How this works: Each Wednesday we'll publish an Alaska-themed political cartoon that's begging for a caption. Drawings appear in Wednesday's Opinion section and Tuesday evening online at adn.com.
Your mission: Supply a fitting punch line via the Web page at adn.com/opinion. Just follow the Name That 'Toon link in the online opinion section. Deadline for captions is 4 p.m. Friday following each new drawing's publication. Daily News cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl will select three captions to feature in Sunday's paper along with comments on the captions that will appear on Sunday on the Name that 'toon Web Page. (Sorry, Daily News employees and relations, you're ineligible.)
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WAIT, WAIT, my witty remarks, my spontaneous replies, my top of the head comments and my glass slippers are all in the coach! - 9/30/2008 2:28 pm
Winning caption appears below - 9/23/2008 3:35 pm
After our makeover with Sarah, we head over to the McCain's for flying lessons. - 9/16/2008 4:37 pm
Winning caption appears below - 9/9/2008 6:11 pm
Chck out the winner below - 8/24/2008 8:51 am
With photo radar, IM testing, and parking space boondoggles, transportation seems to be a roadblock to Begich's campaign. - 8/19/2008 5:10 pm
Political Dinosaurs- Fuel of the future - 8/12/2008 5:34 pm
It's not the heat, it's the cupidity. - 8/12/2008 5:32 pm
With falling oil production, what will they do for an encore? - 8/5/2008 5:58 pm
"There's been a mistake. Only the leaves have been rustling." - 7/29/2008 5:09 pm
Sarah, that is not a black eye and I will only hug myself! - 7/22/2008 2:41 pm
$586,000...I spend more than that in 6 months on attorney fees! - 7/15/2008 4:45 pm
Mothers train AFD responders in wooded rescue techniques - 7/8/2008 6:46 pm
Taking on the Hulk would be a stretch for anyone. - 7/1/2008 6:51 pm
Clean air? Clean water? Where do you think you live... Alaska? - 6/24/2008 6:36 pm
OMG! I thought God was my copilot! - 6/17/2008 4:31 pm
Big oil hires Jack's giant in response to Alaska's new negotiator Friar Tuck of Locksley - 6/10/2008 4:12 pm
I see a gas line if only you'll give me $500 million. - 6/3/2008 2:34 pm
I'd take you out right now but a mime is a terrible thing to waste. - 5/27/2008 3:57 pm
*COUGH!* Do you have that in unleaded?. - 5/20/2008 6:03 pm
Congratulations, Class of 2008! All three of you! - 5/13/2008 5:01 pm
Our leaders speak their minds. - 5/6/2008 4:43 pm
Posted: May 13, 2008 - 5:01 pm
Rachael Del Pozzo, of Wasilla, found the positive in the dismal education news: Some kids DO graduate! Her caption effectively damns with faint praise. There is a caustic sarcasm here that is close to the tone that teens frequently use. Let's hope that they are literate enough to appreciate it.
There is plenty of blame to go around here. The bodies were dropping left and right as the captions hit their marks. But one thing is clear to me. The current generation of students are no dumber than any other. They deserve better.
Back next week,
Pete
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63 May 16, 2008 - 3:23pm | Quilver
Ignorance meets gravity.
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62 May 16, 2008 - 3:16pm | Quilver
The sky's not the limit in this sea level world.
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61 May 16, 2008 - 10:52am | SCGruhn
In these times of rising costs, some families found a way to avoid paying for college tuition.
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60 May 16, 2008 - 10:50am | chjr67
Alaskan women headed to the lower 48 let their fishermen "Down Easy".
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59 May 16, 2008 - 10:46am | chjr67
Bong Hits 4 Teachers
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58 May 16, 2008 - 10:01am | ultimatecowboysfan
Perhaps some teachers and students should be eating humble pi.
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57 May 16, 2008 - 10:10am | ultimatecowboysfan
Some students appear to concentrate less on their lessons and moron themselves.
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56 May 16, 2008 - 9:39am | ultimatecowboysfan
They would appear to be Roads Scholars.
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55 May 16, 2008 - 7:56am | ultimatecowboysfan
They fly in a "V" formation...not an "A" formation.
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54 May 16, 2008 - 7:50am | thomrichards
It's not a problem getting the cream to rise, the problem is getting the most out of the milk before it sours.
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53 May 15, 2008 - 10:21pm | Quilver
Alaska's state bird is rapidly decreasing in number.
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52 May 15, 2008 - 10:21pm | chjr67
The one with the most Alaska Air Miles wins.
