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“Pool Thing” Cartoon Caption Contest

They should have kept the pool covered.

They should have kept the pool covered.

I hope you’re ready to let loose your boundless creativity today. I’ve got a new cartoon that is in dire need of a clever caption.

This is the Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest, and the rules are pretty simple.

  • Type a clever caption and place it in the comments section, along with a valid email address, and you could win a high resolution (600 dpi) image of the cartoon with your caption and name attached.
  • You are allowed three submissions.
  • I will accept entries until midnight, Friday, June 26th, 2009.
  • I’ll select five finalists over the weekend, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, June 29nd, 2009.
  • That’s it!

You can vote for your favorite caption from last week’s Banana Blender Caption Contest.

Time to vote for your favorite caption.

Time to vote for your favorite caption.

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Last week’s winner:

The winning caption comes from Steven Benson.

The winning caption comes from Steven Benson.

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Discussion

112 comments for ““Pool Thing” Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. Lil Capt. Cassidy, how many times have I told you not to leave your toys in the pool.

    Posted by Dane | June 22, 2009, 12:11 pm
  2. To save on the water bill, the pool guy suggested using the clean water from the nuclear plant lagoon.

    Posted by Jay F | June 22, 2009, 12:14 pm
  3. I told you all of your scientific projects were going to come to a bad end.

    Posted by Lois Cavanagh-Daley | June 22, 2009, 12:15 pm
  4. “I understand kids sometimes pee in a pool Johnny but this is rediculous!”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | June 22, 2009, 12:22 pm
  5. Get in son. The mine is in there to keep us safe from North Korea.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | June 22, 2009, 12:26 pm
  6. When Grandma finds her teeth you can get back in Son .

    Posted by Lynn Batey | June 22, 2009, 12:26 pm
  7. Happy Birthday son … I got it off of Craig’s list

    Posted by Lynn Batey | June 22, 2009, 12:28 pm
  8. “I don’t care how hot your battle turtle is Timmy!!!”

    Posted by Greg Sariti | June 22, 2009, 12:32 pm
  9. Hey dad, I think grandpa has been hiding his war memorabilia from the government again

    Posted by Chucky B | June 22, 2009, 12:32 pm
  10. Ok Jimmy, I’m going to show you what not to do during your mid-life crisis

    Posted by Chucky B | June 22, 2009, 12:34 pm
  11. The pollen is really bad this year, huh?

    Posted by BioloBri | June 22, 2009, 12:41 pm
  12. Safety is important, Timmy. Swimming pools can be very dangerous.

    Posted by BioloBri | June 22, 2009, 12:42 pm
  13. Boy: “Five hours and mom is still
    trying to disarm this thing?”

    Dad: “Uh … we should talk.”

    Posted by Chucky B | June 22, 2009, 12:43 pm
  14. 1. OK kid, it looks like mom is trying her meatball surprise recipe again.

    2. The Navy Seals needed a pool for practice, son, and the incentive pay was too good to turn down.

    3. Son, why don’t you go get that big bully down the street and tell him you want to be friends by inviting him to a pool party this afternoon.

    Posted by DeeAnn S | June 22, 2009, 12:44 pm
  15. I thought I made myself clear…..no food after midnight and DON’T GET THEM WET!!

    Posted by jason h | June 22, 2009, 12:48 pm
  16. What was the name of that lawyer that stopped by yesterday, Erin something??

    Posted by Kate | June 22, 2009, 12:56 pm
  17. The first episode of Survivor really skimped on the budget.

    Posted by Todd Barwick | June 22, 2009, 12:58 pm
  18. I don’t believe it. Porcupines DO expand in the water.

    Posted by Todd Barwick | June 22, 2009, 1:01 pm
  19. It’s hard to tell just how cold the water is….I don’t have any nipples

    Posted by jason h | June 22, 2009, 1:01 pm
  20. You look silly with that duck around your waist.

    Posted by Todd Barwick | June 22, 2009, 1:02 pm
  21. “This is the new raft I got for your mother”

    Posted by Melinda K. | June 22, 2009, 1:04 pm
  22. Billy had no idea his new pool toy would be so controversial.

