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“The Lineup” Cartoon Caption Contest

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  • 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, February 21st 2010.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, February 22nd, 2010.
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Time to vote for your favorite "Frankenatra" caption.

  • Sadly, the ladies auxiliary committee realized too late that Mr. Stein misrepresented his piano skills. - Jeffrey M. (40%, 17 Votes)
  • “I’d like to dedicate this next song to ‘All the Single Ladies’.” - Janis Ford (36%, 15 Votes)
  • "As a matter of face, yes, I do still have my daytime job!" - Michael (10%, 4 Votes)
  • "I wish my brother George was here." - Douglas Howland (10%, 4 Votes)
  • "I hope the camera doesn’t add 15 pounds." - Andrea Hodge (4%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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Discussion

157 comments for ““The Lineup” Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. I’d recognize that ass anywhere!

    Posted by mark cherry | February 15, 2010, 11:50 am
  2. “First he smothered me, then choked and drowned me.”

    Posted by mark cherry | February 15, 2010, 11:52 am
  3. I’m just so tank-ful I have a job in today’s job market!

    Posted by Susan | February 15, 2010, 11:54 am
  4. “Could you have them speak?”

    Posted by mark cherry | February 15, 2010, 11:54 am
  5. Ok, maam….can you identify the A-hole who stole your purse?

    Posted by Susan | February 15, 2010, 11:55 am
  6. Hmmm. it was hard to tell in the dark, I could tell he was a big fellow…

    Posted by Susan | February 15, 2010, 11:56 am
  7. There it is….the fat one in the middle. It’s always the obese ones that complain that we’re too small. they otts look at themselves in the mirror.

    Posted by Bob | February 15, 2010, 11:56 am
  8. I don’t want to sound racist, but they all look alike to me.

    Posted by mark cherry | February 15, 2010, 11:56 am
  9. “It was Number 2, officer—I’d recognize those pimples anywhere!”

    Posted by Sheila | February 15, 2010, 11:59 am
  10. Beats the crap out of me as to which one did it. I’m just trying to flush away the bad memory.

    Posted by Bob | February 15, 2010, 11:59 am
  11. “Can you have them turn the other cheek?”

    Posted by Steven Benson | February 15, 2010, 12:01 pm
  12. “Too bad this isn’t ’smell-evision’.”

    Posted by Steven Benson | February 15, 2010, 12:02 pm
  13. The world is full of em.

    Posted by mark cherry | February 15, 2010, 12:02 pm
  14. “Could you ask No. 2 not to press up against the glass?”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | February 15, 2010, 12:24 pm
  15. Mrs. Kohler was sure she would be able to identify the suspect once they turned around.

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | February 15, 2010, 12:26 pm
  16. “Yes officer, those are all cute, but I’m here to pay a parking ticket!”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | February 15, 2010, 12:28 pm
  17. It’s just a procedure we have to follow Miss. He left behind PLENTY of DNA for us to convict him.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | February 15, 2010, 12:33 pm
  18. Yes, I’m positive it’s #2. I’d recognize that dumb ass anywhere!

    Posted by Lisa Keller | February 15, 2010, 12:34 pm
  19. it’s hard to say for sure. Could you have #3 fart again…..

    Posted by modom | February 15, 2010, 12:35 pm
  20. Could you have Number 2 say, “I don’t believe it, no paper!” please?

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | February 15, 2010, 12:35 pm
  21. Thank God were on this side of the glass!

    Posted by modom | February 15, 2010, 12:37 pm
  22. #3 is the one who left my seat up.

    Posted by Gary Welch | February 15, 2010, 12:39 pm
  23. “Yes I am positive! Number 2 was tapping his foot and had a “wide stance”.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | February 15, 2010, 12:41 pm
  24. And they expect us to be “one seat fits all”

    Posted by Jerry Davis | February 15, 2010, 12:41 pm
  25. So what did you think of the Superbowl?

    Posted by Chucky B | February 15, 2010, 12:47 pm
  26. The guy we’re looking for has a taste for peanuts.

    Posted by Chucky B | February 15, 2010, 12:50 pm
  27. Chief, it happened on a MOONless night!!!

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | February 15, 2010, 12:52 pm
  28. “dat;s da bum officer!”

    Posted by OZ | February 15, 2010, 1:03 pm
  29. Officer, It sounded like he had a machine gun.

