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Put a bow on it
You don't even have to leave home to find the perfect gift for us. Just come up with a clever idea for our caption contest.
By JOHN BARRY
Published November 26, 2006
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[Times photo: Don Morris]
Your caption here.
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Santa's helper, we have a contest for you. This is for after you've shopped 16 straight hours, after you've wrestled a grandma to the ground for the last combination PlayStation/plasma television/pizza defroster. By the time you stagger home you should be inspired to create a winning entry for our Buy Till You Die Holiday Shopping Caption Contest. Give us a funny line for this Don Morris cartoon showing a shopper who has apparently reached the end of his rope, or his ribbon. The best entries will be published in the Times. Mail it to: "Buy Till You Die," Floridian, St. Petersburg Times, 490 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Or e-mail your caption to jbarry@sptimes.com please include Buy Till You Die in the subject line. Deadline is Thursday.
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by Karen
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12/01/06 08:23 AM
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"You want us to wrap what??? and put a bow on top!
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by Jennifer
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12/01/06 08:00 AM
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He told me he is a "Gift from God." Well I am regifting this gift.
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by Trisha
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11/30/06 04:07 PM
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"They said you could wrap anything=]"
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by Mark
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11/30/06 12:50 PM
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Hey Dot, Reverend Jessy never said anything about wrapping gifts from the BILL & MELINDA GATES foundation, did he?
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by Kay
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11/30/06 12:29 PM
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Move over Ethel, "This one for MAMA!!!"
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by Gerald
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11/30/06 10:37 AM
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Mable, Where is that cardboard casket that we had?
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by Gerry
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11/30/06 10:31 AM
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Remember bubble wrwp for the testicular area!!
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by Danny
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11/30/06 08:50 AM
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Paper or plastic
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by Ed
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11/30/06 07:29 AM
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Doesn't this idiot know that" the best gift is giving of yourself" means giving someone your TIME, not yourself wrapped in a bow...
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by Danielle
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11/29/06 05:28 PM
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Good etiquette states "only re-gift unused products in the original package." I'm guessing he fits the bill.
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by John
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11/29/06 01:34 PM
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And where do you suggest, I put the bow?
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by Samantha
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11/29/06 12:50 PM
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Time for my break!
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by Charles
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11/29/06 06:53 AM
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The ultimate delusion of grandeaur
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by Rob
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11/28/06 08:30 PM
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I hate working at the 'eHarmony' gift shop!
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by Tom
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11/28/06 07:50 PM
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"He already has a bow---let's call it a day!"
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by Pat
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11/28/06 07:05 PM
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No one is interested in your "package" even if it were gift wrapped!
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by Pat
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11/28/06 07:04 PM
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NO! We will NOT wrap and ship you to Pamela Anderson.
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by George
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11/28/06 06:22 PM
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The coupon offered a free wrap and bow job, nothing more.
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by tod
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11/28/06 06:20 PM
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Sorry, this Pull-Toy has been Recalled.
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by Jeff
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11/28/06 06:10 PM
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He wants the card to say: "For a very, very, bad girl!"
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by Teri
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11/28/06 05:48 PM
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Take 10 Rita...I've got this
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by Teri
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11/28/06 05:46 PM
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I say we use bubble wrap & a scuba mask...send him UPS Ground...no box
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by Teri
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11/28/06 05:41 PM
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I'm thinking Arby's...leave this guy for Milt's crew.
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by Teri Connors
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11/28/06 05:37 PM
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Let's try shrink wrap!
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by Monica
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11/28/06 05:00 PM
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Its gonna take a lot of wrapping paper and bows to make this man look nice, is there a plastic surgeon in the house.
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by Heidi
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11/28/06 04:05 PM
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I told you we would get every Tom, Dick and Harry, offering his "complimentary" gift wrapping!
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by Julie
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11/28/06 03:01 PM
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Don't wrap him, just give the receipt so he can be returned!
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by Laurie
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11/28/06 02:53 PM
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Sorry Mrs. this is the gift wrapping table, not the refunds or exchanges counter.
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by Edgar
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11/28/06 02:26 PM
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Make sure the bow around his neck is wraped real tight.
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by John
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11/28/06 12:27 PM
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Wouldn't be easy to purchase a geek squad gift card Marge?
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by Kristie
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11/28/06 11:25 AM
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wishful thinking
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by Brian
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11/28/06 11:02 AM
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You'll need a smaller bow.
Or, He paid for a happy ending didn't he?
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by rick
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11/28/06 09:34 AM
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"I,m sorry sir but we don't have bows that small"
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by Howard
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11/28/06 07:24 AM
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Sorry the sign says gift wrapping, not miracle worker.....
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by Marlene
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11/27/06 08:31 PM
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Why bother? It will just be returned!
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