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“Feline Armageddon” Cartoon Caption Contest

"I guess it's just us and the rats."

This is the Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest

  • Type a clever caption and place it in the comments section, along with a valid email address, and you could 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, January 17th 2010.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, January 18th 2010.
  • That’s it!

Here’s your chance to vote on last week’s “The Little Things” contest:

They were in my dreams last night - sigh.

Time to vote on the "Little Things" caption!

  • 4. "Honey, do we give to the Inter-Galactic Domination League?" - Fran Welch (37%, 24 Votes)
  • 2. “Awww, I told you they wouldn’t be wearing ties!” - Kenneth Treacher (26%, 17 Votes)
  • 3. "What did I tell you about lending out my power tools?" - Jim Cavanaugh (17%, 11 Votes)
  • 5. "The one with the chainsaw doesn’t bother me. It’s the one smokin’ pot in the armored assault vehicle I wonder about." - Britton Ramsey (14%, 9 Votes)
  • 1. "If it was one if by land, two if by sea, I believe THIS would make it three…" - barbara (6%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 65

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Captions selected by The Cartoonist’s Wife (I have to battle the big and silly Health Care Bureaucracy on behalf of The Cartoonist’s Mother; please wish me luck!)

  • You know, sometimes I think The Cartoonist is setting me up, y’know? Like it’s not hard enough narrowing your terrific entries down to just 5 with BOTH of us working on it. Just so you know I picked my fave 20 and let him pick.  Whew!!
  • Happy New Year to all of you from me, The Cartoonist’s Wife.

And here is last week’s winner:

Very funny, Judith, very funny indeed!

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

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Discussion

136 comments for ““Feline Armageddon” Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. The first rule of fight club, is you do not talk about fight club.

    Posted by Roger Sayre | January 11, 2010, 10:11 am
  2. “I certainly don’t want to appear curious mind you, but how many did you say you had left?”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | January 11, 2010, 11:15 am
  3. Dont you ever get tired of using the catbox?

    Posted by Ian Heimbigner | January 11, 2010, 11:38 am
  4. Please take me off your email list. Thanks

    Posted by linda Waxman | January 11, 2010, 11:45 am
  5. Last one there is an alley cat !!

    Posted by Douglas Howland | January 11, 2010, 12:17 pm
  6. But hey, what can I say,it happens.

    Posted by Julie Stahnke | January 11, 2010, 12:25 pm
  7. a bit drastic, for urban developement…

    Posted by barbara | January 11, 2010, 12:34 pm
  8. Humans are pretty good pets, but they make such a mess.

    Posted by Qwerty | January 11, 2010, 12:35 pm
  9. …thought you meant 4th of july like fireworks…

    Posted by barbara | January 11, 2010, 12:37 pm
  10. what life is this for you?

    Posted by barbara | January 11, 2010, 12:39 pm
  11. dont look so glum…they say it’s better thr second time around!

    Posted by barbara | January 11, 2010, 12:43 pm
  12. “I knew when I say your pretty face on your Craigslist post that you were this cat’s meow!”

    Posted by Mai Alyschild | January 11, 2010, 12:46 pm
  13. i guess this means no more cat and mouse games…

    Posted by barbara | January 11, 2010, 12:52 pm
  14. Black Cat: I’d die for you.

    White Cat: How many times?

    Posted by Judith | January 11, 2010, 1:30 pm
  15. Good luck battling the big and silly Health Care Bureaucracy.

    Posted by Judith | January 11, 2010, 1:44 pm
  16. You’re so mewsical.

    Posted by Judith | January 11, 2010, 1:46 pm
  17. “WOW!! What did THEY eat????????”

    Posted by OZ | January 11, 2010, 1:51 pm
  18. It looks like the good life is about to end what do you say we got out with a BANG.

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | January 11, 2010, 1:52 pm
  19. Good luck today cartoonist!

    Posted by OZ | January 11, 2010, 1:53 pm
  20. “Man,I would hate to be in those mouse holes with their Wind Problems.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | January 11, 2010, 1:53 pm
  21. Once you have gone through this five or six lives, you get pretty used to it.

    Posted by Steve Naso | January 11, 2010, 2:29 pm
  22. I told you humans are stupid!

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 11, 2010, 3:17 pm
  23. If humans slept more, this wouldn’t happen.

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 11, 2010, 3:18 pm
  24. “Meow that’s one big explosion!”

    Posted by Diggin | January 11, 2010, 3:31 pm
  25. “And that’s what we do to mice where I come from.”

    Posted by Diggin | January 11, 2010, 3:32 pm
  26. “Gotta get that Boom Boom Meow, that Boom Boom Meow.”

