The new cartoon caption winner

The winner:

"You can have it.  I don't like Chinese food."

-- Betsy Dugan of Tega Cay

The runners-up:

"This is a crappie economy!"

-- Doug R. Cox, Albemarle

"The buck drops here."

-- Noel Bankhead, Charlotte

“These online deals aren’t as good as they used to be!”

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"I thought CMS was out of funding for schools."

-- Brent Sheppard of Morganton

"There's always some string attached!"

-- 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:

“It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.”

"I could get hooked on these incentives."

"We're on the hook for decades to repay these stimulus funds."

"Hold out for a Euro."

"Now they want to bail out the Outer Banks."

"Well, they’ve finally made a stink bait that even I’m disgusted with!"

"Don't bite, you won't like the change".

"I might bite if the dollar goes lower."

“Looks like Obama is fishing for approval again.”

"Probably just another one of those pond-zi schemes."

"It's the new Cash for Lunkers program."

"The dollar IS floundering!"

"They've tried it on every one else."

"Don't take it, we're already underwater!"

"CARP Funds."

"Careful, it's coated With cocaine!"

"Teach a man to fish with money, and you've got a Democrat!"

"There is no such thing as a free lunch."

"That's a pretty cheap hooker."

"The dollar sleeps with US now."

“I thought Obama was all about change.”

“It’s Counterfish!”

Please join us again Monday, Aug. 31, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Comments

[Ken]

Clever Winner.

[Ron Yerbin]

Finally, one I get.

[Carolyn]

I think the winner is one of the best in a long time. I love it!