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High Heeled House Caption Contest

Which one is Mrs. Jones?

Which one is Mrs. Jones?

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 FIVE submissions.
  • I will accept entries until midnight, Sunday, September 13th, 2009.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, September 14th, 2009.
  • That’s it!

You can vote for your favorite caption in last week’s the “Couch Potato Trap” contest.

Time to pick a winner.

Time to pick a winner.

Time to vote for your favorite "Couch Potato Trap" caption.

  • “Darn it Louie! I told you to make it look like an accident!” – Steve Benson (39%, 20 Votes)
  • “PETA called, and they are not happy.” - Francis Welch (24%, 12 Votes)
  • “There’s no way we can flush that down the toilet!” - Todd Barwick (24%, 12 Votes)
  • “…maybe a red wine with this one?” – Sandy (12%, 6 Votes)
  • “Well, it looks like that ‘girdle’ couldn’t help that belly!” - Joe Desmond (1%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 51

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Here’s the winner of the “Scuba Guy” caption contest.

This was the first landslide (check the results). Congratulations, Jason H.!

This was the first landslide (check the results). Congratulations, Jason H.!

And, check out more cartoons and the winners of the caption contest in the Splendid Marbles Cartoon Gallery.

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Discussion

115 comments for “High Heeled House Caption Contest”

  1. Contrary to popular belief you can go wrong with a black pump!

    Posted by Mark | September 8, 2009, 11:45 am
  2. Just cause Jane is broke does not mean she has to give up on style!

    Posted by Mark | September 8, 2009, 11:46 am
  3. Yes, rain is a bitch on the insole.

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | September 8, 2009, 11:46 am
  4. Stilt homes are all the rage now. No worries about floods.

    Posted by Bill Rabello | September 8, 2009, 11:51 am
  5. when i asked you to show me houses with a lot of soul. This is’nt what I had in Mind .

    Posted by Lynn Batey | September 8, 2009, 11:51 am
  6. It was a real bargain. All we had to do was get rid of the smell.

    Posted by Bill Rabello | September 8, 2009, 11:51 am
  7. “The neighborhood needs better zoning or we will end up with flip-flop houses.”

    Posted by Mark | September 8, 2009, 11:52 am
  8. “And next door you have this beautiful Workman style home.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | September 8, 2009, 11:53 am
  9. Way more “Curb Appeal”

    Posted by Mark | September 8, 2009, 11:59 am
  10. I do like the style of this one, my only concern is the number of children that live next door.

    Posted by jason h | September 8, 2009, 12:06 pm
  11. “Let The Old Woman live in that shoe! I’ll take my shoe to hers anyday.”

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | September 8, 2009, 12:06 pm
  12. That’s what happens when cobblers become contractors.

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | September 8, 2009, 12:08 pm
  13. “Property taxes aren’t that bad, but the price for Odor Eaters is outrageous.”

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | September 8, 2009, 12:12 pm
  14. “I wanted a house with arch support.”

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | September 8, 2009, 12:13 pm
  15. Oh, this old thing?

    Posted by Scott | September 8, 2009, 12:14 pm
  16. We felt it was important to raise our children in an enviroment that was supportive.

    Posted by Scott | September 8, 2009, 12:14 pm
  17. Of course we don’t have any kids… why?

    Posted by Scott | September 8, 2009, 12:16 pm
  18. Babysit at my house? Are you out of your mind?

    Posted by Scott | September 8, 2009, 12:18 pm
  19. There’s a high top sneaker going up next door in about a month.

    Posted by Todd Barwick | September 8, 2009, 12:19 pm
  20. It’s a lucky thing our father was a HUGE crossdresser….

    Posted by Scott | September 8, 2009, 12:20 pm
  21. I don’t care what Johnny’s digestive condition is. He can hold it until he get’s on your lawn.

    Posted by Chucky B | September 8, 2009, 12:28 pm
  22. I’ve heard about you …

    Posted by Chucky B | September 8, 2009, 12:29 pm
  23. Honestly Hazel . Can you beleive that bitch calling me a “Little Ole Lady “

    Posted by Lynn Batey | September 8, 2009, 12:55 pm
  24. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do..Until her friend Renay moved next door with a Sophia Banay..

    Posted by Russ | September 8, 2009, 1:03 pm
  25. “Of course Giganticus is a cross dresser…Isn’t it obvious?

