To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions to me with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST" before 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll post them here, then pick five finalists Monday evening for your votes. I'll tally the results at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions to me with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST" before 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll post them in comments here, then pick five finalists after the deadline and post them for your voting pleasure. I tally the votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday and write up the winners for the Friday edition of The Post and Courier.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions (with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST") before Monday at 5 p.m. Keep your caption down to about 170 characters. I'll post the entries in comments here and pick five finalists on Monday evening for your voting pleasure.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your entries to me with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST" by Monday at 5 p.m. I'll post five finalists for voting on Monday evening and tally the results at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
OK, caption writers and other creatures of habit, listen up: Since I'm going to be on vacation next week, anything you send in AFTER NOON ON SATURDAY must be sent to guest contest editor (and celebrity PREVIEW columnist) Bryce Donovan.
SO: Any entries filed BEFORE Saturday at noon should be sent to me. Any entries AFTER Saturday at noon should be sent to Bryce. Bryce will be picking the finalists and writing up the results, so be nice to the new kid.
AS ALWAYS, to enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST" and get them to us before 5 p.m. on Monday. Voting begins Monday evening (or whenever Bryce gets the poll posted) and Bryce will tally the results at 10 a.m. Wednesday for publication in Friday's paper.
To enter this week's caption contest, e-mail your entries to me before 5 p.m. on Monday, using the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST." I'll post five entries for voting Monday evening, then tally the votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (Click on image to see it larger).
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your entries (which I'll post in comments here) before 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll post five finalists soon after, then tally your votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
I'm not quite sure how I punted this one, but it's 6 p.m. Friday and I'm just now putting up a cartoon that I would usually have posted before 6 p.m. on Thursday. Ah well. If you want to enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions before 5 p.m. Monday. I post finalists and tally the voting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me no later than Monday at 5 p.m. I'll post finalists for voting soon after, and tally the results at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions (or leave them as a comment here) no later than 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll post finalists soon after, and tally the votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Here's the next cartoon, so have at it, folks. E-mail me your entries by 5 p.m. on Monday to be considered for next week's contest. I'll post five finalists soon after, you'll vote on them, and then I'll tally the votes on Wednesday at 10 a.m. for the Friday morning newspaper.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions to me before 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll post five finalists and then tally the online voting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your caption (with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST") by 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll pick five finalists and post them here for voting after the deadline, then tally the votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
The idea for this week's cartoon came from this Tweet by one of my Twitter buddies: "At the gym feeling my usual gym dread," she wrote, and I thought: Oooo, gym dread. What does that look like?
It might or might not look like this.
Anyway, you know the drill: E-mail me your caption entries (be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line) before Monday at 5 p.m.
I'll post the entries here, pick five finalists from that haul and post them here shortly thereafter. The official tally of the online voting is Wednesday at 10 a.m., with winners announced in the paper on Friday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your entries by Monday at 5 p.m. Put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line.
The five finalists will show up here shortly after 5 on Monday, and then I tally the votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your caption before 5 p.m. on Monday. Be sure to use the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Voting on the five finalists will be tallied at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions (with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST") before 5 p.m. Monday. Voting will begin soon after, and I'll tally the votes at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your caption (with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST") before 5 p.m. on Monday. Voting runs from Monday evening to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, send me your caption entries by 5 p.m. on Monday. I'll be on the road, but we'll get these posted, then tally the results at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions no later than 5 p.m. on Monday. Voting on the five finalists begins Monday evening and runs until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions to me by 5 p.m. Monday. Voting on the finalists begins soon after and runs until Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your entries by 5 p.m. on Monday. Voting on the finalists will run from Monday evening until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
(btw: clicking on the image opens a larger version in a separate window...)
I'm posting Friday's cartoon a bit early for all you loyal Web readers. Besides, the print version is only in black-and-white, and I figured it was time to try my hand at another color cartoon.