    Posted by jonathan ragan | February 15, 2010, 1:04 pm
  30. “I just wanna make sure it’s not a bum wrap”

    Posted by OZ | February 15, 2010, 1:06 pm
  31. “These are the bottom of the barrel lady”

    Posted by OZ | February 15, 2010, 1:08 pm
  32. Try to look on the bright side. As difficult as this is, now that you’ve positively identified him visually, you won’t have to suffer through the smell line up.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | February 15, 2010, 1:09 pm
  33. “I’m not sure officer…he came at me from all angles…could you have number 2 turn around?”

    Posted by OZ | February 15, 2010, 1:12 pm
  34. Mot a caption.. I just want to say Kevin Treacher makes me laugh out loud.

    Posted by OZ | February 15, 2010, 1:16 pm
  35. You are wrong, Officer, number 2 IS wearing a thong.

    Posted by Fran Welch | February 15, 2010, 1:31 pm
  36. I believe in “an eye for an eye”, Officer. Could I borrow your nightstick?

    Posted by Fran Welch | February 15, 2010, 1:37 pm
  37. It was #2, I’d recognize those cheeks anywhere.

    Posted by Gary Welch | February 15, 2010, 1:39 pm
  38. Could I see their plungers?

    Posted by Fran Welch | February 15, 2010, 1:43 pm
  39. It’s number 3. I would recognize that smile anywhere.

    Posted by Fran Welch | February 15, 2010, 1:48 pm
  40. “We`ve got them now Cracks are appearing in their Alibis.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | February 15, 2010, 1:57 pm
  41. I’m not sure . . . it was dark and my eyes were watering.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | February 15, 2010, 2:08 pm
  42. It was #2, he’s the one that left me with the brown streaks!

    Posted by Joe Curran | February 15, 2010, 2:15 pm
  43. i sure it was number #2, i feel so violated, i still remember the big cigar hanging from him.

    Posted by dean | February 15, 2010, 2:27 pm
  44. mrs crapper can you still remember the perpetrator, would you like me to rattle your handle so you can remember.

    Posted by dean | February 15, 2010, 2:29 pm
  45. THAT one really hit it on the head!

    Posted by Amy Downs | February 15, 2010, 2:38 pm
  46. When I said I wanted to see their cheeks…that’s not what I had in mind.

    Posted by Doug Howland | February 15, 2010, 2:41 pm
  47. Can I see their other cheeks now ?

    Posted by Doug Howland | February 15, 2010, 2:42 pm
  48. “I’m positive it was Number 2 that abused me with his line of crap.”

    Posted by Sandy | February 15, 2010, 2:47 pm
  49. “After what he did to me, I’d prefer seeing him with a toe tag.”

    Posted by Sandy | February 15, 2010, 2:50 pm
  50. “..but none of those have the toilet paper hanging out of their crack.”

    Posted by Sandy | February 15, 2010, 2:55 pm
  51. Ummm. I’m not sure, officer. Would you have them turn around please?

    Posted by Qwerty | February 15, 2010, 2:57 pm
  52. “Not Number One. Maybe Number Two. I forget, what’s Number Three?”

    Posted by Sandy | February 15, 2010, 3:00 pm
  53. “Does DNA stand for Damn Naked Ass?”

    Posted by Sandy | February 15, 2010, 3:02 pm
  54. They all look like the plumber in question.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | February 15, 2010, 3:41 pm
  55. I don’t know . . . lots of kids wear their pants like that.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | February 15, 2010, 3:44 pm
  56. “It`s no good we`ll never recognise them,they`ve had a shave.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | February 15, 2010, 3:45 pm
  57. I actually remember his fragrance more than anything

    Posted by jason h | February 15, 2010, 3:49 pm
  58. Ok ma’am, which of these appears to be your poopetrator?

    Posted by jason h | February 15, 2010, 3:52 pm
  59. Are you sure this is one way glass?

    Posted by Russ | February 15, 2010, 3:56 pm
  60. Could you have them all grunt once for me please, that may help.

    Posted by jason h | February 15, 2010, 3:57 pm
  61. These damn kids… All cracked up on caffine, they really need to eat some cheese and give us a break…

    Posted by Russ | February 15, 2010, 3:58 pm
  62. #1….no #2…. Ah hell officer I had a little extra tiddy bowl and things were a bit foggy…

    Posted by Russ | February 15, 2010, 4:01 pm
  63. Is one of them a farmer? I distinctly remember lots of corn.

