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There was this note from the previous week’s entries
I think I counted 67 entries from Tim Tribbett, not to mention Bryan.
These guys definitely need a day job :-)
-D
Ah, Don, just where would I be if they did?

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

Good ones again this week. I mean, sure, there were the plethora of “leafing me” puns (NO one seemed to be able to resist) but a lot of varied and funny stuff. See the blog.
And for next week’s Thanksgiving theme, I have served up a big juicy turkey cartoon with all the trimmings. If it doesn’t make your creative juices water, nothing will. Just watch out for the tryptophan.

WINNER
“Hey, if you’re lucky you might end up in a family Bible.”
Don Byers, Greensboro

RUNNERS-UP
"I'll be right there, I need to change first"
Rick Earl, Greensboro

I'll wait until he has the yard completely raked.That really ticks him off!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

"This is just a trial separation, right?"
Kris Voy, Trinity

Should have paid your mortgage.
Inga Koujak, Greensboro

FYI---- I'm raising the kids as nondeciduous!
Kevin Little

"It's loose leaf pick up day, we were all supposed to wait until tomorrow!"
Rob Black, High Point

"Aim for the gutters, it will buy you some time."
Deadpan

"What are you doing? It's still spring!"
Brent Wooten,, Thomasville

BEST OBSCURE CULTURAL REFERENCE
. . .and then the old artist Mr. Behrman stepped in.
Joan Lux Greensboro
Kudos to Joan for the O. Henry story reference

(A couple songs made the entry)
“Tell Roger Williams to knock it off. Enough already.”
Don Byers, Greensboro

(Singing)Start wearing purple for me nowwwww....
(can't get that song out of my head)
Tim Tribbett
Thanks. Now, neither can I.

BEST INSIDE JOKE
Tell Mr. Pike to STAY OUT OF MY SCOTCH!!!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Auuuggh,you're going to break your spleen doing that!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Let's blow over into Rickard's yard.I love to piss that guy off!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro
Why, I oughtta …

Let's land in Rickard's yard! He uses such colorful language!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro
That does it! I do not use *&%@#$&*!%@%!!@$#$$%^#^>%* language!!

Aaaaaaahhhh,a leaf with eyes!!!!!!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Watch your step. Rickard’s down there with a rake.
Marsha Elam, Greensboro
Dang talking leaves! Go ahead and fall!

"The paper said we have until December 3rd!"
(city leaf collection in case anybody was wondering where that came from)
Bob Mannary, Greensboro

"Quick...Gimme a caption for this week's cartooooooon!"
Bob Mannary, Greensboro

BEST POEM
Kilmer said he would never see, A poem as lovely as a tree, My question though is when in school, Did the children think him uncool,Cause when you have unlimited choice,Who the heck names their boy child Joyce!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Just a little ditty!
I think that I shall never see
a poem as lovely as an old tree.
Dead leaves, empty branches,
not much of a show,
But wait I see a snowflake as White as can be,
More and More, they are covering me.
Oh how, beautiful Death can be!
Nancy Nelson

BEST/WORST PUN
I'm leafing you!
Hugo Ruberg
And a dozen others, but he was first.

I also like the double-pun here. A two-fer
"I went out on limb for you and you leave"
Margie Ellington, Reidsville

"Next time you'll hang for rustling."
Joel Tuggle, Archdale

MATURE
The hands down winner this week from Deadpan:
"Just remember, a leaf blower isn't as great as it sounds."

Also:
Careful where ya land! Don't bust a nut.
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

I'm not dropping.There's a big pile of dog poo down there!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

1.)Honey,when you get down there lay really still and play dead.Just pretend we're having sex!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Sorry about that Bob, I think I'm getting too much fiber!
Bryan Tribbett, Roanoke, Va.

If you fart it will slow your fall considerably!
(Ok ,I will try to stop for the week but I could do another 50 at least
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

"Watch our for bears!. I shudder how they would use you!"
Dennis LaJeunesse, Greensboro

"Take care. Don't step on a rake or land in dog poop!"
Dennis LaJeunesse, Greensboro

"I'm Sorry...it was the Spicy Chimichanga!"
Bob Mannary, Greensboro

DON'T GO!! There's a hunter with no toilet paper going #2 down there!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

If you fart it will slow your fall considerably!
(Ok ,I will try to stop for the week but I could do another 50 at least)
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro
See Don’s note above.

