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The winner:
"You know, I put zero down on my LAST home too."
-- Scott Nordgren of Fort Mill
The runners-up:
"I worked for NBC, but one day I asked Obama a tough question, and here I am."
-- Harley Gamble, Monroe
"We WERE the fourth largest bank, but we still are in the top 20."
-- Michael Sandy, Norwood
"Sorry, we no longer offer sub-prime mortgages."
-- Steve Copulsky, Charlotte
"So...what kind of SUV do you drive?"
-- Bob Schwartz, Fort Mill
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!
"We have too many safeguards to ever have another depression."
"You see, this is just a mental recession."
"This all started when the city said 'Miss Eva-- tear down that wall!'"
"So this is the latest development in uptown Charlotte!"
"Wall street and Tryon street have a lot in common these days."
"Let's just say Wachovia did not allow me to pick a pension."
"You may think we are in a recession, but your nice refrigerator box says otherwise."
"After we huffed and puffed and blew your house down, it came back to bite us."
"Buying that mortgage company seemed like a deal at the time."
"To solve homelessness, you really need to think outside the box."
"See, Republicans and Democrats aren't that different after all."
"True, but my car has a full tank!"
"I'm actually the manager of this branch office."
“I am the guy who approved your sub-prime mortgage.”
"I can only afford to drive home on the weekends."
"This is my summer home, during the winter I stay in my car. "
"Times are tough. I'm gonna have to raise your rent."
"I sold the mortgage to this place when I worked for the bank."
"I never dreamed that I would be living the box that my 60" flat screen came in."
"I think I'm beginning to understand the big flap over the mortgage crisis!"
"I tried living in a housing bubble but the wind kept popping it!"
"Something I ate disagreed with me... a California mortgage bank!"
Please join us again Monday, July 28, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
Good comments this week.
Posted by: Michael Sandy | July 25, 2008 at 10:38 AM
I forgot to send my comment in, but here it is:
"Sure, the location isn't much, but it's got 15 more square feet than my Uptown Condo."
Posted by: Warren | July 26, 2008 at 10:49 AM
I tried to do something about "the banks want us to think outside the box" but couldn't work it out by deadline. Congrats Scott on a good one.
Posted by: Ross | July 26, 2008 at 03:02 PM