You Write The Caption

Your New Challenge: March 31, 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. 

*New Cartoon Caption Deadline*
Submissions must reach us by noon, WEDNESDAY, April 2.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The March 24 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"Only YOU can prevent economic fires!"

-- Steve LaDue of Fort Mill

The runners-up:

"They say giving freely is a fine way to ward off Depression!"

-- Laura Thompson, Charlotte

"Good bear! You sure took Iraq off the front page."   

-- Charles Randall, Cherryville, NC

"The Federal Reserve and I think THIS economic stimulus package is just right!"

-- Barry Lindenman, Matthews

"I hope you like baloney."

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, SC

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:

"I got you some stock in Scott tissue...as the market has reached new bottoms."

“I didn’t expect to run into such Stern Bears!”"I’m hoping my stimulus package gives you a little something to chew on besides me!"

"You think Wall Street’s grizzly, well Pennsylvania Ave ain’t no picnic either!"

"Hopefully this stimulus package will hold you over until I'm gone."

"Ranger Bernake asked me to give you this pic-a-nic basket."

"Bernanke told me to give the choicest cuts to a stern bear, or a Bear Stearn...heck, something like that."

"This $600 will change you from a bear into a bull!"

"I brought you some diapers...as you've remained unchanged."

"Mr. Stearns, a gift has arrived from a Mr. J. P. Morgan Chase, sir."

“To make things better I was told to bear gifts!”

"Running with the bulls is less risky than feeding the bears!"

Your New Challenge: March 24, 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, March 27.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The March 17 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"Don't sweat it, nobody else can guard Hansbrough either!"

-- Randy Hayes, Wilksboro, NC

The runners-up:

"Don't worry you're safe!  At this rate, the Knights will never come to Uptown."

-- Elliott Antal, Charlotte

"I'm sorry you're still fuming, but the WBTV weather department isn't in this building!"

-- Stan Childs, Belmont

"For the last time, they're called Gonzaga -- GONZAGA!"

-- with variations, from many readers

“Sorry, but I never date Clemson players.”

-- Gene Powell, Kannapolis

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:

"You want to see real March Madness...just step on a couple of refineries."

"Monster dunks are great but Charlotte could use a few Bank shots right about now!"

“I knew they were talking about expanding the bracket to monstrous proportions but this is ridiculous.”

"You'll never do more damage to basketball in Charlotte than George Shinn."

"You'll have to play somewhere else.  There's not enough room in here."

"White dinosaurs can't jump."

"Remember the Lynx is something to ride on, not to eat."

"Even you couldn’t help Duke win right now.”

"If you drop your shoulder the refs will always call charging,  same thing if you roast the guy...."

"I'm afraid the arena planners didn't foresee a tournament of this size!"

"I don't know which is the bigger myth, you or the idea that Sean May will ever play."

""Okay.....okay....I'll call you Tyler!"

"I was afraid something like this might happen when they built the arena downtown."

Please join us again Monday, March 24, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: March 17, 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. 

*New Deadline: Submissions must reach us by noon, WEDNESDAY, March 19.*

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The March 10 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"I'm just beating the eardrums of war."

-- Lee Baber of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Ah, the light is at this end of the tunnel."

-- Chris Cecil, Charlotte

"Thanks, W!  My work ear is done!"

-- William Owens, Marvin, NC

"As our term nears an end, guess I’m waxing a little nostalgic."

-- Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis

"I doubt we'll ever fill the vacancy left by Karl Rove!"

-- Laura Thompson, Charlotte

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:

"Thanks for the Memories..."

"Ear today, gone tomorrow."

"You're on your own, I'm outta ear!"

"It's me, not you."

"Communications between the White House and me are 'unpresidented'!”

"Th-th-th-th-th-th-that's all, folks!"

“On to our next puppet, John McCain”

"Ten more months and then YOU can make your own decisions!"

"I'm taking a job at FoxNews as a straight man for Karl Rove!."   

"You know this face would look and fit wonderful on Mt. Rushmore."

“Darn, they finally found my safe, hiding spot!”

"I'm going to Disneyland."

Your New Challenge: March 10, 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, March13.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The Feb. 25 Cartoon Caption Winner!

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The winner:

"Is that a Nordies tag on them overalls?"

-- Hansford M. Epes of Davidson

The runners-up:

"Ground-breaking is not considered farming."

-- Charles Randall, Cherryville

"Want to go to Raleigh for a spell?"

-- Doug Cox,  Albemarle

"You forgot the horns."

-- submitted, with variations, by Clay Kiser and Ross Levin, Charlotte

"You're going to need a bigger pitchfork!"

-- submitted by many 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:

"Who are we trying to impress dressed like hicks from Charlotte?  Surely not voters in the rest of the state."

"John Edwards wouldn't use a pitchfork to comb HIS hair!"

"It will take more than a three-pronged approach to cultivate support in these parts!"

"They say the highway lights are bright, in Raleigh."

"Great!  We'll call it 'Raleigh Got-Hick'!"

"For a city boy, you clean up pretty well."

"You can run, but you can't hide!"

"Forget the pitchfork.  You won't get elected governor unless Hell freezes over."

"Nice try at a makeover, but the Brooks Brothers jacket and Smith & Hawken signature pitchfork are a dead giveaway."

"They'll ride you out on a rail."

Please join us again Monday, March 10, for a new cartoon caption challenge.