Vote in last week's caption contest

Its 5 o'clock. Do you know where your detractors are?

Let me ask my question from last week that never got answered:
Hi all, I have been reading the comments for the past couple months and have a question for Steve: Why do you wait until Saturday, when the Tribune publishes the names of the finalists, to comment on the finalists? It would be nice to see your opinion on the selected captions before the names are published, not after. That way we could get a view that isn't skewed by your knowledge of who the author is. Just food for thought, I am sure you will have plenty to say in answer as well as those who vehemently disagree with most of what you post.

Don't worry comment reader, I'm sure we will hear something from Steve tomorrow, after he opens his paper and reads the names of the selected finalists. At the very least, we can probably look forward to some inane comment from his alter-ego in the valley girl speak...

LOL how true, Nash...we'll be treated to some magnificent accusations and then spoken down to from his high perch above the rest of us....by the way did you see the garbage he submitted for the last one? he had one and he accuses the rest of us of submitting cheap cliches...if that's what's so much funnier and intelligent than the rest of ours, then we're in for a looooong summer of his complaints and whining...

My faves last week, after seeing the full list: Jason’s “Did the coffee taste different to you?” (Must have been really caffeinated!); Jack’s “I could use a new hat!” (A fashion note amidst the fall); Amanda Rhine’s “Wheeeee! See medical marijuana is great!” (Potency counts, obviously); and the best one for the happy droppers was Jim Page’s “The last one down buys the beer!” “Look… I’m U.S. Economy Man” from Dale was his best entry, better than the three topical the Trib touts, and Becca’s “Awesome! Early retirement” was her best, and the first in!The Trib’s selections actually made it look like they read the whole list, with Jason’s parachute quip, the last one he entered, posted on Sunday. My critics put me in two captions, with a Superman take and as an evil pusher. Props is props!Finally, I made an effort to be the last caption entry, but ron starkey takes that honor.Steve Schumann – Arroyo Grande – theschu2@aol.com

And there we have it, folks, the opinion of someone who doesn't matter

Let’s look at this week’s mess: (1) “Based on my stock portfolio, I could use a happy meal.”; (2) “It's about time america got a new symbol. One that represents who we really are.”; (3) “I confess. I had a McFair.” The only funny caption of the three was #3, and since this is a humorous caption contest, I actually voted for this one. The writer, though, could have made this even better by using other words instead of chopping the first syllable off “affair”—I like McLiasion or McTryst, or even a McFling. Sound more appealing, doesn’t it? But “know you audience” is the meditative phrase here in the Comments section, so I imagine too much humor would have not made this a finalist. Number One makes no sense, but I figured any reference to fast food would get a nod here. There has to be a better caption than that in the bunch (Any of mine is funnier!) I agreed with Choice Two, because of the clown that is our current president. And only clowns vote for their own. But Two isn’t funny, either. Maybe it’s time for these bald eagles to eat their young, oh go ahead, supersize them! “Do you want fries with that?” is a stunningly good caption. I wonder if anyone submitted it? Steve Schumann – Arroyo Grande – theschu2@aol.com

Again...doesn't matter what you think. not your contest. you don't run it, and your obama blurb you submitted is so typical Rush and pathetic...just sad

Hey, I'm impressed, Steve actually told us what he thought without knowing who the authors were! Good question asking Comment Reader! You only had to post it twice! Just remember Steve, admitting you have a problem is the first step on the road to change.

Okay Nash, you're officially my new hero after that. Steve, you're still just a herpie...

steve again....your comment about my caption is correct...McFling would have been better, but i think McFair is better than McAffair...I thought about using McAffair but it had too many syllables.

I like totally dated this way cute guy who totally ended up having herpes! I totally dumped him!

http://www.cleveland.com/pdq/

guys, try your luck with my home newspaper..
cleveland plain dealer...i have won several times...the judges are suckers for puns....plus its in COLOR!!!....looks better hanging on your wall in your bathroom...let me know if you give it shot.....deadlines are on wednesday....they pick three finalists and no individual winner...scroll down the website to view the cartoon.

Cleveland, don't encourage steve, he's like the monkey virus we're trying to contain here, you're affirming his criticism of you which has absolutely no value, substance, or reason. He may have been nicer to you than the others, but he's still complaining that his didn't get picked, as he has been for weeks and weeks now, and if you read his from last week, it wasn't even worth the energy it took to scroll that far down...

sorry girls, i think i just nailed this weeks competition also (chain saw guy)....anybody here ever won the new yorker competition?...thats the mother of all caption contests...

I've only tried the local one here, Joe. How did you come across our little hometown paper?

nash, i found you guys on the internet...liked the toons and it was simple to submit a caption..also liked the idea yours wasn't site specific...for example, the boston globe cartoon is too insider (you have to live there and know the town)...bunch of snobs.....you should try the cleveland plain dealer..but unlike yours, we have no voting privledges....if you know of other locations that you like, please let me know...

