You Write the caption will be taking a one-week break. We'll return with the winner of this week's challenge on Friday, July 6, with a new challenge coming July 9.
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Your new challenge: June 25, 2012
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, June 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.
June 22: the new winner
The winner:
"No, I'm Flip and HE'S Flop!"
-- Mike Tuggle, Charlotte
The runners-up:
"I report. You decide."
-- Phil Clutts, Harrisburg
"Remember the old saying. You gotta dance with who brung you."
-- Charles Randall, Cherryville
"Either he goes on top of the car, or you're going under the bus."
-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte
"VP: Sarah Palin."
-- Brandon Swann, Nottingham, Md.
"You like to fire people. Fire the guy with the halo."
-- Marcus Henry, Winston-Salem, and several other readers
Thanks for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:
"Challenge Obama's birth certificate!"
"Nice guys finish last."
"If you listen to him, you'll never get elected."
"Just say it: Deporting children is a vital part of small government."
"We Koch brothers spend a lot of money for this kind of influence."
"Don't make promised HE can't keep."
"Just buy Heaven and fire them all."
"Who are we kidding. There's no such thing as a nice GOP."
"Karl Rove sent me."
Your new challenge: June 18, 2012
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, June 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.
June 15: The new winner
The winner:
"No, son, you can't make Molotov Cocktails out of Aunt Bee's Kerosene Cucumbers!"
-- Patrick L. Bryant of Alexandria, Va.
The runners-up:
"I don't care if you were trying to build a better world, Opie. You ought to know better than to wear a bike helmet and a backpack."
-- Todd Zimmer, Charlotte
"Do that again and it will be 'Occupy Woodshed' for you!"
-- Mike Tuggle, Charlotte
"Well, Opie, it looks like you and Otis are going to be switching rooms for a while."
-- Dave Enlow, Charlotte
"Barney's right, we're gonna nip this in the bud."
-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte, and many other readers
"Oh, you're just full of fun today, aren't you? Why don't we go up to the old people's home and wax the steps?"
-- Barney Fife, Mayberry, N.C.
Thanks for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:
"I don't think it's a good idea to let you learn this lesson alone."
"Some folks just won't do."
Andy and Opium
"You're going to love the new, clear fission hole."
"I've heard of Ann Arkee. She's one of Barney's old girlfriends."
"If you really want to intimidate folks, a simple white sheet is much more effective."
"No more hanging around Ernest T. Bass."
"Your oppressive authoritarian regime must end, Paw."
Please join us again Monday, June 18, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
Your Father's Day Challenge: June 11, 2012
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, June 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.
June 8: The new winner
The winner:
"Congratulations. That'll be $80,000."
-- Patrick Sweeney of Charlotte
The runners-up:
"You have seen, now it is time to do."
-- Scott Tredwell, Advance, N.C.
"The road ahead might be slippery."
-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.
"Remember, it's a jungle out there."
From many, many readers
Thank you for all your entries. Please join us again Monday, June 11, for another cartoon caption challenge.
Your new challenge: June 4, 2012
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, June 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.
June 1: The new winner
The winner:
"The loser had to shave his head."
-- Carl Borman, Sherrills Ford
The runners-up:
"What we have hair is a failure to communicate."
-- Edward Brett, Charlotte
"It appears your growth plan has not worked."
-- Gretchen Zollinger, Charlotte
"Hair today, gone Nov. 7."
-- Charleen Bolt, Charlotte
Thanks for all your entries. Please join us again Monday, June 4 for a new cartoon caption challenge.
