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“Smokin’ Ants” Cartoon Caption Contest

Degenerates of the insect world.

This is the simply smashing Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest. (The contest your second cousin, the one who eats pasta with his toes, warned you about.)

  • 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, May 9th 2010.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, May 10th, 2010.
  • That’s it!

Now, please cast a vote for your favorite caption from last week’s “Earscaper” caption contest.

Damn those lawnmowers are filthy machines.

Time to vote for your favorite "Earscaper" caption.

  • “Hey. I am just glad he didn’t request a BRAZILIAN !” - Amy Scarborough (29%, 17 Votes)
  • After his joke about “Traveloshitty”, Norman had to find work elsewhere. - Straightchillin (28%, 16 Votes)
  • It was noisier than laser hair removal, but in the down economy, Leonard had to make do. - Joe K (26%, 15 Votes)
  • Bob always preferred his odd jobs above the waist. - Gianna (14%, 8 Votes)
  • Ogre/Gnome symbiotic relationship. - Qwerty (3%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 58

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And here’s the winner of the “Viking Protest” caption contest.

Very nicely done, James!

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

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Here’s another shot of this week’s cartoon, in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like.

Don't you just want to take them out for a beer?

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Discussion

111 comments for ““Smokin’ Ants” Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. “Nice Butt!”

    Posted by Mark Cherry | May 3, 2010, 11:59 am
  2. “You know I like big butts.”

    Posted by Jack Randall Earles | May 3, 2010, 12:05 pm
  3. Meet me behind the Hill at nine.

    Posted by Straightchillin | May 3, 2010, 12:06 pm
  4. Were we supposed to get a “Bud Light,” or “Butt Light?”

    Posted by Mark Cherry | May 3, 2010, 12:08 pm
  5. “Yes, it does make us look Cool”

    Posted by Mark Cherry | May 3, 2010, 12:15 pm
  6. I tried using the patch, but it kept sticking to my backside!!

    Posted by Todd | May 3, 2010, 12:21 pm
  7. “come on baby light my fire…”

    Posted by Steven Benson | May 3, 2010, 12:22 pm
  8. “With the new smoking ban these will be collector’s items!”

    Posted by Steven Benson | May 3, 2010, 12:24 pm
  9. “…Match.com, where’d you get yours?”

    Posted by Steven Benson | May 3, 2010, 12:25 pm
  10. “Eeeeew! Don’t you know where that’s been?!”

    Posted by Steven Benson | May 3, 2010, 12:26 pm
  11. “I’ll meet you in the bathroom at recess.”

    Posted by Steven Benson | May 3, 2010, 12:27 pm
  12. We’ll do it at the couch to avenge what they did to the Queen.

    Posted by Fran Welch | May 3, 2010, 12:28 pm
  13. This should take care of that spider problem the colony’s been having.

    Posted by K | May 3, 2010, 12:29 pm
  14. If the president can smoke, so can we.

    Posted by Fran Welch | May 3, 2010, 12:30 pm
  15. With one of these, I can get as many of those as I want.

    Posted by Ron | May 3, 2010, 12:42 pm
  16. Ever since the queen started smoking she has become a real bitch.

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | May 3, 2010, 12:43 pm
  17. We’re carpenter ants. Let’s take a cigarette break.

    Posted by Judith | May 3, 2010, 12:46 pm
  18. Fire Ants

    Posted by Judith | May 3, 2010, 12:55 pm
  19. 4 out of 5 ants agree, Malbaro lights 100, are just what the doctor ordered after a long day at work, carrying 10x your body weight.

    Posted by Jose Perez | May 3, 2010, 12:58 pm
  20. “Hey, we’re just ants. How are we supposed to stomp out smoking?”

    Posted by Vicki Dahlstrom | May 3, 2010, 12:58 pm
  21. Now, shall I go on “strike”????
    hahaha

    Posted by Amy Downs | May 3, 2010, 1:05 pm
  22. The contents of this ashtray should suffice for us to complete our colony’s Butthenge.

    Posted by Steve Singer | May 3, 2010, 1:12 pm
  23. Now all we need is a magnifying glass.

    Posted by MRF | May 3, 2010, 1:14 pm
  24. It’s a god thing these things are out, or we’d be fried!

    Posted by Bob | May 3, 2010, 1:47 pm
  25. The Queen will love this. Just in time for mother’s day!

    Posted by lynn | May 3, 2010, 2:10 pm
  26. well smoke them if you got them

    Posted by dean | May 3, 2010, 2:41 pm
  27. yes i come here about a pack a day, you?

    Posted by dean | May 3, 2010, 2:43 pm
  28. MATCH.COM GETS YOU HOOKED UP

    Posted by westie | May 3, 2010, 3:00 pm
  29. Lucky we can carry 10 times our body weight!!!

    Posted by Russ | May 3, 2010, 3:35 pm
  30. “It’s like we were made for each other”

    Posted by Russ | May 3, 2010, 3:36 pm
  31. “I’ve heard aliens won’t eat you if you smoke.”

