The winner:
"Another Texas governor in over his head. That IS scary."
-- Andrew Stienecker of Matthews
The runners-up:
"That's just Gov. Perry. His hat's still in the ring, but he's disappearing."
-- Jim Cavanaugh, Portland, Ore.
"I get it, you're the ghost of Governor Perry's campaign."
-- Moses Luski, Charlotte
"Perry Scary!"
-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.
"Oh, c'mon. A big empty hat from Texas? That's WAY too obvious."
-- Loyd Dillon, Charlotte
Thanks for all your entries. As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in the comments section below. Please join us again Monday, Oct. 31, for another cartoon caption challenge.
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What? No reference to 'Peanuts'?
Posted by: Ken | October 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Anyone else think this looked like the dish network commercial? Hawdilly:)
Posted by: suzanne & co. | October 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Anyone else think this thing is rigged? Those captions were terrible. Maybe I'm biased, but I thought mine was better: "George Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Osama Bin Laden were not very creative in their costume selections this year." Maybe not relevant enough?
Posted by: Kevin W | October 31, 2011 at 01:56 PM
I don't think the contest is "rigged," but as they say "Using these guidelines, the winning caption will be the one our judges think is the funniest. Their decision, however misguided, is final."
I sometimes think their decisions are muisguided too, but if I were a judge, surely some folks would think my decisions were "misguided."
I would like to know, though, how many judges there are and a little bit about them and the judging process.
I wonder what happened to the selected "also-rans" this week. At least it's a kind of sop to those of us who don't "make the cut" on any given week.
Also, is this a local contest or - more or less - a national one? I see a lot of out-of state winners/runners-up. Heck, it's tough for us Carolina folk to compete with them educated ones. :<)
Posted by: Phil Clutts | October 31, 2011 at 06:15 PM
The contest is open to anyone, anywhere, who wants to enter. It's local in the sense that it's not nationally syndicated and only appears in the Observer. And we often feature local political figures and situations. Because it's an online feature as well, it is beginning to attract a national audience. And I believe many of the out-of-state entries come from former Charlotteans keeping up with the hometown paper.
Posted by: Kevin Siers | November 01, 2011 at 07:14 AM
how many judges there are and a little bit about them and the judging process.
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