"Sorry I gassed you."
James E. Ferrell, McLeansville

BEST ATTEMPT AT FORCING TOGETHER THEMES FROM TWO DIFFERENT CARTOONS
I left a reference from the previous (Mt. Rushmore) week on this week’s blog about the cartoon being inspired by the election. Bob Mannary, ever game, decided to take a crack at mixing politics and leaf falling. Not a bad effort.
(The blog says that this week's theme is inspired by the recent election although I don't get it here's what I got)
"It'll be alright...he'll be a good president..."
"John...wait...there's always 2012..."
"Wow...you're falling faster than the stock market..."
"Wait...we're getting bailout money...don't go yet..."
Bob Mannary, Greensboro

THE REST
I'm leafing you!
Hugo Ruberg

1.)Count to three then pull the cord.
2.)GO LIMP,GO LIMP!
3.)See ya mulchy !
4.)When you get down there tell them I'll be right down.
4.)Hey,I wasn't finished with my oral history of the roman empire part III!
5.) I think you did that on purpose!
6).Summer breeze,makes me feel fine …
7.)Was it something I said?!
8.)I'll be a while.I'm trying to break the record!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro
Tim, if you ever leave veterinary medicine, you could have a fulfilling career (like me) as a frustrated, unsuccessful cartoonist.

1.)So cathy says to me ,she says..hey where ya goin?
2)Careful where ya land! Don't bust a nut.
3)Parting is such sweet sorrow.
4.) I'll Tivo Two and a Half Men for you.
Tim Tribbett, Greensboro

He's falling and he can't get up!
2. So you're falling for me!
3. So you're falling before me!
4. I told you this would happen!
5. Please don't leave me!
6. Please don't leaf me!
7. I can't live without you!
8. Baby come back!
9. Now do you beleaf me!
10. I told you to get more sun!
11. This happens every year!
12. Don't worry I'll be by your side soon!
13. I'm barely hanging on.
14. I will not fall, I will not fall!
15. It's my last leaf stand!
16. Stay away from the blower, the rake and the mulcher!
17. I told you to drink more chlorophyll.
18. I told you chlorophyll would leave you!
19. I won the bet, I won the bet!
20. Don't let them mulch you!
21. This blows my mind!
22. When the winds blow more that just cradles fall!
23. Aim for the flowerbed, they never rake there!
24. Stop, drop and blow!
25. I'm not going down without a fight!
26. Whimp!
27. I'm a survivor! 28. Where are you going?!
29. This relationship is over!
30. It'll be lonely without you!
31. I'm waiting for Santa!
32. Good things come to those that wait!
Nancy Nelson

"You should've gone before you left."
Ken Layton, Carthage

You didn't yell "Geronimo"!
Ken Layton, Carthage

33. Tsk, tsk!
34. Don't roll your eyes at me!
35. Tee hee hee!
36. Take the road less traveled!
37. Your covers been blown!
38. You're just cold!
39. I'm shaking like a leaf!
40. Brr! 41. I feel a little shaky.
42. You're coldblooded!
43. You stopped taking your chlorophyll supplements ,didn't you?!
Nancy Nelson

" There's Hope, I Can See a Mayflower Coming!"
" Glide ~ Baby ~ Glide ! "
" We're the reason they call it FALL ! "
" Happy Landing ! "
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington

"Did you have a good summer? "
Jo Ann Newman, High Point

Look out below Sarah they have dogs.
Don Rankin, Greensboro

"Make like a feather, that's Forrest Gump below."
"GERONIMO, my friend ! "
"The Gravity of this Situation Becomes You !"
"Float ! An Acorn & Persimmon just Crash !"
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington

"You are leaving. Slow, slow. I hear, Goodbye !"
Your " Goodbye ! " Fills my Blue Sky.
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington

"Eve, Don't leave me hanging..."
Jeff McKeever - Greensboro

Sam is falling from Grace
Jeff McKeever - Greensboro

"... the answer is blowin' in the wind."
"Freeeeee faaaaallllllll."
And then there's a thing called a rake.
Oh, you'll be around -- these people are LAZY!
I may be a rake, but I'm not THE rake!
So what is the City leaf-pickup schedule this year?
You're headed straight for a plastic bag!!!
Joan Lux, Greensboro
The city leaf pick reference was good, but needed just a bit more than just a reference.
See the runner-up on the same theme.

