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“Poodle Ram” Cartoon Caption Contest

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This is the most excellent Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest. (The contest your gardener, the one who likes dirt just a little too much, 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, July 18th 2010.
  • I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting right around noon Monday. July 19th, 2010.
  • That’s it!

Please cast a vote for your favorite “Beware of…” caption:

Those toes could use some love.

Time to vote for your favorite "Beware Of..." caption.

  • This week on Survivor: the teams compete in a hair-raising game of “This Little Piggy.” - Sheila (25%, 21 Votes)
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  • Yard sale - inquire within - GILBERT DOERING (17%, 14 Votes)
  • Beware of Dog - Reaunna (8%, 7 Votes)
  • You WILL clean up after your dogs. - Russ Causey (7%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 83

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Congratulations, Jim Cavanaugh! Very well done.

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I really love poodles.

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Discussion

141 comments for ““Poodle Ram” Cartoon Caption Contest”

  1. I REALLY hate budget cuts!

    Posted by Andrew Faucher | July 12, 2010, 12:40 pm
  2. Remember it’s a “don’t ask, don’t tell” mission.

    Posted by mark cherry | July 12, 2010, 12:43 pm
  3. I call it the Al Gore.

    Posted by Gianna | July 12, 2010, 12:45 pm
  4. Wait a minute, aren’t we wupposed to be using the pit bull for this job?

    Posted by Bob | July 12, 2010, 12:46 pm
  5. We said “Ram” not “Poodle!”

    Posted by mark cherry | July 12, 2010, 12:46 pm
  6. This is why France will never rule the world.

    Posted by mark cherry | July 12, 2010, 12:48 pm
  7. Fifi had her nails sharpened for the mission.

    Posted by mark cherry | July 12, 2010, 12:50 pm
  8. It’s a good thing for Fifi they didn’t completely shave her head.

    Posted by Bob | July 12, 2010, 12:51 pm
  9. The invitation said “No Children”

    Posted by mark cherry | July 12, 2010, 12:51 pm
  10. I have always wondered what a poodle is good for..

    Posted by Sonny | July 12, 2010, 12:57 pm
  11. Never send a man to do a womans job!

    Posted by Susan | July 12, 2010, 1:01 pm
  12. “Carry her to the Royal Latrine so her paws don’t get dirty, they said.”

    Posted by Julie Stahnke | July 12, 2010, 1:02 pm
  13. I still like the Trojan horse idea better!

    Posted by DeeAnn S | July 12, 2010, 1:07 pm
  14. Ya know, if we prop this thing up on the wall, we can climb in that window.

    Posted by DeeAnn S | July 12, 2010, 1:08 pm
  15. Ahh the dog days of the middle ages.

    Posted by Bill Rabello | July 12, 2010, 1:12 pm
  16. “They’ll never see this coming.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | July 12, 2010, 1:14 pm
  17. “Why can`t we get a day job,I hate working Knights.”

    Posted by ken wilkinson | July 12, 2010, 1:17 pm
  18. “I miss the King. Ever since he died and left the queen in charge we’ve been running around in Skirts and doing weird things with poodles”

    Posted by Michael | July 12, 2010, 1:24 pm
  19. I said LOG not DOG!

    Posted by Seagreen | July 12, 2010, 1:26 pm
  20. This is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with the lord and master of this castle!

    Posted by Joseph Gurba | July 12, 2010, 1:49 pm
  21. Hey Bud, when I said I wanted hot dogs for lunch I didn’t mean this!

    Posted by Donna L | July 12, 2010, 1:54 pm
  22. When Perry the poodle was told he was going to visit Grandma he didn’t realize that it would be in heaven!

    Posted by Sheila | July 12, 2010, 1:56 pm
  23. Who’s up for Wienerschnitzel for lunch today?

    Posted by Bernie S. | July 12, 2010, 2:00 pm
  24. If this doesn’t break the door down we’re going to look really stupid.