    Posted by Sandy | May 3, 2010, 4:30 pm
  32. “Black Lung Ants”

    Posted by Sandy | May 3, 2010, 4:30 pm
  33. “Yep, I wish it was a doobie too.”

    Posted by Sandy | May 3, 2010, 4:31 pm
  34. “You got the butt and I’ve got the fire.”

    Posted by Sandy | May 3, 2010, 4:32 pm
  35. “I don’t inhale.”

    Posted by Sandy | May 3, 2010, 4:33 pm
  36. If we put these together, we could be smokin!

    Posted by Joe K | May 3, 2010, 5:04 pm
  37. After being thrown out of the nest, Anton and Jennings were reduced to filching used butts out of ashtrays.

    Posted by Joe K | May 3, 2010, 5:06 pm
  38. ya…we’ll make it work…

    Posted by Doug Howland | May 3, 2010, 5:44 pm
  39. Now that we all have health insurance we can start smoking.

    Posted by Bernie S. | May 3, 2010, 6:14 pm
  40. I’ve never done this before so, which one do we smoke?

    Posted by Bernie S. | May 3, 2010, 6:17 pm
  41. Man, they guys were right, you do look cool holding a cigarette.

    Posted by Bernie S. | May 3, 2010, 6:19 pm
  42. New spokesmodels for Camel lites!

    Posted by nucmike | May 3, 2010, 6:28 pm
  43. Does this match make my butt look big?

    Posted by Mike Kuhl | May 3, 2010, 6:35 pm
  44. Need a light?

    Posted by Qwerty | May 3, 2010, 7:49 pm
  45. Oh yeah, you and what army?

    Posted by Petey Wheatstraw Hepburn | May 3, 2010, 8:51 pm
  46. i think we should take this stuff back to the hill and have one wild party

    Posted by dean | May 3, 2010, 8:56 pm
  47. Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship…

    Posted by tung ton | May 3, 2010, 10:50 pm
  48. Score. Now let’s check the trash for a beer can.

    Posted by Straightchillin | May 3, 2010, 11:15 pm
  49. Ted and Phil were stoked with their find, but they were really hoping for one without a filter.

    Posted by Straightchillin | May 3, 2010, 11:22 pm
  50. After years of being sworn enemies Anton and Stew finally found common ground.

    Posted by Straightchillin | May 3, 2010, 11:27 pm
  51. Let’s bug out of here for something really smokin’.

    Posted by Julie | May 4, 2010, 12:47 am
  52. I thought you told me you couldn’t get addicted to these things. I am up to two butts a day.

    Posted by Robert Charles | May 4, 2010, 6:25 am
  53. “Let’s take these back to the Queen – she says it’s great after sex!”

    Posted by Michael | May 4, 2010, 8:07 am
  54. “Stunt our growth? Don’t be ridiculous… I see humans smoke them all the time and look at how big they get!”

    Posted by Michael | May 4, 2010, 8:09 am
  55. Ant you glad you quit smoking?

    Posted by Judith | May 4, 2010, 8:29 am
  56. “What warning label? We can’t even read!”

    Posted by Michael | May 4, 2010, 8:44 am
  57. “Well, technically, it’s called second-hand smoke-ing!”

    Posted by Michael | May 4, 2010, 8:45 am
  58. “Because we’re hunter/gatherers – let someone else figure out what they’re good for!”

    Posted by Michael | May 4, 2010, 8:48 am
  59. Man, I need to quit this. I’m out of breath just holding it…

    Posted by James | May 4, 2010, 9:46 am
  60. Hi Bugsy, “Did ya here about the frog that got mugged by snails”! Yea,the detective asked the frog ‘What Happened!” Frog said he didn’t know! “Happened so fast!

    Ok hun, see at the Fleamarket!BYE!

    Posted by Robert Rovert | May 4, 2010, 10:09 am
  61. Hey if that gets too heavy, I can “Handle” it!

    Posted by Robert Rovert | May 4, 2010, 10:16 am
  62. “Something is definitely missing here!”

    Posted by Coemdian Vince Barnett | May 4, 2010, 10:41 am
  63. Just grab your butts and let’s light out of here.

    Posted by Julie | May 4, 2010, 4:13 pm
  64. Of course it’s okay, ants don’t have lungs.

    Posted by Fran Welch | May 4, 2010, 9:42 pm
  65. My Queen really likes to light one up!

    Posted by Steve Naso | May 4, 2010, 10:01 pm
  66. What happened to the good old days when it was your peanut butter in my chocolate?

    Posted by Kevin M. | May 4, 2010, 11:37 pm
  67. I said “let’s make a hut not get that butt!”

    Posted by Seagreen | May 5, 2010, 3:15 pm
  68. You doin’ your Christmas shopping early too?

    Posted by DeeAnn S | May 5, 2010, 9:47 pm
  69. Do you need any help getting that fag a’ flamin’?

    Posted by nucmike | May 6, 2010, 8:19 am
  70. You light up my life.

    Posted by Izzie | May 6, 2010, 8:07 pm
  71. “Time to break the habit, Nelly.”