44. It's WonderFall!
45. Fall in!
46. I Am Not a Rotten Egg!
47. I won't kick you while you're down!
48. I'm praying they've lost the rake!
49. Dead leaves don't make a pretty picture!
50. Maybe it'll be warmer down there.
51. I'll see you down under.
52. We're old, dull, wrinkled and unappreciated, it's time for us to leave!
53. I'm not falling for that joke!.
54. Looks like the Jokes on You!
55. I miss you already!
56. Dead leaves tell no tales!
57. Tell Tom turkey not to wait around for me!
58. Save me some pumpkin pie!
Nancy Nelson

Our family had such a great time doing these and we could not just pick one
so here are a few.
Honey you're not taking the fall alone, I am right behind you.
Mohammed Koujak, Greensboro

Honey don't worry you will spring back.
Mohammed Koujak, Greensboro

Should have paid your mortgage.
Inga Koujak, Greensboro

You're a leaf, uh no a plane, Oh, I know.you're the stock market.
Amiera Sawyer and Inga Koujak, Greensboro
This got at least one vote from our judges

Crash and burn baby, crash and burn!
Amiera Sawyer-Greensboro

Change is coming. I hate to tell ya, but it's gonna get worse before it gets better.
Inga Koujak, Greensboro

They didn't bail you out?
Inga Koujak, Greensboro
I liked this one

I've got three words for you; should have voted!
Amiera Sawyer-Greensboro

1.) (singing) It's the circle of life …
2.) I don't care! I wanted the branch to myself anyway!
3.) Geronimo!!!
4.) And just when we turned such a pretty color too!
5.)You go ahead.I'm in no hurry to rot and decay!
6.)Don't do it dude.You have too much to live for!
7.) No ,I'm not coming down.I found me some superglue!
8.)Don't leaf me!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Chad: "I'm hanging here for a recount."
Sheryl: "A Change will do you good."
I can't believe you fell for that joke.
"I want to be alone."
The stock market isn't the only thing in free-fall.
When you drop in on the comedy club they will have you on pines and needles.
I don't think that this is the type of Change Obama had in mind
I told you that you should have tried Rogaine
Jon Barsanti Jr, Hillsborough

1.)Better you than me!
2.) I'll call 911!
3.)Oh, I see how it is! Wham bam, thank you maam!
3)Don't forget to write.
4.)If you see a bright light try to float towards it!
4.)Ok, we go on three. 1,2,3,psych!! SUCKER
TIM TRIBBETT,GREENSBORO

1) "I told you those glue sticks never work."
2) "Even now you're giving me the silent treatment?"
3) "Leave if you want, I'm riding this season out this time."
4) "I thought you looked a little redder than usual."
5) "I know this is lover's leap, but there's this evergreen."
6) "What do you mean, 'duck!'?"
7) "He didn't say 'Simon Says fall off the tree'"
8) "Ok ok, next year we can fall at your mother's house"
Grady, Greensboro
Loved number four

"That's very good! Now take a deep, cleansing yoga breath and slowly rise back to the limb."
Judy Glazier, High Point
I liked this one. Kinda metaphysical.

1. Obama: "Now this is truly change we can believe in."
2. I got a feeling we're both going down.
3. I think I'll just hang around for a while.
Linda K. Woodard, Greensboro

I've fallen and I can't get up.
Marty Marshall, Greensboro

"This is just a trial separation, right?"
"I'm sorry. I just haven't fallen for you."
"What do you mean we're drifting apart?"
"Yeah, the leaves are always oranger, yellower, and redder on the other side
of the yard, right?"
"You're going to get yourself burnt if you don't listen to me!"
"Have fun roasting with the S'Mores!"
"You're heading straight for the burn pile!"
"No, I didn't call you here just to drop you."
"I'm just not ready to settle down."
"We're not on the same page. I want to branch out; you want to settle down."
"Commitment? It seems like a headlong plunge to me!"
"Pick your major and quit drifting through life, son!"
Kris Voy, Trinity

1.) I told you not to swing so much.
2.)Auuuggh,you're going to break your spleen doing that!
3.) How unoriginal!
4.) I'm going to try a somersault half twist combo with a backflip!
5.)Well,I guess that answers the question if all your friends jumped off a bridge would you too.
6.) I'm staying up here! That big leaf down there said he was going to kick my ass!!
7.) I'm not into the mindless sheep mentality thing.
8.) I'm not coming down.I've discovered the wonders of Velcro
9.)Not you too!
10.) You idiot,it's still spring!
11.) Wow,the obits are going to be full tommorow.
12.) I'm holding out for a last second cure!
13.) I will always remember you leaf #407,087. Or was it #407,086?
14.) I'm not dropping.There's a big pile of dog poo down there!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