    Posted by Diggin | January 11, 2010, 3:36 pm
  27. So, how many lives did you say you had left?

    Posted by DeeAnn S | January 11, 2010, 3:54 pm
  28. My luck, when we jump, I’ll land on my feet!

    Posted by DeeAnn S | January 11, 2010, 3:57 pm
  29. Double dare ya to jump!

    Posted by Mark | January 11, 2010, 4:25 pm
  30. Who stole my cheese?

    Posted by Mark | January 11, 2010, 4:30 pm
  31. Do you comprehend the quantity of mice out there?

    Posted by Mark | January 11, 2010, 4:34 pm
  32. “This kind of reminds me of that show, Life Without People!”

    Posted by K | January 11, 2010, 4:44 pm
  33. They’re awfully careless with their
    one life.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 11, 2010, 5:25 pm
  34. As long as I can find my food dish and litter box!!!

    Posted by Kevin M. | January 11, 2010, 5:28 pm
  35. Well, we tried as hard as we could to domesticate them.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 11, 2010, 5:36 pm
  36. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    Posted by Thom | January 11, 2010, 5:39 pm
  37. “Thumbs equal trouble”…I’ve said it a thousand times…

    Posted by Thom | January 11, 2010, 5:41 pm
  38. “30° east” you said…”fire for effect” you said!

    Posted by Thom | January 11, 2010, 5:43 pm
  39. You know, I think that was Slim Pickens.

    Posted by Thom | January 11, 2010, 5:46 pm
  40. “I thought we animals were supposed to sense these disasters ahead of time.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 11, 2010, 5:46 pm
  41. ” … and one for you and one for me.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 11, 2010, 5:47 pm
  42. “Never say never.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 11, 2010, 5:47 pm
  43. “Maybe it’s a new version of Sink My Battleship.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 11, 2010, 5:48 pm
  44. “Pack your bags. We’re going to Disneyland.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 11, 2010, 5:50 pm
  45. “Somehow the dogs are to blame…”

    Posted by Steven Benson | January 11, 2010, 6:28 pm
  46. “That one is Hiroshima… and the other one is Nagasaki…”

    Posted by Steven Benson | January 11, 2010, 6:29 pm
  47. “Meow meow, meow… HOLY CRAP!”

    Posted by Steven Benson | January 11, 2010, 6:32 pm
  48. “Somehow I’ll get blamed for this.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | January 11, 2010, 7:09 pm
  49. “Its funny how things work…when I was just a kitten this was all a field, and now its going to be a field again.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | January 11, 2010, 7:17 pm
  50. I think we should Google it.

    Posted by Douglas Howland | January 11, 2010, 7:23 pm
  51. Drats, I had just planted catnip over there!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | January 11, 2010, 7:46 pm
  52. I told Sparks over and over not to smoke near the litter box!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | January 11, 2010, 7:47 pm
  53. Thank goodness we have been eating that 9-Lives cat food.

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 11, 2010, 7:49 pm
  54. RUNNN, I’m on my 8th life!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | January 11, 2010, 7:49 pm
  55. no there not trees and you can’t climb them
    mverno@roadrunner.com

    Posted by susan varney | January 11, 2010, 7:51 pm
  56. I’m tellin ya Garfield, this world is going to the dogs.

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 11, 2010, 7:52 pm
  57. You can call me a pussy all you want, it don’t bother me.

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 11, 2010, 7:54 pm
  58. Hurry, lets cat-a-pult to saftey. (I know , very corny)

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 11, 2010, 8:00 pm
  59. I hope they play “Cat Scratch Feaver” at my funeral.

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 11, 2010, 8:03 pm
  60. Are the dogs ready?

    Posted by J Teehee | January 11, 2010, 8:07 pm
  61. Damn! this is really gonna ruin my plans of laying around and doing nothing all day

    Posted by ryan nimm | January 11, 2010, 9:07 pm
  62. I wonder if we’ll be able to clean up THIS mess with “Fast Clumping Action.”

    Posted by Kevin M. | January 11, 2010, 10:16 pm
  63. “…and they say WE have an attitude….”

    Posted by Greg | January 12, 2010, 12:24 am
  64. I guess it’s just us and Cher.

    Posted by Judith | January 12, 2010, 12:31 am
  65. 1) Mine’s bigger.
    2) They must be in heat.

    Posted by MRF | January 12, 2010, 1:02 am
  66. Snap out of it snowball, I knew i shouldn’t of gave you that catnip!

    Posted by Christy Fields | January 12, 2010, 1:32 am
  67. What a catastrophe!

    Posted by Judith | January 12, 2010, 4:19 am
  68. There goes the neighborhood.

