Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

The Jan. 26 cartoon caption winner

The winner:

"Sometimes I work for peanuts."

-- Charles M. Viser of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Salmonella scare? No; I just told him my hourly rate."

-- Ross Rogers, Hickory

"This trial will be over in a Jif!"

-- Douglas R. Cox, Albemarle

"My client is sick of the spreading smears against his good name."

-- Keith Griffith, China Grove, NC

"I've represented every nut in Charlotte!"

-- from many, 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:

"I don't work for peanuts."  -- got about a hundred of these

"The guilt of this legume you cannot assume."

"My client deserves an extra chunky defense."

"Unfortunately for Mr. Peanut, his retirement plan was spread too thin."

"Of course he's upset your honor. He was a-salted!"

"I love a client who can shell out the bucks."

"I'm simply defending his contractual right to executive compensation.  You don't expect him to work for peanuts, do you?"

"My client wants a divorce.  Mrs. Peanut is having an affair with Sal  Monella."

"I've represented a lot of nuts, but this is the real Diehl."

"Do you think United Way employees should work for peanuts?"

"My client is an innocent victim of peanut envy".

"No its not tears, its an allergy."

"So what if he is seen in a lot of bars?" 

Please join us again Monday, Feb. 2, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: Jan. 26, 2009

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, Jan. 28.

Winners are posted online Friday, and published in the paper on Monday.  For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

Good luck, and have fun!

The Jan. 19 Cartoon Caption winner

The winner:

"Don't repeat after me."

-- Stephen Seaborn of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"It's the Gospel according to George."

-- David Oakley, Charlotte

“….To faithfully protect and defend the secrets of the former administration….”

-- Bob Schwartz, Fort Mill

"Do you swear to tell the half-truth and nothing but the half-truth?"

Bill Mullis, Charlotte

"I promise never to reveal any intelligence."

-- David Scovill, Mooresville

Thank you for all your entries.  It's usually pretty tough to pick a winner from all the great captions we get -- this week was especially tough as a couple other folks submitted captions very similar to the winning one.  We liked that gag the best of all the other entries we recieved this week, so picked the variation we thought the best written as the winner.  So kudos as well to Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis, and Guy M. Long of Lenoir.

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:

"Above all, avoid being dogmatic."

"I read all these intellect reports and still don't feel any smarter."

"Admission accomplished."

"You can execute the office of the president, I nearly killed it myself."

"My advice to you is buy a shredder."

"Say after me: 'I swear to adhere to all intelligence that I helped shape, so help me God.' "

"I swear I don't know what it says, but I can tell you what I believe it says."

"This is a little scary.  Remember the last time someone swore by some intelligence reports?"

"I never quite got the hang of this intelligence thing."

"You'll swear it's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

"Do you swear to tell the half-truth and nothing but the half-truth?"

"Tag, you're it!

Please join us again Monday, Jan. 26, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Jan. 19, 2009

 

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, Jan. 21.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The Jan. 12 Cartoon Caption Winner

The winner:

"See, we had a Charlotte office, also!"

-- Steve Meckler of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Have you met the Mecklenburg delegation?"

-- Charles Randall, Cherryville, NC

"This is where you go when the press asks their stupid questions."

-- John Blakely, Cornelius

"North Carolina's economy is 'First in Fright'!"

-- Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis

"They remind me of when I was when governor--- they hibernate, are rarely seen, and blind."

-- Lee Baber, 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 is where we keep Charlotte's road funding."

"This is where we kept reporters who weren't being nice to me."

"The view from the top can be a little scary."

"And this is the room for our stepchild, Charlotte."

“Don’t be afraid of a shortfall.”

"These bats? They cost what they cost."

"My job is to bite other people, and their job is to bite me. Just because they're not doing theirs doesn't mean I shouldn't do mine."

"When the job gets too frightening, take the Easley way out."

"At the moment the State has it leased to Dick Cheney."

"It's guano be fine."

"...and this is where the deleted emails go."

"The NCDOT Budget meetings are in session."

"And this is where we kept all of the plans for Mental Health Reform..."

Please join us again Monday, Jan. 19, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your New Challenge: Jan. 12, 2009

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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, Jan. 14.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The Jan. 5 Cartoon Caption Winner

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The winner:

"Campaign promises are a real drag!"

-- Jerry Maggio of Rock Hill

The runners-up:

"The Bush Doctrine."

-- Joyce Glasgow Wright, Charlotte

Obama revisits his Mideast peace plans.

-- Steven Meckler, Charlotte

"The constitution requires that every President must have a Vice."

-- Kenneth Irving, Kannapolis

"Well, you wanted to see my birth certificate."

-- Hoyt Bailey, Shelby

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:

"Previous administration policies are going up in smoke."

"All this fanfare is a pain in the ash."

"I'm only smoking the second amendment."

“Healthcare Reform?  This must be what Hillary was smoking.”

"Well, these plans for change remind me of Tara.  They are gone with the wind."

"Oh, this? It's a list of suggestions from Hillary."

“Look, you smoke pork your way, and I’ll smoke it mine.”

“As they say in Washington DC, welcome to favor country!”

"You think we're burning through money now, just wait 'til I get in office."

"My presidency hasn't even started and it's going up in smoke."

"The Constitution is a living, breathing document."

“Let the word go forth that the torch has been passed to a new generation.”

"Weed the People."

“My 2009 resolution lasted 3 days and then I realized--Big 3 stock certificates are cheaper and smoke cooler.”

"Change you can breathe in."

Your New Challenge: Jan. 5, 2009

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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, Jan. 7.

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

Good luck, and have fun!

The New Year Caption Challenge Winner

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The winner:

"It's the end of an error!"

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, SC

The runners-up:

"Happy New Ears!"

-- Davis Sample, Charlotte

"I don’t spend a lot of time really worrying about short-term history. I guess I don’t worry about long-term history, either, since I’m not going to be around to read it.”

-- George W. Bush, courtesy of Lee Baber, Charlotte

“They misunderestimated me."

-- George W. Bush, courtesy of Charles H. Hodge, Charlotte

"Time flies when you're having fun."

-- Kenneth Irving, 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:

"They said you didn't have much experience, but this is ridiculous!"

"Soon you shall reap what I've sown!"

"In 2009 I resolve to leave things better than I found them."

“There is always next year!”

“Mission Accomplished!”

Cold friends / Sat on their park bench like bookends / Silently sharing the same fears...
(Apologies to Paul Simon)

"A change is in the air and it’s about time!"

"The time is at hand for my daze in office to end."

"When your turn is over you will be bushed too!"

" But the best hiding place in the White House is ... "

Father Time to go.

“Acquaintances will be renewed
in the year of two thousand nine.
We’ll congregate on New Years Day
In the unemployment line.”

"I wish I could have let you use Blair House but it's fully occupied by candidates for the Illinois Senate seat."

"They love you now but give them some time."

“And I even have a pair of shoes for you to wear!”

"Always be careful about taking the advice of your VP!"

"Don't look at me, I only work here."

Join us for a new cartoon caption challenge Monday, January 5.