In case you didn't know, you can click on any of these cartoons I post here and your browser should open a larger version of the image in a separate window.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions by Monday at 5 p.m. to be considered for a spot among the five finalists. Online voting runs until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your entries before Monday at 5 p.m. I'll put up five finalists ASAP, and voting will run until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions with the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. I'll pick the finalists at 5 p.m. on Monday, post them for voting ASAP, and tally the results at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Have fun!
To enter the final cartoon contest of 2007, e-mail me your entries with the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. I'll pick five finalists Monday at 5 p.m., post them for voting ASAP, and count the tally at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions (as many as you like, as many to one e-mail as you wish) by 5 p.m. on Monday. Put the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Voting runs from Monday evening to 10 a.m. Wednesday.
MONDAY UPDATE: BECAUSE THE CONTEST EDITOR (ME) WILL BE ON THE ROAD THIS AFTERNOON PICKING UP A KID FROM COLLEGE, THE FINALISTS WILL NOT BE POSTED AT 5 P.M. THE VOTING WILL BEGIN WHEN I GET BACK TO TOWN LATER THIS EVENING. SORRY FOR THE DELAY. --dc
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions with the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line, before 5 p.m. on Monday. Voting on the five finalists runs from Monday evening until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
E-mail us your captions to this cartoon, putting the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. We'll put up five finalists after 5 p.m. on Monday, and voting will run until 10 a.m. Wednesday.
E-mail me your captions by Monday at 5 p.m., with the Subject Line "CAPTION CONTEST," to be entered in this week's contest. Voting begins Monday evening and runs until 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Most of the "drawerings" I put in the paper seem rather steered toward a particular set of jokes, which is why I always laugh the hardest when someone finds a joke I never would have thought up. This week's offering, however, is a vague little situation that's been rattling around in my bag for a while. Have at it, and we'll see what happens.
E-mail me your captions by Monday at 5 p.m. and put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. I'm going to be traveling Monday, but I'll set the finalists once I get home. Voting runs until Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Monday update 11:45 a.m.: That strikethrough above was just wrong. I wasn't ever going to be traveling Monday. I was just completely farbled by the complexities of my holiday schedule. Hope everyone had a nice holiday. First postings up soon...
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions to me by Monday at 5 p.m. Put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Voting runs from Monday evening to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions with "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line by 5 p.m. on Monday. Tell me your name and where you live.
Voting on the five finalists begins Monday evening and ends Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, send me your entries by Monday at 5 p.m. Put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Tell me what town you live in. Voting on the finalists runs from Monday evening to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your entry to Dan Conover by 5 p.m. on Monday. Be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Voting on the five finalists I select runs from Monday evening to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your entries by 5 p.m. Monday. Voting runs from Monday evening to 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Remember: You must write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line, or I'm likely to miss your brilliant entry in the stunning slew of spurious spam that slurches its syllablic sludge through my inbox...
To enter this week's contest, send me your entries by 5 p.m. on Monday. Send as many captions and e-mails as you wish, but let me encourage you to send multiple captions in a single e-mail. Put the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Please tell me where you live. I pick finalists on Monday at 5 p.m. and let you vote for your favorites from Monday evening until 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Whoops! Didn't press the button on this one the right way. Sorry about the delay.
Already some great captions in. I'll post them Monday.
To enter this week's contest, send me your captions by Monday at 5 p.m. Put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. I put the finalists into a poll Monday evening and the voting runs until Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Send in your captions to this cartoon by Monday at 5 p.m. to be consider for this week's contest. Voting runs from Monday evening to Wednesday at 10 a.m. Be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your captions with the subject line "CAPTION CONTEST" by Monday at 5 p.m. Voting on the five finalists begins here Monday evening and runs until Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Send your captions to Dan by 5 p.m. on Monday to be entered in this week's contest. Be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Check back for other captions and the voting on the finalists, which begins Monday and runs through Wednesday at 10 a.m.
