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Sep/Oct 19

Sep/Oct 2019 Caption Competition

Sep/Oct 2019 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is by Joshua Morris

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

“See?  I’m a real doctor.  I got a name tag and this funny looking thing around my neck.”

 

– Timmie, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA

“I invent exotic names for simple diseases because the insurance does not pay $ 500 for a simple cold.”

– Daniel,  Basel, Switzerland

 

“Of course I’m a peacock – who else would they send to sort out your prostate problem?”

– Valérie Falconer, Born in Lille, France

 

– Ed Rush, Atascadero, California, USA

“I’m a peacock. My father was the queuecock; he invented doctors’ waiting rooms.”

 

“Why yes, I was considered “wild” in my youth. Why do you ask?”

[Think about it, people… Jenner]

– Max Goof, Dublin, Ohio, USA

 

“Professional ethics – I never raise my tail when I’m on duty.”

– Jenner

Jul/Aug 19

Jul/Aug 2019 Caption Competition

Jul/Aug 2019 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is by Nathan House, of Kingston, Tasmania, Australia.

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

“Are you sure a horse can get swine flu?”
– Jean Hoehn, Appleton Wisconsin, USA


“It’s O.K.  It’s a hippocampic syringe.”
– Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales

“Your new arms are nicely formed – Let’s see whether this next shot can give you legs too!”
– Tim Baverstock, Luton, UK

“Block with the right, jab with the left.”
– Darren Perlongo, Alstead, New Hampshire, USA

“Ready for some extra horse power!”
– KSClaw, Denmark

“Glad it’s not a horse needle.”
– M Henry, Reidsville, North Carolina, USA

“HERD immunity? Now, that I LIKE!”
– Jenner

 

Mar/Apr 19

Mar/Apr 2019 Caption Competition

Mar/Apr 2019 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Bruce Griffin, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA

 

SPECIAL MENTIONS:
 
“I’ve got to yell to tell people you’re coming – your horns don’t work”
– Valérie Falconer, Born in Lille, France
 
“Ok! I know she’s here somewhere, where’s my wife”
– Ross Geissmann, Burpengary East, Queensland, Australia
 
“Larry! Stop messin’ wit’ th’ Gnu guy!”
– Ron, Virginia, USA
“That’s not what I meant by an ‘In depth’ report of the Gnus”
– Mike Regan, Ridgecrest, California, USA
 
“What kind of bed and breakfast are you running here!?”
– Andrew, Oregon, USA
 
“How could you get glued to a Gnu?”
– Jon Wilson, Granite Bay, California, USA
 
Beat it, this is a new highway! A NEW HIGHWAY!”
– Jenner
Jan/Feb 2019

Jan/Feb 2019 Caption Competition

Jan/Feb 2019 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Tim Baverstock, Luton, UK

 

SPECIAL MENTIONS:
“Hi Doc, I’m ready for my eye exam.”
 – Henry Gutman, San Jose, California, USA
 
“Really? … Then I wonder how Sarah is getting along making tea in a bowler.”
 – Joe Kesselman, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
 
“I’m with the koala-tea department”
 – Helen, Trenton, New Jersey, USA 
 
“My name is Mercy, and I think I strained something….”
 – Joe Kesselman,
 
“First one to say pothead gets hurt!
 – Josh H. Knight, Midland, Texas, USA
 
“I did the “I’m a little teapot” song one too many times as my wife was making tea.”
 – Phil McCarty, Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, USA
 
“When I asked for one lump, I didn’t mean on my head”
 – Rob Falconer, Llandough, UK
 
“Fine. I’ll make a new pot myself.”
 – Josh H. Knight, Midland, Texas, USA
 
“I can feel a migraine brewing…”
 – Tristan Black Wolf, Greenbank, Queensland, Australia
 
“Hey, it’s the only way I manage to get my ear drops in.”
 – Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner, Oak Park, Michigan, USA
 
“Of course I’ve got a teapot on my head… it goes with the bags under my eyes!”
 – Sylvia Stevens, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
 
“I have my life…. Like others”
 – Veena, Karnataka, India
 
 
“See? You didn’t notice my limp. This thing works.”
 – Jenner
Nov/Dec 2018

Nov/Dec 2018 Caption Competition

Nov/Dec 2018 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Gregory, Olympia, Washington, USA

SPECIAL MENTIONS:
“Call me a ‘fly on the wall’, did you?”
– McKay Manners, Paderborn, Germany

