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Your new challenge: June 21, 2010
Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.
Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, June 23.Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.
For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.
The new winner!
The winner:
"Choke, Gag. Wheeze. Cough. You're right, you CAN hear the ocean."
-- Larry de Montegre of Huntersville
The runners-up:
"It says BP is disconnected."
-- Bill McGloughloin, Charlotte
"It's the sound of incompetence."
-- Grant Campbell, Huntersville
"I hear the sound of Obama doing nothing."
-- Richard Bean, Charlotte
"All I hear is gushing."
-- from many readers
"I can hear the ocean. It says it wants its life back."
-- from several 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:
"It's the theme song from the 'Beverly Hillbillies'!"
“BP’s version of the Droid!”
"I'm just listening to Muddy Waters."
"After wading here we'll all be Tarheels!"
“This is not a ‘Union’ made ‘Mobil’ phone. This is a ‘Standard’ ‘Shell’ game being played in order to ‘Exxon’erate BP.”
"I hear the ocean crying."
"All I can hear are lawyers yelling."
"Quiet, I am listening to the A'nnunizo commercial about Harold Johnson."
"It sounds like the ocean. It even looks like the ocean."
"Listen, it's 'America The Beautiful' by the BP Orchestra."
"All I hear is excuses from BP."
"It's a conked shell!"
"Only after all the fish have died will men learn that money cannot be eaten!"
"Cap and wade isn't working well!"
"Oil stocks are both rising and dropping!"
"I hear a roar of protest!"
"To see the world in a grain of sand. you have to remove a lot of grime!"
"The world is a canvas and it's been painted with oil!"
"It's the unmistakable cry of a BP stockholder!"
"I didn't realize the ocean could sound so crude!"
"It's just a BP ad."
"I can hear the Deepwater in here."
“I hear the faint sounds of electric cars.”
"It says 'It's Bush's fault!'"
"I’m on hold."
Your new challenge: June 14, 2010
Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.
Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, June 16.
Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.
For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.
The latest winner
The winner:
"You must have heard of the Firebird!"
-- Suzanne Estro of Charlotte
The runners-up:
"At last! An uptown sculpture that captures the essence of 'Old Charlotte'!"
-- Richard Randall, Cherryville
"This is for the Bechtler. Then we turn all the closed libraries into video arcades."
-- Linda Sarazen, Huntersville
“It’s the perfect complement to our NASCAR museum.”
-- From many readers
"BP says this will bring back gulf coast tourism!"
-- From many readers
Special bonus runner-up: (Give yourself extra points if you understand it . . . )
"As a retro piece, it's Divine!"
-- Andrew Mansell, Charlotte
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:
"We got it at a Giant Attic Sale."
"And there's no messy cleanup. "
"The last pink flamingo standing!"
"Due to the budget shortfall we decided to go with Walmart."
“Should we paint it pink or black?”
"It's Pat McCrory-approved."
"Art Ducko!"
“We decided to add some culture to the NASCAR museum, and nothing seemed more appropriate than a flamin’ go!”
Please join us again Monday, June 14, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
Your new challenge: June 7, 2010
Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.
Submissions must reach us by noon, Wednesday, June 9.
Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number. To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.
For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.
The new winner
The winner:
"Race is always an issue!"
-- Kenneth Irving of Kannapolis
The runners-up:
"I've run around in more circles than these two combined!"
-- David Bradley, Charlotte
"Today's topic, former winners!"
-- Rodney Robinson, Lincolnton
"Does anyone believe that an oil leak might cost you a big race?"
-- Chad Clark, Charlotte
"I have every intention of being a two-turn president."
-- Charlene Bolt, Charlotte
"We all turn to the left!"
-- 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 or additional captions!
Here's a selection of some of the other lines we received:
"I'm a founding member of NASCAR: North American Society for Criticizing All Republicans."
"Vote my NASCAR party: North American Socialists Communists And Revenuers."
"Not fair! In Charlotte, government always loses to NASCAR."
"I’m such a fan, even my office is oval!"
"There must be a place for me in the Hall of Blame!"
"I promise a chicken bone in every pot and a race car in every garage!"
"I don't mind a tough race, but this is ridiculous."
"These guys are all about crashes, which are the last thing we need."
