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Text Therapy Cartoon Caption Contest

I hope they've got a good plan.

This is the World Famous Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest- so dig it!

  • 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 31st 2010.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, February 1st, 2010.
  • That’s it!

Here’s your opportunity to vote on last week’s “Boot Canyon” contest:

Vote away!

Time to vote for your favorite "Boot Canyon" caption.

  • "YOU tell him to pick up after himself." - Gary Welch (38%, 22 Votes)
  • “This is where David challenged Goliath to a game of strip poker.” - Victor H. (28%, 16 Votes)
  • "I want a divorce." - Joseph Conn (19%, 11 Votes)
  • “Wow, what an amazing site! This reminds me of my old college entrance exam. Boot is to sock, as watch is to what?” - Marilyn Brenden (9%, 5 Votes)
  • “At least you don’t have to worry about him being bullied.” - Angel Redoble (6%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 58

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Here is the winner of the “Feline Apocalypse” caption contest:

Nice work, Thom!

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Discussion

126 comments for “Text Therapy Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. Type faster!! Whoever texts me the company name first gets the job!

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 25, 2010, 12:46 pm
  2. When i said we need to send a message to our stock holders I didn’t mean it litterally!

    Posted by ryan nimm | January 25, 2010, 1:06 pm
  3. Say it out loud and stop texting the psychiatrist!

    Posted by ksaucy | January 25, 2010, 1:06 pm
  4. “Doc, we’re only having sex ONCE a week, via text!”

    Posted by Chucky B | January 25, 2010, 1:07 pm
  5. Put your cells down! This is no time to be sex-texting each other!

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | January 25, 2010, 1:09 pm
  6. I don’t approve of this but can you check showtimes for avatar 3-D while your at it?

    Posted by ryan nimm | January 25, 2010, 1:10 pm
  7. Dick and Jane loved everything about their new phones, except for having each others’ numbers.

    Posted by Chucky B | January 25, 2010, 1:10 pm
  8. I suppose this is what you both meant by communication issues?

    Posted by ryan nimm | January 25, 2010, 1:11 pm
  9. I don’t care if you want to watch the new episode of Law and Order! We have got work to do!

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | January 25, 2010, 1:12 pm
  10. “…and you wanna know what he said to me Doc? You wanna know what he said? He said, ‘I wouldn’t text you with my brothers thumbs.’”

    Posted by Chucky B | January 25, 2010, 1:13 pm
  11. I’m trying to have a conversation with you two. Texting is not an option!

    Posted by Steve Naso | January 25, 2010, 1:18 pm
  12. Broken marriage… there’s an app for that.

    Posted by Bob OGrady | January 25, 2010, 1:20 pm
  13. You see! She never talks to me…

    Posted by barbara | January 25, 2010, 1:26 pm
  14. “See, that’s what is making me nuts. Everytime we have marital problem, two seconds later, there she is Twittering away!”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | January 25, 2010, 1:27 pm
  15. …and I better not see any more, !!–??+*&%$#** sarcasm outta you!

    Posted by barbara | January 25, 2010, 1:29 pm
  16. … I disagree!

    Posted by barbara | January 25, 2010, 1:38 pm
  17. Martha, I have told you to stay off of Craigslist, while we are in a meeting.

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 25, 2010, 1:39 pm
  18. No way you beat my high score! You’re a cheater!

    Posted by Bob OGrady | January 25, 2010, 1:39 pm
  19. Hello? I’d like to speak to the shrew?

    Posted by barbara | January 25, 2010, 1:40 pm
  20. STOP Texting! We need to figure this out, cutting the Snuggy in half is not a reasonable solution.

    Posted by Mike | January 25, 2010, 1:42 pm
  21. Has the text got your tongue?

    Posted by barbara | January 25, 2010, 1:43 pm
  22. My bad hair has nothing to do with your marital problems.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 25, 2010, 1:47 pm
  23. That’s it…no more phones in the psych ward.

    Posted by Douglas Howland | January 25, 2010, 1:52 pm
  24. OMG!…thats not exceptable textable behavior.

    Posted by Douglas Howland | January 25, 2010, 1:55 pm
  25. I consuling

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | January 25, 2010, 2:10 pm
  26. “My keyboard is built into the armrests and my glasses is the screen.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | January 25, 2010, 2:22 pm
  27. Here you two are, for marital counseling. I TOLD you that
    texting is not a direct enough way
    for you to communicate with one another, but are you listening to me? NO!