To enter this week's contest, send your entries to Dan by Monday at 5 p.m. to be considered for the final voting. Voting starts here as soon as we get the poll set up, and runs to 10 a.m. Wednesday.
To enter this week's contest, send me your caption by 5 p.m. on Monday and I'll post them in comments and consider them for the weekly finals. Voting takes place here from Monday evening until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Please put the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line, and tell me your name and where you live.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail me your caption by Monday at 5 p.m. Voting on the five finalists will run until Wednesday morning. Be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line, so I'll spot it, and please tell me where you live.
To enter this week's contest, e-mail your captions to conover@postandcourier.com by Monday at 5 p.m. I pick five finalist from the posted entries and turn the voting over to you until Wednesday at 10 a.m. when I tally up the votes and declare a winner.
Remember to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line and to let me know where you're from in the world.
OK, gang. Five people at a bar, and one of them has what appears to be a Sony Handicam.
Your mission: Decode what's happening here and write hilarious captions for our entertainment. E-mail your funny captions to me with the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line by Monday at 5 p.m., and check back soon after for voting on the five finalists. Voting ends at 10 on Wednesday.
Send me your funny captions to this cartoon by Monday at 5 p.m. to be included in this week's contest.
Here's your mission: Send your funny captions to conover@postandcourier.com. Please put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line, and be friendly and tell me what town you live in. I'll pick five finalists from the entries I receive by 5 p.m. on Monday, and online voting will run from Monday evening to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Send me your funniest captions by Monday at 5 p.m. to be considered in this week's contest. Remember to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line. Online voting starts Monday evening and runs to Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Send us your funny captions for this cartoon by Monday at 5 p.m. Voting runs from Monday evening through 10 a.m. Wednesday. Be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line, and we like to know what town you're from.
What does it all mean? You tell us. E-mail your entries to me by Monday at 5 p.m. Be sure to put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject-line and please let me know where you're located. Voting for the this week's finalists begins Monday evening and runs through Wednesday at 10 a.m.
E-mail your entries by Monday at 5 p.m.
Here's your next cartoon. Send me your captions (with "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line) no later than 5 p.m. on Monday. Voting begins Monday evening and runs through Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Here's your caption-free cartoon for this week, which I drew based on a suggestion from my lovely wife Janet (yes, the one with the great voice on the Spoleto Today podcast). I'm always happy to receive suggestions for drawings, so please feel free to pass yours along...
Same rules as last week: Enter by sending your entries to me via e-mail (conover@postandcourier.com); Get it to me by Monday at 5 p.m.; be sure to write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line; and please include your place of residence, so that I can credit you thusly: "--Jon Dough, Brooklyn"
Except I won't call you Jon Dough. Or say that you're from Brooklyn. Unless you are from Brooklyn. You get the drill...
VOTING BEGINS MONDAY EVENING, and runs until Wednesday at 1o a.m., so stop by to vote for your favorite...
So here you go kiddies: This week's caption contest.
Remember, we've got new rules, so listen up:
1. E-mail me your entry (entries).
2. Write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line.
3. Tell me where you live (all I'll put out for people to see is what city/town/area you call home).
4. Get it to me by Monday at 5 p.m.
5. Stop back Monday evening through Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. to vote for your favorite finalist.
The caption that gets the most votes this week is the winner.
Enter this week's cartoon contest by writing a clever caption for this drawing. E-mail it to me by Tuesday at 5 p.m., and make sure you write "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line...
One other thing: I think I'll be biased from here on out to entries that come with the person's town of residence later. Just 'cause it makes my job that much easier...
Here's this week's cartoon for your creative captioning pleasure.
To enter, e-mail your caption to me by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15th, then check back for winners and other entries.
Reminder: Be sure to put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line...
OK, here's your mission for this week: Write a caption for this cartoon and totally crack us up.
Your entries must be e-mailed and have to be received by Tuesday at 5 p.m. to be considered for this week's contest. Please put the words "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line to make sure I spot it amongst the reams of spam that clutter my inbox...
