Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

The August 11 Cartoon Caption Winner

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The winner:

"I'm sorry, but, in China, we control the airwaves!"

-- Mic Elvenstar of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"The U.S. has raised the sport of swimming to a whole new level!"

-- Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis

"Stop swimming in the pool-ution!"

-- Ben Hollingsworth, Charlotte

"Sorry, this air's reserved for Kobe Bryant!"

-- Linda Sarazen, Huntersville

"We don't allow anyone to do anything freestyle!"

-- submitted, with variations, from 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:

"Stop!  Please let us add the computer-generated water simulation effect first."

"Smog?  What smog?"

"I've heard of walking on water, but this is ridiculous!"

"Sir, you will experiance less resistance swimming in the water. "

"Stop making fun of our air quality!"

Please join us Monday, Sept. 1, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

We'll be back Friday, August 29.

See our winner then!  And we'll have a new challenge Monday, Sept. 1.  At least that's the plan, now . . .

Your New Challenge: August 11, 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.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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, Wednesday, Aug. 13.

You Write the Caption will be taking a short summer break.  We'll return with the winners of this week's challenge in a couple of weeks.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The August 4 Cartoon Caption Winner

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The winner:

"Well, you can't expect me to ride CATS."

-- Brent Sheppard of Morganton

The runners-up:

“.35? But that’s only .05 in dog breath.”

-- Kevin Hall, Charlotte

“To tell you the truth, I never really thought about what I would do if I caught the car.”

-- John Nilsson, Jr., Charlotte

"But I’m not another rabid Charlotte driver -- I’ve had my shots!”

-- Maynard Sammons, Charlotte

“Can you let me go with a warning?  I’m late for a poker game.”

-- Tom Norman, Greensboro, and Gene Hemrick, Matthews

Thank you for all your entries. 

My personal favorite came in this week from someone disqualified to enter our contest:

"Of course I littered.  I'm a bitch!"

-- Jean Siers, Charlotte

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

“Red light?!  It was more like a dark gray.”

“Of course I don’t know how fast I was going.  I can’t read.”

“That’s M-C-G-R-U-F-F”

“But I’m your best friend.”

"We’ve got property crime going thru the roof and you’re pulling a dog over for driving without his collar?"

"Can you make this quick?  I’ve been stuck in my boss’ office all day and I need to find a fire hydrant!"

"I should have just taken the Greyhound."

"You chase cars your way, I'll chase them mine."

"I'm half bloodhound and I can't even find my way around these Charlotte streets!"

"Officer, I can't help it. I always park next to a fire hydrant."

“I thought profiling was illegal.”

"Timmy fell down the well and needs my help!"

"Why, yes, I AM colorblind!"

"Is fleaing a police officer a misdemeanor?"

"I'm sorry officer, but since Chief Monroe dissolved the K-9 Relations Unit, I don't feel comfortable talking to you."

"I'd like to see you make a left turn with out any thumbs."

"No one broke the leash law.  Can't you see that I'm confined?"

"License?  Sure I have one.  It's at home on my collar."

"Road rage? All I did was snarl at his darn cat."

"I was on the force until the new chief chased me off!"

"Sorry, officer, I thought you were the mailman."

"Registration?  AKC."

"I'm a bird dog.  What's a few more points?"

"Will I be deported if I don't have papers?"

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!

Please join us again Monday, Aug. 11, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: August 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.  (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)  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, Wednesday, Aug. 6.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The July 28 Cartoon Caption Winner

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The winner:

"No more lavish travel for us -- we'll vacation at home."

-- Randy Hayes of Wilkesboro

The runners-up:

"You are a genius when it comes to water conservation, darling."

-- Terence Heglar, Rockwell, NC

"It cools the hot water quite nicely."

-- Helen Thomas Leigh, Paw Creek, NC

"It's been a watershed year for the expense account!"

-- Douglas R. Cox, Albemarle

"I hear all the common people put a little 'P' in their pool."

-- Rick Bacon, Hamlet

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 (many of these were sent by multiple folks):

"It costs what it costs."

"We ran out of Dom."

"What the heck, WE didn't pay for it!"

"Filling up the pool can be so taxing."

"I wonder what the poor people are doing."

"This would not have been possible without that little raise you got!"

"Easley come, Easley go."

"Your visit to France has made this cultural exchange possible."

"Let them drink tap."

"What people have to understand is that you bring something unique to the State of North Carolina."

“What water restrictions?”

"Lame Ducks might as well swim in style."

"No one can accuse us of hosing North Carolina tax payers."

"We're going out with style!"

"Sorry, honey, the state budget is too tight to use champagne this year."

"Drought? What Drought?"

"You can lead her to tap water, but you can't make her drink!"

"After all, we're just 'pour' folks."

"Spending money like it was water is fun... and it tickles!"

"Here, dear, more culture."

Please join us again Monday, Aug. 4, for a new cartoon caption challenge.