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Cartoon Caption Contest Winners!

Thanks for the many entries in Better Health’s first cartoon caption contest. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted some of them several days after they’d been submitted (I was too aggressive with my anti-spam efforts). But they were all included in the contest. Our judges really struggled with choosing a winner… so they narrowed it to 2 and made them both winners!

Would you agree that it’s a toss up? Both authors will receive a Better Health t-shirt. I hope it makes them as happy as this guy. Thanks for participating!

Winner #1: Kerri Morrone Sparling “Please sign here and here and then I can write about you on my blog.”

Winner #2: Rob Falconer “Yes, we do normally weigh patients naked, Miss Saggar, but I think we’ll make an exception in your case.”

And just for a bit of trivia - the artist’s (Dr. Val’s) original caption read: “Mrs. Chen’s medical questionnaire was unremarkable except for her fine print at the end of page 3: ‘allergic to geodon.’”


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5 Responses to “Cartoon Caption Contest Winners!”

  1. Vijay says:

    Val, your original caption is so lame in comparison to Kerri’s masterpiece :)

  2. Strong One says:

    That rocks!
    Kerri definitely deserved the winning entry.

  3. Congrats to Kerri. Of course the shirt will make you happy. Must be the fragrance they put in there hehe

  4. rlbates says:

    Congrats to Kerri!

  5. Kerri. says:

    “I’d like to thank the Blogosphere …”
    :) Thanks for the contest, Dr. Val. It was fun!!

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