    Posted by Bernie S. | July 12, 2010, 2:04 pm
  25. Why is a RAM in the ass called a GOOSE?

    Posted by GILBERT DOERING | July 12, 2010, 2:07 pm
  26. Is today “bring your dog to work” day?

    Posted by Devee | July 12, 2010, 2:10 pm
  27. “Think they’ll like us better this way?”

    Posted by Devee | July 12, 2010, 2:12 pm
  28. I know their king is afraid of dogs but this is ridiculous.

    Posted by Bernie S. | July 12, 2010, 2:14 pm
  29. Remind me to have a talk with the designer afterwards.

    Posted by Devee | July 12, 2010, 2:15 pm
  30. No more next time.

    Posted by Devee | July 12, 2010, 2:16 pm
  31. I should’ve went to archery school instead.

    Posted by Devee | July 12, 2010, 2:17 pm
  32. Don’t complain to me — it’s not my “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy!

    Posted by Diana | July 12, 2010, 2:26 pm
  33. “There’s no reason why we can’t look fabulous while laying a siege!”

    Posted by K | July 12, 2010, 2:39 pm
  34. Shouldn’t we try knocking first?

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | July 12, 2010, 2:43 pm
  35. But our commander said this dog is the key to conquest!

    Posted by Steven Benson | July 12, 2010, 2:44 pm
  36. This seems like a hard way to shorten a dog.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | July 12, 2010, 2:44 pm
  37. Do you think this skirt make us look less intimidating?

    Posted by Geena F | July 12, 2010, 2:44 pm
  38. What? This is the only good use for this breed!

    Posted by John steel | July 12, 2010, 2:45 pm
  39. “‘The Lion in Winter’… ‘The Poodle in Summer’… I don’t see the difference!”

    Posted by Steven Benson | July 12, 2010, 2:46 pm
  40. “I personally think a Continental cut would have been more flattering!”

    Posted by K | July 12, 2010, 2:53 pm
  41. All bite, no bark!

    Posted by nucmike | July 12, 2010, 2:54 pm
  42. We forgot the collar! Now they’ll never know it was us!

    Posted by nucmike | July 12, 2010, 2:55 pm
  43. Mon Dieu! This is the last time we let Pierre design the weaponry.

    Posted by Jack Randall Earles | July 12, 2010, 3:04 pm
  44. Hope nobody takes our picture and puts it on Facebook

    Posted by Doug Howland | July 12, 2010, 3:48 pm
  45. “Start barking.”

    Posted by Vicki Dahlstrom | July 12, 2010, 4:01 pm
  46. “I promised my grandmother I’d have Pooch back tonight in good condition.”

    Posted by J. Ford | July 12, 2010, 4:21 pm
  47. “Fifi has enough custion on her head that it won’t even phase her.”

    Posted by J. Ford | July 12, 2010, 4:23 pm
  48. Great idea, Henry. It’s about time that damn dog earned his keep!

    Posted by Sandy Lambert | July 12, 2010, 4:36 pm
  49. “Okay, guys, when the poodle pinata breaks, stand aside until the soldiers run out to grab the candy, then get ‘em!

    Posted by Sheila | July 12, 2010, 4:38 pm
  50. We look ridiculous! I told you not to carve the battering ram!

    Posted by Kathy Davis | July 12, 2010, 4:46 pm
  51. I realize poodles are the “in” thing, but this just seems extreme!

    Posted by Pat Frank | July 12, 2010, 4:47 pm
  52. “The damn thing has legs. Why are we carrying it?”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | July 12, 2010, 5:08 pm
  53. “Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | July 12, 2010, 5:09 pm
  54. “He said it was a bitch of a job.”

    Posted by Kenneth Treacher | July 12, 2010, 5:12 pm
  55. And they wonder why no Kingdom takes us seriously!

    Posted by Andrew Brown | July 12, 2010, 5:14 pm
  56. Alright Carlos, your idea had BETTER work!

