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Here are some of the best captions from Eagle readers in this week’s contest. Christmas spirit abounds out there in Wichita, USA, apparently. So does sarcasm and when it comes to cartoon captions, that’s a good thing. Click on the image to see Jan Nyberg’s winning caption, then see if you agree with our judgment by checking out these other good ones. Valerie Davis submitted "We won’t be able to attend any holiday programs since there’s inadequate parking near the Downtown Arena, so let’s head back home with our gifts." And Rae Lee Simmonds who hails from Wichita, was in the same mode with "I say Bethlehem…I hear Wichita has a camel parking problem." Wichita’s Kathy Deane was also thinking about transportation: "Hey, boys, looks like we don’t need to ride up to KC. We can fly direct out of Wichita." Songstress Gwendolyn Lewis of Wichita, did a little caroling: "Star so wondrous, star so bright, couldn’t we get a cheaper flight?" And from Hazel Hart: "If we’d flown Mid-Continent, we’d be there by now!" Wichitan Karen Wallace sent in several good ones. The best: "Save the Boathouse? We’re Magi, not magicians!" Eagle subscriber since 1979, Thomas Christiansen sent in "Let’s go to Bethlehem and avoid the $3,900,000.00 naming rights!" Ross Voorhees of Wichita had this to say: Even if we lost all the gold at the new casino, we could still give Him the Franckincense and Myrrh…"
Roger Neugent of Haysville’s entry: "THEY TORE DOWN THEIR ONLY STABLE AND BUILD A CORPORATE OFFICE?!!!" Here’s one of Bruce Cole’s best: "Glad we stopped in Wichita. Let’s come back in 2000 years and see what Kellogg Pathway looks like when it’s finished!" Pretty optimistic, there, Bruce. I really like Mandy Renae Leonhart’s take: "Has anyone warned Mary about the biology curriculum when He reaches high school???" Likewise for Mike Barlow of Wichita: "Hey, Bob Knight and Jack DeBoer, who voted for you guys to wise men of Wichita?" Kurt Holmes of Wichita said "We’re bringing gifts of tax money, subsidies and revenue guarantee agreements. Take a right!" Jeff Logan did a bit of singing: "We three kings of orient are, bringing gifts…but not enough to save the downtown arena." Several of you sent in variations on the "Wichita could really use some wise men" theme, and Larry England said "Check your map again. It’s Topeka that’s in short supply of wise men." Thanks to all you wisenheimers for the captions. And have a merry Christmas.