    Posted by Reaunna | June 22, 2009, 1:08 pm
  23. “What did you feed that turtle!”

    Posted by Melinda K. | June 22, 2009, 1:09 pm
  24. See what happens to little boys who don’t wait an hour after they eat to go swimming.

    Posted by Meg | June 22, 2009, 1:20 pm
  25. It’s mine.

    Posted by Steven Benson | June 22, 2009, 1:31 pm
  26. Swim at your own risk.

    Posted by Steven Benson | June 22, 2009, 1:32 pm
  27. “Okay son, I defeated Bowser… So where’s this princess?”

    Posted by James | June 22, 2009, 1:32 pm
  28. “That’s one spiky meataball… Sorry son, I couldn’t resist.”

    Posted by James | June 22, 2009, 1:44 pm
  29. Well, let’s put it this way… you’ll either learn to swim under water or you’ll learn how to treat second and third degree burns. You pick.

    Posted by Danielle | June 22, 2009, 1:45 pm
  30. It looks like your mother forgot to shave again.

    Posted by Kristy Graybill | June 22, 2009, 1:46 pm
  31. Marco!!!

    Posted by Kristy Graybill | June 22, 2009, 1:47 pm
  32. I think we’re going to need a bigger pool.

    Posted by Danielle | June 22, 2009, 1:49 pm
  33. “The package said a CUP of water, Timmy. A CUP.”

    Posted by Lissa | June 22, 2009, 1:54 pm
  34. Johnny, did you put your blowfish in the pool again?

    Posted by Scott | June 22, 2009, 1:56 pm
  35. Swimming with a russian mine will make a man out of you… now loose the ducky.

    Posted by Scott | June 22, 2009, 1:57 pm
  36. ***Correction Above… lose not loose**

    Posted by Scott | June 22, 2009, 1:58 pm
  37. And you wanted to spend seventy bucks to go to the aquarium!

    Posted by Scott | June 22, 2009, 1:59 pm
  38. It’s ok son, just make sure you have removed all metal objects

    Posted by Paul Offutt | June 22, 2009, 2:10 pm
  39. “Son, as much as you’d like to believe it, I can’t save the world.”

    Posted by Sandy | June 22, 2009, 2:12 pm
  40. “I knew I should’ve bought some cookies! Those little kids didn’t like “No” for an answer.”

    Posted by Chelle T | June 22, 2009, 2:23 pm
  41. “When I say no belly-flops, son, I mean no belly-flops!”

    Posted by Sheila | June 22, 2009, 2:28 pm
  42. “Don`t worry son, it`s only Nessie one of your Mums Scottish relations.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | June 22, 2009, 2:30 pm
  43. Well Timmy, better go get your iron duck floatie today.

    Posted by jason h | June 22, 2009, 2:36 pm
  44. 1. This week’s special guest on “Pimp My Pool”… GWAR

    2. This time your mother has gone too far!

    Posted by Campbell | June 22, 2009, 2:49 pm
  45. “Go get Mario son, Bowser is in our pool again.”

    “Son, when I said we are playing battleship tonight, I think you took it too literal.”

    “You got your floatie? Good! Pool safety is very important son!”

    Posted by Vic Harris | June 22, 2009, 3:09 pm
  46. Mr. Smith goes to extremes to keep the neighbors out of the pool.

    Posted by Brian | June 22, 2009, 3:11 pm
  47. I’ve heard of “dropping a bomb” or “taking the kids for a swim” But this one tops them all.

    Posted by Russ | June 22, 2009, 3:13 pm
  48. Sorry dad, when I said my prayers last night I asked that today the pool would be all mine…

    Posted by Brian | June 22, 2009, 3:14 pm
  49. No problem Jimmy, It’s just like a log roll competition ….But not

    Posted by Russ | June 22, 2009, 3:16 pm
  50. I told you Timmy, there is no such thing as AREA 51 around here!

    Posted by Tom | June 22, 2009, 3:33 pm
  51. Holy crap…The water is cold today.

