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Caption Contest No. 24 ... and the winners for Contest No. 23
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Stacy Innerst, Post-Gazette
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It's time for another drop-dead intriguing drawing from Stacy Innerst, who gets us musing in far-off places of the mind every other Sunday. Send your caption to Page2@post-gazette.com or Portfolio, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Some of you have had trouble getting your e-mail through, and we apologize for that and thank you for bearing with us.

Mark your submission "Caption Contest." Include your address and neighborhood or municipality. Deadline is midnight next Sunday, April 2. You may submit up to three entries per contest. Winners will be revealed in two weeks. They receive a copy of "Sports Town: A Look at the Famous Sports Pages of the Post-Gazette" or walking guides to Oakland and the South Side.

Now for the results of Caption Contest 23, which featured a fishy drawing from Stacy. There's an example of a weak pun, and many of you were punsters, which generally don't do well with our panel, so let that be a lesson to you caption-writers out there. Our congratulations to our winners and all our contestants, who make this a fun exercise for all.

-- Peter Leo, Portfolio editor

Stacy Innerst, Post-Gazette
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Winners

1. All that remained was the handshake and the payoff to "fix" the Bassmaster classic.

Cliff Kirschner, Cheswick

2. It was an awkward moment for both, and Frank regretted wearing his waders to work that day.

Jim Getsy, Penn Hills

3. After 30 years of searching, Goldie finally met face-to-face with Timmy Grabowski, the boy who had flushed him down the toilet so many years ago.

Greg Zeis, Elizabeth Township

3. (tie) Mel's prank of wearing fishing boots on Casual Fridays backfired when he was called upstairs to meet the new Manager of Diversity, Mr. Muskie.

Bob Sciotto, West View

Honorable Mention

Casual Friday took on a strange twist during Lent.

Valerie Westcott, Mt. Lebanon

Now that they were working in the same department, Ralph promised to give up fishing if Morry agreed to stop bringing his worm sandwiches to the lunch room.

Phil Wedner, University Park

"Mr. Perch, Mr. Perch, Mr. Perch," Bob repeated hoping this memory technique for remembering faces worked.

Frank Capezzuto, Holiday Park

The tiresome giant-fish-head joke Peter's colleagues always played on him was about to be countered with the harpoon-in-the-pants-pocket joke.

Liz Dolinar, Camp Hill

Although no one at the office said anything, Bill's cosmetic surgery didn't go as planned.

Ray Dodson, Bethel Park

It was tough for Al to shake hands with a man with a crooked tie.

Mark Vignone, McKees Rocks

"Why yes, my 'good cholesterol' level is excellent -- how could you tell?"

Charlie Devlin, Whitehall

Tony realized as soon as he saw the waders that he misunderstood when Ed said he wanted him over for dinner.

Glenn Cartwright, Hebron, Ohio

Frank hadn't realized how extensive outsourcing had become until he met his new boss at the fish cannery.

Diana Zimmerman, Baldwin Borough

First published on March 26, 2006 at 12:00 am