1.) Tell them to quit yelling jump,jump, jump!
2.) I have to do this at my own pace.
3.) I guess I rocked your world a little too hard there baby!
4.)Don't do it! He only won a 4 year term!
5.) Where did you learn to hover like that?
6.) DON'T GO!! There's a hunter with no toilet paper going #2 down there!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

"I'm glad you're leaving."
"I hope you crash and burn."
"Timberrrrrrrrr."
"Eject, you fool, eject!"
"Remember, watch out for that kid with the sucker."
"Only now do I see your true colors."
"And to think once I was green with envy."
"Next time you'll hang for rustling."
Joel Tuggle, Archdale
Liked the eject one …

1.) When he said unimaginative he really wasn't kidding !!!
2.) Tell Mr. Pike to STAY OUT OF MY SCOTCH!!!
3.)While you're down there grab me a beer.
4.) I'll meet you over there by the pile.
5.) I'll wait until he has the yard completely raked.That really ticks him off!
6.)OH MY GOSH,Larry just got impaled on a rake prong!
7.) I'll fall the second he finishes raking!
8.) You're gonna get stuffed in a Hefty!!!
9.)Do you smell smoke?HE'S BURNING THE PILE!!!!
10.) My momma didn't raise me to be no compost!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

Let's blow over into Rickard's yard.I love to piss that guy off!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

"I'll be right there, I need to change first"
Rick Earl, Greensboro

"It's loose leaf pick up day, we were all supposed to wait until tomorrow!"
Rob Black, High Point

1.)Honey,when you get down there lay really still and play dead.Just pretend we're having sex!
2.)Hey,our strategy of playing dead and hoping not to get raked has been revised to BITE,BITE,BITE!!!!!
3.)Let's land in Rickard's yard! He uses such colorful language!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

" No ! I'm not going to the Autumn Leaves Festival with you. "
" The color of your fall coat becomes you ! "
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington

Pleeeez don't leaf me
Hally Lee Rankin

" No Way I'm Falling For You ! "
" Mama always told us, " Dyin' was part of Living. "
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington

I may sound sappy but please don't leaf me Annie Oakleaf !
2.)Compost and a movie tonight?
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

"Oh come on honey, don't leave me hanging"
Dana Smith, Greensboro
Are you "leaving" me?
Dale

"Tell Roger Williams to knock it off. Enough already."
"Oh great. Leave me alone with Charlie Brown"
"Say goodbye to photosynthesis"
"It's not easy being green."
"What part of deciduous don't you understand?"
"Our ancestors were involved in 'The Great Adam and Eve Cover-up.'"
"Don't feel too bad. Our relatives are celebrities in Toronto."
"Hey, if you're lucky you might end up in a family Bible."
"I think they call it a seasonal disorder."
"Last one down is a pile of mulch."
Don Byers, Greensboro

I can't believe you fell for that again.
WWBD (What would Bucky do)?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH my spleen!!!!!!!!!
It's fall BACK, not down! (reference to Daylight Saving time)
Marcia

Don't leave now, we were just getting acquainted!
Heli Benson, Greensboro

Caption: "I hope you are not falling for me!"
Bob Fuller - Greensboro

Hey, Barry, just because my name is Jeremiah,
you don't have to distance yourself.
Hally Rankin

I'm going to stay here. Sooner or later, you're going to be mulch.
I enjoyed our summer together. Let's do it again next year.
Hally Rankin

1 I'm going to stay here. Sooner or later you're going to be mulch.
2 I enjoyed our summer together. Let's do it again next summer.
Hally Rankin

Sorry about that Bob, I think I'm getting too much fiber!
Bryan Tribbett, Roanoke, Va.

How can you do this to me? You're going to go and leaf me all alone!
I know I know! Bryan Tribbett, Roanoke, Va.

