Winner of Eli’s Cartoon Caption Contest No. 78

                                    “No, YOU hang up first. No, You!”

                                                     (by Sharon)

My original caption: “No word yet from the Governor, but your credit has been pre-approved.”

This is your fourth win, Sharon — congratulations! You may once again bask in the glory of being one of the funniest people around.

My original caption may be puzzling to some of you. The explanation is that the gag was created about 25 years ago, when credit card companies were flooding everybody’s mailboxes to let us know that it would be a simple matter to open up a credit card account, because “your credit has been pre-approved”. We don’t seem to get too many of those solicitations any more.

There were loads of captions to choose from, and these are the other ones that were under serious consideration for top prize:

“Thanks for visiting me. You’re a good husband.” (by Howard Garrett)

“It’s like Skype!” (also by Sharon)

“I told you not to touch that mattress tag.” (by Brendan Powers)

“Next time, just stick to stealing pens from the bank.” (by Cary Antebi)

“I’ve decided to join your loot in the Caimans.” (by Pete Critelli) — and I think that should be Cayman’s, by the way.

“. . . and not only that, but now he’s going to try to raise the tax on capital gains.” (by Bruce Morgenstern)

“So now you know that Sony is serious about hacking their Sesame Street website.” (by Art Perez)

Lots of good effort here. Be on the lookout for Contest No. 79, coming up soon.