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“Clown Dive” Cartoon Caption Contest
What the hell?
This is the fabulously fantastic Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest. (The contest your aunt, the one who sleeps naked on the front lawn, 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, Monday, July 5th 2010.
- I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Tuesday, July 6th, 2010.
- (It’s a holiday weekend, that’s why the new contest starts a day late.)
- That’s it!
Now, I must ask you to vote for your favorite “Vulture Head” caption:
Modern medicine can't cure everything.
Time to vote for your favorite "Vulture Head" caption.
- "Could you hurry? We have a 10:30 appointment with the veterinarian." - Jim Cavanaugh (38%, 30 Votes)
- "You should have heard what he said when we walked into that bar." - Jack Randall Earles ( Jaynrand@comcast.net ) (38%, 30 Votes)
- "He asked me if I wanted to see a magic trick…" - Grant (13%, 10 Votes)
- "The good news? Nobody, I mean nobody wants to swap dysfunctional family stories." - keith in Dallas (8%, 6 Votes)
- "OH, and I suppose you have no imperfections doc!" - Ashley Morse (3%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 80
Loading ...Here’s the winner of the “Beach Pad” caption contest:
Congratulations, Keith in Dallas!
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:
Have fun with this one!
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Some people will go to all lengths for attention!
“Please send down the unicycle”
Buttons took his crowd surfing affinity to the extreme.
grease paint – $3.99
horn – $5.99
magnetic clown shoes that work – priceless
“Send in the clowns…”
Bobo’s ‘King Klown’ imitation ended up badly…
In the words of W.C. Fields, “This way to the egress!”
HONK if you are afraid of clowns.
(Note to self: stay toward inside of trampoline!)
Zippy was just clowning around when he fell off the roof.
Bobo’s new ’squid suit’ stuck to the window like a charm!
Halfway down Bonzo realized what just happened.
Mobo started to panic when he realized his horn no longer worked.
HE SAID HE WANTED FAYE WRAY!!!!!
After 33 years in the business Vinnie considered retirement now more than ever.
Bobo just loves to clown around.
Bubbles never could quit clowning around.
This 3D craze is getting WAYYY out of hand!!!
Stage diving at the Insane Clown Posse concert.
Cleanup on aisle 9.
Unfortunately a ‘Send in the Clowns’ reality show wasn’t in the cards for Ronald.
“What’s wrong with us? Why are we standing under a giant clown with huge clown shoes balancing on a very narrow skyscraper anyway?”
Oopsy the Clown’s first attempt at physical comedy will likely be his last.
“All I heard was “Flame on” and next thing you know, I see the clown falling from the sky.”
When Buffy the Clown applied to appear on the new TV game show, Downfall, he had no idea that the title was literal.
“Geez, the clown union is gonna have a field day with this one.”
Humanity runs amuk as the first Killer Klown from Outer Space makes a hard landing!
No matter what safety precautions we take, some bozo will find a way around them.
I said that I wanted to see “downtown”, not “clown down”.
When Giant Clown tricks go wrong.
Ozo Kong was ready, airplanes, bombs, and bullets were nothing to him. His demise was due to a 5 story squirting flower gag, a power no clown is immune.
Little misinterpreted fact from the Aztec calendar, on Dec. 22 2012,”A giant clown shall fall from the sky and the world will be covered in whoopie cushions.”
A clown once jumped off the tallest building in town, only to land in the largest pie around!
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the…….wait a minute, what happened to he candle stick?
Pennywise, the dancing clown
falls Its way
back into town.
The Japanese Monster “Comedy” genre surprisingly never quite took off…
After years and years of it raining cats and dogs no one quite expected this..
A quirky new twist in the war on terror…
“CLOWN DOWN!!! CLOWN DOWN!!! WE’VE GOT A CLOWN DOWN HERE!!”
The alien probe masters were clearly not amused by Bozo’s flip responses..
Tragically, in his last act as a clown, Bobo had picked up his confetti horn that day.
Not knowing Freckles was suicidal that day, the crowd taunted him with a chant of “send ‘down’ the clown”.
Why couldn’t it be a lawyer?
All that remains on 52nd street of this tragic event during the summer of 1954 was a white grease mark next to what is now an Arby’s.
Clown plummets to his death in a protest over his constitutional right to carry a seltzer bottle.
The Day Chuckles realized that NOT ALL the world loves a clown!
Blummo blew his horn one too many times on that airliner.
You think I’m Funny?
What do you mean I’m Funny?
I’ll show you freakin’ Funny….
Military tests it’s new “weapon of mass distraction”.
Joey the Clown decides that he is NO LONGER here to amuse you.
“yah,all the clowns are out of office”
The weather man was WAY off today!
That is a new way send in the clowns..
Are you sure we can get him to the ground safely if we all do “The Wave” at the same time???
looks like 2% chance of rain and 100% chance of clown today.
Instant clown…turn upside down and shake!
He said he was gonna do it… I told him “Clowns arn’t magicians.. You can’t fly!
King Kong’s brother Bing Bong chose not to wait for the planes.
“Nope.They still look like tiny ants from this distance.”
It’s raining CLOWNS!
“Cirque de….gangway!”
“’cause scaring children wasn’t enough.”
“Liar!”
Bozo the Clown had time to toot his horn one last time on the way down.
Giggles the Clown easily passed the International Toys Standards test for toy durability of solid wood clowns.
Chuckles the Clown fervently hoped that this failed stunt wouldn’t end up on “Blunders and Bloopers”.
Binkie the clown was very excited about his first time in the Mosh pit
And bobo couldn’t take the stress of being a clown anymore…
Weather Today: A large clown front coming through with a chance of candy sprinkles.