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | September 8, 2009, 1:05 pm
  26. “Yep. Can you imagine drowning in rain water…that’s just crappy planning.”

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | September 8, 2009, 1:06 pm
  27. I find that odor eaters seem to get the smell out…

    Posted by Russ | September 8, 2009, 1:08 pm
  28. So yeah, you’re right. I should have gone with the open toed floor plan for better drainage.

    Posted by jason h | September 8, 2009, 1:09 pm
  29. I keep sliding off the end of the bed.

    Posted by Francis Welch | September 8, 2009, 1:10 pm
  30. It’s obvious your jealous my house comes with a slide!!

    Posted by Russ | September 8, 2009, 1:12 pm
  31. I moved in as soon as the soled sign went up.

    Posted by Francis Welch | September 8, 2009, 1:12 pm
  32. So I was thinking about putting in some larger trees to hide your old boot from my view, it’s killing my value.

    Posted by jason h | September 8, 2009, 1:29 pm
  33. “Our new neighbour is a retired Army Boot camp sergeant.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | September 8, 2009, 1:44 pm
  34. “Sorry I can`t talk i`m off to Dr Martens for a medical.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | September 8, 2009, 1:53 pm
  35. Guess who decided to have their husband design the house.

    Posted by Mike | September 8, 2009, 1:54 pm
  36. The little old lady thought to herself, I could live in a nice pump like that if the children ever left the nest.

    Posted by Mike | September 8, 2009, 1:57 pm
  37. Why do people always refer to me as “high maintenance”???

    Posted by Clayton | September 8, 2009, 2:11 pm
  38. She is always bragging about her Jimmy Chouse!

    Posted by Kristy | September 8, 2009, 2:50 pm
  39. “I believe the builder’s name was.. Blahnik?”

    Posted by OZ | September 8, 2009, 3:59 pm
  40. “This one comes equipped with a convenient fireman’s pole in the heal for quick access to the basement!”

    Posted by James | September 8, 2009, 4:03 pm
  41. “Oh yea, you think you can do better!? How about you live a year in my shoe!”

    Posted by James | September 8, 2009, 4:09 pm
  42. “Our first thought was a ‘fixer-upper’..and then we thought why not ‘leather-upper’?”

    Posted by OZ | September 8, 2009, 4:09 pm
  43. Correction:

    “This one comes equipped with a convenient fireman’s pole in the heel for quick access to the basement!”

    Posted by James | September 8, 2009, 4:13 pm
  44. “It’s your dog again Alice! He keeps chewing our foundations!”

    Posted by OZ | September 8, 2009, 4:14 pm
  45. Why it’s patently obvious you don’t approve of the renovation jean

    Posted by OZ | September 8, 2009, 4:15 pm
  46. “I don’t know if you’re aware this or not, but they put your house in a big pile of dog droppings…”

    Posted by James | September 8, 2009, 4:17 pm
  47. “Roomy?? Absolutely!! ..and SO much cooler in the summer!”

    Posted by OZ | September 8, 2009, 4:17 pm
  48. “Where would you have taken me if I said window shopping?!”

    Posted by James | September 8, 2009, 4:21 pm
  49. Can’t we find something fashionable and functional?

    Posted by Cassandra Boyd | September 8, 2009, 8:03 pm
  50. “Where’s your husband?”

    “He said he was going to the attic. That was about 20 years ago.”

    Posted by Chucky B | September 8, 2009, 9:03 pm
  51. “The realtor tried convincing me that I had 723 square feet. I just looked down at my shoes and laughed.”

    Posted by Chucky B | September 8, 2009, 9:12 pm
  52. I told you this would happen when the city people decided to build a summer home.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | September 8, 2009, 9:13 pm
  53. Nice to meet you Mrs. Hubbard, I’m Barbie your new neighbor.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | September 8, 2009, 9:16 pm
  54. I’m thinking of adding a second story.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | September 9, 2009, 3:50 am
  55. “We bought ours from a Prince,he said it belonged to Cinderella.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | September 9, 2009, 5:58 am
  56. People in open leather houses shouldn’t throw stones.

    Posted by John Flynn | September 9, 2009, 12:42 pm
  57. Margaret, I tell you I just can’t sell this house. It’s not so much the mold. It’s more of a fungus problem.

