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I love it when readers take off in lots of unexpected directions in response to a cartoon. When I drew this week’s caption contest toon, I thought the captions would have to do with the end of summer, maybe some jokes about school starting so early, that sort of thing. And there were some good captions along those lines. But lots of you jumped right out of that lane and made with the wise cracks on other subjects. Bekki Gardner of Benton was the winner. Click on the cartoon to see her entry. Among the other caption-writers who took on the same subject, Alan McMillan of Snoqualmie, Washington (!) said: "I knew I shouldn’t have bought season tickets from that cowboy out front this morning." From Blanchard, Oklahoma came Amanda Stillwell’s entry: "Tom Etheredge owned this too? Who knew?" Brian K. Frye of Wichita sent in "Maybe calling this place ‘Wild Water World’ wasn’t such a good idea." Shawn Steward of Wichita said, "I didn’t realize Wild West World operated the city pools too." From Karl Ganoy came "That’s the last straw! Come on, kids, we’re moving out of Park City!" Bruce Cole of Wichita had this one: "Just like Daddy’s job at the Greyhound Park - down the drain!" Jon McGlaun submitted "Get used to it, kids. This is Wichita. Hopes for a casino for me to play in have dried up too!" Margaret Stevens was succinct: "Got water?" Dean Kerr said "The city can afford to spend $500 on downtown projects, but they can’t afford to keep water in the swimming pools for us residents!" Chris Lunt speculated that "All the water is now being used to grow corn for ethanol." From Galen Rothman of Wichita came "If water rates keep increasing this may be as good as it’s going to get." Here’s Kathy Barniger of Wichita’s take: "And the pro-casino folks think they got hosed…we should be so lucky." Susan K. Teel of Wichita said, Ok, we can play ring-around-the-road-cones." Amber Helm of Kingman sent "Looks like they’ve implemented ‘No Water Left Behind.’" Maize’s Judy Grisham submitted "Too bad the ‘Vote No’ campaign didn’t include the starting of school in August." Among Karen Wallace of Wichita’s entries was "Drat! Back to car pooling." James Richards of Wichita said, "Don’t worry, kids, you’ll be swimming in ‘in-service days’ before you know it!" Beckky Garwood of Wichita had this take: I’m sorry there’s no water in the pool, Jimmy, but it just wouldn’t be safe. Our floaties made in China." Cpl. Kevin Groenhagen of the USMC smacked us down with this one: "My, this pool is as empty and shallow as the head of a Wichita Eagle editorial board member." Oh, and there was this one from Jeff Duckworth: "Why is Richard Crowson such a radical left wing lap dog for the Democrat party and why do I continue to subscribe to such a left leaning rag such as the Wichita Eagle that professes unbiased journalistic integrity?"
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