Vote in last week's caption contest

I like this week's entries better :)

i am ready to give up ......the judges are a bunch of retards.....they dont understand that BREVITY is part of the challenge ....ANYONE can create a whole paragraph for a caption .....look at the finalists they selected.....piles of verbage to explain their concept ...VERY very VERY VERY UNCREATIVE........i dont get it....whats up with you san luis obispudlians?....all that sun must rot your brains....you should all be ashamed that you have retard judges from the tribune to REPRESENT you....i would be......I AM RETURNING MY WINS IN PROTEST.

Hey Clev, are you really judging all of us by the results of our local caption contest? Oh well, at least you will be supporting the postal industry.

Nash you have it right! Hey Cleveland Joe, why don't you go get a room so you can enjoy your own brevity?

HEY CLEVELAND JOE! What the holy f bomb is up with you? It's a contest to make captions for a comic. If it were a contest for being a GIANT butt munch, I am sure you would come in first place every week. If you don't like it the leave the site and stop entering each week. And do us all a favor and never visit our town, we don't need any more idiots here.

irony here . . . CLEVELAND JOE uses a whole paragraph to vent/piss & moan. it's a subjective judging. i'm over it ! ! !

Let the barking begin for this week's dogs!

lol Steve, after last week you earned a reprieve, but I have to jump on the band-wagon...seriously Cleveland? seriously? I mean honestly...if this is your biggest gripe in life then do send the wins back, we won't lose any sleep here.

It's just a game and there's only one winner. I keep saying just have fun and be happy. Every dog has their day. Congrats to this weeks top three. Better luck to the rest of us for next week. Keep the laughs coming.

C. Joe, you are a real piece of work. If your comments aren't sour grapes, then I don't know what is. I have a developmentally disabled daughter and frankly, your use of the antiquated term "retard" is offensive. It shows all the people that the sun never shines where your head is at. Good luck to this week's finalists.

easy, all my obispudville friends....i am just teasing....i want to be loved......

Got your back Dale, Cleveland, what the heck is with the "just teasing" comment? You want to be loved all of a sudden? You crossed more lines than an obsessive/compulsive crossing guard!

brian, here is what happened that dreadful night....i made myself some nice grilled marinated zuccini covered with basel and grated cheese and a couple burgers...had a couple glasses of wine...went back ito the kitchen and placed the food on my counter...turned my back a few seconds to answer the phone and went back to the kitchen to discover my dog at my dinner.....finished off the bottle and went online to vent.......i plead guilty..i over did it, but still believe in my premise that one should use as few words and as much wit as possible in a caption....

Alright Cleveland, will just suggest that the manner in which you chose to vent was over the line and highly inappropriate, this is supposed to be a fun contest, not a political forum or locals-bashing place, just hope to keep the banter pleasant and not offend anybody. Let's keep the tone positive and Alpo in the dog's mouth :)

You the man, Brian. I'm not a hater, but I do not appreciate, well you know. What a forum!!!

Anytime Dale :)

See Joe, every dog does have their day. And your dog, had your dinner with it. LOL

C. K.
I like the way you try to mediate and ramp down the attitudes and barbs. You would be a good person to know, I'm sure.

any bets i make the final three on the "birdcage"?.....lay your bets down

You see cleve, nobody cares. All you are is just another brick in the wall.

Where did that can go? I want to put the worms back in...

Brian, cleve, I apologive for my negativity. I should have learned something from Brian. My bad.

Nash, I am completely eating crow for dinner. Sorry. Too much time inside when it's way hot outside. I made up the word apologive:)

A dislexic moment...

I am signing off now before I get too hammered by the crowd.

Lol Dale, what would you have learned from me? I don't have my teaching credentials yet :)~

CJoe, you have it correct. These are dumbified remnants of a dead newspaper industry...they literally don't know what the H*** they are doing.
BUT, they are stupid and lowly paid.
No surprise.

I am a national and internationally published cartoonist that has work all over the world.
You think these boneheads would utilize me in their own back yard?
pfah!

I regulary see your contributions, and coyote, and a few others that are original and not cliched...along with my own.
Kudos to both.

One can only laugh at the knuckleheaded know=nothingness of most of the blockheads and stupidists we deal with.
I wish you well.

SLO is a wonderful city and area, but there are nit-wits EVERYWHERE that we have to deal with, or fight.

Cartoonguy get real, if you are as good as you say you are then the proof's in the pudding, you're not the only cartoonist in town. There's a way to get picked for this contest, I have stated it enough times on here, just have fun with it or quit playing.

Hey Cartoon Guy, clicked on your name and checked out your stuff. Pretty funny! Since you're a pro comic, why are you slumming with us amateurs? We have far less experience with coming up with comics and we don't get to draw the pic, just come up with a caption. Cut some slack for the people who are just trying to have fun.

Here here, Brian & Nash. I wanted to go to the cartoonguy's e-mail and leave a scathing reply but why lower ourselves to his level. Let's just continue with the fun and games.

Cartoonguy, I respect your prowess at captioning, however, I question whether you would be able to spell your way out of a paper bag. "Stupidists"? Come on. Don't try to invent your own dictionary. Please. Use spellcheck.

Oh yeah, cartoonperson, I forgot to add "dumbified". What language is that? Give us all a break and go away. And OOOH... you're international. What color is the sky in your world? pfahck ya.

Tried, but just couldn't let it rest. The guy pissed me off. Dissed us all...

cartoonidiot, "regularly". I'm sure more are to follow. If you want to make a point, show us that you have a glimmer of intelligence. Sheesh!!