    Posted by Andrew Brown | July 12, 2010, 5:15 pm
  57. “The uniforms make us look fierce, the poodle makes us look fabulous.”

    Posted by Bill Rabello | July 12, 2010, 5:30 pm
  58. When I said we should give the french a bit of their own medicine, this is not what I had in mind.

    Posted by Danielle | July 12, 2010, 5:36 pm
  59. This isn’t working… turn her around, we’ll try the cannon instead.

    Posted by Danielle | July 12, 2010, 5:38 pm
  60. Stop complaining Knight! The rookies always get the raw end of these missions, it’s tradition!

    Posted by Danielle | July 12, 2010, 5:40 pm
  61. ‘Queer Eye for the gate guy’

    Posted by Danielle | July 12, 2010, 5:44 pm
  62. “Explain to me again how this gives us the advantage…”

    Posted by Reaunna | July 12, 2010, 6:22 pm
  63. If this doesn’t work we’ll break out the “Dobbie”

    Posted by Robert | July 12, 2010, 6:25 pm
  64. Remember men “sticks and stones will break our bones but names will never harm us”

    Posted by Robert | July 12, 2010, 6:32 pm
  65. “You think this is ridiculous?? Wait till you see what she gave us for arrows!!’

    Posted by OZ | July 12, 2010, 7:05 pm
  66. Men! It’s working! I can hear them laughing! Retreat and launch the wheeled bag of flaming dog poo!

    Posted by Andrew Faucher | July 12, 2010, 7:05 pm
  67. “Well you may use a ram in the country Claude but please….this is Paris!”

    Posted by OZ | July 12, 2010, 7:11 pm
  68. The very first military acronym

    Poodle
    Entry
    Through
    Archway

    Posted by Fran Welch | July 12, 2010, 7:23 pm
  69. Don’t ask, it’s a long story.

    Posted by Fran Welch | July 12, 2010, 7:29 pm
  70. I know Cesar says not to pamper your dog, but geesh!, aren’t we carrying that a bit too far?

    Posted by Amy Downs | July 12, 2010, 7:33 pm
  71. Well, my wife did tell me to take Brigitte for a run.

    Posted by Fran Welch | July 12, 2010, 7:33 pm
  72. Maybe we can still convince LeBron to come back to Cleveland.

    Posted by Fran Welch | July 12, 2010, 7:36 pm
  73. The beanstalk Giant won’t miss his big dog for awhile.

    Posted by Izzie | July 12, 2010, 8:16 pm
  74. “So this is what you get when a ram and a poodle mate.”

    Posted by Jason B. | July 12, 2010, 8:23 pm
  75. Oh, it was a Trojan Horse? I always get that story mixed up.

    Posted by Mary Lynne Turner | July 12, 2010, 8:32 pm
  76. It’s already been done? Really?

    Posted by Jenna | July 12, 2010, 9:37 pm
  77. Once again Fifi saves the day!

    Posted by Leo | July 12, 2010, 10:23 pm
  78. But we are French! No? We are famous for doing things with style and flair!

    Posted by Kevin McLinn | July 12, 2010, 10:24 pm
  79. Count me out. I don’t have a dog in this fight.

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | July 12, 2010, 10:25 pm
  80. Oui, Pierre. This plan has a certain je ne sais qua!

    Posted by Kevin McLinn | July 12, 2010, 10:30 pm
  81. “I’m surprised that the King and Queen registered at “Long Dogs R’ Us!”

    Posted by Greg | July 12, 2010, 10:49 pm
  82. “You had to forget the leash!”

    Posted by Greg | July 12, 2010, 10:52 pm
  83. Damn Budget Cuts!!!

    Posted by Heidi L | July 12, 2010, 10:57 pm
  84. Ok, if this doesn’t work then we’re bringing in the Rottweiler.

    Posted by Andrea Hodge | July 12, 2010, 11:31 pm
  85. I hope the Queen likes the door draft stopper that we made her for her birthday.