    Posted by John Flynn | September 9, 2009, 12:44 pm
  58. Well Gladys we used to live in a flat but we wanted to be in something a bit more classy. You know, something with a bit more soul. This new house has been a very uplifting experience for Kinny and I. We are glad we took that first step. At first Kinny was a bit of a heel about the whole thing but then he came to his senses.

    Posted by John Flynn | September 9, 2009, 1:44 pm
  59. “For some reason we are having a problem getting earthquake insurance”

    Posted by Bob Swanson | September 9, 2009, 4:24 pm
  60. “We’ve gone green with this new streamlined version. We have to use every square inch!”

    Posted by Lois Cavanagh-Daley | September 9, 2009, 4:54 pm
  61. “Bitch”

    Posted by ACP | September 9, 2009, 6:20 pm
  62. “Shoes Your Dwelling.”

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | September 9, 2009, 10:24 pm
  63. “Stan and I will not be coming back for dinner until you get that old shoe smell out of your house.”

    Posted by Kerry S. | September 10, 2009, 12:54 am
  64. “Well we had to get rid of the puppy he kept chewing up…everything.”

    Posted by Kerry S. | September 10, 2009, 1:03 am
  65. “We grew out of our last home…”

    Posted by Steven Benson | September 10, 2009, 9:03 am
  66. “Your home is SO much more practical!”

    Posted by Steven Benson | September 10, 2009, 9:05 am
  67. “We have a flat in the city, so we wanted our vacation home to have a little more style.”

    Posted by Steven Benson | September 10, 2009, 9:08 am
  68. Gentrification hurts.

    Posted by Emily P | September 10, 2009, 10:11 am
  69. This is the one time I wished I lived in a “cookie cutter” type of neighborhood.

    Posted by Bob Swanson | September 10, 2009, 10:32 am
  70. “Screw Wii Sports…. see we have installed this handy firepole not only has it spiced up our love live but now the husband and kids fight over who gets to take out the trash”

    Posted by Bob Swanson | September 10, 2009, 10:33 am
  71. “Who does your laces?”

    Posted by Karl K. | September 10, 2009, 1:07 pm
  72. Where shoe business people go for vacation.

    Posted by Peter Hepburn | September 10, 2009, 2:35 pm
  73. “This is the time of the year I wish my side of the line had voted for a Patriarchal Society.. Brr.”

    Posted by Niloy | September 10, 2009, 4:05 pm
  74. “Looks like the bank’s going to foreclose. You were right, we should have been more sensible.”

    Posted by Deb Oldham | September 10, 2009, 6:50 pm
  75. I wanted a home with laces too, but Frank said we just couldn’t afford it.

    Posted by Julianna A | September 10, 2009, 10:25 pm
  76. We’re having sole for dinner, and cobbler for dessert.

    Posted by Julianna A | September 10, 2009, 10:26 pm
  77. When you’ve got bad foot odor, like I’ve got, you have to have windows, my dear!

    Posted by Ann Dura | September 10, 2009, 11:03 pm
  78. “Just wondering if you have a cup of polish I could borrow?”

    Posted by joni | September 11, 2009, 9:28 am
  79. This model is just perfect for the up and coming fairy tale young professional.

    Posted by Steve Naso | September 11, 2009, 2:30 pm
  80. “We’re in the news for stamping out crime.”

    Posted by Sandy | September 11, 2009, 5:50 pm
  81. “We’re ready to evacuate and run at a moment’s notice.”

    Posted by Sandy | September 11, 2009, 5:51 pm
  82. “The piggies like it.”

    Posted by Sandy | September 11, 2009, 5:52 pm
  83. “We’re lucky we didn’t lose our shoes in the economic crash.”

    Posted by Sandy | September 11, 2009, 5:54 pm
  84. “The Habitat volunteer work crews aren’t what they used to be.”

    Posted by Sandy | September 11, 2009, 6:00 pm
  85. This is the fifth one we’ve bought. I admit it! I have a shoe fetish!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | September 11, 2009, 8:50 pm
  86. There was an old lady who lived in a shoe. She didn’t really like it, but what was she to do? She used to have a nice little suitcase by Lake Newt. But she couldn’t make the payments and the bank gave her the boot.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | September 11, 2009, 9:06 pm
  87. Rob wants to get one of those cross-trainers one day and take a trip around the country. I say fine, as long as we get to stop off once in a while and stay in a nice pump…or boot!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | September 11, 2009, 9:13 pm
  88. We liked how your trees framed your boot SO much, that we decided to rip up this row of bushes and put in some big pine trees! Now when people come up over that hill they’ll definitely notice OUR house! Isn’t that funny?!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | September 11, 2009, 9:23 pm
  89. ” If Bob doesn’t find a job soon,we face foreclosure and will have to move into an open toe sandal !”