    Posted by Julie | January 12, 2010, 5:58 am
  69. So, what’s your sign?

    Posted by Andrea Hodge | January 12, 2010, 8:21 am
  70. We are about to see the world’s latgest litterbox.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 12, 2010, 9:01 am
  71. Duck and cover, just how old are you?

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 12, 2010, 9:03 am
  72. Success! Soon we will take over The World!

    Posted by Jennifer Jenkins | January 12, 2010, 9:39 am
  73. we never should have moved to illinois

    Posted by tyler pomeroy | January 12, 2010, 10:48 am
  74. “Just like I promised you Silvya, the perfect honeymoon spot. A beautiful view, and all the fat juicy rats we can eat!”

    Posted by Jeannie A. | January 12, 2010, 11:52 am
  75. Well that’s not good, now let’s go take a nap.

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 12, 2010, 11:58 am
  76. And you didn’t think a mixed race couple like us could ever rule the world.

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 12, 2010, 12:00 pm
  77. “Charred rat – time to eat”

    Posted by Michael Smith | January 12, 2010, 12:01 pm
  78. Hmmm, I wonder how many of my nine lives nuclear war eats up?

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | January 12, 2010, 1:22 pm
  79. I’ve always loved being a cat, but now I wish I’d been born a roach!

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | January 12, 2010, 1:25 pm
  80. I have a feeling we’re gonna be coughing up more than hairballs now.

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | January 12, 2010, 1:27 pm
  81. Well, at least our mortal enemies Bandit and Rover will bite the dust too!

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | January 12, 2010, 1:34 pm
  82. Ya know what that reminds me of Tom? This cartoon caption contest I used to do….up in smoke.

    Posted by jason h | January 12, 2010, 1:45 pm
  83. I wonder if those bombs were droppped on the homes of the few remianing providers of cartoon captions that were actually funny. They are a dying breed anyway.

    Posted by jason h | January 12, 2010, 1:47 pm
  84. And remember wehen you said we’ll blow them away…..well I guess we’re not on the same page as far as sense of humor is concerned

    Posted by jason h | January 12, 2010, 1:50 pm
  85. Hi, I’m Mr. Cutive, you must be Mr. Ress.
    No need for formalities here. They are more familiar with our first names. Ex, call me Con G.
    Out there must be Jud, watching us. See those piercing eyes?

    Posted by Job S. Fajardo, Jr. | January 12, 2010, 2:12 pm
  86. Don’t get the wrong idea, I am a dog. But, little did they knew, it’s run by cats and dogs.

    Posted by Job S. Fajardo, Jr. | January 12, 2010, 2:35 pm
  87. Time’s up!
    Don’t fret too much. It’s just the changing of the guards.

    Posted by Job S. Fajardo, Jr. | January 12, 2010, 2:45 pm
  88. You must be the new kid in town. Just want you to know I’m still around.

    Posted by Job S. Fajardo, Jr. | January 12, 2010, 2:48 pm
  89. Believe it, the tide is turning.

    Posted by Job S. Fajardo, Jr. | January 12, 2010, 2:55 pm
  90. I think I just heard a mouse run up the clock. Dibs on the tail.

    Posted by peter hepburn | January 12, 2010, 4:34 pm
  91. Hey Sam, I’m on my last life…can I borrow one of yours?

    Posted by TDothard | January 12, 2010, 4:46 pm
  92. I told you catnip had other uses.

    Posted by David | January 12, 2010, 4:48 pm
  93. I bet the dog did it.

    Posted by David | January 12, 2010, 4:49 pm
  94. ugghh, this is really going to ruin my plans of laying around and doing nothing today

    Posted by ryan nimm | January 12, 2010, 6:35 pm
  95. i guess we can pretty much poop wherever we want now

    Posted by ryan nimm | January 12, 2010, 6:40 pm
  96. Apocalypse Meow.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 12, 2010, 6:53 pm
  97. You heard me tell Odie not to light a match before we left Garfields’ right?

    Posted by jimmy | January 12, 2010, 11:06 pm
  98. You went ahead and signed up with the Micheal Jackson/Pepsi crew for the new Meow Mix commercial, didn’t you?

    Posted by jimmy | January 12, 2010, 11:09 pm
  99. i love the smell of fresh cat nip in the morning

    Posted by dean | January 13, 2010, 2:29 am
  100. i hope that was the dog shelter

    Posted by dean | January 13, 2010, 2:32 am
  101. Wow, the senate and the house. That healthcare thing must have gotten really nasty.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 13, 2010, 10:51 am
  102. Oh this WOULD happen just three days after I get the lead part in CATS.