59. Leave me alone!
60. Leaf me alone!
61. Parting is such sweet sorry!
62. Alone at last!
63. But you promised to stay by side forever!
64. I'm just "Stayin Alive"!
65. Nothing lasts forever!
66. Goodbye old pal.
67. Beauty is short lived.
68. Life is just too short!
69. You're grounded!
70. Don't worry you'll get recycled.
71. I told you to hang on tight!
72. Leaf on, leaf off!
73. Let is snow, let it snow, let it snow!
74. Job reduction! 75. You're fired! 76. Sorry no bailouts for us!
77. Quitter!
78. It's hard to let go!
Nancy Nelson

1.) I'm not letting go until I see some firemen with a trampoline down there!
2.) I told you to do those stem strengthening exercises!
3.) I googled leaves and compost.I'm staying up here!
4.)I googled leaves and Fall.The future looks pretty bleak Bob!
Tim Tribbett, Greensboro(I'm sure you saw the falling leaf joke at the start of B.C. this Sunday)
Dang cartoonists stealing my ideas … grumble, grumble …

"You can forget about the 'golden parachute', those days are over!"
Heli Benson, Greensboro

1.)The tree lied! There's no free doughnuts down there!
2.) If you fart it will slow your fall considerably!
(Ok ,I will try to stop for the week but I could do another 50 at least)
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro

So much for "Mr. Noncomformist"!
That's right, Bob! I am now a licensed insurance agent, and-----hey, Bob!
FYI----I'm raising the kids as nondeciduous!
Kevin Little
Liked all three of these

1) "Don't leaf me, sweetheart"
2) "I'll see you soon"
3) "Hey! Tie a yellow ribbon, oakay?"
Bill Beerman, Greensboro

" Told You I'd Be The Last Mohican ! "
" Don't Worry ! We'll Rise Again in a Squirrel Nest next Spring. "
" We'll Spring Back in a Squirrel Nest ! "
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington

"I wish I was born an Evergreen."
"Hey! Where is everybody going?"
Noelle Polson, Jacksonville, FL

Aaaaaaahhhh, a leaf with eyes!!!!!!
Tim Tribbett,Greensboro (got a second wind)

Don't do it! Mulch is so over-rated.
Heli Benson, Greensboro

My entry for this weeks funny page is "Touch her, and I'll mow you myself".
Andrew Bravo

You go ahead, I'll be there in a few days.
Frank Beamon, Greensboro

"I guess you're not a hanging chad anymore."
Janet

1. You're leafing me?
2..I'm sorry I said, "drop dead."
3. Where are you going? You haven't changed color yet.
4. What do you mean I look like their dog?
Dick Ellis, Pleasant Garden

(Singing)Start wearing purple for me nowwwww....
Tim Tribbett(can't get that song out of my head)

1. “COUGH - sorry about that.”
2. “Hey, this is suppose to be a tandem jump.”
3. “I knew you’d fall for me.”
4. “So long good friend, you were the best rustler on the tree.”
5. “Bad timing dude, the leaf compactor just arrived.”
Tom Norman, Greensboro

79. Fall out!
80. I see you're going on vacation without me!
81. You're being blown away.
82. I'm crushed!
83. Good luck with the job interview!
84. This can't be good for the economy!
85. Blow the man down!
86. The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind!
87. This wind is disgusting
88. Don't play with matches!
89. Stay away from match.com! or
90. Stay away fron matches.com!
Nancy Nelson
Liked number 83.

You can Fall but you can not hide!
I knew this would not last.
I look forward to spending the Winter in the compost with you
Rick O"Reilly, Greensboro

“Take care, I’ll miss you very mulch.”
"Remember to specify plastic or paper to the lawn boy."
"Your cremation request should be honored, he's got a burning permit."
“Maybe it’s just a trial separation.
“That’s what happens when you go out on a limb.”
"Is the elevator on the fritz again?"
"I said pesticide not suicide."
Gray Amick, Greensboro
The elevator one was cute.

"That's not going to happen to me. I exercise."
I wasn't always this beautiful.
Dropping out of the show already?
What afterlife? You're going to the compost pile.
What happened? Did you run out of Clairol?
Marsha Elam, Greensboro

Watch your step. Rickard's down there with a rake.
Marsha Elam, Greensboro

"Afterlife?!" It's a compost pile."
Marsha Elam, Greensboro
Nice.