“I’ve been trying to contact web support for TWO HOURS now!”
– Stephanie, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia

 “I’m not on the phone, I’m ON your phone.”
– Henry Gutman, San Jose, California, USA

 “Will you keep it down?!  You’re gonna wake the 200 eggs I laid in the ear….  Oh, too late.”
– Brian Eirik Coe, Lake Stevens, Washington, USA

“Who do you think connects you to the World Wide Web?”
– Lynne Lumsden Green, Springfield, Queensland, Austalia

“I said:  I’m right HERE!”
– Rob Wood, Louisville Kentucky, USA

“Ladder? No, I said I’ve got a very weak…”
– Jenner

Aug/Oct 2018

Aug/Oct 2018 Caption Competition

Aug/Oct 2018 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Jonathan, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
 
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
“Keep it off the ground for HOW LONG?!”
 – Dave Neil, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA
 
“Breaking news – Bigfoot hoaxer traced to Australia”
 – Valerie Falconer, Penarth, Wales
 
“I just flew in from next door, and boy are my wings tired.”
 – Henry Gutman, San Jose, California, USA
 
“I can’t wait for the Cast Party!“
 – John the Wysard, Parma, Idaho, USA
 
“You could’ve been more detailed about explaining “might experience water retention”!”
 – Josh Harrington Knight, Midland, Texas, USA
 
“There MUST be some other treatment for carpal talon!?”
 – Bruce Denhard, New Hampshire, USA
 
“Why didn’t I opt in for the flight insurance?!”
 – Jamie White, Long Crendon, Bucks, UK
 
 
“I’m glad they didn’t find my broken wishbone”
 – Jenner
 
Jan/Jul 2018

Jan/Jul 2018 Caption Competition

Jan/Jul 2018 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Joe Kesselman, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS
“I think someone’s trying to tickle my appetite.”
– Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales, UK
 
“Yes, I know you’re not enthusiastic about continuing your hemodynamometry on the treadmill, but I got that covered.”
– Jochen Bern, from Germany
 
“It does appear that you have “white feather” syndrome.”
– Tracey Yothers, DeSoto, Texas, USA
 
“I didn’t realize the stress test was going to be this difficult!”
– Wayne Cook, Michigan, USA
 
“Colonel Sanders goes fox hunting.”
– M Henry, Reidsville NC USA
 
 “Pressure down.” 
– Jenner
 
 
 
 
Oct/Dec 2017

Oct/Dec 2017 Caption Competition

Oct/Dec 2017 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Roger Chittock, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS
 
“Someone on the Internet is WRONG!  I MUST correct them!”
– Niall Shapero, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
“Oh cluck, my computer’s hard boiled!”
– Gildedtongue, Conway, New Hampshire, USA
 
“FUBAR – Fowled Up Beyond All Recognition.”
– Jim Hayden
 
“The worst part of turning the Doc’s chicken scratch into computer files, is that I can only do hunt-and-peck.”
– Abel DuSable, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
 
“No wonder it’s Twitter. Those aren’t tweets; they’re twits!”
– Josh H. Knight
 
“What? The best cure for a cold is chicken soup?!”
– Christian Hennecke, Bochum, Germany
 
“Weird… I googled “hot chicks” but not one picture of an incubator has come up!”
– Lee Toop, Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
 
 “Maybe I shouldn’t have entered ‘Chicks’ into my search engine”
– Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales, UK
 
“Now THAT looks finger lickin’ good!”
– Wolfgang Bylsma, Perth, WA, Australia
 
 “OMG!!!  So THAT’S where eggs come from!”
– Jim Lane, Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA
 
 “So THAT’S what came first..?  MUM lied to me!!!”
– Alun Rundle, Newport, Wales
 
“Oh My, I’ve never seen such fowl language!”
– Craig Westlake, Ossian, Ohio, USA
 
“These aren’t hen ties!!”
– PunkTiger New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
 
 “That’s not CORN!”
– Robin Barr, Port Richey, Florida, USA
 
 “Cluck-bait”
– William Knudson, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
 
 “Oh no! I just deleted the entire internet!! Mum’s going to be so mad at me…”
– Mick Dwyer, Tumbarumba, NSW, Australia (NSW is New South Wales, not…)
 
 “It’s…The full moulty!”
– Jenner
 
 
 
 
Jul/Sep 2017

Jul/Sep 2017 Caption Competition

Jul/Sep 2017 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Henry Gutman, San Jose, California, USA
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS
 
