In the CartoonStock Caption Contest #167, the jars do not contain pickles. To review the rules of the monthly cash prize contest: Five bucks buys no more than three entries. Real cash prizes are $500 for first place and $100 for each of five runners up. As of this writing, I've put $60 into the first dozen pay-to-play contests and this one brings my cash outlay up to $65. I was lucky enough to win $200 along the way but as some very talented caption writers play I don't expect to be able to keep it up. My three new entries are shown below, above the break. Below the break are my also-rans. The drawing of the closet you don't want to be in is by Amy Kurzweil.
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| "What can I get you, Sybil?" "It all began with stamp collecting." "Give me a minute to put myself together." * * * "Trust me, I have plenty in the way of brains." "He loves me for my brains." "There's been a local brain drain." "I try to be more mindful." "You've got to own those bad memories." "Any thoughts?" |
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