 was pretty slim."

" Here's my homework, Professor Goss - do I graduate CIA training school now?"

"Except for rioting and embassy burning."

"If it all works out, at least I won't have to write another caption again."

If you'd like to add any of your own late captions, or if you'd like to discuss or comment on the judges' selections, feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post. Please visit us again Monday for a President's Day cartoon challenge.

Your New Challenge: Feb. 13, 2006

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Welcome to 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 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. 

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 Thursday, Feb. 16.

We'll post the winner's name and caption and the runners-up here Friday afternoon and publish them in the Observer next Monday.  The winning writer gets the original cartoon art with the caption added.  Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 6 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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We didn't need surveillance equipment or NSA clearance to hear a common theme in this week's Cartoon Caption Contest entries.

The winner:

"It's just the United States Constitution coming apart at the seams . . . !"

-- submitted by Tom Hodge of Denver, N.C.

Listen up, Mr. Hodge -- you'll be receiving our grand prize, the original Kevin Siers cartoon art, with your caption on it.

The runners-up:

"You know, honey, you've got to give this president credit. When people talk, he listens!"

-- submitted by Roland Marechal of Concord.

"All I hear are echoes of Nixon."

-- submitted by Dave Dell of Charlotte.

"It sounds like James Madison rolling over in his grave."

-- submitted by David Meiers of Charlotte.

Thank you all for your entries. Here's a sampling of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"Call the exterminator. I think we have bugs."

"It sounds like the Cartoon Network."

"The Ears of Texas are upon us!"

"The Scientists were right! Sound doesn't travel in a vacuum."

"I hear somebody humming 'God Bless America'."

"I think I hear Big Brother."

"I'm hearing re-runs of 'I Spy'."

"Hey, Mabel, what does fascism sound like?"

"The president says we should all do our part!"

"I'm worried about this Lincoln bedroom deal."

And last, but certainly not least, because it was submitted by what seemed like half of our contestants:

"I can hear the ocean!"

If you'd like to add any of your own late captions, or if you'd like to discuss or comment on the judges' selections, feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post. Please visit us again Monday for the next cartoon challenge.

Your New Challenge: Feb. 6, 2006

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Welcome to 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 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. 

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 Thursday, Feb. 9.

We'll post the winner's name and caption and the runners-up here Friday afternoon and publish them in the Observer next Monday.  The winning writer gets the original cartoon art with the caption added.  Good luck, and have fun!

The Jan. 30 Caption Winner!

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Perhaps only fools rush in, but we couldn't help falling in love with one of the earlier submissions to this week's contest.

The winning caption:

"You know Clarence, if this guy starts every decision with 'Wise men say,' I'm gonna puke!"

-- submitted by Steve LaDue of Fort Mill, S.C.

With his takeoff on an Elvis ballad, Mr. LaDue demonstrates again his hunka-hunka burining talent for caption writing. Last week, he penned one of our runner-up choices. This week he is "Double Trouble", as he wins the grand prize, the original cartoon art with his caption on it, as well as runner-up mention.

The runners-up:

"We don't do Casual Fridays."

-- submitted by Jim Henson of Lexington, S.C.

"I haven't read his opinions but I've heard he has a Suspicious Mind."

-- submitted by Brent Sheppard of Morganton.

"So THIS is Senator Kennedy's idea of a swing vote?"

-- submitted by Joe Hamilton of Waxhaw.

"Somebody tell Bush that extensive food court experience just isn't the same."

-- also submitted by Steve LaDue.

Thanks for all your entries. Here's a sampling of some of the other better lines we received:

"When the Democrats said appointing Alito would turn the president into a king, I didn't realize they meant THE King!"

"Perhaps you were expecting Diana Ross?"

"I told you his disappearance in 1977 wasn't settled law."

"And you think the Senate got all shook up over Alito!"

"What happens in Washington, stays in Washington."

"Sandra Day O'Connor has left the building."

"He's the only one the Democrats would approve."

"Wait 'til you see his law clerks."

"Apparently, someone feels we’ve been a little TOO conservative."

If you'd like to add any of your own late captions, or discuss our judges' selections with other readers, please feel free to click here or on the little blue "Comments" link found just below this post. Please visit us again Monday for the next cartoon challenge.