    Posted by Amy Downs | January 25, 2010, 2:26 pm
  28. “Send them this: ‘omg ru nuts?’”

    Posted by Steven Benson | January 25, 2010, 2:28 pm
  29. “Have I ever told you that you have sexy thumbs?”

    Posted by Steven Benson | January 25, 2010, 2:30 pm
  30. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid whip out the calculater to do the math on health care after they have passed it.

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 25, 2010, 2:30 pm
  31. Let me put this into terms you both can understand… When it comes to your relationship, TARFU.

    Posted by James | January 25, 2010, 2:36 pm
  32. “I have had it! If you don’t stop texting right now there will be no more marriage counseling.”

    Posted by Janis Ford | January 25, 2010, 2:37 pm
  33. So, how much do you want for that picture of me and my secretary at the annual Christmas party last night?

    Posted by Cary Dion | January 25, 2010, 2:41 pm
  34. You expect me to fix your marriage in 140 characters or less?

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 25, 2010, 2:41 pm
  35. “I can’t stand it another minute! You folks are rude, disrespectful, and completely into yourselves.”

    Posted by Janis Ford | January 25, 2010, 2:42 pm
  36. “Now if you will give me a minute, I will go and see if there is a group for textaholics.”

    Posted by Janis Ford | January 25, 2010, 2:44 pm
  37. “You have approximately 15 minutes to finish deciphering the coded message. This will count toward your final grade.”

    Posted by Janis Ford | January 25, 2010, 2:47 pm
  38. Intimacy issues?

    Posted by Mark Cherry | January 25, 2010, 2:49 pm
  39. “Darling, if I have to listen to this psycho for another minute, I think I will remove the last few hairs on his head!”

    Posted by Janis Ford | January 25, 2010, 2:50 pm
  40. You’re fired! You have been replaced by an app!

    Posted by Mark Cherry | January 25, 2010, 2:51 pm
  41. My blog says your blog is wrong!

    Posted by Mark Cherry | January 25, 2010, 2:52 pm
  42. - “wysiwyg”
    - “lol”
    “Excuse me, can we have an analog conversation for once?”

    Posted by Marc J Ouellette | January 25, 2010, 2:53 pm
  43. “Doc, we’re getting second opinions.”

    Posted by Mark Cherry | January 25, 2010, 2:57 pm
  44. No wonder you two can’t get along—you’ve both got opposable thumbs!

    Posted by Qwerty | January 25, 2010, 3:13 pm
  45. “When i said the art of Foreplay was to play with each others parts,I didn`t mean Mobile Phones.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | January 25, 2010, 3:57 pm
  46. How long have you guys been married to your phones?

    Posted by James | January 25, 2010, 4:37 pm
  47. I’m telling you the diploma is real, you don’t have to google me!

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 25, 2010, 5:42 pm
  48. Ok, fine, I never graduated, you don’t have to tweet about it.

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 25, 2010, 5:45 pm
  49. Who won the game?! Tell me!!!!

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 25, 2010, 5:46 pm
  50. Dang, I forgot my phone again!

    Posted by Bernie S. | January 25, 2010, 5:48 pm
  51. well, it’s time i go home and think horizontaly.

    Posted by bernie friend | January 25, 2010, 6:31 pm
  52. i’m telling ya, that’s not real pizza

    Posted by bernie friend | January 25, 2010, 6:32 pm
  53. henry either put cocaine in that thing, or cut your nail!

    Posted by bernie friend | January 25, 2010, 6:32 pm
  54. It is so Freudian that you google yourself during therapy!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | January 25, 2010, 7:26 pm
  55. Do you mind not texting while we’re trying to come to a decision!

    Posted by Sheila P | January 25, 2010, 7:29 pm
  56. Now…Martha…send a jpg to Ed letting him know how YOU feel

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | January 25, 2010, 7:29 pm
  57. Martha…Ed…this relationship will never work-you are on two different networks.

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | January 25, 2010, 7:31 pm
  58. I bet you she knows the answer to where you were last night.

    Posted by Michelle Brown | January 25, 2010, 7:54 pm
  59. Okay, now I need to know who’s lying and who’s telling the truth so we’re going to play it out right now. Sheila, you’ve got Verizon. David, you’ve got AT&T. And…..google!