    Posted by Russ | June 22, 2009, 3:39 pm
  52. Now son, don’t panic. I warned you what would happen when your mother started going through “the change”.

    Posted by Jeffrey Mayo | June 22, 2009, 3:53 pm
  53. I’m starting to think buying these chlorine pool cleaning balls off of the internet was a bad idea.

    Posted by Jeffrey Mayo | June 22, 2009, 3:55 pm
  54. If we’re gonna play king of the mountain, lose the duck

    Posted by JRusso | June 22, 2009, 3:55 pm
  55. 1. “Billy, the warning clearly stated that was not a flotation device.”

    Posted by Steven Voight | June 22, 2009, 3:55 pm
  56. If you pee in the pool, you get what you deserve.

    Posted by JRusso | June 22, 2009, 3:58 pm
  57. frickin’ teenage mutant ninja turtles.

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | June 22, 2009, 4:00 pm
  58. “I thought you meant something completely different when you said the pool was ‘mine’.”

    Posted by Steven Voight | June 22, 2009, 4:00 pm
  59. Stan’s obsession with obstacle courses had reached a perilous level.

    Posted by Jeffrey Mayo | June 22, 2009, 4:01 pm
  60. “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a hundred times… the pool is no place for your science projects!”

    Posted by Ginger Voight | June 22, 2009, 4:12 pm
  61. “See what happens when you don’t clean the pool?”

    Posted by Steven Voight | June 22, 2009, 4:14 pm
  62. “Son, I think the feud with the Huckaby twins has gone a little too far.”

    Posted by Ginger Voight | June 22, 2009, 4:15 pm
  63. “Billy, go tell your mother I was wrong. It is *definitely* time to get a pool boy.”

    Posted by Ginger Voight | June 22, 2009, 4:17 pm
  64. Dad! Remember I asked you for help with my Science project? WELLLLL…!!!!!

    Posted by J | June 22, 2009, 4:20 pm
  65. OK, I’ll call the Orkin Man…

    Posted by J | June 22, 2009, 4:28 pm
  66. Son, I told your mom not to invite her mother over, now she has taken over the pool.

    Posted by Cary Dion | June 22, 2009, 5:28 pm
  67. The rules where easy son.

    Keep him out of the light.
    Never feed him after mid night
    and don’t get him wet!

    Thats it no more gremlins for you!

    Posted by Susan | June 22, 2009, 7:49 pm
  68. You said you wanted to train for the Navy’s Underwater Demolition Team.

    Posted by Fran Welch | June 22, 2009, 9:19 pm
  69. Quick! Run inside and tell your mom it’s her turn to clean the pool.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | June 22, 2009, 10:21 pm
  70. I’m not really sure what it is. Go get my hammer and we’ll see if it sounds hollow.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | June 22, 2009, 10:28 pm
  71. “Yep, we’re the newest site for the GPS cache.”

    Posted by Sandy | June 22, 2009, 11:24 pm
  72. “Go ask Mom for a can of Raid.”

    Posted by Sandy | June 22, 2009, 11:26 pm
  73. When I told you to water the garden, this is NOT what I meant!

    Posted by Jana | June 23, 2009, 12:02 am
  74. Son, go grab the fugu hiki knife, our pool sushi looks like it’s ready.

    Posted by Jay F | June 23, 2009, 1:34 am
  75. “Son,I think we`re gonna have to reduce the Fibre in your diet.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | June 23, 2009, 7:31 am
  76. “Of course it’s safe, you have your duckie, don’t you?”

    “I’ll go by the pool supply store later and see if they have any really big nets”

    Posted by Kay | June 23, 2009, 9:18 am
  77. Go get the chlorine, son.

    Posted by MRF | June 23, 2009, 11:20 am
  78. “Gitmo hired me.”

    Posted by Uncle Xenu | June 23, 2009, 12:12 pm
  79. “‘Water’ you worried about, son?

    Posted by Uncle Xenu | June 23, 2009, 12:13 pm
  80. “Jon and Kate are coming over.”

