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.

Comments

[Carolyn]

Congratulations, Suzanne!

[suzanne & co.]

Thanks, Carolyn!! I'm tickled pink!!! I wasn't even getting a better line recently and then this!! I loved Art Ducko whoever sent that in!!!!

[Ken]

Special bonus runner-up: (Give yourself extra points if you understand it . . . )
"As a retro piece, it's Divine!"

And the movie's infamous scene

[D. Cox]

That would be "an exercise in poor taste", but I can't figure out if it tastes like dog (or chicken)