    Posted by Danielle | January 25, 2010, 8:13 pm
  60. “While I, on the other hand, am thoroughly enjoying my swivel chair.”

    Posted by Greg | January 25, 2010, 8:13 pm
  61. “I said S-p-l-e-n-d-i..”

    Posted by Greg | January 25, 2010, 8:15 pm
  62. “Never mind playing with your phones. Did anyone remember to bring cole slaw?”

    Posted by Greg | January 25, 2010, 8:16 pm
  63. “Well at least we’ve finally found SOMETHING you have in common!”

    Posted by OZ | January 25, 2010, 8:17 pm
  64. Howard saw me bidding on Kirk Cameron’s book challenging Darwin and is now trying to outbid me. He says if he wins, he’s going to use it to wipe his butt instead!

    Posted by Danielle | January 25, 2010, 8:18 pm
  65. “Who’s getting custody of the roll-over minutes?”

    Posted by Greg | January 25, 2010, 8:19 pm
  66. Are you guys talking about me? I thought I heard someone text my name.

    Posted by Danielle | January 25, 2010, 8:20 pm
  67. Stop Twittering my Face and just talk to me!

    Posted by Pat Connors | January 25, 2010, 10:26 pm
  68. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!!!!????

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 25, 2010, 11:17 pm
  69. Is that thumbs up to a reconciliation or are you still texting?

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 25, 2010, 11:18 pm
  70. “Let’s begin our session with the Kwame Kilpatrick therapy excercise.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | January 25, 2010, 11:47 pm
  71. “I told you to send him the wink face! Not the smiley!”

    Posted by Victor H. | January 26, 2010, 1:35 am
  72. “Get off your iPhone therapy apps and talk to me!”

    Posted by Victor H. | January 26, 2010, 1:36 am
  73. “When the therapist told the couple they needed to communicate, this is not what he had in mind.”

    Posted by Victor H. | January 26, 2010, 1:38 am
  74. Stress over inconsiderate texting practices is beginning to take its’ toll on Dr. Phil.

    Posted by Sandy | January 26, 2010, 1:40 am
  75. “…but we have to work as a team if we want to stay as Trump’s apprentice.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 26, 2010, 1:46 am
  76. “Go drive a damn car for heaven’s sakes..”

    Posted by Sandy | January 26, 2010, 1:49 am
  77. “I’m guessing you don’t have children because when you would find time to find each other to make love and conceive children?”

    Posted by Sandy | January 26, 2010, 1:53 am
  78. “I suggest you have it implanted.”

    Posted by Sandy | January 26, 2010, 1:58 am
  79. TEXT AND THE CITY

    Posted by Judith | January 26, 2010, 5:03 am
  80. I am not siding with your husband, witch.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 26, 2010, 9:01 am
  81. Hi

    My name is Dr.T and I am a Text a Holic.

    Posted by Raquel Garcia | January 26, 2010, 11:36 am
  82. As Jane was tweeting she’d like to kill her husband, Dick was tweeting he’d like to kill his wife. In the meantime Dr.Smith was wishing that someone, anyone, would just kill him.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | January 26, 2010, 1:40 pm
  83. I WILL NOT BE IGNORED! HELLO? I SAID I WILL NOT…oh forget it!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | January 26, 2010, 1:42 pm
  84. You two have more in common than you think!

    Posted by DeeAnn S | January 26, 2010, 3:05 pm
  85. YOU ARE NOT TEXTING TO JESUS!

    Posted by Thom | January 26, 2010, 6:22 pm
  86. Perhaps you should begin by introducing yourselves to each other.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 26, 2010, 6:25 pm
  87. Having different networks is not an irreconcilable difference.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | January 26, 2010, 6:26 pm
  88. I used to text all the time too. Now I have bad eyesight and my thumbs had to be amputated!

    Posted by DeeAnn S | January 26, 2010, 7:58 pm
  89. OK, Mrs. Jones, sticking your tongue out at the PDA is not the proper response.

    Posted by DeeAnn S | January 26, 2010, 8:01 pm
  90. I meant look at each other.

    Posted by Emily P | January 26, 2010, 8:45 pm
  91. DHS says you can have your kid back if I diagnose you both with “reasonable” Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder.

    Posted by James | January 26, 2010, 11:12 pm
  92. Do you believe me now? Yes, I have defriended you!