    Posted by Janis | May 6, 2010, 11:53 pm
  72. “Do you think we can sell these on ebay?”

    Posted by Janis | May 6, 2010, 11:54 pm
  73. “Minimum wage just isn’t cuttin it any more.”

    Posted by Janis | May 6, 2010, 11:59 pm
  74. What do you call a smoking ant? Dead ant, dead ant, . . .

    Posted by Janis | May 7, 2010, 12:02 am
  75. “We’ll show those fire flies that we can ‘light up’, too!”

    Posted by Janis | May 7, 2010, 12:05 am
  76. “sup…”

    Posted by Anna Gray | May 7, 2010, 12:24 am
  77. When hard work failed, Tom took up social smoking to move up the corporate ladder in the colony.

    Posted by MnM | May 7, 2010, 2:57 am
  78. Well SOMEONE needs to light a fire under your butt!!

    Posted by Kevin M. | May 7, 2010, 4:19 am
  79. yeah, I tried the patch too, but they kept ripping my legs off!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | May 7, 2010, 11:21 am
  80. Drats! These aren’t those hand rolled cigarettes like last weekend that made us feel groovy.

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | May 7, 2010, 11:28 am
  81. Now we can really ruin a picnic!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | May 7, 2010, 11:32 am
  82. Slower to cause death and more addictive than a can of bug spray, the low tar cigarette was the bane of the anthill.

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | May 7, 2010, 11:35 am
  83. The last thing Ed and Judy saw was the shadow of a tacky, but comfortable size 8 loafer.

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | May 7, 2010, 11:38 am
  84. Smoke it!? I thought we were getting rid of those pesky red ants.

    Posted by Niklas A. | May 7, 2010, 5:51 pm
  85. Well, the Union says we’re entitled to a smoke break…

    Posted by Jennifer Jenkins | May 7, 2010, 7:04 pm
  86. Those fire ants got nuttin’ on us!

    Posted by Jennifer Jenkins | May 7, 2010, 7:05 pm
  87. That new ban on smoking indoors is killing me!

    Posted by Jennifer Jenkins | May 7, 2010, 7:06 pm
  88. I hate having to make the cigarette run for the Queen!

    Posted by Jennifer Jenkins | May 7, 2010, 7:07 pm
  89. Hey, you got a match? Yeah, my butt and your face!

    Posted by millie sawyer | May 8, 2010, 3:57 am
  90. “Did you get a load of that guy’s teeth?”

    Posted by Greg | May 8, 2010, 12:28 pm
  91. “James Bond he wasn’t.”

    Posted by Greg | May 8, 2010, 12:29 pm
  92. “We’ve hit the motherlode!”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | May 8, 2010, 12:40 pm
  93. “All right now we’re the ones with the weapons of mass destructions!”

    Posted by Samuel | May 8, 2010, 10:09 pm
  94. “For all you do this butt’s for you.”

    Posted by Samuel | May 8, 2010, 10:14 pm
  95. I quit, but I once was a three- butt-a-day man

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | May 8, 2010, 10:51 pm
  96. I’m a janitor now but, before the economic meltdown, I was the CEO of a dot.com.

    Posted by Judith | May 8, 2010, 11:42 pm
  97. I don’t think the queen was referring to cigarettes when she remarked, “I love big butts”.

    Posted by Judith | May 8, 2010, 11:52 pm
  98. “We got a good match…baby lets light a fire!

    Posted by John Allen | May 9, 2010, 4:01 am
  99. No If’s, Ants, or Butts?

    Posted by John Allen | May 9, 2010, 4:02 am
  100. “I know! It tastes like chicken.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | May 9, 2010, 8:29 am
  101. My back hurts.I’m switchin to SNUS.

    Posted by Santos Murillo | May 9, 2010, 8:30 am
  102. Fred. You’re history. I’m switchin to SNUS.

    Posted by Santos Murillo | May 9, 2010, 8:33 am
  103. “I quit smoking over a year ago & I feel great. Now if I could just get over my pyromania.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | May 9, 2010, 8:40 am
  104. “The two winning slogans in their anti-smoking campaign are ‘Don’t be a butt-head!’ and ‘Smoking: Don’t make an ash out of yourself!’”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | May 9, 2010, 10:48 am
  105. I can’t quit either one of you.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | May 9, 2010, 1:41 pm
  106. You’re in luck. I’m a fire ant.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | May 9, 2010, 3:39 pm
  107. I’ve tried to quit, but it makes me a little too antsy.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | May 9, 2010, 3:40 pm
  108. Damn thats a big butt you have, why don’t I light yer ass on fire with my bite

    Posted by Daryl Hyman | May 10, 2010, 2:58 pm
  109. Hmm…….I will give you a light if you give me your butt

    Posted by Daryl Hyman | May 10, 2010, 3:03 pm
  110. Let’s come back later for the wad of gum.

    Posted by Larry | May 10, 2010, 9:04 pm
  111. Fred. You’re history. I’m switchin to SNUS.

    Posted by Bruce | May 19, 2010, 5:35 am

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