Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

April 29: The new winner

The winner:

"Place of birth?  Hawaii Five-0!"

-- Lewis Shilane of Joplin, Mo.

The runners-up:

"If his plan is to fire everyone in America, he is two years too late."

-- Andy Culicerto of Charlotte

“The campaigning is already starting to get a little hairy!"

-- Gretchen Zollinger, Charlotte

“Sure I’ve fired people, and now I’ve let myself go too!”

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"Some of Donald Trump's ideas are growing on me."

-- Steven A. Meckler, Charlotte

"Hair today, gone tomorrow."

-- From a multitude

Thank you for all your entries.  Here's a selection of some of the other lines we received:

"Yes We Comb!"

"We shall overcomb!"

"Now you know why I didn't want to disclose my birth certificate."

"The answer is blowing in the wind."

"To figure out your opponents, sometimes you have to get inside their heads."

"Ivanna be your candidate in 2012."

"Gadhafi... Assad... Kim... you're fired!"

"I just want to be evaluated on my own merits."

"I’m fired, aren’t I?"

"Allow me to introduce my newest stimulus plan."

"My birther issue is starting to take root!"

"What? You mean the Tea Partiers still don’t like me?"

"If you think this is funny, just wait until you see me in my Sara Palin pumps."

"What is Siers up to?  Last week's Caption was about rabbits; this week's is about a hare."


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, May 2, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: April 25, 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, April 27.

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.

April 22: Our new winner

The winner:

"I hope this gets the economy hopping."

-- Shelly Oster of Orem, Utah

The runners-up:

“This nest egg will be worth its weight in gold.”

-- Howard Swint, Charleston, W.V.

"This V-8 juice is 24 carat."

-- Douglas Cox, Albemarle

"I heard next year we're going to stuff them with Apple stock."

-- Phil Chubb, Charlotte

"I'm the Ethyl Bunny."

-- Bill Russo, South Plainfield, N.J.

"The dye is gassed!"

-- Mic Elvenstar, Charlotte

"The way they price this stuff is truly a shell game."

-- Marc McQuillen, Rock Hill

Thank you for all your entries.  Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:

"Just call me Peter Carbontrail."

"Here comes Petrol Cottontail."

"It's a molotov cottontail."

"These prices are making my hare stand on end."

"Chocolate was so last year."

"With this they'll keep on going, and going, and going..."

"If we sell 'em in Charlotte we can get $3.95 a dozen!"

"Guys would rather have this than a chick."

"This way we get about 5 smiles per gallon."

"This is to dye for!"

"B-B-B-UUUUUCKS, buckbuckbuck BUCKS!!!!"

"It's from Shell."

"If you believe in the Easter Bunny, we'll have cheap gas forever."

"Gasoline prices are a good yoke."

"Maybe now they will start believing in us."

"Trix are for kids, my foot."

"We're making petroleum jelly beans. "

"Nothing but Eggxxon for my Peeps!"

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, April 25, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: April 18, 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, April 20.

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.

April 15: Our new winner

The winner:

"You seem to be paying an awfully high premium for your policies."

-- Steven A. Meckler of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"You're more of a chameleon."

-- Also from Steven A. Meckler, Charlotte

"I didn't trust you from the gecko."

-- Dale Stout, Colorado Springs, Colo.

"Just a handsome front man for some secretive money-grubbing entity?"

-- Douglas Cox, Albemarle

"For the last time, I'm not a Newt!"

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

"They don't know where I'm from either."

-- From many readers

Thank you for all your entries.  Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:

“Stopping the government for 15 minutes could save you 0.0028 % or more on the 2011 Federal Budget!”

"Sorry, I provide insurance not assurance."

"We cold blooded creatures have to stick together."

“Let’s face it, sir. We’re both fictitious characters.”

“I’ve sold lots of policies. I could even sell yours.”

"Your numbers will be lower in 2012."

"I can save you money on your car insurance.  Your health insurance, not so much."

Our name comes from "Government Employees Insurance Company," but they're not covered for a shutdown.

"You're going to need more than 15 minutes."

"What you need is a small animated elephant for a spokescharachter."

“When you’re driving your own car in 18 months, you’ll need my insurance!”

"It won't take fifteen minutes to solve your financial problem, not even fifteen seconds, Mr. President.  Stop spending!"

"We both talk pretty and no one is ever quite sure what we just said."

"We don't carry the kind of insurance you need."

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, April 18, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: April 11, 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, April 13.

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.

April 8: The new winner

The winner:

"It's almost like a Rerun."

-- Douglas Cox of Albemarle

The runners-up:

"I love mankind! It's people I can't stand!" -- Charles Schulz

-- sumitted separately by Richard Kurlander, Charlotte, and Kyle Taylor, Cornelius

"Of all the Gadhafi's in the world, I am the Gadhafiest!"

-- Kyle Taylor, Cornelius

"Who needs the Security Council?"

-- Lewis Shilane, Joplin, Mo.

"Happiness is a warm gun."

-- From several readers

Thank you for all your entries.  Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:

“Cartoon characters don’t have to worry about laws!”

“There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people…their religion, their politics, and the Great Pumpkin.”

"Who says I need to be changed?"

"I love Libya. It's Libyans I can't stand."

"The No-Fly Zone has taken me out of my comfort zone!"

"Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?'. Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night'." -- Charles Schulz

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, April 11, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: April 4, 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, April 6.

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.

April 1: The new winner (no fooling!)

The winner:

"Broketology -- no winners here!"

-- Phil Hoffman of Huntersville

The runners-up:

". . . until finally we get the student/teacher ratio down to 133,600 to one."

-- Eugene S. Robbins, Charlotte

"It would be a Cinderella story, but, alas, we had to cut the maintenance crew."

-- Andy Mansell, Charlotte

"We are recommending fantasy sports for middle school."

-- Steven A. Meckler, Charlotte

"I've got Chicago in an upset over Charlotte."

-- Patrick Sweeney, Charlotte

"The winner keeps her job."

-- From many readers

Thank you for all your entries.  Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:

"Then the next eight people will send you a dollar..."

"According to our brackets, only Administrators win and move on."

"One really good teacher is all we need!" 

"Welcome to March Sadness."

"And then the teacher that's left after the lay-offs gets the 'Performance' bonus."

"From left to right is our teacher staffing plan and from right to left is our administrative staffing."

"Waddell lost to Harding. Teachers lost to budgets. Students lost to ignorance."

"We have decided to end all team sports except cheerleading."

“Yes, it is madness but, we need to reduce the number of teachers at CMS.”

"Nobody advances."

"On the plus side, we've already filled out next year's middle school basketball bracket."

"Everyone out of the pool!"

"And I am predicting the final four in the Write the Caption Contest will be Carolyn Hudson, Douglas Cox, Suzanne Estro and From Almost Everybody."

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, April 4, for a new cartoon caption challenge.