    Posted by jason h | February 15, 2010, 4:02 pm
  64. I don’t care officer. Don’t listen to their crap!

    Posted by Heidi L | February 15, 2010, 4:03 pm
  65. Which one of them is religious? I remember the suspect repeatedly saying Dear Lord

    Posted by jason h | February 15, 2010, 4:07 pm
  66. the last thing i remember is the stall door slamming open, thats it sorry.

    Posted by dean | February 15, 2010, 4:57 pm
  67. It Could be number 2, but, I’d have to see his eye to be sure!”

    Posted by K | February 15, 2010, 4:59 pm
  68. Yes officer. All three. It was my turn to… I’m so ashamed.

    Posted by Thom | February 15, 2010, 5:39 pm
  69. NO DAMMIT! LOOK! Do any of these bum’s have a Rose Tattoo?

    Posted by Thom | February 15, 2010, 5:42 pm
  70. I could hear you guys looking outside and this guy was s#!+ing a brick! He’s your man Capt.

    Posted by Thom | February 15, 2010, 5:44 pm
  71. Really Officer Crapper? You’re hitting on me during a bum line-up? Get the flush out of here! Besides, I only date urinals.

    Posted by Lisa Keller | February 15, 2010, 5:51 pm
  72. “Wisecrack” Yah. Got it. ‘Ha ha’, good one.

    Posted by Thom | February 15, 2010, 5:53 pm
  73. Ah, we’re beginning to get to the bottom of things.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | February 15, 2010, 6:55 pm
  74. I can’t decide!! There are just TOO many BUTTS………..

    Posted by Kevin M. | February 15, 2010, 7:55 pm
  75. Yea it was definitley number 3, i remembered thinking he didn’t wipe very well

    Posted by ryan nimm | February 15, 2010, 8:15 pm
  76. Don’t be flushed, Ma’am. Take your time. We just need to know which one of these asses injured one of our own in the line of doodie.

    Posted by Joseph Conn | February 15, 2010, 9:12 pm
  77. I have never felt so used in my entire life

    Posted by Joseph Conn | February 15, 2010, 9:18 pm
  78. He kept calling me John. Do I look like a John to you?

    Posted by Joseph Conn | February 15, 2010, 9:24 pm
  79. His baby ruth tasted like tofu and sprouts it is #3, skinny ass.

    Posted by rocknrawl | February 15, 2010, 10:18 pm
  80. then he told me to kiss his ass .. right in the hole….

    Posted by Lynn Batey | February 15, 2010, 11:34 pm
  81. Lady , I made a promise to clean up this town ….

    Posted by Lynn Batey | February 15, 2010, 11:35 pm
  82. thats the one that droped the hand towel in me .

    Posted by Lynn Batey | February 15, 2010, 11:37 pm
  83. he bore a strong resemblance to Marlin Brando

    Posted by Lynn Batey | February 15, 2010, 11:38 pm
  84. is tthere anyway i can get a closer smell

    Posted by Lynn Batey | February 15, 2010, 11:41 pm
  85. “Why do you call it a plaza?”

    Posted by Greg | February 16, 2010, 12:07 am
  86. Number 3-that’s the plumber who jiggled my handle over and over!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | February 16, 2010, 12:54 am
  87. #2 That’s him! Don Smith. I’d recognize the crack of Don anywhere!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | February 16, 2010, 12:57 am
  88. Ms. John, while pointing out the guilty, relived in her mind what she would always refer to as “the burrito incident”.

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | February 16, 2010, 1:01 am
  89. Officer Pooper had his doubts about the credibility of this witness-her tank was cracked.

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | February 16, 2010, 1:03 am
  90. Eddie Cheeks couldn’t believe his luck-his happy go lucky toilet spree had caught up with him AGAIN!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | February 16, 2010, 1:07 am
  91. “Could you have number two sit on my face?”

    Posted by leo | February 16, 2010, 1:10 am
  92. Could you have number two say “UUUUgh, Oh God, Jesus, Oh God?”

    Posted by leo | February 16, 2010, 1:19 am
  93. My toiletries were stolen! Of course, I look flushed!

    Posted by lisa jones | February 16, 2010, 6:13 am
  94. My toiletries were stolen! Of course I look flushed!

    Posted by lisa jones | February 16, 2010, 6:14 am
  95. That’s the bum who refuses to pay child support.