“Try our deep-fried lardburgers. You’ll never go back to anything else… (Of course, you won’t be able to go forward either, but still…)” 
– Jed Martinez, Margate, Florida, USA
 
If you super size your order, you’ll get a free prescription for Lipitor or Crestor!
– Josh Harrington Knight
 
“Better the devil you know from the Devil you know.”
– Mark Powell, Tacoma, Washington, USA
 
“Hasty Taste: Good To The Last Glop!”
– Mitch Marmel
 
“Now with 20% less people.”
– Jeffrey Angus, Ranger, Texas, USA
 
“…and best of all, it’s no one you know.”
– Tristan MacAvery, Syracuse, New York, USA
 
“We had to have 1,000 caps reprinted after someone put an N instead of the H.”
– Valerie Falconer, Penarth , Wales
 
“Don’t you just love the little burger?”
– Jenner
 
 
 
May/Jun 2017

May/Jun 2017 Caption Competition

May/Jun 2017 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Alun Rundle, Newport, South Wales, UK
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS
 
“Inhaler.  Outhaler. Inhaler. Outhaler. Inhaler. Outhaler.”
– M Henry, Reidsville, North Carolina, USA
 
“Handy for Formoterol as well as Formicidae!”  Too esoteric maybe?
– Dave Neil
(Esoteric? No, it’s Jarrad. –Jenner)
 
“Well, it was cheaper than a Fitbit”
– Rob Falconer, Llandough, Penarth, Wales, UK
 
“But, for a really long marathon, I find I need nitrous oxide”
– Valerie Falconer, Llandough, Penarth, Wales, UK
 
“It’s termite flavored too!”
– Jeffrey Angus, Ranger, Texas. USA
 
“Fe vampire if capfing up! Quick, fe garlic fpray!”
– Christian Hennecke
 
“My inhaler takes a lick’n and I keep on tick’n!”
– Jon Wilson, Lafayette, California, USA
 
“When I get short of breath, I just take another and keep going!”
– Yvonne “Catbunny” Pawtowski, Lynwood, Washington
 
“And then I squeeze the button with my ‘tongue-depressor’!”
– Nathan House, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
 
“Hold on, puff puff, I’m getting my second wind!”
– Bruce Denhard, New Hampshire, USA
 
 
“I call it cloud-saucing!”
– Jenner

 

Mar/Apr 2017

Mar/Apr 2017 Caption Competition

Mar/Apr 2017 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Philip McCarty, Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, USA
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS
 
 
“… oh yeah, I’ve seen that quack’s handiwork before.”
– J. Bern, Germany
 
“Looks like that tattoo artist really rooked you!”
– Julie B
 
“Depends. When was the last time you took a bath?”
– Josh Harrington Knight
 
“It could be an egg allergy. We will have to track this feather.”
– Lucy Erda, Bee Caves, Texas, USA
 
“The skin lesions have taken a tern for the worst.”
– M Henry, Reidsville, North Carolina, USA
 
“It explains the squeaking sound when you rolled onto your back.”
– Jenner
 
 
Jan/Feb caption winner

Jan/Feb 2017 Caption Competition

Jan/Feb 2017 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Brian Coe, Lake Stevens, Washington, USA

SPECIAL MENTIONS 

“Zapp-In-The-Box”
– Jon Wilson, Lafayette, California, USA
 
“Huh…  Packs a bigger wallup than I thought…”
– Dark Hammer, Ridgefield, Washington, USA
 
“I’d still advise against ‘packs a punch’ for the ad slogan.”
– J. Bern, Denmark
 
“Medical Advertising – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
– M. Henry, Reidsvile, North Carolina, USA
 
“This Boxing Day, don’t forget to take your ZAPPO!”
– Chris Mayer, League City, Texas, USA
 
“Not the first thing I would’ve recommended to a heart patient …”
– Josh Harrington-Knight,
 
“Doc’s new ‘surprise’ medication was a great cure for constipation.”
– Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales,
 
 
“Now, that’s what I call aggressive marketing”
– Jenner
Nov/Dec 2016 Doc Rat caption competition winner

Nov/Dec 2016 Caption Competition

Nov/Dec 2016 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Yvonne “Catbunny” Pawtowski, of Lynwood, Washingoton, USA

SPECIAL MENTIONS

“I admit that I wouldn’t /need/ that to raise my DIY nebulizer to my mouth if I hadn’t made it out of a cast iron bathtub faucet …”
 – J Bern
 
