The new winner

The winner:

"Park Road is a dangerous place to hang out!"

-- Kenneth Irving of Kannapolis

The runners-up:

"Now I know why you wanted to save the trees!"

-- Billy Fisher, Charlotte

"I was told this sidewalk leads to the Ballantyne housing projects."

Nate Sullins, Fort Mill

"I bought while housing was still falling."

-- Steven A. Meckler, Charlotte

"No money for the bridge.  That's all we ever hear.  Yada, Yada, Yadkin!"

-- Bolyn McClung, Pineville

"You don't have to mark every tree you see."

-- Timothy Busam, Cary

"We found where I-485 ends!"

-- With variations, 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 or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other lines we received:

“In retrospect, $660,000 for this project would have been ok by me!”

"Hang on, the recession is almost over!"

"This ends your career as a guide dog."

"I told you we'd notice a difference in the roads crossing into North Carolina from South Carolina."

"I knew we should have taken a left at Queens, Queens and Queens."

"I thought this was the road to recovery!"

"Whew,they may have cut down all the trees to build this sidewalk,but at least they left the roots."

"These dogwoods are a nice addition to the East Boulevard renovations,  eh?"

"I sure hope this bank doesn’t fail!"

"Charlotte must find a way to become more pedestrian friendly!"

"They said they were going to fix that pothole."

"Do you think Senator Bunning heard our cries for help?"

"This is the last time I go out on a limb and trust the government."

Comments

[Brandon]

My two additions:

"Don't worry, Buffy. FEMA is on their way."
"...knew I shouldn't have built the house on Wall Street"

not good enough, eh?

[Kevin Siers]

I loved the Wall Street one. We had a ton of responses this week -- sorry for that one falling out of the mix (between the cracks, as it were?)

[suzanne & co.]

Great winner! I was thrown off with the apologies to Silverstein in the corner, could someone explain what that meant?

[Kevin Siers]

The drawing is adapted from Shel Silverstein's children's book, "Where the Sidewalk Ends."

[suzanne & co.]

The light was definitely out in my attic this week! I have to admit sometimes you overthink the simple things! Thanks...

[Lee]

Where did that Prius go?