Contest No. 61 starts right now.
Briefly, here are the details: I’ll supply a drawing of one of my old
There is no limit on the number of captions you can enter for each drawing. Entries will be accepted and posted for one week, after which a winner will be announced and the winning caption will be printed. Below that I will also print my original caption.
The cut-off time and date for you to send in your captions for this contest is midnight Tuesday, January 7, 2014.
I will be the sole judge. The winning caption will be the one I judge to be the funniest one submitted (not necessarily the one that matches or comes closest to my original caption). Additional rules and regulations, for those of you who need such things, can be found here.
Below is the drawing that needs your caption. I believe this is the first contest drawing to have a “title panel” on top. So the big question is: What is this placid, cool-headed librarian saying (or hearing) on the phone that could possibly cause her to panic?? Have fun with this one, folks — and good luck in the new year!
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“Ms. Webster, to avoid any
“Ms. Webster, to avoid any possible litigation, we are no longer allowed to tell our patrons, ‘Shhhh.'”
“We’ve got DVDs, CDs, Blue
“We’ve got DVDs, CDs, Blue Rays, MP3 Downloads, and WiFi Stations…but no books.”
“We’ll be closing in 10
“We’ll be closing in 10 minutes. Please make your final selections and bodily gropings at this time.”
“No, I haven’t been able to
“No, I haven’t been able to find Hamlet, and I’ve searched our entire cookbook section.”
“Harriet, they’re removing
“Harriet, they’re removing the book shelves to make room for a Starbucks.”
All our copies of ‘Fahrenheit
All our copies of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ are checked out.
Oh my God ,Betty- the guy who
Oh my God ,Betty- the guy who smells like a dead skunk and stays here all day is on his way in.
“Everyone on your best
“Everyone on your best behavior — Mr. Dewey is on his way here!”
“You want directions to the libery?”
“So, were you going to be
“So, were you going to be reading that on an iPad, or a Kindle, or a Nook, or a Kobo, or a Galaxy Tab, or a…”
“Your grandson gave you a
“Your grandson gave you a Kindle for Christmas?”
“How many three-year-olds are
“How many three-year-olds are you bringing to story time?”
“What, you’re continuing to
“What, you’re continuing to stream line and will only be carry the Cliff Notes on all our books?”
“No, this is not the Suicide
“No, this is not the Suicide Hotline, but I can rescind your over due penalties if it helps you.”
“No, there are no bookies
“No, there are no bookies here.”
(Please note, I submitted the above two anonymous entries).
“We are all fired….Amazon
“We are all fired….Amazon bought the library”
Betty, that guy who smells
Betty, that guy who smells like a dead skunk has been here eight hours. How do we get him out of here?
This is Marian, the librarian
This is Marian, the librarian, I need some music, man.
911? My circulation has
911? My circulation has stopped.
“Doc, my due date is overdue!
“Doc, my due date is overdue!”
It’s Friday night and people
It’s Friday night and people are still here.
“Here comes Eli Stein with
“Here comes Eli Stein with his stack of books again.”
What? Now that one library
What? Now that one library chose to go book-free, we have to all follow that trend???
“911?…I just get anyone to
“911?…I just get anyone to shhh!”
Do you have any books about
Do you have any books about how Colombia is the greatest country in the world? I know you’re closing in two minutes. But please can you wait for me. I will be there in five minutes.