"I leafing on a jet plane ... don't know when I'll be back again."
"You're a little yellow - I want a nice, deep, brown ..."
I see that you are turning a new leaf ...
"Tell me the punch-line. Don't leave me hanging."
"I can't believe you fell for that one ..."
"I Can't be-leaf that you fell for that one ..."
"Those people from ACORN just called to make sure that you voted. "
Jon Barsanti Jr

" I'm Leafing on a jet plane - don't know when I'll be back again."
"You are not the Terminator ..."
I can't believe that you fell for that one
You are a little yellow - I hanging in for a nice brown color.
"The people from ACORN just called to see how you voted..."
No More piling on ...
Two leaves left on the tree, two leaves on the tree, if one should fall, rake it around, one leaf left on the tree ....
Is this the kind of change Obama was promising?
Jon Barsanti Jr, Hillsborough

"See you in the compost heap!!"
"Don't leaf me so soon!!"
"Be sure to bend your knees before you hit!"
"First fall? Don't worry. You'll be either shredded, burned or composted!"
"I won!" Last leaf hanging!"
"Take care. Don't step on a rake or land in dog poop!"
"Hope to see you on the same branch in Spring!"
"I will be true; won't turn over a new leaf!"
"Watch our for bears!. I shudder how they would use you!"
Dennis LaJeunesse, Greensboro

1. "I'm hanging by a stem"
2. "Hey, don't leave me, now"
3. "Hey wait, next year, same place?"
Margie Ellington, Reidsville

"Who's laughing now?!"
"Aim for the mosh pit."
"What are you doing? It's still spring!"
"You're supposed to be yelling "Geronimo!"."
"I'll be down in a few minutes."
"We were supposed to go on three."
Brent Wooten, Thomasville

1) " Try to get stuck under the windshield wiper. "
2) " Just remember, a leaf blower isn't as great as it sounds. "
3) " Aim for the gutters, it will buy you some time. "
4) " I win !!! "
5) " Find the others and meet me on top of the pile. "
Deadpan
Nice ones, Dp.

"Pull the cord! Pull The Cord!"
"See...I told you you'd fall for me eventually..."
"Russell...Come BAAAAAACK!"
"You know they hate it when you drop in unannounced!"
"Oh...so you wanna race huh?"
"I've fallen for you too Gladys..."
"Show Off!"
"Leaving So Soon?"
"Leaf it to you to be the first one down..."
"They grow up so fast..."
"Don't Worry...It's closer than it looks...I Swear!"
"What about the 5 bucks you owe me?!?!?!"
"I'm Sorry...it was the Spicy Chimichanga!"
"I hope you stick the landing..."
"Keep your mind out of the gutter!"
"The paper said we have until December 3rd!"
(city leaf collection in case anybody was wondering where that came from)
"Wait...Wait...I need a Four Letter word for Autumn..."
"Quick...Gimme a caption for this week's cartooooooon!"
(The blog says that this week's theme is inspired by the recent election although I don't get it here's what I got)
"It'll be alright...he'll be a good president..."
"John...wait...there's always 2012..."
"Wow...you're falling faster than the stock market..."
"Wait...we're getting bailout money...don't go yet..."
Bob Mannary, Greensboro
Many good ones here, one of which barely missed the last slot open in runners-up.
(I really liked the crossword one – very clever)

"I went out on limb for you and you leave"
Margie Ellington, Reidsville

. . .and then the old artist Mr. Behrman stepped in.
Don't fall on Mr. Porter's head; he's here for inspiration.
That poignant story was about an ivy leaf, but . . . .
See you at the compost heap.
It was fun while it lasted.
I'm shakin' and quakin' but I'm not letting go.
Compost is good -- well, except for the worms.
Mr. Porter comes here each day for inspiration.
That's Mr. Porter down there; he's writing a story about us.
Joan Lux Greensboro

Unless you know this particular song this caption won't mean much....But here goes:
" Some glad morning when this life is oer' , I'll fly away …
LET's FLY !! “
"Hey, what's your hurry - wait for me - she won't rurn me loose "
Pat Vaughn, Madison
Actually, I’m very familiar with it. It was an old standard in my church back-in-the-day.

"Just had to get away from all those nuts up there uh?
Gray Amick, Greensboro

" Turning a New Leaf, are You ? "
Frank C. Leonard, Lexington,

"Hope you don't land flat on your face."
"Sorry I gassed you."
"Always talking about leaving me."
(Leaves Talk). Thanks for leafing me high and dry."
"Here, reach for my hand."
"Promises, Promises, Promises."
"I am going to tell your Moma!"
James E. Ferrell, McLeansville

1. Sorry you had to leave so early.
2. See you next fall.
3. I knew you would fall for me someday
Cheryl Lowe, McLeansville
Nice one, number three.