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!"

Comments

[Ken]

I can't believe my entry was considered one of the "better lines" this time. I was beginning to think my emails were not getting through.

[suzanne & co.]

My thoughts on the winners for the past several weeks or more, they are always political, edgy, sometimes a better line funnier than other's, but at this point in the contest I think you should just hire them at the Observer! I guess being around kids for almost 20 years teaching preschool, I have that "family circus" kind of mentality and don't have a chance of that Great "black and white" on my wall!