The winner:
"Visa, Mastercard or the Charlotte taxpayers?"
-- Tom Haines of Charlotte
The runners-up:
"Put it on whose tab?"
-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte
"Usually you pay us."
David W. White, Charlotte
"You were right. The folks at the next table said they would pay it."
-- Lou Desser, Indian Land, S.C.
"Mr. Foxx would like to pick this up for you."
-- Steve Meckler, Charlotte
"Just dessert?"
Doug Cox, Albemarle
"No, this just covers the new food tax."
Blair J. Devine, Lincolnton
"Will that be cash, credit or a tax increase?"
-- Mark Loper, Concord
"The Queen said to let you eat cake."
-- Al Vaughn, Waxhaw
Thanks for all your great entries. Everyone seemed to be singing out of the same checkbook this week, making it tough for the judges to settle on a winner. Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below. Please join us again Monday, Feb. 4, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers
At first, I was a little put off that I didn't see mine on here ("We're overcharging you in order to renovate our restaurant"), but I can see why Kevin mentioned how tough it was this week to select any of them. These are all really good! Props to Tom and the rest!
Posted by: Brandon | February 01, 2013 at 09:33 AM
I agree Brandon. There were so many ways to go with this one! Winner and selections are excellent. Congrats!
Posted by: Ross | February 01, 2013 at 10:21 AM
David's is hilarious!
Posted by: Cat | February 01, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Excellent captions this week!
Posted by: Carolyn | February 01, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Thanks, your comments are very much appreciated. There were a number of really good entries.
Posted by: TOM HAINES | February 01, 2013 at 12:57 PM
Congrats to Tom, can't pick out my fav this week because they're all great ones......
Posted by: suzanne & co. | February 01, 2013 at 01:46 PM
I too liked the captions, but thought there might be a few with football connections, like these:
“We don’t call it a ‘penalty,’ monsieur. It’s the check.”
“After further review, the total is confirmed, monsieur.”
“There’s no free lunch here. Try our franchise in LA.”
“Excellent game face, monsieur.”
Anyway, congrats to all. BTW, today's mail brought me a note from a New Jersey resident who has been a contest winner. He likes the idea of a get-together. If he's willing to come all the way from NJ, surely there are a few more local ones out there who would "sign up." Kudos to Ross for suggesting it.
Posted by: Phil Clutts | February 01, 2013 at 06:20 PM
Phil and Ross,
You can create a short free survey using http://www.surveymonkey.com/ . You can select up to 10 questions (fill-in-the-blank and/or multiple choice) and can have up to 100 respondents. You could create the survey and put a link into the caption comments. This might be an easy way to collect contact info and preferred days and times.
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Posted by: paralegal | February 07, 2013 at 02:41 AM