Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

July 29: The new winner

The winner:

"Welcome to Area 51 Trillion!"

-- Bart Sullivan of Austin, Tex.

The runners-up:

"This is no fun, they are already destroying themselves!"

-- Steven A. Meckker, Charlotte

"This toxic environment will never sustain life."

-- Laura Thompson, Charlotte

"Not only does it not fly, it barely ever moves."

-- Lou Desser, Indian Land, S.C.

"Sorry, there is no leader here."

-- With variations, from many, many readers

"There are no signs of intelligent life."

-- With variations, from multitudes of readers

Lots of great captions this week made it hard to pick a winner.  Thank you for all your entries.  Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:

"Women are from Venus, men are from Mars, but I have no idea where they found these guys."

"I guess it is going to take some true Washington outsiders to get this job done."

"They called us because they couldn't get local financing."

"Their warped drive won't help us."

"They've really raised the debt ceiling this time."

"That's their mothership, it runs on hot air."

"Yes, a nice location, but China is set to close on it next week."

"Their debt ceiling is out of this world."

"No wonder E.T. went home."

"They should welcome visitors from Pluto.  After all, it's a plutocracy."

"It figures! We made great time across the entire universe only to find the worst gridlock here in Washington."

Blasts from the past: UNC Football Scandal

On Wednesday, UNC Chapel Hill announced that football coach Butch Davis was dismissed because the NCAA investigation of rules violations was causing too much damage to the school's reputation.

"To restore confidence in the University of North Carolina and our football program, it's time to make a change," Chancellor Holden Thorp said in his statement. "What started as a purely athletic issue has begun to chip away at this university's reputation."

Here's a look back at some of my cartoons on the issue during the last half of 2010:

 

 

 

Update (4:40 pm): My latest effort on UNC's efforts to clean up their program can be found here.

Your new (old) challenge: July 25, 2010

We apologize for the glitch that kept the latest cartoon caption challenge from being posted online last week.  To make amends, we've got it up now, and are extending the deadline to noon Wednesday, July 27.  If you've already entered the contest for this picture, don't worry -- we've received your entry and are giving it due consideration.  If you want to send another, feel free (but really, how can you top the last thing you sent in?).  If you're new to the You Write the Caption Contest, here's the usual intro and guidelines we publish every week, just to make it official:

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, July 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.

July 15: The new winner

The winner:

"No, Johnny, he's not 'The Intimidator.' He's 'The Overestimator.'"

-- Jim Crawford III of Charlotte

Runners-up:

"The NASCAR Hall of Fame went bust -- and here it is!"

-- Billy Grooms, Charlotte

“I’m Petty, but they’re generous!”

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"That is Caesar Rarely Very Accuratus."

-- Charles Randall, Cherryville

"This is the King of all busts!"

-- From several readers

"At the end of the tour there will be no written report."

-- Douglas Cox, Albemarle

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

"Kids, a long time ago we used to have people who worked hard to make Charlotte a better place...unfortunately, they are all now extinct."

“I can assure you that there’s no city council restrictor plates holding this boy back!”

“Let me introduce you kids to a man who’s put up the biggest numbers NASCAR’s ever seen!”

“Doubled BC Powder sales.”

"Back in 2011, everyone wanted his head."

"They call me 'The King of NASCAR,' but this is the 'Baron of Bonuses.' "

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!

Join us again Monday, July 18, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: July 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, July 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.

If you haven't been following this local story, a little background on the CRVA can be found here.

For a discussion about last week's winners, please see the "Comments" section below the previous post.

July 8: Our new winner

The winner:

"I want . . . darn! The teleprompter broke again!"

-- Mike Tuggle of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"I want YOU to raise the debt ceiling."

-- Scott Humphrey, Charlotte

"I want YOU to stop watching Fox News!"

-- Charleen Bolt, Charlotte

"I want YOU to think I have a clue about what I'm doing!"

-- Steve Meckler, Charlotte

"I want YOU to remember the Navy Seals and ignore everything else!"

-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton

"I want YOU to want me."

-- John Bradey, Matthews

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

"It's stars and gripes forever."

"I want your corporate jet."

"I want your money."

"I want your taxes."

"I want you to start spending!

"I want YOU to tell me what you want to hear."

"It's all about independents!"

"I'll haunt you!"

“Only You Can Prevent My Second Term.”

"I want YOU to ignore the facts."

"I want YOU to get me out of this mess!"

"I must be at the wrong tea party."

"I blame YOU!"

"I want YOU -- but not until 2012."

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!

And on Twitter: @KevinSiers

Your 4th of July 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, July 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.

July 1: The new winner

The winner:

"No denying it, he inhales!"

-- Pamela Davis of Newport News, Va.

The runners-up:

"My opponent doesn't have a head for politics!"

-- Phil Clutts, Harrisburg

"Not one of us!"

-- David W. White, Charlotte

"My opponent is still stuck in the 60's!"

-- Phil Chubb, Charlotte

"There he goes again."

-- Douglas Cox, Albemarle

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

"He's actually a PAC man."

"You can't take my opponent seriously."

"He can put a happy face on it, but it is the same old shtick."

"You call that an honest face?"

"Is that a face you can trust?"

"No one told me John Edwards was back in politics."

"Leadership requires more than just a pretty face!"

"I was about to say that!"

"He's a disgrace to all politicians."

“We are very upset that these Republicans are treating us just like we treated them for the last 100 years when we controlled the N.C. legislature.”

"Mom always liked him best."

"He's smiling, he must be lying."

"His promises are as clear as the nose on his face!"

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!

And on Twitter: @KevinSiers