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Welcome to the News & Record's "Jokes on You" page. Each week I'll post the new cartoon for your caption consideration (see above) and post the previous week's cartoon, the winning entries and all the other entries (see below). I will also try to talk a little about what I liked about the captions I chose and why I thought they worked. Feel free to post comments and ask questions. And remember, this is for entertainment purposes only, so please, no wagering.

LAST WEEK'S CARTOON
Well, well, well. Not so easy, is it? I like this note from Nancy Nelson: "... You're really trying to make us think about how hard you work. I truly get the message!" Thanks, Nancy. I think you've all learned your lesson. In fact, from the looks of things, 'd say my job is safe at the moment.
I couldn't open the attachments from one entrant, so if your cartoon isn't represented here, it must have been yours.
We received a lot more entries than I expected, so the competition was still tough. I know I said you wouldn't be judged on artistic merit, but it WAS necessary for the reader to be able to figure out what's going on. Unfortunately, some good entries just couldn't be deciphered without an explanatory note, which would disqualify it. Which is a shame, cause some of those were good ideas, such as Marsha's cartoon about regular hair saying "there goes the neighborhood" when a gray hair shows up. Great idea, but it didn't come across with out the note explaining it.

WINNER, RUNNERS-UP, AND THE REST
Instead of dumping over 50 cartoons on this blog, I just created this handy-dandy slideshow of them that you can view here:
http://webmedia.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/09/jokes_on_us/

Enjoy.