I know...I went off. I am done for now. Sorry for any inconvenience. Hot here in Paso.

hahahahahahahaha Dale, you da man...cartoon guy, if you were half the cartoonist you claim to be we would be responding to the dribble you provided us for a contest.....Dale, it's hot all over the county, got to 93 at my place in SLo, can only imagine Paso, I lives in A-town for 3 years and don't intend to move to that side of the grade again lol so going off on someone who claims to be a pro is perfectly acceptable :)

Paso Rubes and Atrashcadero.

Explains alot.

Thanks, Nash. Yes, I do appreciate those that participate and DO come up with clever ripostes. In that regard, no one is an amateur. My comment was less directed towards contributors, but aimed at the editors that select such tired and hackneyed phrases. As an example, the three concerning the slice of bread defendant were what we in the business call "yahtzee's" in that they are indistinguishable.

I realize that this is ( or should be ) harmless frivolity.
Still, I don't put up with any bullying from anyone. ( I'm not accusing Nash here ).
Has anyone else here coined a word or phrase? I have several that are now common vernacular.

I like to make people laugh, but I have used my talent to drive more than a few evil people out of public office. I had one bonehead congressvarmint call me names in public when he thought there were no cameras around. ( SURPRISE! )

Hey Dale...you sent me an abusive email. Did you develop instant Alzheimer's?

I am friends with the other cartoonists in the area. Russ Hodin does excellent linework. He's undoubtedly a better graphic artist than myself. Jerry James has a unique, funny style. Leigh Rubin is sneakingly hilarious.

"...claiming to be a pro",
OK, Brian...I get PAID to do cartoons. My work has been included in "The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year" eight separate editions. I have been published in 26 different countries in multiple languages. I have a pending deal for a cartoon to appear in one of the most popular movie franchises over the last decade for the next in the series. I receive commission work for a variety of special projects.

Brian,
Dribble...did you mean "drivel"?
Dribble is what one does with a basketball, or what you have on your chin.

BTW...I likely would have forgotten this if not for Dale's rude reminder to my email address.
This sarcasm is owed to him.

Cartoonguy, aka KRANKY

Okay, cartoonguy/KRANKY. You're all that. I will henceforth grovel at the feet of the king of captions. BTW, you might want to consider thickening up your skin.

Toony, I meant dribble, not drivel, it was deliberate because me and the rest of the people on this message board are being splattered with your chin remnants as you spew your self-gratifying/ glorifying "I love me" banter here. Get off your high horse, you sound like the brain dead lieutenant on Good Morning Vietnam who swears that he is funny because Reader's Digest published one of his jokes. Put your wit to good use and start your own contest if you are as great as your dribble, that is splattering all over the county, claims you are.

Brian, that comment could not have been better stated or aimed. Thank you.

Cartoonguy, You are sounding like a self-righteous dink. If you don't like the emails, then don't publish your email address (duh). And as for making fun this area and the people that live here is just plain RUDE. Why don't you just stop posting on here and go back to whatever podium you live on. This is a nice little contest for those who like to write, How many captions have you won lately? Well enough for now, to all the GOOD people here KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!! And to toon guy GO AWAY!

Lol you're welcome, Dale and truckdriver, he's being more than ruse, the term is sanctimonious lol

Much of my job relies upon satire. I need the subject matter of stupid people in stupid situations that they often put themselves in. I don't make fun of the smart or nice people that I meet here.

For the others, thanks.

Cartoon Guy, are you saying that you are just fanning the flames here to get material for your comics? If you need something to make fun of, how about the fact that California's legislature can't seem to pass a budget on time even though the date it is due is the same every year. Can you imagine if someone gave their kid a box and some wrapping paper telling them their birthday present was coming soon? Talk about world war III!

Toon, the people who post on the cartoons here are just here to have fun, they aren't public figures. Not politicians, not celebrities, nothing like that. If you're a satirist and your job relies on people to make fun of for a living, your job is to poke fun at the foibles of a Governor resigning her post mid term, or another Governor for flying to Venezuela without anyone knowing where he's going to be with a lover while the whole state thinks you're hiking the Appalachian trail. Leave local folks alone unless you're poking fun at a murder defendant or something, okay? There's always Limbaugh - enough there to satire to publish volumes...

NOW, who is overly sensitive / too serious? I am not aware of the existence of a cartoon police. ................... Whatever, I still possess the ability to caricature people as ridiculous as I desire ( or as they are ), within the bounds of good taste. OK, maybe my rendition of Jerry Lenthall attired in a swimsuit with Bo Derek dreads, running on the beach ala "Ten" was a bit snarky.

You're talking to an old old friend of Jerry, that puts you on my special friends list, toony

OK cartoonguy, you crossed a really big line when you made fun of jerry lenthall, he is an old friend and was an awesome, police officer. You are just a giant piece of human garbage. As stated in the above comments people that post on here are doing so for fun. You call yourself a pro? Why have I never heard your name or seen your work? Must mean you are no good! Once again please just leave the site and maybe consider moving to say the north pole so we don't have to hear from you! Oh ya and you have made it to the top of my "special" friends list as well.....

Every dog has had his day. Where's Becca when you need her?

hey cartoonguy, we should work together....i need a new career....i can draw and also have a pretty good sense of humor......

I have and can do both! that's why I work solo and do my stuff on the side and don't flaunt it like a prima donna and am perfectly content in myself and have my fun on this caption contest and cheer people on in the spirit of friendly fun

I don't tolerate blowhards and bullies, and the State of California does not tolerate threats..implied or otherwise, over the internet. California PC 422.
Big mouths don't scare me. You gasbags always think you can dominate and intimidate others that don't agree with you. Dale made it an issue, and now you other fatheads insist upon perpetuating and compounding the nonsense.
Dale smartened up somewhat. .........ClevelandJoe...I'd be glad to help if I can.

Says the king of the blowhards/gasbags