So here's this week's cartoon. Your mission: Write a really clever caption for it.
Go ahead. Make us laugh.
You have to send me your entry/entries by e-mail to be considered for this week's contest, and I stop taking entries at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: So we've got a winner, as selected last night by Charleston movie critic Bill Thompson. Check back on Friday for the outcome...
Here are the finalists:
"Don't worry. I can always get you a job in politics."
"Looks like our PR department is succeeding!"
"You might be able to avoid death, but that cigarette will cost you more after the state senate meets."
"Now that your employer is going to ban smoking and drinking in the workplace, how 'bout coming to work for me?"
"Don't feel bad, honey, I have days when I feel like praying."
"No.... I am NOT the devil, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!"
One of the enjoyable (and, to be blunt about it, when we say “enjoyable” we mean “nerve-wracking”) parts of putting together the weekly Fun & Games page is trying to come up with interesting reader contests.
We’ve tried several concepts (word games, riddles, etc.), but our most popular reader games by far have been our two caption contests.
Not that these were universally loved. A woman at a party recently commented that it must be difficult to come up with the drawings and then asked whether it was stressful wondering whether or not people were laughing at their poor quality. For those of you who have only recently moved to the Lowcountry, that’s the Southern equivalent of saying “You truly stink as a cartoonist, bless your heart.”
This may or may not be true, but hey – the price is right.
Anyway, this week we’re going back to the well for another caption contest, and you’re all invited to participate. Comments, feedback, adoring praise and suggestions for new reader games are always welcome, too.
To be considered for this week's contest, you must submit your entry in writing via e-mail. Be sure to put "CAPTION CONTEST" in the subject line so I don't overlook you as spam.
TUESDAY 5:30 P.M. UPDATE: Here are the finalists I provided over to special guest judge Harriet McLeod, who toils in anonymity as the primary writer/blogger of Good Morning Lowcountry and its GMLc Blog. Names were not included, so Harriet had no idea whose brilliant captions she was tossing aside like so much leftover meatloaf.
"Honey, wouldn't you like a traditional wedding?"
"He was on a cell phone when the doctor said he should take up biking."
"He's so stubborn. I keep telling him his days of pillaging are over."
"He just can't accept the fact that Sanjaya was kicked off American Idol."
"He's so annoying....he knows he's lost, but he won't ask for directions."
"Now I know why the couch was on sale."
"His father and I have seen him go through his StarTrek and Spiderman phase,
but Erik's latest pillage-and-plunder phase is the hardest for us to
understand."
"This is Harold's anti-metro sexual look."
"He's just mad because I'm making him take me to the movies and tonight's his
night to plunder with the boys"
"Well, who'd you expect to meet on 'LoveWarriors.com?'"
Check back on Friday for the winners... --dc
FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH UPDATE: We've got a winner, and it's Wilma Mills of Macedonia for her entry:
"Your Honor, I insist on a mistrial! My own lawyer has made me look like a clown!"
Your mission: Come up with a funny caption for this drawing. Winner gets a "Too Much Time On My Hands" T-shirt.
To be officially entered in the contest, send me your entry in an e-mail (conoverATpostandcourierDOTcom). You're also free to leave captions in comments here. And I'll post the entries here as they come in.
All entries must be received by Tuesday at 5 p.m. Please put "CAPTION CONTEST' in the subject line, so I don't miss your entry in the chaotic swirl that is my e-mail inbox.
MARCH 23 UPDATE: THE CONTEST IS OVER, AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST WINNER: JEFF JACOBS, FOR HIS ENTRY:
You take the woods, I'll grab the irons and we'll flip for who calls his wife after 18.
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POST...
We love the idea of a caption contest, and we're shocked -- shocked, we tell you -- that nobody has ever thought to do something like this before.
So we thought we'd give it a try and see how funny y'all are. Your rules:
Leaving a caption here in comments gets you brownie points, but it won't count towards that coveted T-shirt unless you also send it to us in an e-mail.
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