Sept. 9: The new winner

The winner:

"Babe? He's a RED ox now!"

Michael Ernandes of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"The Tea Party has hired me to make a few small cuts in your budget!"

-- Mic Elvenstar, Charlotte

"Yes, they did give me the axe."

-- Lewis Shilane, Joplin, Mo.

"Sorry, but I'm not big enough to do that kind of budget cutting."

-- Mike Tuggle, Charlotte

"If you're interested in tall tales from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann is the master."

-- Charles Randall, Cherryville

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

"Big Labor would like a job, please."

"You get smaller and less effective with every new jobs plan you propose."

"So you need some help with the budget, eh?

"Can you guess who's on the chopping block?"

“Congress is more splintered than anything I ever cut!”

"The difference between 'word' and 'work' is more than a 'k.'"

"You're living a tall tale!"

"Sorry. You're just not cutting it."

"You seem less sharp everyday."

"I'm here to give you the ax."

"Nope.  Big cuts only."

"The buget's too big to fell."

Comments

[suzanne & co.]

Clever Winner this week!

[cathy cannon]

Best in a long while.