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Ant Cowboy Cartoon Caption Contest

Have fun with this one.

Have fun with this one.

It’s Monday, and I’ve got a new, really strange cartoon that is patiently waiting for a fitting caption. This cartoon desperately needs your help (after viewing it, you may think I need help as well).

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 win a signed copy of the cartoon, with your caption and name attached (and you’ll be added to the Splendid Marbles gallery of caption contest winners.) (Check out all the winners of the caption contest.)
  • You are allowed three submissions.
  • I will accept entries until midnight, Sunday, August 9th, 2009.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, August 10th, 2009.
  • That’s it!

You can vote for your favorite caption in last week’s the “Family Dragon” contest.

Time to vote!!

Time to vote!!

Time to vote for your favorite "Family Dragon" caption.

  • "You know, that lampshade does tie the room together.” – Greg (32%, 12 Votes)
  • “You baby him too much Marge.” - Bill Rabello (22%, 8 Votes)
  • “The lease said no cat’s, no dog’s…” – Russ (16%, 6 Votes)
  • “I checked, he’s not covered under the town’s leash law.” - Fran Welch (16%, 6 Votes)
  • “Seriously, I just want to know how the hell you got him in the house.” - JCL (14%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 37

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Here’s the winner of the “Knight Golf” caption contest:

Congratulations are in order for MRF!

Congratulations are in order for MRF!

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Discussion

94 comments for “Ant Cowboy Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. Gun Smoke’s version of “Little People, Big World”

    Posted by jason h | August 3, 2009, 12:00 pm
  2. “They say you can lead an ant to water…”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | August 3, 2009, 12:05 pm
  3. After the Earp’s and Doc Holliday left Tombstone, the town fell into recession.

    Posted by jason h | August 3, 2009, 12:06 pm
  4. “i think that acid’s finally kicking in”

    Posted by Ryan N | August 3, 2009, 12:06 pm
  5. “It was my aunt’s idea.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | August 3, 2009, 12:07 pm
  6. “Just act like everything is normal and let me do the talking.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | August 3, 2009, 12:08 pm
  7. “Food of the Gods 2″ Starring Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner, with special co star Jon Cyperh

    Posted by Russ | August 3, 2009, 12:10 pm
  8. we’ll show them “hung like an ant”!

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | August 3, 2009, 12:11 pm
  9. Ant Love Grand???!!!!!

    Posted by Lynn Batey | August 3, 2009, 12:14 pm
  10. Everything really IS bigger in Texas.

    Posted by Shawn Hunter | August 3, 2009, 12:15 pm
  11. I get better milage with out all the messy clean up.

    Posted by Lynn Batey | August 3, 2009, 12:16 pm
  12. Henry Ford’s first concept cars

    Posted by Chucky B | August 3, 2009, 12:17 pm
  13. Even the Wild West wants join the “green movement.”

    Posted by Chucky B | August 3, 2009, 12:19 pm
  14. Writers envisioned the crossover of Back to the Future III and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to be “one for the ages”

    Posted by Chucky B | August 3, 2009, 12:22 pm
  15. CORRECTION: Even the Wild West wants to join the “green movement.”

    Posted by Chucky B | August 3, 2009, 12:23 pm
  16. yeah, riding ants is pretty sweet, but horses will rarely, if ever, bite your face off.

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | August 3, 2009, 12:24 pm
  17. Ok, for the last time. “A cowboy rides into town on Friday…”

    Posted by JRusso | August 3, 2009, 12:29 pm
  18. Gus, “hi-ho arthropod” just sounds stupid.

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | August 3, 2009, 12:29 pm
  19. Can’t wait to show the neighbors see our new rides!

    Posted by Bernie S. | August 3, 2009, 12:32 pm
  20. I’m never playing poker for horses again.

    Posted by Bernie S. | August 3, 2009, 12:32 pm
  21. Yeah I guess these are ok, just hope we don’t have to cross any creeks or rivers along the trail.

    Posted by jason h | August 3, 2009, 12:32 pm
  22. Yeah, they are stronger, but not as effective against a Raid.

    Posted by JRusso | August 3, 2009, 12:33 pm
  23. Don’t look now but there’s a giant anteater behind us.

    Posted by Natalie | August 3, 2009, 12:35 pm
  24. This puts a whole new meaning to ant farming….

    Posted by Reaunna | August 3, 2009, 12:36 pm
  25. The only problem I have run into is that all of his friends come over and raid the cupboards

    Posted by Bob Swanson | August 3, 2009, 12:37 pm
  26. Hey George, I feel like I have ants in my pants. Do you ever feel that way?

