Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

Your new challenge: Feb. 6, 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, Feb 8.

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.

Feb. 3: The new winner

The winner:

"I'm not technically ON city property."

-- Bill McGloughlin of Charlotte

The runners-up:

The police kicked us out of our Occupy camp.”

-- Brandon Swann, Baltimore

“Four more years?”

-- Bolyn McClung, Pineville

“What winter?”

-- Ross Levin, Charlotte

“Forget winter. How many more weeks of Newt?”

-- Rob Christensen, Charlotte

“So the bank turned down your home loan too?”

-- Jesse Steele, Boone

“When you gotta Occupy, you gotta Occupy!”

-- Kevin Siers (sorry, couldn’t resist)

Thanks for the many great entries.  Here’s just a select few of the many we received:

“Nine more months of campaigning!”

“Six more weeks of debates?”

"Either way we have 9 more months of a bad political climate!"

"I'm rooted in dirty politics."

“Oh great! Another six weeks of foreboding forecasts, and still no viable candidate in sight.”

“Let me know when the DNC is over.”

“I’m looking for lodging for the DNC.”

"Forget Winter!  The shadowy figure you just saw wants to be president!"

“My home used to be underwater.”

“Careful, six more weeks of  no winter makes you obsolete.”

Bev Perdue saw her shadow last week and liked it!

"Believe me, we're better off down there!"

“My constituents don’t believe me either.”

Your new challenge: Jan. 30, 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, Feb 1.

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.

Jan. 27: the new winner

The winner:

“My accountant will now explain how I’m just an average American.”

-- John Bradey of Matthews

The runners-up:

“I have a ‘Get Out Of Paying High Taxes’ card.”

-- Ross Levin, Charlotte

“I already own Wall Street.”

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

“Only little people pay high taxes.”

-- submitted separately by Lou Desser, Charlotte and Marcus Henry, Winston Salem

“Milton Friedman makes the best game in the world.”

-- Doug Cox, Albemarle

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

“I get my income from properties, but it’s not very much.”

“No Bain, no gain!”

"Yes, I bought the Pennsylvania and Short Line railroads, fired all employees, and sold the trains for scrap metal."

“Who says I’m monopolizing the race?”

“There’s no way he’ll land on Pennsylvania Avenue.”

“I'm told 2nd prize in the SC beauty contest is not so bad.”

“Let’s just call the Cayman Island thing a bank error in my favor.”

“At least I’m mono-game-ous.”

Your new challenge: Jan. 23, 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, Jan. 25.

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.

Jan. 20: The new winner

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."

Your new challenge: Jan. 16, 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, Jan. 18.

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.

Jan. 13, 2012: The New Winner

The winner:

“De Bain! De Bain!”

-- Suzanne Estro of Charlotte

The runners-up:

“Iowa didn't mean squat. New Hampshire didn't mean squat. Ummm, what's next?”

-- Roy Otstott, Charlotte

"You can't spell SCANDAL without SC!"

-- Wes Long, Cramerton

“This campaign has been going south!”

-- David Tepper, East Mecklenburg High School

“Like the Clemson football team, prepare to get embarrassed, Mitt!”

-- Brandon Swann, Baltimore

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

“Just glad to be back among my people.”

“It’ll be a dark day before I lose South Carolina!”

“Isle win South Carolina or else!”

“I may not always be right, but I’m never left!”

“My opponents are Palmetto bugs!”

“Mitt, you are the Bain of my existence!”

“You media people keep putting me in a bad light!”

“I’m only in partial eclipse.”

“If I can’t win the Republican nomination, maybe I can win the Caption Contest!”

Your new challenge: Jan. 9, 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, Jan. 11.

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.

Jan. 6: The new winner

The winner:

 “The end.”

 -- John Cox of Kannapolis

 

The runners-up:

"Resolution #1: Rely on teleprompter less.

Resolution #2  Um ..."

 -- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

 “1/1/2012:  Teleprompter is broken today.  If fixed, will write tomorrow.”

-- Richard Deason, Charlotte

 "Happily, the Republican candidates continue to work tirelessly on my behalf." 

 -- Lou Desser, Charlotte

 “At this point, I am the fourth best president of all time. If I shoot a round of golf under 37, I will be the second best leader of all time.”

-- William Tasker, Fort Mill

 “Dear Diary, Getting cartoon captions published is really hard.”

 -- Phil Clutts, Harrisburg

 Thanks for all your entries.  Please join us again Monday, Jan. 9, for a new cartoon caption challenge.