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51 May 15, 2008 - 10:17pm | Quilver
Representing the next generation's potential scholars and leaders lack of, well...presence.
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50 May 15, 2008 - 10:00pm | Quilver
Leaving the nest. Obviously a metaphore with no literal meaning.
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49 May 15, 2008 - 9:26pm | g38r93b
Sadly, they fell like stars from our State flag.
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48 May 15, 2008 - 9:33pm | g38r93b
Their graduation caps failed to give enough academic lift.
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47 May 15, 2008 - 8:48pm | ultimatecowboysfan
I had heard that some cross-eyed teachers could not control their pupils.
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46 May 15, 2008 - 7:53pm | ultimatecowboysfan
The situation must change before they all become pigeon towed!
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45 May 15, 2008 - 7:33pm | ultimatecowboysfan
1) If an object is not moving, it will not start moving by itself.
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44 May 15, 2008 - 5:55pm | Quilver
This bird cage is more like a bear trap.
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43 May 15, 2008 - 5:36pm | Quilver
A few hardworking students leave the shadows of their parents behind.
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42 May 15, 2008 - 7:49pm | ultimatecowboysfan
Thinking that our students don't give a hoot may be a little hard to swallow.
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41 May 15, 2008 - 7:55pm | ultimatecowboysfan
Quality education in Alaska may not be for those birds.
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40 May 15, 2008 - 3:10pm | Quilver
No, the failures weren't misinformed. They just didn't know.
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39 May 15, 2008 - 3:06pm | Quilver
Aspiring students experience culture shock and enter a dangerous downward spiral.
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38 May 15, 2008 - 1:43pm | prjasper
Used to be only two things came out of the sky, oops still true.
Grad Stats give whole new meaning to Educational goal economics!
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37 May 15, 2008 - 12:53pm | newakgurl
of a college education affected students and families?
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36 May 15, 2008 - 12:55pm | Quilver
:WARNING: If you can read this, lightning close by. :WARNING:
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35 May 15, 2008 - 12:38pm | Quilver
Winds of Change are slow in coming. Flight casualties abound.
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34 May 15, 2008 - 12:26pm | newakgurl
Graduates all over the nation are now refusing to receive cars anymore as graduation gifts...they are opting for a greener means of travel.
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33 May 15, 2008 - 12:23pm | newakgurl
have worked above and beyond please rise?"
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32 May 15, 2008 - 12:18pm | newakgurl
Higher Education....at a HIGHER cost...
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31 May 15, 2008 - 11:46am | msommers
The reason for Alaska's high drop out rate is...
New reasearch shows the lower a students vitamin D level, the lower their SAT scores.
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30 May 15, 2008 - 11:41am | msommers
The reign of brain drain sits mainly on our plains (and west and east coasts)
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29 May 15, 2008 - 11:38am | msommers
Old Slogan: North to the Future
New Slogan: South Flies our Future
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28 May 15, 2008 - 10:10am | hark777
"NOW, WE'RE FREE!!
freeeeeeeee....fallinnnnnnnn'........."
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May 15, 2008 - 12:56pm | Quilver
You know something is great when it comes with its own sound track.
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27 May 15, 2008 - 8:49am | leowassilie
As you will see in the iGeneration graph, the drop out rate is increasing.
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26 May 15, 2008 - 7:57am | g38r93b
Our stars are falling.
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25 May 15, 2008 - 7:10am | ultimatecowboysfan
Maybe most of the flight plan is being filed outside the classroom.
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24 May 14, 2008 - 11:55pm | Quilver
Congradulations, Class of 2008! All three of you!
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23 May 14, 2008 - 9:43pm | Steer_Diana
Newton's Laws of Motion...aaah...Responsibility!
If we are all willing to learn, then we can all be taught, and in turn, we can teach each other.
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22 May 15, 2008 - 7:57pm | ultimatecowboysfan
When it comes to education, Are Alaska Kids receiving the third degree?
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21 May 14, 2008 - 8:37pm | g38r93b
Hope meets reality.
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20 May 14, 2008 - 8:36pm | g38r93b
The aspirations of our new graduates don't fly.
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19 May 14, 2008 - 8:27pm | g38r93b
Alaska misunderstands federal law and implements an "all students left behind" program.
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18 May 14, 2008 - 7:41pm | aweha
The fall out from students leaving Alaska has reached new heights.
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December 1, 2008 - 7:25pm | megal_2
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17 May 14, 2008 - 7:36pm | aweha
Higher education can be found right here at home.
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