The winner:
“The web is taking over!”
-- Suzanne Estro of Charlotte
The runners-up:
“What web?”
-- Boyln McClung, Charlotte
“Just a minute, ma’am. I’m paying my bills online.”
-- Steven Dockery, Charlotte
“Would you like our someday delivery rate?”
-- Scott Treadwell, Advance, N.C.
“The stamps do say ‘Forever.’”
-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte
Thanks for all your entries and congrats to Suzanne for becoming our first (if memory serves me correctly) twice-in-a-row winner.
Here’s a selection of some of the other better lines we received:
“This thing must have a bug in it!”
"They told us to use the web to speed things up, but it's not working."
"In keeping up with the times we are becoming a web-based service."
“I’ve got mail!”
"The Forever stamps were so popular, we decided to extend the theme to all of our services."
"You use Forever stamps. What do you expect?"
“No Ma’am, 20.13 is not the price. It’s the delivery year.”
"We stand by our decades-old policy: Raise the stamp fee until everyone comes back."
"Email is evil! Technology is killing us! We're fighting . . . oh, hang on, text message."
OMG! WHAT AN HONOR....I AM FOR THE FIRST TIME SPEECHLESS!
Posted by: suzanne | January 20, 2012 at 11:15 AM
You're on a roll, Suzanne. Kevin will mail the originals to... Uh, oh.
Posted by: Bill | January 20, 2012 at 11:19 AM
If you guys get your winning December cartoons in February, please do not blame the mailman. The cartoonist takes full responsibility.
Posted by: Kevin Siers | January 20, 2012 at 11:31 AM
A streak has begun.
Posted by: D.Cox | January 20, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Send both captions together and save on the postage.. no matter how long it takes!
Posted by: suzanne and co. | January 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Congrats! You're on a roll!
Posted by: Carolyn | January 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Way to spin this one to make 2 in a row!
Posted by: Ross levin | January 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Thank you again to all the well wishers, this one was a special win! My brother is a mailman and as many are in fear of losing their jobs..it hit home and for many others the web is taking over, all jobs for that matter!
Posted by: suzanne and co. | January 21, 2012 at 12:22 PM
I haven't been active in the caption contest in quite a while, but I used to participate regularly. On those rare occasions when Kevin and company decided that my entry was worthy of the prize, Suzanne was usually first to offer her congratulations. Her enthusiasm for this contest, win or lose, was one of the reasons I enjoyed playing so much. I am pleased, although not surprised, to see that she has won two in a row. Double congrats Suzanne, now let's make it a triple!
Posted by: Kenneth Irving | January 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Is it possible to be speechless twice in a row?
Posted by: suzanne and co. | January 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Is it possible to win YNTC three times in a row!!!! Go Suzanne!
Posted by: Ross Levin | January 23, 2012 at 04:34 PM
Win again this week and your speechless lips may be sealed indefinitely! Oh, wait! There's still e-mail. :<)
And your brother's a mailman!? A serious conflict of interest here. Oh well, if you keep up the streak, I definitely won't "go postal" on you. You're a winner in my book (and, more importantly, in Kevin's).
Congrats again, Suzanne.
Posted by: Phil | January 23, 2012 at 04:46 PM
Suzanne, congratulations. A back to back winner! Fantastic, although I did hear rumors that you were Kevin's sister. [Just kidding Kevin.]
At this rate, you will soon have a comic strip of your own. 8)
Well done.
Posted by: John Bailey | January 24, 2012 at 03:15 PM
Sometimes I pick out the winner all by my lonesome; sometimes I compile a half a dozen finalist captions, with no names attached, and pass them among a select group of seasoned humor professionals -- or whoever I can round up at the time. This week they had no way of knowing they had a potential repeat winner in the mix when they chose Suzanne's caption.
Posted by: Kevin Siers | January 24, 2012 at 03:49 PM