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The winner:
"We three Sheiks in our new HumVee, Take the Yankees' dollars with glee. Ford and Caddy, Who's your Daddy? Fill-up those SUV's!"
-- Geoff Nash, Davidson
The runners-up:
“Too bad we had to sell the gold, frankincense and myrrh to buy gas.”
-- Lisa Hoffmann, Charlotte
"We're in luck. There's the Texaco star."
-- Terrell Propst, Gastonia
"Wow, this OnStar really works!"
-- Johnny Connell, Charlotte
"Finally! NCDOT fixed the lights on I-77!"
-- Jim Plyler, Charlotte
"OK, I give up - whose kid is it? Brad-n-Angelina's? Britney's? Tom-n-Katie's?"
-- Tom Hodge, Denver, NC
Thank you for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received last week:
"Well, . . . we know Rumsfeld won't be there."
Isn’t it getting crazy? This year it came out right after Halloween!
"I can't believe the check point guards believed that story."
"While you guys were so busy star gazing, we missed the Bethlehem exit!"
(Sung to the tune of "Do You Hear What I Hear") Said the mighty king to the shining star--Do you see S.U.V.?
" I brought the most precious and expensive gift I could think of, - Its a gallon of high test."
" I still don't see how we're going to see a profit from this trip".
"We three kings of Orient are – traveling in a gas-guzzling car…"
"Bet we can trust our car to the man under that star."
"Dude, Where's My Camel?"
"We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts on top of our car."
"Sure woulda been quicker if 485 was finished!"
"Star of Wonder, Star of Light, Where will Jake throw the ball tonight?"
"Let's go drill over there."
"Would you PLEASE just ask for directions already?!"
"We three Kings of Orient are ... Raising the price of fuel in your car..."
"That's the star of George W. Bush. I can tell because it has fallen so fast."
"We shall follow the star in one Accord!"
“NOW aren’t you glad we didn’t pay extra for the GPS?”
"Are we there yet?"
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.
"We three Sheiks in our new HumVee, Take the Yankees' dollars with glee. Ford and Caddy, Who's your Daddy? Fill-up those SUV's!"
...You're kidding right? Definately the worst one of the entries from what I see and way too wordy. Captions should be short and pack humor punch, this has neither.
The winner should have been: ""We're in luck. There's the Texaco star."
Just my opinion, Thanks.
Posted by: Brian Huffstetler | December 09, 2006 at 11:32 AM
I don't remember ever hearing that editorial cartoon captions had to be short and punchy. This one seems to catch the spirit of the moment with a good deal of wit. Besides, how seriously can we take a criticism from someone who can't even spell "definitely".
Posted by: Randy Thomas | December 15, 2006 at 09:51 AM
The first of Mr. Siers's guidelines says: "The most important thing -- and the toughest -- is to keep it short! Cartoon humor relies on providing the most punch in the quickest way possible."
I agree with Brian Huffstetler. It was too long and there were better submissions.
Hopefully, I didn't have any spelling errors !
Posted by: Ken | January 05, 2007 at 04:34 PM