 “Inhale one to start squeaking, inhale the other to stop squeaking!”
 – Joseph Kesselman
 
 “It’s an inhaler for them that’s got no arms!”
 – Alun Rundle, Newport, South Wales, UK
 
 “Next month, we’re starting Drone delivery”
 – Bruce Denhard, New Hampshire, USA
 
“You should see the medicine cabinet!”
 – Josh H Knight, Midland, Texas, USA
 
“I can’t catch my breath; how do I catch my inhaler?”
 – John Whiting
 
 
“It’s exactly what it looks like: Airborne pollen protection.”
 – Jenner
Sep/Oct 2016 Doc Rat caption competition winner

Sep/Oct 2016 Caption Competition

Sep/Oct 2016 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Rob Falconer, of of Llandough, Wales, UK

 

SPECIAL MENTIONS

 
 “How much did you say the Australian Space Research Institute are paying for the first Aussie in space, Jarrad?”
– Alun Rundle, Newport, South Wales, UK
 
Jenner testing cheap air transport for Uncle Kage.
– M Henry, Reidsville, North Carolina USA
 
“This is just a quick one today, Doc. I won’t be more than… two minutes and twenty-five seconds.”
– Jenner

 

Jul/Aug 2016 Doc Rat caption competition winner

Jul/Aug 2016 Caption Competition

Jul/Aug 2016 Caption Competition published on
The winning entry is Dermot McAreavy
 
SPECIAL MENTIONS
“For the umpteenth time! Stop howling before you attack”.
“Er, right.”
– Christian Hennecke, Bochum, Germany
 
“That one was ‘Wipe On, Wipe Off’!”
– Josh H. Knight, Midland, Texas
  
“It wouldn’t be a fair fight, if I can’t tell the difference between a ‘black belt’, a ‘brown belt’ or a ‘red belt’… We wolves are ‘color blind’!”
– Jed Martinez, Margate, Florida, USA
 
“… I call it the peacekeeper overthrow.”
– J. Bern, Germany
 
 “I told you not to attack the Fourth wall, Quarrydog!”
– Alun Rundle, Newport, South Wales, UK
 
“Who’s the underdog now?”
– Jenner

May/Jun 2016 Caption Competition

May/Jun 2016 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Josh H. Knight of of Midland, Texas, USA

 SPECIAL MENTIONS:
“Higher… HIGHER!  Oh for God’s sake HIGHER!  It’s CHOCOLATE!”
 – Mea, Alabama, USA

“Best guide dog ever, thought Kermit”
 – Rob Falconer, Penarth, Wales

“This is the one for you – it’s marrow-bone jelly flavour”
 – Valerie Falconer, Penarth, Wales

“Colder … colder … ice cold …”
 – J. Bern

Frog: “I see something icy!”
Dog: “Say What?”
 – Timo Steffens, Germany

“No! Stop! Doc said to avoid carbs!”
 – Sandy Skeba, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

“It’s a trap! Eat it and you will appear in a Doc Rat caption competition strip.”
 – M Henry, Reidsville, North Carolina, USA

Now THAT’S something you don’t see every day!
 – Jenner

Mar/Apr 2016 Caption Competition

Mar/Apr 2016 Caption Competition published on

The winning entry is Lucius Appaloosius of Mystic, Connecticut, USA

 SPECIAL MENTIONS:
 
“But Dad, this is the third one that broke! Can’t we just get the Kevlar one, like Mum said?”
– Eleanor, Ballan, Victoria, Australia
 
 “Please fix my horse Doc.  We were just swimming alone when he ran out of steam!”
– Rebecca Swanston, Vancouver, Washington, USA
 
 “I thought this was supposed to be puncture proof.”
– J Rhine, USA
 
“Now I see why Sonic doesn’t like going near water!”
– Phil McCarty, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
 
“I was hoping to get a ‘swimming buddy’, but no one wants to come near me… I don’t know why!”
– Jed G. Martinez, Margate, Florida, USA
 
“So it’s not soft water, then?”
– Jenner

 

Nov-Feb 2016 Caption Competition winner

Nov-Feb 2016 Caption Competition winner published on

The winning entry is Josh H Knight, of Midland, Texas, USA

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

“Phil was impressed by the new trainees’ desire to work – not everyone volunteered to hold the flip calendar.” 
Alun Rundle, Newport, South Wales, UK
 
