The new cartoon caption winner: 10/23/09

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.

Comments

[A Charlotte Observer]

I don't get it.

[Ken W]

Go here for some context

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1929433,00.html

[The Unobserved Life]

A play on SNL skit-

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/10/saturday_night_live_mocks_obam.html

[Brent Sheppard]

Great winning caption. The really good ones make you think for a second.

[suzanne & co.]

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...

[R. Gaultney]

I LOVE a short one-liner that manages to
zap two targets at once!