The winner:
"I'm not George Bush either."
-- Douglas R. Cox of Albemarle
The runners-up:
"Just in case I do something useful!"
-- Devin McRorie, Charlotte
In 2010, we don’t get a COLA – just this economics award!
-- Joe Calvin Robinson, Hildebran, N.C.
“Well, I PLAN to stop gossiping at the beauty parlor!”
-- Melissa King, Stanley
"I got it for winning the 'You Write the Caption' contest!"
-- From many readers
Thank you for all your entries. This was a tough one to judge -- most folks were all thinking along the same lines this week. Mr. Cox's entry was judged to be the best written, even if a couple other readers had similar variations of a good idea.
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 got it for surviving town halls and redistricting plan meetings.”
"I offered to buy the world a Coke."
"The Nobel Prize Committee says I may already be a winner!"
"It pays to be a democrat."
“My Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe has potential.”
"I got this from the box of corn flakes this morning."
"I won it at Bingo."
"At least the Norwegians like my meatloaf."
“Look what I found at the bottom of my Cracker Jacks.”
“First prize was a set of Swedish steel steak knives!”
“I’m accepting this as a call to action, I’m about to start dinner.”
"I sent a Letter to the Editor about the Myers Park School reassignment."
"I was the high bidder on e-bay!"
“It is for Economics --- they heard I intend to balance my checkbook.”
“Literature --- they heard I hope to write a novel someday.”
“It’s Glenn Beck’s teething ring!”
Please join us again Monday, Oct. 26, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
I don't get it.
Posted by: A Charlotte Observer | October 23, 2009 at 01:32 PM
Go here for some context
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1929433,00.html
Posted by: Ken W | October 23, 2009 at 02:34 PM
A play on SNL skit-
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/10/saturday_night_live_mocks_obam.html
Posted by: The Unobserved Life | October 23, 2009 at 03:14 PM
Great winning caption. The really good ones make you think for a second.
Posted by: Brent Sheppard | October 23, 2009 at 07:16 PM
I hate to admit it took me over a day to understand the pic...then I felt like the one who said I don't get it! I looked up what Ken offered and now I get it, but I think alot of the Charlotte Observer readers on Monday will feel the same way I did...
Posted by: suzanne & co. | October 24, 2009 at 01:14 PM
I LOVE a short one-liner that manages to
zap two targets at once!
Posted by: R. Gaultney | October 26, 2009 at 12:35 PM