Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

Sept. 28: The new winner

The winner:

"You only get 1.59 wishes. I know you don't care about the other 47 percent."

-- Steve Alexander of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"Your gaffe is my command!"

-- Steve LaDue, Fort Mill

"Bad news. 47 percent of the genie is out of the bottle."

-- Loyd Dillon, Charlotte

"Have you tried going on Letterman lately?"

-- Dale Stout, Colorado Springs, Colo.

"Sorry, I'm just a magic genie, not Karl Rove."

-- Mike Tuggle, Charlotte

"It's not my job to worry about 47 percent of your poll numbers."

-- Richard Randall, Cherryville

"You're asking the wrong guy. I'm in the 47 percent."

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

Thanks for your entries. Please join us again Monday, Oct. 1, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: Sept. 24, 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, Sept. 26.

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.

Sept. 21: The new winner

The winner:

"Romney Campaign! Take 2012!"

-- Guy M. Long III of New York, N.Y.

The runners-up:

"Cut! A little more anti-Americanism in this spontaneous demonstration, please!"

-- Michael Escudero, Tega Cay

"Lights! Camera! Reaction!"

-- Loyd Dillon, Charlotte

"What should we do with Eastland Mall? Take 63!"

-- Ross Levin, Charlotte

CUT! Someone get the fact-checker off the set!"

-- April Mondanaro, Charlotte

Thanks for all your entries. Please join us again Monday, Sept. 24, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Your new challenge: Sept. 17, 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, Sept. 19.

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.

Sept. 14: The new winner

The winner:

"We went from host town to ghost town!"

-- Frieda Coviello of Mooresville

The runners-up:

"There goes the post-DNC bounce we've all been waiting for."

-- Sergio Ciccone, Matthews

"Convention's over. Showdown's coming."

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

"You look like a very blue yellow dog Democrat."

-- Phil Clutts, Harrisburg

"I guess we're back to being a Republican town."

-- Guy M. Long III, New York, N.Y.

"I expected these DNC protests to be bigger."

-- Kevin Siers, Charlotte

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

"There's not a blood-sucking flea or tick left in town"

 "The city is much quieter without all the fat cats!"

"Dem came. Dem left."

"How symbolic of the jobs report."

"Reminds me of a scene from an Eastwood movie."

“Oh, it’s just back to business as usual in a second-tier city.”

Your new challenge: Sept. 10, 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, Sept. 12.

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.

Sept. 7: The new winner

The winner:

"I've heard of hollow promises, but this is ridiculous."

-- Dale Stout of Colorado Springs, Colo.

The runners-up:

"Much ado about nothing!"

-- Howard Swint, Charleston, W.V.

"Appears to be the details of the Romney/Ryan plan."

-- Mike Oakley, Charlotte

"Looks like an 'Incomplete' to me."

-- Gretchen Zollinger, Charlotte

"Wow, did you build this?'

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

Here's some of the other better lines we received:

"Empty promises, again?"

"We must stop Joe Biden from saying what he thinks!"

"The size of the nation's debt has left me speechless."

"We'll have more flexibility to fill these in AFTER the election."

"Quick, somebody fix the teleprompter!"

Your new challenge: Sept. 3, 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, Sept. 5.

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.