    Posted by Judith | July 12, 2010, 11:35 pm
  86. Henry, did you remember to bring the doggie poo bags?

    Posted by Andrea Hodge | July 13, 2010, 12:59 am
  87. “What happened to all the kings horses and all the kings men?”

    Posted by Sandy | July 13, 2010, 8:40 am
  88. “Hush and count your blessings. At least it’s not a pink elephant.”

    Posted by Sandy | July 13, 2010, 8:41 am
  89. “Somewhere there’s a king laughing his ass off about this.”

    Posted by Sandy | July 13, 2010, 8:42 am
  90. “Remember, when we’re drinking at the pub tonight do not to discuss this.”

    Posted by Sandy | July 13, 2010, 8:43 am
  91. Are we not schmucks? No, we are dickheads.

    Posted by Steve Singer | July 13, 2010, 8:45 am
  92. “Remind me to tell the Queen Mother what she can do with her poddle.”

    Posted by Sandy | July 13, 2010, 8:45 am
  93. ok, it’s “poodle” not “poddle”. I need to go take my meds. Sorry about that.

    Posted by Sandy | July 13, 2010, 8:46 am
  94. Originally a service animal, the ramadoodle often did not survive to breeding age and are all but extinct.

    Posted by Adam A | July 13, 2010, 9:58 am
  95. “Fido deserves the credit… I got the idea playing fetch in-doors.”

    Posted by Michael | July 13, 2010, 10:05 am
  96. “If nothing else, hopefully it will break him from chasing parked carts.”

    Posted by Michael | July 13, 2010, 10:07 am
  97. “It ain’t no ‘Trojan horse,’ but ‘Ramming dog’ is a rather catchy phrase, huh?”

    Posted by Michael | July 13, 2010, 10:15 am
  98. “We’re ahead of our time – someday they will mark this on the calendar as ‘take your pet to work’ day!”

    Posted by Michael | July 13, 2010, 10:20 am
  99. Great idea, Pierre, it was so hard to hold the fur in the middle during our last siege.

    Posted by Adam A | July 13, 2010, 10:22 am
  100. “Light as a feather…stiff as a board. Light as a feather…stiff as a board…”

    Posted by Adam A | July 13, 2010, 10:23 am
  101. “My horoscope for today says: Increase your productivity. Multi-task.”

    Posted by Michael | July 13, 2010, 10:23 am
  102. I told you this would work; none of the archers will risk shooting a poodle!

    Posted by Adam A | July 13, 2010, 10:25 am
  103. Hey Frank! Is there toilet paper hanging out of my pants? I keep hearing laughter.

    Posted by Andrew Faucher | July 13, 2010, 1:38 pm
  104. Don’t you think Reginald has been a bit flamboyant in his battering ram carvings lately?

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | July 13, 2010, 8:23 pm
  105. We will never live this town at Ye Olde Pub tonight!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | July 13, 2010, 8:24 pm
  106. Fifi always knew her pretty looks would open doors!

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | July 13, 2010, 8:28 pm
  107. Does this poodle clash with my helmet?

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | July 13, 2010, 8:36 pm
  108. Is poodle burn covered under our health plan?

    Posted by Jeffrey M. | July 13, 2010, 8:42 pm
  109. I tell you, King Arthur will not allow Sir Lancelot’s dog at the Round Table.

    Posted by Fran Welch | July 14, 2010, 9:29 am
  110. Neal, I still can’t believe you lost to a pair of twos, you told me you had this hand in the bag.

    Posted by Andrew Faucher | July 14, 2010, 11:46 am
  111. I can’t believe Her Majesty had every battering ram carved to look like her poodle. This is supposed to be an intimidation technique!

    Posted by James | July 14, 2010, 12:40 pm
  112. Now this is what I like to call poodle power!

    Posted by James | July 14, 2010, 12:55 pm
  113. Okay guys, we have the Poodle Cannon in place. Light the tail fuse and run away!