    Posted by John Flynn | August 3, 2009, 12:42 pm
  27. After Wayne Szalinski un-shrunk the kids, they never lost their affection for ants.

    Posted by Mike | August 3, 2009, 12:49 pm
  28. The Amish, so opposed technology, that they will not even upgrade to the latest super ants.

    Posted by Mike | August 3, 2009, 12:52 pm
  29. I love this old town, it remind me of my youth, when everyone still used horses.

    Posted by Mike | August 3, 2009, 12:53 pm
  30. Can you believe the price of sugar has gone up again… Think they will run on corn?

    Posted by Russ | August 3, 2009, 1:41 pm
  31. Clyde is just upset his horse can’t carry 10 times his body weight…

    Posted by Russ | August 3, 2009, 1:51 pm
  32. “I don`t think we`ll have any problems with Ant Rustlers.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | August 3, 2009, 1:56 pm
  33. “I hope they didn`t cost much,their life span is only a week.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | August 3, 2009, 1:58 pm
  34. Yessir, these new Hybrids will save you a ton on fuel prices.

    Posted by Scott | August 3, 2009, 2:09 pm
  35. I think we got a pretty good trade in value on Bessy and Thunder, and at least with these we don’t have to “shift”.

    Posted by Scott | August 3, 2009, 2:11 pm
  36. Do you think that indian witchdoctor shrunk the whole town when we reworded our treaty for the third or fourth time?

    Posted by Scott | August 3, 2009, 2:13 pm
  37. we should have told our dates whatever you do don’t get antsy

    Posted by bob | August 3, 2009, 2:37 pm
  38. I asked my fiance if i could invite my two ants to the wedding

    Posted by bob | August 3, 2009, 2:40 pm
  39. Of course we’re riding ants – this is a ONE-horse town, that’s it over there.

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | August 3, 2009, 2:43 pm
  40. They think it started with that atomic bomb test in Alma Gordo.

    Posted by Fran Welch | August 3, 2009, 2:50 pm
  41. Everyone is staring at us, I knew this was a bad idea, I’m not getting drunk and letting you talk me into this stuff anymore.

    Posted by Cary Dion | August 3, 2009, 2:55 pm
  42. Yeah, I heard the U.S. Government is going to use army ants for the calvary.

    Posted by Cary Dion | August 3, 2009, 3:00 pm
  43. Butch Cassidy and the Sunned-ants Kid.

    Posted by Steven Benson | August 3, 2009, 3:04 pm
  44. Let’s find us a picnic to rustle!

    Posted by Steven Benson | August 3, 2009, 3:05 pm
  45. Extra legs, extra carryin’ power, and they clean up after themselves… too bad they only come in black!

    Posted by Steven Benson | August 3, 2009, 3:08 pm
  46. Global warming, cloning, burning rain forests, I tell ya Ed Earl, I just don’t see ANY changes at all!

    Posted by Susan | August 3, 2009, 3:10 pm
  47. These ant riders just aren’t what they use to be!

    Posted by Lois Cavanagh-Daley | August 3, 2009, 3:11 pm
  48. Yes, I DID invite 2 creepy aunts over for dinner. I didn’t know THEY were listening….

    Posted by Susan | August 3, 2009, 3:12 pm
  49. ” I hope we’re not riding into a trap.”

    Posted by Jason Bannister | August 3, 2009, 4:17 pm
  50. “Dig out” is giddy-up and “Dig in” is whoa.

    Posted by Sandy | August 3, 2009, 4:24 pm
  51. They come with their own spurs.

    Posted by Sandy | August 3, 2009, 4:28 pm
  52. Hey what can I say they work for crumbs.

    Posted by Susan | August 3, 2009, 4:29 pm
  53. “When did it change to Cash for Ants?”

    Posted by Sandy | August 3, 2009, 4:30 pm
  54. “My kid missed the centipede this morning and was late for school.”

    Posted by Beverly Justice | August 3, 2009, 4:35 pm
  55. ” ypu may be right, Clyde, I think now I’ve really got to see that man about a horse”

    Posted by OZ | August 3, 2009, 4:55 pm
  56. Please tell me that was your spur I just felt!

    Posted by OZ | August 3, 2009, 4:57 pm
  57. Ever since they made bestiality legal it became durn near impossible to get a pretty horse.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | August 3, 2009, 5:09 pm
  58. Look on the bright side, at least we won’t get fleas.

    Posted by Denise | August 3, 2009, 5:56 pm
  59. This is what happens when the government runs the horse trade system.

    Posted by Denise | August 3, 2009, 5:58 pm
  60. “Somethin’s been bugging me, Earl.”

    Posted by Diana | August 3, 2009, 6:06 pm
  61. Are you getting ANTSY partner?