    Posted by Judith | January 27, 2010, 1:44 am
  93. “And you wonder why we don’t talk to each other anymore.”

    Posted by W. Chen | January 27, 2010, 3:49 am
  94. If she Twitters Brangelina one more time Doc then I’ll be the one asking for a divorce.

    Posted by peter hepburn | January 27, 2010, 10:51 am
  95. “What do you mean, ‘Is knuckle head hyphenated?’”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | January 27, 2010, 11:31 am
  96. 21st Century Speed Therapy for the corporate set: “Good Sheila!” Doctor Jones said, “Now, I want you to text John exactly how you’re feeling in 20 characters or less.”

    Posted by K | January 27, 2010, 3:04 pm
  97. I’ll have you know I got that diploma from the back of a very reputable Science Fiction magazine.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 27, 2010, 3:08 pm
  98. You two don’t need a sex-therapist, you need a text-therapist!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | January 27, 2010, 4:47 pm
  99. Chuck: My Butt itches!
    Lisa: OMG, LMAOROFL, TMI!!!

    Posted by Shawn | January 27, 2010, 6:26 pm
  100. When I was your age, we had to walk four miles uphill in the snow just to ignore each other!

    Posted by Scott | January 27, 2010, 8:40 pm
  101. Having both texted your vows to one another, I now pronounce you husband and wife by the power vested in me by the city of Beverly Hills.

    Posted by Scott | January 27, 2010, 8:44 pm
  102. And how long have you both been feeling these compulsive urges to take photos of your right knees?

    Posted by Scott | January 27, 2010, 8:45 pm
  103. Now look directly into your phones and say “I love you, but you don’t own me!”

    Posted by Scott | January 27, 2010, 8:46 pm
  104. So, you’re worried about your children because you feel they’re disconnected? Mister and Misses Smith? Joe? Barbara? Can you tell me more? Hello?

    Posted by Scott | January 27, 2010, 8:48 pm
  105. What’s the deal ? You are suppose to be helping me with her! You’re encouraging her!!!

    Posted by Lois Cavanagh-Daley | January 28, 2010, 11:51 am
  106. I did NOT get my diploma from that website!

    Posted by Justin Rogers | January 28, 2010, 10:14 pm
  107. Sorry, Honey-but you’ll NEVER top my Bejeweled high score!!

    Posted by Kevin M. | January 28, 2010, 11:59 pm
  108. Let it go, Mrs. Clinton.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 29, 2010, 8:04 am
  109. Looking ugly is not a sin.
    Acting ugly is.

    Posted by Fran Welch | January 29, 2010, 2:44 pm
  110. This appears to be a clear case of textual harassment.

    Posted by Gary Welch | January 29, 2010, 11:29 pm
  111. I think, I broke my back!

    Posted by Alin Dragulin | January 29, 2010, 11:44 pm
  112. Due to unlocking issues, I will not be able to upgrade our marriage to compatible.

    Posted by Judith | January 30, 2010, 3:10 am
  113. When I said you two need to do more for each other, I was NOT referring Mafia Wars!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | January 30, 2010, 11:54 am
  114. (correction) When I said you two need to do more for each other, I was NOT referring to Mafia Wars!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | January 30, 2010, 11:57 am
  115. “It is called text-sessive cell-pulsive”

    Posted by April Marshall | January 30, 2010, 6:53 pm
  116. “I don’t have the nation wide plan. Do you think we can do this by e-mail next time?”

    Posted by Joe Curran | January 31, 2010, 6:28 am
  117. She says I don’t listen. What’s to listen to?

    Posted by Mary Saunders | January 31, 2010, 4:28 pm
  118. ” This is why inter-office relationships never work”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:28 am
  119. ”this is why our economy is in the shit hole”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:33 am
  120. ‘’second greatest invention since the lightbulb sexting….. If your wondering what the first one is just check the tv…”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:36 am
  121. “for god sakes shes at it again”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:44 am
  122. “for gosh sakes shes at it again”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:45 am
  123. “this is why inter-office relationships never work”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:48 am
  124. “this is why interoffice relationships never work”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:48 am
  125. “see doc, she’s at it again”

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:53 am
  126. “kids, i got you cellphones ten years ago to keep in touch and now i can’t get a word out of you

    Posted by benjamin | February 24, 2010, 12:54 am

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