    Posted by Uncle Xenu | June 23, 2009, 12:15 pm
  81. Boy, Didn’t I tell you to keep your gremlins inside and away from water?!

    Posted by Fiasco | June 23, 2009, 2:17 pm
  82. I told you to mind your business not the pool.

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | June 23, 2009, 2:20 pm
  83. I thought Uncle Murray waxed his back.

    Posted by Mark | June 23, 2009, 2:44 pm
  84. I hope he did not urinate!

    Posted by Mark | June 23, 2009, 2:44 pm
  85. You can have your turn when grandma is done soaking her wart.

    Posted by Marla K | June 23, 2009, 5:24 pm
  86. That’s odd, it doesn’t show up on Google Earth!

    Posted by Rick R. | June 23, 2009, 7:26 pm
  87. Now remember this time, when it starts ticking, RUN!

    Posted by Rick R. | June 23, 2009, 7:31 pm
  88. Your mothers water conservation hobby has gone too far this time!

    Posted by Rick R. | June 23, 2009, 7:32 pm
  89. That’s your mom, not a sea creature. Now get in the pool Billy!

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | June 23, 2009, 11:18 pm
  90. It’s perfectly safe son. Just don’t do any belly flops.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | June 23, 2009, 11:19 pm
  91. “Getting a spike in the chest really isn’t that bad if you think about it.”

    Posted by dwr | June 24, 2009, 12:32 am
  92. “No you can’t be allergic to water. In the pool.”

    Posted by dwr | June 24, 2009, 12:33 am
  93. “Why can`t we just get little splats of Bird Crap like other families.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | June 24, 2009, 7:03 am
  94. “Well, it’s one way to keep out the neighborhood kids!”

    Posted by Sheila | June 24, 2009, 8:46 am
  95. “Sorry, Billy, this new pool float from Weapons ‘R’ Us just isn’t working out!”

    Posted by Sheila | June 24, 2009, 8:49 am
  96. Don’t worry. There’s no way these points are sharp enough to pop your floatie!

    Posted by John | June 24, 2009, 1:00 pm
  97. “Where’s the skimmer, Bobby?”

    Posted by Libby | June 24, 2009, 1:52 pm
  98. Who says I can’t bring my work home with me?

    Posted by robert keller | June 24, 2009, 11:26 pm
  99. I think it’s the neighbors paying us back for all the land mines Rover has left in their yard.

    Posted by lisa keller | June 24, 2009, 11:33 pm
  100. “I found it! Always in the last place you look.”

    Posted by John | June 25, 2009, 11:25 am
  101. You’re the one that wanted the armadillo.

    Posted by Emily P | June 25, 2009, 11:36 am
  102. It’s just for a little while, son. -until she’s well enough to release back into the sewers.

    Posted by MRF | June 25, 2009, 5:18 pm
  103. Watch out for the giant testicle.

    Posted by Wade | June 26, 2009, 12:56 pm
  104. Looks like Mom’ll have to postpone the Haddassah meeting, son. Vandals spiked her giant matzohball soup!

    Posted by Steve Singer | June 27, 2009, 8:44 pm
  105. I don’t know why the bank sent us a pool, we haven’t paid the mortgage in months.

    Posted by B.E.S | June 28, 2009, 1:51 am
  106. Another benefit of working for
    Mace Security International!

    Posted by Lisa Masters | June 28, 2009, 9:32 pm
  107. You have got to stop buying pool toys at “Sargent Willy’s Navy Surplus”.

    Posted by Brian | June 29, 2009, 12:45 pm
  108. No son, it is not a sea urchin…

    Posted by barbara | June 29, 2009, 2:43 pm
  109. …and you’re 100% sure your grandmother is not in the house…?

    Posted by barbara | June 29, 2009, 2:46 pm
  110. Stick ball had a whole different meaning in my day!

    Posted by barbara | June 29, 2009, 2:50 pm
  111. You’re grounded!

    Posted by Thom | June 29, 2009, 4:24 pm
  112. Have anyone here tried dough boy pools before?

    Posted by doughboy pools | September 19, 2010, 1:58 am

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