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | August 3, 2009, 6:34 pm
  62. “I’m gonna deck that Greg guy for putting me on top of a piss ant.”

    Posted by Sandy | August 3, 2009, 6:59 pm
  63. “Go back…we forgot to buy pie.”

    Posted by Greg | August 3, 2009, 8:04 pm
  64. Don’t even think about riding near a picnic.

    Posted by Fran Welch | August 3, 2009, 9:13 pm
  65. That salesman told me I would have a one of a kind ride!

    Posted by Lisa Masters | August 3, 2009, 9:27 pm
  66. It’s a one horse town.

    Posted by Lisa Masters | August 3, 2009, 9:28 pm
  67. I told you we should have brought the horses.

    Posted by Lisa Masters | August 3, 2009, 9:33 pm
  68. I don’t care what they say…Six legs have to be better than four!

    Posted by Jackie | August 3, 2009, 10:06 pm
  69. You see… I told you if we wore these clothes we would fit right in!

    Posted by Jackie | August 3, 2009, 10:07 pm
  70. I have to tell you Earl. I am a little jealous. Your ant is much more shiney than mine.

    Posted by Jackie | August 3, 2009, 10:10 pm
  71. This fuel efficiency program is embarrasing.

    Posted by mark | August 4, 2009, 8:12 am
  72. They are “farm raised.”

    Posted by mark | August 4, 2009, 8:12 am
  73. “Mr Big Shot always needs the latest technology!”

    Posted by mark | August 4, 2009, 8:14 am
  74. “Yea they don’t look pretty but they can carry 10-50 times their body weight!”

    “Bill we are pioneers in ant riding, it is the same spirit that founded the West!”

    “Looks like there is a horse infestation at the General Store, Bill.”

    Posted by victor | August 4, 2009, 11:41 am
  75. Save an ant – ride a cowbow!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | August 4, 2009, 12:45 pm
  76. DAMN! And I thought riding horses gave me a sore butt!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | August 4, 2009, 1:01 pm
  77. Yeah, it was a tragic accident. Poor old half-faced Henry was trying to teach his ant to nudge him awake, but it went terribly wrong! Horses are just better at some things, I reckon!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | August 4, 2009, 1:10 pm
  78. “You really can buy anything from Ebay!”

    Posted by James | August 4, 2009, 1:33 pm
  79. “Okay… so the huge ants cover the shortage of horse feed, but what if we happen to run into a giant with a magnifying glass?”

    Posted by James | August 4, 2009, 1:38 pm
  80. What’s wrong with your antennas?

    Posted by Armand Ghioni | August 4, 2009, 3:50 pm
  81. “Maybe I’m getting old, but I don’t know how anyone rides those dog looking things.”

    Posted by DWR | August 4, 2009, 4:34 pm
  82. “The Jones just got one with wings. It’s getting hard to keep up.”

    Posted by DWR | August 4, 2009, 4:36 pm
  83. ” We best saddle up for the night… The horses are gettin antsy.”

    Posted by Jason Bannister | August 4, 2009, 6:21 pm
  84. “The wife`s not happy,she`s got no horse manure for her roses.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | August 5, 2009, 6:09 am
  85. You’re right, spurs don’t do a thing.

    Posted by Fran Welch | August 5, 2009, 8:27 am
  86. You see, what we have here, Hank, is what you’d call a symbiotic relationship.

    Posted by MRF | August 5, 2009, 9:47 am
  87. Alright, this time when we cross the pass, try to stay away from the mounds. I don’t feel like going spelunking again with the hive.

    Posted by MRF | August 5, 2009, 9:53 am
  88. Eeewwwww, the Chinese lady says it tastes like chicken?

    Posted by Kaz Hansen | August 5, 2009, 12:37 pm
  89. “I told you that if we wore these stupid hats people would be staring at us!”

    Posted by Greg | August 5, 2009, 9:25 pm
  90. “You know what Red, we really should have taken advantage of that “Cash for Clunkers” program.It has really been bugging me”

    Posted by Rene'Rivera | August 6, 2009, 3:16 pm
  91. I should’ve had V8.

    Posted by Bernadine Albert | August 7, 2009, 2:19 pm
  92. “‘Sure, I thought cash for clunkers was a great idea… but this was not MY idea of ‘energy efficient’”

    Posted by Amanda | August 7, 2009, 2:31 pm
  93. Yup, I’d rather have a roan too, but their thorax is so big I’d have to get a new cinch!

    Posted by Thom | August 10, 2009, 3:56 pm
  94. Cash for Clunkers can’t turn us down this time!

    Posted by Julianna A | August 22, 2009, 11:33 am

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