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The winner:
"Load me up quick, here comes another first-time home buyer!"
-- Rob Mundt of Concord
The runners-up:
"And if anyone asks, we're just a normal couple from Charlotte who enjoy a 3-hour water fight in their front yard."
-- Noel Bankhead, Indian Trail
"It's getting tougher every year to win Yard of the Month!"
-- William Owens, Marvin, NC
"Remember, we're not watering our lawn, we're defending our property."
-- Charles Randall, Cherryville
"I'll stop when they pry this from my cold, wet fingers!"
-- submitted, with variations, from many readers
Thank you for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:
"Leave the gun. Take the Canna Lilies!" -- my personal favorite, but, I know, a little obscure . . . k.s.
"That'll teach him to call 311 on me!"
"This really drains me emotionally."
"The grass is having a blast."
"Make my day, CMUD!"
"As far as I know, there is no restriction on watering people."
"Time to reload. I've just about got the front lawn covered."
"It worked on the Wicked Witch. It might just work on your mother!"
"Patrols everywhere!!... We're losing the lawn fast!!... Keep the water coming!"
"The water cops are here! Get the silencer!"
"Fine for watering $100 ... squirt gun $19.99 ... making the dirty rat dance ... PRICELESS !!!"
"Edna, are we odd or even?"
"If you're not with me, then you're against me!!!"
Want to discuss the winners? Got another caption to add to the list? Want to judge these yourself, and let us know your favorites? Feel free to click on the little blue "Comments" link just below this post to share your views on any of this.
Why not post your favorite even if it's a little obscure? I liked the Godfather reference too. The winner wasn't crystal clear either.
Posted by: Ken | September 08, 2007 at 07:11 PM
Looks to me like Rob Mundt was paying attention when KS gave us a 101 class after the last "water crisis" cartoon challenge. I can understand and appreciate why the winner is the winner. I sure had fun submitting captions for this one. Hope everyone else did too!! Looking forward to the next challenge.
Posted by: LT | September 09, 2007 at 06:52 AM
Actually, I was thinking we could do a whole new contest for this cartoon -- but each caption had to have a "Godfather" theme. Some further suggestions? How about, "I know the watering schedule: Mawnday, Tuesday, Thursday . . . Andiamo!"
Or: "Whataya think this is, the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away? You gotta get up close like this... badaBING! You blow their petals all over your nice Smith and Hawkins boots."
Or: "We're goin' to the mattresses. Hope you have waterproof sheets."
Andiamo! Andiamo!
Posted by: Kevin Siers | September 10, 2007 at 08:47 AM