You Write The Caption

Your New Challenge: Feb. 25, 2008

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, 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 political 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.

Enter as many times as you wish.  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. 28.

You Write the Caption will be taking a vacation this week.  We'll return with the winners of this challenge on March 7.

Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 18 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"It takes one to grow one!"

-- Kenneth Irving of Kannapolis

The runners-up:

"We go to great lengths to keep the American public fully informed."

-- Douglas R. Cox, Albemarle

"My nose is just like the Iraq war. There's no end in sight."

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, SC

"It's a tool of the trade!"

-- Laura Thompson, Charlotte

"My approval ratings are almost up with yours!"

-- Jerry Hancock, Davidson

Thank you for all your entries.  To see the other captions we received for this week's challenge, just click the "Comments" link below the previous post.

Please join us again Monday, Feb. 25,  for a new cartoon Caption Challenge.

Your 2008 Presidents Day Challenge: Feb. 18

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, 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 political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.
 
Submit your caption here online!

Just click the "Comments" link below this post and type your caption.  Posters must leave an e-mail address, so we can contact the finalists (your e-mail address is not displayed on your post).  Feel free to stop by again and keep up with the action, checking to see what your fellow caption writers have come up with.  After all, why should we judges get all the fun?  Enter as many times as you wish -- all submissions must be posted by noon, Thursday, Feb. 21.

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 11 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"It must have been made in China since it went over like a lead balloon!"

-- Laura Thompson of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"All around the dais they drew, Erdman at his easel. How would it end? Everyone knew. Out goes the weasel!"

-- Ms. Thompson, again

"I know we've got a warehouse full of them, but Valerie Woodard is the only person that bought one."

-- Robert Williams, Charlotte

“I had a Hillary in a box, but she got so wound up in herself, she wouldn’t bounce back.”

-- Daniel Burleson, Hickory

"I'd like to trade this in for a David Erdman Bobblehead Doll."

-- William Owens, Marvin

Thank you for all your entries.  To see the rest of the captions submitted this week, just scroll down to  the previous post.  To comment on the winners, or leave new captions, click the "Comments"  link on this post.

Be sure and let us know what you think of this new experimental way of doing the caption contest, having the captions left on the blog, instead of them being submitted secret-ballot-style via e-mail.  To tell the truth, I haven't made up my own mind about it yet, so would welcome the input. 

One immediate impact I noticed, was that the number of entries dropped quite a bit.   Perhaps some folks were too shy to  leave a caption where everyone could see it.   Luckily, not everyone was shy, and some worked hard to fill the gap!  Also, for some reason, while the quantity was down, the quality was up, and this week's contest was much harder to judge than usual. 

Thanks again for all your participation, and please join us again Monday, Feb. 18, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Feb. 11, 2007

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, 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 political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. 

New!  New!  New!
Submit your caption here online!  Just click the "Comments" link below this post and type your caption.  Posters must leave an e-mail address, so we can contact the finalists (your e-mail address is not displayed on your post).  Feel free to stop by again and keep up with the action, checking to see what your fellow caption writers have come up with.  After all, why should we judges get all the fun?  Enter as many times as you wish -- all submissions must be posted by noon, Thursday, Feb. 14.

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 4 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

“As always, diplomacy will be our first option.”

-- Cheryl Cage of Marana, Ariz.

The runners-up:

"It is absurd to say that this White House is embattled."

-- Lou Desser, Lake Wylie

"Let me start by thanking President McCain for appointing me Secretary of Defense."

-- Steve LaDue, Fort Mill

"Next on the agenda will be the fat lady singing."

-- Rick Romanoff, Charlotte

"Who's in YOUR wallet?"

-- Billy Johnson, Concord

Thank you for all your entries.  As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"Of course, the Bush administration is planning on a smooth presidential transistion!"

"We came, we conquered, we destroyed, we lied."

"The President hopes this move clarifies his position on Foreign Relations."

"By OUR standards, waterboarding is delightful!"

"It takes a pillage to raise our polls."

"Pillaging accomplished!"

"And finally, there is no truth to the rumor that President McCain is making me wear this outfit to appease the conservative base of the Republican party

Your New Challenge: Feb. 4, 2008

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Welcome to You Write the Caption, 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 political 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.

Enter as many times as you wish.  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. 7.

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The Jan. 28 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"If I answer Snow White, I’ll be accused of playing the race card."

-- Kenneth Irving of Kannapolis

The runners-up:

"If you stopped looking at me, you could connect with the people."

-- William Owens, Marvin

“We have some wonderful parting gifts for your hair.”

-- Mark Bujold,  St. Simons Island, GA

"All dressed up and no place to go!"

-- Laura Thompson, Charlotte

"Since when does 'fair' have anything to do with politics?"

-- submitted by several readers

Thank you for all your entries.  As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section.  Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"How to avoid poverty? Drop out!"

"I see Attorney General in your future."

"I heard the Queen City might be looking for a new mayor!"

"Fairest though you may be, the voters like Barack and Hillary!"

"It takes more than a pretty face!"

"For the last time, ROMNEY is the fairest of them all."

"Things are looking pretty . . . Grimm."

"You are the fairest of the three, but, alas, your dream is not to be."

"Check your rear-view mirror also."

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, why am I invisible to all?"

"I haven't seen anything that ugly since Hillary invoking Nixon!"