    Posted by Diggin | January 13, 2010, 11:10 am
  103. Those are the tallest trees I’ve ever seen!

    Posted by Diggin | January 13, 2010, 11:11 am
  104. ‘Want to spend your whole life on a condo windowsill Tracy? Come on, let the night air stir your fur – spend tonight on the tiles with me. You know it makes sense.’

    Posted by Les Burrows | January 13, 2010, 3:10 pm
  105. ‘Its now or never Fifi. That’s TWO nuclear bombs. Put it this way, the earthy is going to move anyway.’

    Posted by Les Burrows | January 13, 2010, 3:14 pm
  106. ‘Put it this way Fifi. That’s TWO nuclear bombs. So its now or never for what you promised me, and the earth is going to move anyway.’

    Posted by Les Burrows | January 13, 2010, 3:16 pm
  107. I hope there’s someone left to scratch my stomach.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 13, 2010, 4:59 pm
  108. Ya see those two enormous trees beyond the city……that is the gate to cat heaven.

    Posted by jason h | January 13, 2010, 7:57 pm
  109. “Well, that’s what they get for trying to herd cats!”

    Posted by Lois Cavanagh-Daley | January 13, 2010, 8:44 pm
  110. “You’d think we’d be a little more startled by this.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | January 13, 2010, 9:07 pm
  111. I hope those things didn’t destroy the Fancy Feast factory.

    Posted by Cody | January 14, 2010, 12:15 am
  112. The saying should go, “When the cats are away the HUMANS will play.”

    Posted by Cody | January 14, 2010, 12:18 am
  113. Relationships that start under extreme circumstances seldom work out.

    Posted by Cody | January 14, 2010, 12:19 am
  114. “That should get us in Guinness for the largest hairballs coughed up.”

    Posted by Gary Welch | January 14, 2010, 12:53 am
  115. You were right, my friend. We should have intervened.

    Posted by Dave | January 14, 2010, 2:45 am
  116. It always looks better from this side.

    Posted by Andrea Hodge | January 14, 2010, 8:36 am
  117. Oh S%#@!

    Posted by Andrea Hodge | January 14, 2010, 8:41 am
  118. So, this “Cheshire” guy you were telling me about…..when do I get to meet him?

    Posted by jason h | January 14, 2010, 12:28 pm
  119. “From up here all the people look like cockroaches…No wait, those are cockroaches.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | January 14, 2010, 1:49 pm
  120. We never needed them anyway.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 14, 2010, 11:37 pm
  121. out there, is a car tire with your name on it.

    Posted by gerald f baker | January 15, 2010, 2:35 am
  122. How long do you think it will take them to figure out it was us?

    Posted by Whitney | January 15, 2010, 12:17 pm
  123. “Just think, Maurice, they flipped out when I scratched up the sofa!”

    Posted by Britton Ramsey | January 15, 2010, 12:41 pm
  124. “You know this wouldn’t have happened if they took more naps.”

    Posted by Britton Ramsey | January 15, 2010, 12:41 pm
  125. “Do you still have that cat nip stashed? I think we might need it.”

    Posted by Britton Ramsey | January 15, 2010, 12:44 pm
  126. ” Okay, maybe you were right. Being domesticated has its benefits!”

    Posted by Britton Ramsey | January 15, 2010, 12:45 pm
  127. ” I don’t know what they are. I have a feeling that going to the vet is no longer an issue, though.”

    Posted by Britton Ramsey | January 15, 2010, 12:49 pm
  128. now who is going to clean out our litter box

    Posted by dean welcome | January 15, 2010, 8:44 pm
  129. Ok, now I AM the last male cat on earth. Feeling frisky darling?

    Posted by Kristina Sosne | January 16, 2010, 3:48 am
  130. Think we’ve got time to scratch up that new couch?

    Posted by ksaucy | January 16, 2010, 3:53 am
  131. That puts the ow in meow

    Posted by David Patterson | January 17, 2010, 4:17 pm
  132. Cat one: Its not you, it’s me..

    Cat two: Really? Your doing this now!?!

    Posted by Melanie | January 17, 2010, 10:07 pm
  133. Im supposed to be the quicker picker upper

    Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
    fancyfeet45@earthlink.net

    Posted by Frances Watson | January 17, 2010, 11:05 pm
  134. I finally took care of the other pets.. say hello to gernobyl.

    Posted by Gianna | January 18, 2010, 12:46 am
  135. This is so upsetting. I’m feline sad.

    Posted by Judith | January 18, 2010, 1:53 am
  136. There goes the grocery store, I guess Tuna is out of the question.

    Posted by Leslie Hudson | January 24, 2010, 9:31 pm

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