“The Doc’ gave me thith prethcripthion againtht my lithp, but I don’t think it’th working.”
Tiger T
 
“Can you calculate the total for me?  I’m a cobra, not an adder.”
Melkior, Victoria, Australia
 
“Well, the bill seems OK, but you know I’m a lousy adder”
Valerie Falconer, Penarth, Wales, UK
 
“I was told this is to detoxify my body. Is that safe??”
Max Goof, Dublin, Ohio, USA
 
“Prescription for Aricept … fangs for the memories…”
Tristan Black Wolf, Syracuse, New York, USA
 
“I wanted to pick up a few fang-you notes.”
John Reynolds, Concord, California, USA
 
“It’th right on the tip of my tongue…”
Michelle Gaudette, Medway, Massachusetts, USA
 
“Please tell me I’m immune to my own poison! I bit my tongue when I saw your bill!”
Phil McCarty
 
“I bit my tongue.”
Timmie, Winston, Salem, North Carolina, USA
 
“Our secretary’s real near-sighted, you see. So there I was by the stapler …”
Dave Neil, Idaho Falls, Idaho
 
“Ith to help control my lipth.”
Kim Squire, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
 
“It’s a layoff notice. Jenner is replacing the cartoon.”
M Henry, Reidsville, North Carolina, USA
 
“…for a course of  small-squealing-rodent replacement  patches.” 
Jenner

May/Oct 2014 Caption Competition

May/Oct 2014 Caption Competition published on

The winner: Dave Neil, Idaho Falls, USA

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

“The cat in the hat comes back — with a vengeance!”
– Deckard Canine, Washington, DC, USA

“I’ll wave my magic wand and—no more babies!”
– Jim Lane, St. Augustine, Florida, USA

“Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a tonsil out of my hat!”
– Phatchick, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

“Surgery is like magic. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.”
– Jeffrey Angus, Ranger, Texas, USA

“No strip today. Doc Rat is in hiding from the Doc Slasher.”
– :M Henry, Franklin, Tennessee, USA

“And now, for my next trick…. I’m gonna remove your spleen!”
– Kim Squire, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

“For my next trick, I’ll make your tonsils disappear!”
– Jeremy Ryan, Somerville, MA, USA

“The name’s Scalpell. Speculum Scalpell. Secret Agent 8-1/2. My sidekick, Inspector 86, left a note here somewhere.”
– DaveBro, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

“Would you believe that before I took that correspondence course in plastic surgery I used to be a rabbit?”
– Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner, Oak Park, Michigan, USA

“Anesthesia? No, abracadabra!”
– Arthur McBain, Kennewick, Washington, USA

“For my next trick, I’ll get your tongue!”
– Jon Wilson, Livermore, California, USA

“And soon you’ll meet my brother – he’s the catgut.”
– Jenner

 

 

Mar/Apr 2014 Caption Competition

Mar/Apr 2014 Caption Competition published on

The winner: Alexandra Weingartner, Monterey, USA

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

“OK, I may look like something out of Star Wars, but please stop calling me Jabber.”
– Valerie Falconer, Penarth, Wales

“I find inoculations ribbiting, don’t you, Doc?”
– Robert Adrian, Conway, New Hampshire, USA

“Let’s inject some humor back into Doc Rat.”
– M Henry, : Franklin, Tennessee, USA
[I get the point. Jenner]

“And ‘I’ thought I could jump!!!”
– Jimmy Lapine, Tampa, Florida, USA

“Look doc…just between you and me, this is a tad too big.”
– Daniel Thwaites, Firth Park, UK

“…But if you DON’T take this injection, we’ll BOTH croak—“
– Jim Lane, St Augustine, Florida, USA

“I’m here to kiss it and make it all better. Now bend over…”
– Timmie, North Carolina, USA

“Well, Doc, I dunno about you, but I can dodge this all day.”
– Dan Ball Jr., Springfield, Oregon, USA

“Needle lift? Hop on.”
– Alyse Miller, Orlando, Florida, USA

“We really shouldn’t needle him like this…”
Sandy, Nashville. Tennessee, USA

“Sorry, Doc, I get jumpy around needles.”
– Sam Schmern, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

“I don’t know, I hear the side effects include unwanted hair growth.”
– Sleepy John, Concord, California, USA

“He doesn’t need a shot for a frog in his throat. Just send down a lifeline.”
– Josh Morris, East Alton, Illinois, USA

“Just ignore me. I’m the medical student.”
– Jenner

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