Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

The Sept. 25 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"The specter of steroids ruins another fall classic."

-- George S. Evdemon, Fort Mill

The runners-up:

"I know you love the house, but I just can't live next to the genetics lab any longer."

-- submitted by Mary Shumate, Charlotte

"Oh no! The terrorists have developed a new strain of spinach!"

-- submitted by Emory Austin, Charlotte

"That's one giant leaf for mankind!"

-- submitted by Alton Vaughn, Charlotte

"Looks like a big leaf season this year!"

-- submitted by multiple readers

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

"Don't look Ethel!!! The Jolly Green Giant is going au-natural... "

"We just HAD to buy near the McGwire nuclear plant."

"So maybe I DID go a little overboard on the fertilizer."

"Alert the press, it's Charlotte's NEXT BIG THING!"

"It's ok, dear, the city says we just have to get it to the curb!"

"The fall 'leaves' us in the dark earlier"

"I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”

"My allergies are getting worse and worse."

"I knew tobacco was big in North Carolina, but this is ridiculous."

"I guess Fall is here big-time."

"What would you think about us getting a new leaf blower?"

"This super-size me fad is out of control."

"I think it's time to leave."

Got another caption to add to the list?  Want to judge these yourself, and let us know your winners?  Feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post to discuss or comment on any of this.  Please visit us again Monday for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Sept. 25, 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, Sept. 28 .

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 Sept. 18 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"Since you're so closely tied to this project, Ron, we insist that you stay!"

-- Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis

The runners-up:

"This says Charlotte and the taxpayers have approved one last 'over-run' for you, Ron!"

-- Tom Hodge, Denver, NC

"You're on the right track, Ron!"

-- Elton Parker, Charlotte

"Since it's 'light' rail, it shouldn't hurt too much!"

-- Ray Ostott, Charlotte

"Don't worry!  The rope will probably rot before a train comes by!"

-- submitted by many, many readers

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

“Good news!  It turns out your budget did not include trains.”

"Imagine what a great impression it will make when it finally comes through!"

"Rail to the Chief!"

"When Pam said your job was on the ropes, she wasn't kidding!"

"Don't worry.....this says Pam, Pat, and Parks will be here any minute to save you."

"We would much rather have tarred and feathered you- but the cost of petroleum products would have placed us over budget!"

"You should have quit while you were ahead -- oh, wait -- you tried that..."

"Not to worry Ron - Don Reid is praying for you!"

"Relax, you'll die of old age before a train comes by."

"Don't worry, Parsons made up the schedule, too!"

"The Vikings game just replaced light rail as Charlottes' bigget blunder!"

"We're setting you free to make room for the Panthers' coaching staff!"   

"It's going to be a while. Would you like a book and a pillow?"

Got another caption to add to the list?  Want to judge these yourself, and let us know your winners?  Feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post to discuss or comment on any of this.  Please visit us again Monday for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Sept. 18, 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, Sept. 21.

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 Sept. 11 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"Seriously, would it kill you to eat an apple?"

-- Jeff Wagner, Mooresville

The runners-up:

"You think I'M evil, just wait till you meet Jenny Craig!"

--Jerry O'Grady, Weddington

"WOW!  You people really don't have ANY shame, do you?"

-- David Williams, Mt. Pleasant, SC

"No, an apple dumpling is NOT the same thing!"

-- Gene Lazo, Matthews

"It's the Garden of Eden, not Garden of Eatin'!"

-- submitted by a multitude of readers

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

"Well, you obviously don't need my help with temptation."

"No fruit, huh? How does He feel about exercise?"

"Now that's really putting your sins behind you."

"For God's sake, I didn't say eat the entire orchard!"

"There are six other deadly sins you know!"

"Looks like you've got 'gluttony' down pat, although, it does make 'vanity' a bit tougher to get right."

"Apples were over-rated anyway."

"Can't you two control yourselves?  You act like you're descended from apes, or something!"

"Apparently, I'm too late!"

"Don't blame me!  All I tempted you with was the fruit."

"I hope you brought enough doughnuts for everybody... Oh, wait... You ARE everybody."

"Hello.  I'm Bruce, and I'll be your serpent this evening."

"Try an apple -- it's only 80 calories."

"And on the eighth day, God created Krispy Kreme . . . "

"I told you to eat the fruit, not the fritter!"

"...and wouldn't a loving God provide a couch and television for you as well?"

Got another caption to add to the list?  Want to judge these yourself, and let us know your winners?  Feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post to discuss or comment on any of this.  Please visit us again Monday for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Sept. 11, 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, Sept. 14.

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 Sept. 4 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"He's not a bad umpire -- but letting the Venus de Milo pitch was a REALLY bad idea!"

-- Steve LaDue, Fort Mill

The runners-up:

"Ever since Continental Tire left, he's been thinking long and hard before calling a strike."

-- Tom Haines, Charlotte

"The Umpirer has no clothes."

-- David Williams, Mt. Pleasant, SC

"He is thinking about whether steroids are really the gates of hell!"

-- Gene Hemrick, Matthews

"He sticks to the classic strike zone!"

-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton, NC

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

"It's called art.  It's part of the park (Helms) deal."

"He's trying to remember where he left his cup."

"That'th hith thign for a thinking fathtball."

"He's on loan from Homeland Security."

“Word on the street is that his calls favor the Colorado Rockies.”

"Yea, the game played in downtown Charlotte is a little  different."

"He's good, but with all that thinking he's gotten three pitches behind."

"It's this way everytime we have Arts and Science Council Night."   

"This was the compromise between a new uptown stadium and an art museum."

"The thought of Barry Bonds as home run king turned him to stone."

"Wow, even the umps are juicing."

"At least his calls are well thought out."

"I've always heard this is a thinking man's game."

"Don't bother, it's like arguing with a brick wall."

"I still think they need to test umps for steroids!"

"He is wondering where we will park if uptown Charlotte gets a team."

“Apparently, in Charlotte you can’t have baseball without the arts."

"The league's trying to speed up the game."

"Swing if it looks like a strike; don't swing if it's a Balzac ..."

Got another caption to add to the list?  Want to judge these yourself, and let us know your winners?  Feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post to discuss or comment on any of this.  Please visit us again Monday for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Sept. 4, 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, Sept. 7.

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 August 21 Cartoon Caption Winner!

The winner:

"Now we just wait to be liberated!"

-- Craig Monroe, Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Where is the UN's oil-for-food program when you really need it?"

-- Stephen V. Gilmore, Charlotte

"At least we're not dependent on foreign oil."

-- Vanessa DeGeorge, Charlotte

"Oil's well that ends well!"

-- Chris Grenier, Shelby

"If you build it, they will come!"

-- submitted by many, many contestants

Thank you for all your entries.  While many of the captions we received had the same theme as our winner, Mr. Monroe's seemed to be the most punchy and succinct!  Here's a selection of some of the other better lines that came in this week:

"We can float back on a oil slick!"

"The good news is, there's bound to be a BP maintenance crew by here any day now."

"Look at it this way.  The invasion force is sure to find us."

"Did you know that before global warming, this place was called Alaska"?

"Oil dressed up and nowhere to go!"

"Where did you park the Hummer?"

"Isolated, crude and unrefined -- sounds a lot like Raleigh, doesn't it?"

Got another caption to add to the list?  Want to judge these yourself, and let us know your winners?  Feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post to discuss or comment on any of this.  Please visit us again Monday for a new cartoon caption challenge.