Ironically, his favorite songs during life were “I’ll tumble for you” by Boy George, “I fall to pieces” by Patsy Cline, and “Down” by Jay Sean.
Oh crap, I forgot how this trick ends!
In mid-flight, Bobo decided a career change was in order.
Realizing that cats, not clowns, had 9 lives, he hoped for the best.
Proving once more that clowns really aren’t all that funny.
Cloudy with a chance of clowns.
Bozo felt faint when he couldn’t spot the safety net.
Some clowns will do anything for a little attention.
“…and everyone lived happily ever after.”
Another Macy’s Day Parade Balloon bites the dust!
Hey Bobbie! I found your blow-up doll!
And this is what happens when you don’t tie your shoe laces!
When his wife said he was just a big clown that was the last straw. Bobo knew he had to jump.
After the horn solo, Bobo the giant clown got caught up in the moment and didnt realize until the way down that stage diving was not going to end well.
The giant clown was the most confusing balloon ever at the Macy’s day parade.
Ten points for the bald guy!
Bozo THOUGHT the ground was getting closer, then it hit him…
DARN! Why can’t I ever remember?! The black ones are everyday, the WHITE shoes have the rockets!!
Jimmy cheered and raised his arms to welcome Gonzo The Giant Clown to town! Then Gonzo proceeded to slam into him and flatten him like a pancake.
On his way down, Beebo had doubts that the banana peel he slipped on was there by accident.
A jubilant crowd mistakenly enjoys Topsy’s helium overdose as an impromptu parade.
The circus is coming to town in 5..4..3..
Bozo’s last thought before splattering at the feet of horrified, shrieking onlookers was “Gee, I wonder if the bald guy with glasses on my left is the doctor from the vulture head cartoon?”
Just because sand is on sale doesnt mean you should fill your giant parade balloon with it.
Suddenly JimJim’s lack of Bah Mitzvah bookings for the year didn’t seem like such a big deal
“I just had to have the horn, didn’t I? Everyone said to get the parachute for the highwire act but noooooo, I had to have the freakin horn!!! The kids will love it….stupid horn.
When budget cuts hit, the riot control police were the first to improvise.
It was at that moment that Confetti remembered he had left the oven on
Hope the clown didn’t take his job seriously enough when he jumped from his employer’s roof, since it only gave insight into his lack therein.
Hey everyone! Do these polka-dots make me look fat?
Mostly clowny today, with a chance of flowers later this afternoon.
The Insane Clown Posse loses another member.
It looks like they’ve found a way to squeeze one more into that Volkswagon.
I’ve heard of being afraid of clowns, but tossing one off the top of a building, puhleeaase!
Watch out, Larry King, this is how the networks cancels shows nowadays.
“Last few weeks he participated in Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest.”
“A contest advertized about his aunt, the one who sleeps naked on the front lawn.”
“I told Greg, not to draw me upside down with this backdrop.”
Oh God! Here I am dying but they are watching my naked aunt on the front lawn …she warned me about it!
“Let your hair down O Clown! There is a net below!”
Bozo the clown went bonkers.
Jingles paid the ultimate price by vowing he would never part with his vuvuzela.
If a clown falls off a tall building in a crowded city and everybody saw him…would there still be laughter?
Some clown. He’s a total downer.
Looks like we’ve got another clown school drop-out.
Retirement.
Thought I grabbed the parachute………….
Secret finale trick when a clown is no longer funny.
Goes extra mile for few more laughters.
Extra mile for few more laughters.
Well on the clownfall, all of the Coulrophobians* will be cheering!
*an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns
How about that, the clown car exploded.
This clown will find out that gravity is no funny matter
Due to the poor economy his business is falling off.
Make that
Due to the poor economy the clown business is falling off.
“Zoob the Clown realizes he’s just a disordered ‘Bozo’!”
It was just a matter of time before those oversized shoes would cause him to fall.
Bozo fell to his death after getting a sugar high from cotton candy and snow cones.
Wrinkles had hoped for a less important role in the ground breaking ceremony.
Bobo learned the hard way that his red nose wasn’t magical like Rudolph’s.
Bobo realized too late that being shot out of a cannon was an extreme sport.
The party is definately over!
Not like this……not like this…….
Not like this….. not like this…..
“Unlike clown cars, clown planes can only hold so many.”
At that moment, Bozo realized ‘chute’ and ‘oh shoot!’ were not the same thing.
Guess this means he’s not running for re-election this year!
I guess the “Cash for Clowns” program didn’t work either
Republican? Democrat? Not sure but definitely from congress!
funny, weather report didn’t say anything about clowns today
Your on! I’ll take heads for 5 bucks!
Bobo the flying clowns first and last show
Feathers the flying clown’s first and last show
6 years of “Fear of Falling Clowns” therapy
down the drain!
“Just another clown who thought he was King Kong.”
“Looks like the Empire strikes back.”
Richard Dawkins was right! God is a flying clown.
Another B.P. executive after learning of No bonus’s this year.
Watch out! I told you I didn’t like clowns.
“It’s not Bozo and it’s not Ronald… wait, it’s Lucky the Clown.”
Everyone was sure to be entertained – except for those working with the sanitation department.
Lucky ‘tripped’ up on the one cardinal rule for clowns – never forget to tie those size 44 EE shoes!
WATCH OUT! King Kong just threw the clown off the building.
“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.DAMN! I clicked my heels three times and I’m still here.
With the music ‘When you wish upon a star’.
“Uh oh”!
Clowns are scary, even when there trying to kill themselves.