The latest winner!

The winner:

"I've found a buyer.  His name is Warren Turner."

-- Patrick Sweeney of Charlotte

The runners-up:

“But prices should improve in three dog years.”

-- David Bradley, Charlotte

"Buying instead of leashing can be shear terrier."

-- Billy Grooms, Davidson

"You're housebroke."

-- Douglas Cox, Albemarle

"One bedroom, 73 bathrooms?"

-- also from Douglas Cox, Albemarle

"Sorry, you still have to pay tax on the higher value!"

-- Gary Bost, Mint Hill

"The market's really ruff, ruff, ruff."

-- David Hollar, Kannapolis, and many others

Thank you for all your entries -- another tough one to judge.  Lots of great stuff! 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:

"The housing market has rolled over played dead."

"So, how much is that doghouse without windows?"

"You are at the tail end of the market."

"It's best described as a kennel market at pound prices!'

"First, your local obedience schools stink."

"It's a foreclosure notice. Out, out damned Spot!"

"Good News, Obama passed "BARK", Bowser's Asset Relief Kit".

"So you think the County's screwed the pooch?"

"It's a bona fido offer."

"Even Snoopy's house has taken a hit."

Please join us again Monday, May 10, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Comments

[D. Cox]

I thought Turner built his own doghouses.
That's one angle I never even considered. Well done!

[ml]

The ruff, ruff, ruff line was hilarious. That should have won!

[Kevin Siers]

We can only have one winner, and the "ruff, ruff, ruff" caption, while funny, was sent in by a lot of folks.

This time, the other judges and I thought the Turner line was still better, but sometimes the funniest line is one that many folks send in.

There's been some debate as to how to handle that situation. One side of the argument says that if it's the funniest line, then perhaps a drawing from among those folks with that line should determine the winner. The other side says that if uniqueness counts, and if everyone thought of the same line, then no one rose above the crowd.