    Posted by scott waser | September 11, 2009, 11:48 pm
  90. It seems like our houses are just 2 feet apart.

    Posted by Jerry Davis | September 12, 2009, 12:33 am
  91. When I said I was looking for the golden arches, I meant McDonald’s.

    Posted by Jerry Davis | September 12, 2009, 12:38 am
  92. “When it comes to houswork I can`t do a thing right ,I`m always putting my Foot in it.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | September 12, 2009, 6:39 am
  93. “We decided to spruce up a bit, we hired College Polishers.”

    Posted by Jay F | September 12, 2009, 10:44 pm
  94. Yeah the neighborhood is nice, but the bitch next door has like 100 kids.

    Posted by Kerry S. | September 13, 2009, 12:55 am
  95. Actually I own them both, but the one on the left was before I had my sex change.

    Posted by Marie N | September 13, 2009, 2:13 am
  96. D-I-V-O-R-C-E is so liberating!

    Posted by Marie N | September 13, 2009, 2:36 am
  97. He said he “needed more space”, so I gave it to him.

    Posted by Marie N | September 13, 2009, 2:38 am
  98. Do you think anyone can tell I use to be a “working girl” before I got married?

    Posted by Marie N | September 13, 2009, 2:50 am
  99. “Not all of us have what it takes to pull ourselves up by our boot straps”

    Posted by Marie N | September 13, 2009, 3:04 am
  100. Not all of us have what it takes to pull ourselves up by our boot straps!

    Posted by Marie N | September 13, 2009, 3:06 am
  101. “And on the next episode of ‘House Hunters’ . . .”

    Posted by Nathanael | September 13, 2009, 7:30 am
  102. Mrs. Jones takes shoe selling a little to seriously.

    Posted by Lydia | September 13, 2009, 7:38 am
  103. “Thanks. We got the idea from an old ‘Cobbler’s Digest’.”

    Posted by keith in Dallas | September 13, 2009, 9:56 am
  104. I’m just happy not living on a shoestring anymore….

    Posted by John Richmond | September 13, 2009, 11:31 am
  105. “Oh yes, this was a hand-me-down. We got a great deal on it.

    Posted by Jill Glowczwski | September 14, 2009, 12:12 am
  106. We’re not worried about footclosure,its paid for.

    Posted by Jill Glowczwski | September 14, 2009, 12:13 am
  107. There was a gigantic foot! We all ran to the front room…. and thats how we found your neighborhood.

    Posted by Jill Glowczwski | September 14, 2009, 12:15 am
  108. You better keep your kids on your own lawn or I’ll put my shoe up you *ss.

    Posted by Jill Glowczwski | September 14, 2009, 12:17 am
  109. Tell me dear, how much did you pay for the Dock Martin?

    Posted by Susan | September 14, 2009, 6:30 am
  110. I hear your house is haunted by some old lady

    Posted by Susan | September 14, 2009, 6:30 am
  111. I know this won’t count (I already posted my five, and this one is posted past the deadline), but try this one for laughs: “The best real estate deals in town come from Paul & Estelle Bunyan’s yard sale!”

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | September 14, 2009, 12:34 pm
  112. And I was wondering what that smell was…

    Posted by Nathanael | September 15, 2009, 7:27 pm
  113. The riddle has changed to fit today. Instead of, “There was an old lady who lived in a shoe…”, it goes, “There was a young chic who lived in a ‘pump’…”.

    Posted by Janis R. Ruesch | September 28, 2009, 7:01 pm
  114. “You know Milly, your house really does lower the value of the other homes in the neighborhood. It’s time to ‘Get with the style’”.

    Posted by Janis R. Ruesch | September 28, 2009, 7:04 pm
  115. “You know, I’d really love to join you for crumpets and rice pudding, however, I’m having friends over for petit fours and bonbons”.

    Posted by Janis R. Ruesch | September 28, 2009, 7:21 pm

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