    Posted by Judith | February 16, 2010, 9:09 am
  96. “I’ll bet indentity theft cases are rare in this precinct.”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | February 16, 2010, 10:07 am
  97. “By the way, I think your sketch artist is overpaid.”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | February 16, 2010, 10:08 am
  98. “Now I see why you don’t post wanted posters.”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | February 16, 2010, 10:09 am
  99. “So are you calling this a crime of flatulence.”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | February 16, 2010, 10:10 am
  100. “L’ll bet identity theft cases are rare in this precinct.”

    Posted by Keith in Dallas | February 16, 2010, 10:12 am
  101. It was #2 officer! He killed my tidy-bowl man, with a #2!

    Posted by Robert Keller | February 16, 2010, 11:03 am
  102. Can you have number three turn and fart?

    Posted by Mary Marlatt | February 16, 2010, 11:17 am
  103. i am most certain it was number 3 because he did a number 2 and did not even give me a flush, and did number 1 all over me.

    Posted by dean | February 16, 2010, 11:57 am
  104. can you have them turn around one more time please Sargent crapper.

    Posted by dean | February 16, 2010, 12:00 pm
  105. “Oh wow, I didn’t know Rosey Bottom was in the starting lineup this season.”

    Posted by James | February 16, 2010, 12:04 pm
  106. “It was number 2…” “What was, the suspect or the charges?”

    Posted by James | February 16, 2010, 12:07 pm
  107. #3 he is the one that decided to drop an “upper decker”

    Posted by Mike | February 16, 2010, 12:19 pm
  108. “Now that is a piece of ass.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | February 16, 2010, 1:38 pm
  109. “Number 3 just winked at me!”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | February 16, 2010, 1:39 pm
  110. “It was number 2. I’d recognize those rosy cheeks anywhere.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | February 16, 2010, 1:41 pm
  111. “Forget these guys, what are you doing for dinner tonight?”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | February 16, 2010, 1:42 pm
  112. A gasp escaped her lid when she saw number 2. She hadn’t seen a bottom like that since working the Big and Tall convention last summer.

    Posted by Bill Rabello | February 16, 2010, 1:45 pm
  113. believe it or not this has been happening alot around here lately

    Posted by ryan nimm | February 16, 2010, 3:10 pm
  114. The one in the middle officer. The others couldn’t have done so much damage.

    Posted by Brandon Ralston | February 16, 2010, 3:13 pm
  115. they look too famillar…is there anyway you can find out which one of them ate alot of corn in the last few days? That would be the guy.

    Posted by ryan nimm | February 16, 2010, 3:13 pm
  116. I said that a MUTT had been drinking out of my bowl.

    Posted by Gary Welch | February 16, 2010, 3:25 pm
  117. Oh for a can of Drano!

    Posted by Fran Welch | February 16, 2010, 5:43 pm
  118. “That’s him officer… number 2.”

    Posted by Reaunna | February 16, 2010, 6:56 pm
  119. Well officier, the one that did it was named “Harry”…..Harry Butt, he’s related to all those other Butts in the next county. I know his cousin’s name is Smelly Butt.

    Posted by Cary Dion | February 16, 2010, 7:25 pm
  120. Yes, I see Biden, Pelosi and Reid, wheres Obama……?

    Posted by Cary Dion | February 16, 2010, 7:34 pm
  121. We’ve tried to interrogate them ma’am but they are all talking out of their assses and blowing hot air. We’ve tried water-boarding them but they didn’t seem to mind that.

    Posted by Cary Dion | February 16, 2010, 7:41 pm
  122. Yes ma’am, their all addicted to crack. We know that because they all have a crack in their story. There just seems to be cracks everywhere.

    Posted by Cary Dion | February 16, 2010, 7:48 pm
  123. The prints have been wiped clean….

    Posted by Kevin M. | February 17, 2010, 12:27 am
  124. Please stop hitting on me, Officer. I can only deal with one asshole at a time.

    Posted by Judith | February 17, 2010, 12:00 pm
  125. And then he put candles on me and called me a “birthday potty”.

    Posted by Judith | February 17, 2010, 12:20 pm
  126. “No ‘butts’ about it Mr. Pots, it’s the one on the left!”

    Posted by Janis Ford | February 17, 2010, 1:49 pm
  127. “I just can’t be sure. Yo

    Posted by Janis Ford | February 17, 2010, 1:53 pm
  128. “I just can’t be sure. You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all!”