Hey Cleveland Joe,
Are you related to Steve from A.G.? We don't need you around here. Let us have our fun and you just get your Ya Yas in the Pit they call Cleveland.

Hey Cleveland Joe,
Are you related to Steve from A.G.? We don't need you around here. Let us have our fun and you just get your Ya Yas in the Pit they call Cleveland.

Hey Dale, are ya yas boobs, or like are those just totally ta tas?

Like, geez Dale, um, like, bitter much?

Hey Dale, sounds like sour grapes to me...put your energy in trying to win one for a change...your pal, joe

Thanks Joe. You did come up with the definitive caption. Gotta give you credit. I think this local contest can benefit from your stimulus package. Peace.

Yeah I think Cleveland's fine in our little contest, Dale. He's put some funny stuff in and that's what counts, its still just or own dear Steve that's the lone negative dingleberry on here

thanks dale....now here is how i see it.....right now i am behind by 2 votes....the guy/gal that is winning wrote the one about the symbol...in my mind, brevity is very important ..his/her caption lacks brevity and wit..he/her wrote a political statement about usa being superficial, which is ok, but the way he said it was long and drawn out ...frankly, i dont understand how his/her caption made it in the first place...thats my two cents, NO DISRESPECT to the author...as for your comment about cleveland, well its no san luis i agree with that, but cleveland helped provide the backbone that built this country..we are a rustbelt city that is losing population to warmer climates and more jobs...we know whats wrong with our town and our towns image..but you know what, its home for me. ..i have great friends and family that live here , sun or no sun, ocean or no ocean, palm trees or no palm trees
its home..dont forget dale, where ever you go you have to take yourself with you. i hope your comfortable with that in your fair town.......from now on, if i am a finalist, i will not reveal my caption for fear of a backlash...your pal, joe

cleveland joe,
I was raised in Newark Ohio, so I know how the summers and winters are. You just keep pluggin' away and I will keep appreciating your input. Later

Like, I totally, almost cried! You guys are like poets and stuff!

Cleveland has a point, Dale. No fair making fun of people's home towns with Pittsburgh and New Jersey being acceptable exceptions :)

Hey Joe, just thought you should know that the Trib publishes the names of the finalists in the Sat paper. Feel free to claim yours since we who get the hard copy will know any way by sat mornings.

Good luck everbody with the new caption...yours better be good because mine is excellent...
ps. valley gal, are you for real?

I sent in a couple good ones this time, Cleveland, but may the best caption win :) Nice to have some outside competition, and as for Valley Gal, we're all pretty sure Valley Gal is Steve just being annoying

Yeah, like, I am totally fur real! So just talk to the hand and like totally enjoy your little country in Cleveland or whatever!

Keep it up "Valley Gal" like maybe if you were like believable like we like wouldn't like think like you like weren't like steve like like like like toooootallly

I'm looking forward to this week's finalists... Mike Peters is one sick SOB, and this week's subject matter leads me to captions too graphic for publication! The captions can be categorized, I've discovered, like the one-panels in the paper: There's the Bizarro, the Rube, the Circus, and the Thaves. Has anyone noticed the game Piraro does in his box, the finding of the weird objects? I'm saving my best for last... what time does the week end? Go, Cleveland Joe! You the man! Steve the Anti-Brian -- Arroyo Grande -- theschu2@aol.com

SOLVE THIS CAPTION....last year i won my first ever try at a caption contest in cleveland...picture this....>>>>>>>>> a man sitting in a bird bath bathing himself.. his clothes strewn all over the ground around the bird bath...two birds on the ground looking up at the man..it appears one of the birds is doing the talking......what would be your caption?..i will give you my winning caption tomorrow.

The man who used to play Big Bird had trouble adjusting back to human life.

nash, not bad.......one of finalists said......"I told you the water has been tasting funny"

Steve, until your final line in your message I almost thought there was a shred of human in you, but you proved every point I ever made, and thus are still just a carrier for a gestating pod person

I agree with brian, steve's comment at first seemed soemthing like what a human might wright. But at the the end he had to go and prove what an incompetent sub human darwin award wining dill weed he is. He needs to find the rock or bridge that he crawled out from under and go back into hiding.

I wonder if there will be any captions this week with the word "hemmorhoids" in it? See you in the papers! Steve the AGtruckdriver -- theschu2@aol.com

Steve, the word is hemorrhoids. You might want to utilize the spell check function on your computer. Hemorrhoids would have been funnier if the "Dr" was holding a blowtorch.

You are correct in that nash. He can't even spell his own middle name (hemorrhoid).

see you in the paper is right, Steve - toilet paper that is