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Your Presidents Day Challenge
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, Feb. 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.
Feb. 18: The new winner
The winner:
"Next year, you take the married couples!"
-- Steven A. Meckler of Charlotte
The runners-up:
"If you're headed to CMS you're gonna need a bigger arrow."
-- Steve LaDue, Fort Mill
“Just in time. Good luck in Washington."
-- Steve Chaffin, Charlotte
"Too little, too late, pal."
-- Phil Clutts, Harrisburg
"I've been looking for love in all the wrong places."
-- From several readers
Thank you for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:
“It’s more of a ‘love and rockets’ crowd.”
“You’re sooooo not making a difference.”
"Good luck in Cairo. I was mistaken for a carrier pigeon in the press corp and nearly beaten to death."
“The Tea Party could use some love!”
"If that's your last arrow please shoot Glenn Beck."
"Just forget it."
"I just came from the NFL talks. Aim for Jerry Richardson."
"Good luck, it’s a tough crowd."
"Tag, you're it."
"Go ahead, unmake my day."
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!
Please join us again Monday, Feb. 21, for a President's Day cartoon caption challenge.
Your new challenge: Feb. 14, 2011
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, Feb. 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.
Feb. 11: The new winner
The winner:
"Due to your controversial agenda, the Sheraton cannot accept your DNC reservations."
-- Andy Lewis, Statesville
The runners-up:
"You do realize they thought the NASCAR Hall of Fame would be a tourist trap"
-- Brandon Swann, Baltimore, Md.
"You are the fairest it is true, but alas, the state will not be blue."
-- Steve LaDue, Fort Mill
"Tilt it a little more to the left."
-- Billy Fisher, Charlotte
“You can’t expect me to predict American politics; I’m just a cheap mirror made in China!”
-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.
Thanks 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!
Please join us again Monday, Feb. 14, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
Your new challenge: Feb. 7, 2011
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, Feb. 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.
Feb. 4: The new winner
The winner:
“We still haven’t been able to find something that removes stains from tea parties."
-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.
The runners-up:
"I'm telling you, you just can't change your DNA to 'moderate.'"
-- Jerry Hancock, Cornelius
"I'm almost positive that I see some economic growth."
-- David Allred, Mint Hill
"I'm seeing evidence of cooperation between you and congress."
-- Harold Boone, Harrisburg
“I believe I’ve discovered the impact the spending freeze will have on the budget.”
-- Russell Jones, Mint Hill
Thank you for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:
"Dammit, I'm a spin doctor, not a miracle worker!"
"It's chemically proven that Charlotte has better BBQ than St. Louis."
"Your donkey is sick."
"Welcome to Micromanagement 101."
"It's the Social Security trust fund."
"We're clueless, sir. Jobs still refuse to react to the stimulus."
"It appears the large government virus is attacking and killing the small business organism."
"The cure is beyond your scope."
"Win the future? I didn't even win a grant."
"We found the difference between 'investments' and 'spending.'"
"Sorry, you have less than 24 months . . . "
"I'm trying to read the fine print on your healthcare legislation."
"It's the current size of the dollar."
“Yes sir, we’re still looking for a better tomorrow.”
"We're just looking for the middle class."
“I still can’t find the bipartisianship.”
"Look here, and you'll see the results of your deficit reduction plan."
"It's your re-election chances."
Please join us again Monday, Feb. 7, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