    Posted by James | July 14, 2010, 1:09 pm
  114. Once we are victorious, all shall tremble in fear of the might of the all powerful and merciless Mr. Num Nums!

    Posted by Andrew Faucher | July 14, 2010, 2:04 pm
  115. Hey, which one of you let the dog out.

    Posted by Mellissa C | July 14, 2010, 8:20 pm
  116. I can’t run with this arrow in my leg anymore… grab the bazooka!!

    Posted by jaclyn perez | July 15, 2010, 1:35 am
  117. Don’t shoot idiots, this is the gift for your King!

    Posted by EssPeeBee | July 15, 2010, 3:51 am
  118. I didn’t read the directions. Is it head or tails?

    Posted by Lucy Schwartz | July 16, 2010, 12:54 am
  119. I’m just sayin’ history probably won’t remember the guys who invented the ‘battering dog’.

    Posted by keith in Dallas | July 16, 2010, 6:38 am
  120. Where’s Clifford the big red dog when you need him!?

    Posted by James | July 16, 2010, 9:31 am
  121. Pull yourself together men! If we ever want to have our titles on a candy bar, we must do something outlandish!

    Posted by James | July 16, 2010, 10:00 am
  122. “The poodle would make us look less threatening, you said! Tell that to the men shooting arrows!”

    Posted by Catherine Algiers | July 16, 2010, 1:11 pm
  123. In retrospect, the Trojan Horse idea may have been a better choice.

    Posted by Catherine Algiers | July 16, 2010, 1:13 pm
  124. My wife told me that I need to spend more quality time with Fifi.

    Posted by Brendon Keenan | July 16, 2010, 5:11 pm
  125. And I though my Pug was hard headed!

    Posted by Thom | July 16, 2010, 5:23 pm
  126. Really? She said “It’s not you, It’s Me”? Man that’s lame!

    Posted by Thom | July 16, 2010, 5:25 pm
  127. Oh DAM…What did you eat?!?..and don’t try to blame the dog this time…

    Posted by Thom | July 16, 2010, 5:30 pm
  128. Are you guys certain it’s Knights of the Hound Table?

    Posted by Jim Cavanaugh | July 17, 2010, 2:36 pm
  129. Roger!, stop tickling Her belly!

    Posted by Leo | July 18, 2010, 12:50 am
  130. God help there ankles!

    Posted by Leo | July 18, 2010, 12:56 am
  131. “Yeah, yeah. It’s always ram, ram, thank you Sam!”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | July 18, 2010, 12:58 am
  132. “Hey this is going to be really easy. The artist forgot to draw the obligatory moat full of snapping alligators!”

    Posted by Joseph Perozzi | July 18, 2010, 1:02 am
  133. The poodle-o-matic had a brief but memorable place in the dark ages.

    Posted by Leo | July 18, 2010, 1:07 am
  134. YOU SHOULDN’T SEND A DOG OUT ON KNIGHTS LIKE THAT

    Posted by MITCH HARRIS | July 18, 2010, 12:32 pm
  135. Okay,this idea looked better on parchment. Aren’t we suppose to be inside the Log Dog?

    Posted by ROSE KELTY | July 18, 2010, 2:48 pm
  136. Oww!A real arrow just went through my leg!
    The Medieval Times in New Jersey uses plastic.

    Posted by chantal Aponte | July 18, 2010, 3:00 pm
  137. “Who but the king would send a knight out on a dog like this?”

    Posted by Sheila | July 18, 2010, 4:21 pm
  138. Things haven’t been the same since our King
    decided to become Queen!

    Posted by Robert | July 18, 2010, 7:26 pm
  139. I thought all dogs go to heaven?

    Posted by Victoria | July 18, 2010, 8:29 pm
  140. How much shillings did it take to super size this dog?

    Posted by Victoria | July 18, 2010, 8:48 pm
  141. watch out ..you never know what to expect at that end.

    Posted by Doug Howland | July 18, 2010, 11:03 pm

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