    Posted by Janis Ford | February 17, 2010, 1:53 pm
  129. “The ‘moon’ sure shines brightly tonight, doesn’t it Sargent Throne”.

    Posted by Janis Ford | February 17, 2010, 1:57 pm
  130. “Line-up in the plaza window, by ‘C. Moore Butts’”.

    Posted by Janis Ford | February 17, 2010, 1:59 pm
  131. When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.

    Posted by Steve Naso | February 17, 2010, 2:34 pm
  132. I guess they all don’t look the same.

    Posted by Doug Howland | February 17, 2010, 2:34 pm
  133. Can we take a break? I’m totally bummed out.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | February 17, 2010, 2:43 pm
  134. That’s the one that says I am “The
    muse for her Petition Content”, whatever that means…

    Posted by james | February 18, 2010, 2:29 pm
  135. “I said I could only indentify the crack-heads!”

    “I tried to tell you the crack attacks were a trio of porcelain addicts”

    “Proof that synchronized farting is still a crime.”

    “Convincing evidence that they did not steal the toilet paper from your pocketbook.”

    “Who shot outside of the rim in this hind-up?”

    Posted by April Marshall | February 18, 2010, 2:39 pm
  136. “Uhm… why is the two-way mirror in the plaza?”

    Posted by James | February 18, 2010, 5:06 pm
  137. “I can’t believe they don’t care about their future. I mean, to stand there and smile like that? What nerve.”

    Posted by James | February 18, 2010, 5:09 pm
  138. “Now I’ve seen everything.”

    Posted by James | February 18, 2010, 5:10 pm
  139. I’m not sure, but is number one Brett Favre in a pair of Wranglers?

    Posted by Fran Welch | February 18, 2010, 8:16 pm
  140. No, officer, when I said number 3 did both number 1 and 2 what I meant was….

    Posted by Scott | February 19, 2010, 8:15 pm
  141. For crying out loud…Take the police hat off and turn off the flat screen TV Morty, this role play has gone too far!

    Posted by Scott | February 19, 2010, 8:18 pm
  142. That’s what I said officer…Number 1 clogged me, number 2 is the one who got the plunger trying to help. That’s when number three came in, push 1 and 2 out and sat down for an emergency evacuation. Number 3 didn’t notice the plunger.

    Posted by Scott | February 19, 2010, 8:32 pm
  143. That’s the cheeky devil allright!

    Posted by Scott | February 19, 2010, 9:04 pm
  144. …so he farted, I said “gesundheit!” and he leaps three feet off my lid. Scared the crap out of him.

    Posted by Scott | February 19, 2010, 9:08 pm
  145. Well, Officer O’Malley, when I heard someone say “blow it out your a$$”, and he did! Well! I never!

    Posted by DeeAnn S | February 20, 2010, 2:47 pm
  146. Well, when he sat down, it got so dark. Could you please dim the lights a bit please?

    Posted by DeeAnn S | February 20, 2010, 2:50 pm
  147. “Here we sit, Broken-hearted, They paid a dime, And only farted!”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | February 21, 2010, 10:10 pm
  148. “Yeah, we got the goods on ‘em. Each was found concealing over a hundred pounds of crack!”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | February 21, 2010, 11:10 pm
  149. “There are eight million stories in the Naked City; this is the story of three assholes…”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | February 21, 2010, 11:20 pm
  150. “Could you have them face forward? I remember the guilty party to be a little weiner than most!”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | February 21, 2010, 11:38 pm
  151. 1.) It was an illegal dumping. Of course, I look flushed!
    2.)My toiletries were stolen! Of course I look flushed.

    Posted by lisa jones | February 22, 2010, 9:23 am
  152. “Hey did you get the looks I did,on the bus,on the way here!”

    “Yea guess it was the hat!”

    Posted by Robert | March 25, 2010, 3:44 pm
  153. “Hey I think I saw this once on Law and Order”!

    Posted by Robert | March 25, 2010, 3:51 pm
  154. “Hey I think I saw this once on Law and Order!”

    Posted by Robert | March 25, 2010, 3:52 pm
  155. “Can they see back”…..

    Posted by Robert | March 25, 2010, 4:05 pm
  156. “Can they see back!!”

    Posted by Robert | March 25, 2010, 4:08 pm
  157. Can you have # 3 turn around please? I am certain he had only one eye and was wearing a pirate hat!

    Posted by P. Cox | June 14, 2010, 11:51 pm

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