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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.
looks like fall is upon us.....
Posted by: Paul Nicholson | September 29, 2006 at 03:22 PM
Most of these are very humorous however the crack about McGwire [sic] is not. Radioactivity would not cause a giant leaf even if it did leak out of the plant. The animals and plants that surround Chernobyl are normal sizes.
Posted by: Concerned Scientist | October 01, 2006 at 06:09 PM