The winner:

"Their stock is at rollback prices."

-- Patrick Sweeney of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Clean up on aisle 401k."

-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton

"Salary rollback!"

-- Doug Cox, Albemarle

"He needs more practice with Wal-Mart's Happy Face."

-- Mary C. Henry, Fort Mill

“Hey! Can you get me a deal on red ink?”

-- Steven E. Davies, 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:

"I think Ken may be overdoing his common man image."

"If only he had shown his frugal side before he blew 50 billion on Merrill."

“Moonlighting to make ends meet, I guess…”

“Ask him about his everyday low prices.”

"Looks like Ken has finally found a job he can bank on."

"You can find his stock on aisle 9."

"The back says 'Kick Me'!"

"Don't criticize a guy until you walk in his shoes - or is it until you sell shoes?"

"Do you hear the sound of stock prices falling?"

"Too Big to Fail."

"Well, at least ONE of us has a job that cares about customer service!"

"It looks like Ken is the only one with a backup plan."

"I understand Ken’s board has offered him a 'Blue Parachute.'”

"He's a master at watching stock go out the door."

"What does BofA mean by hiring someone who knows what they're doing?"

Please join us again Monday, June 29, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Comments

I'm wondering if it's ever difficult for Kevin to serve up people he might have personal history or contact with for caption skewering...Journalism, politics and the local corporate business world can make for strained interaction at times.
Is everyone fair game? at least those in the public eye? Has Kevin ever refused a target that others were shooting at readily?

On a personal note, eighteen years ago, I worked in a downtown Charlotte hotel and Ken Lewis stayed there often before his last Charlotte relocation. I always found him to be forthright, candid and approachable even to a lowly hotel assistant manager. All high profile CEOs are grossly overpaid, but I think at his core Ken Lewis is a good man thrust into an unwinnable situation. I might feel differently if I owned a lot of B of A stock.

Posted by: D. Cox | June 26, 2009 at 12:08 PM