In Kaamran Hafeez’s cartoon, two men are strolling along a sidewalk. One man is bald, holding a phone in his right hand, and carrying a briefcase with his left. The other man is carrying a briefcase in his left hand, holding a bag of groceries in his right arm, and getting soaked by his own personal rain cloud. The man under the rain cloud is speaking.
Both men are wearing raincoats, but only the man who’s speaking needs one, so my first caption was, “Why are you wearing a raincoat?”
I next suggested that a full head of hair, which is usually considered desirable, can be a problem when one is caught in a downpour: “Right now, yes, I’d rather be bald.”
I then came up with a pun: “This shower is really isolated.”
Next, I acknowledged that the situation could be worse: “At least it’s not a thundercloud.”
Finally, I focused on the paper grocery bag, which won’t last long in the rain: “I should have got plastic.”
Now let’s see how you did:
By changing one word, each of the following entries converts a common observation into a clever caption:
- “Some weather I’m having, eh?”
- “Nice weather you’re having.”
One of my captions suggested that baldness might be an advantage in a rainstorm, but a couple of you rejected that suggestion:
- “At least I still have a full head of hair.”
- “At least I’m not bald.”
One of you, however, embraced it: “Darn, wish I had your hair.”
This next caption doesn’t have the man under the cloud wishing he were bald, but does have him acknowledge a problem that bald men avoid: “I never have a good hair day.”
The next three captions acknowledge that getting drenched is a lot better than getting electrocuted:
- “It’s only a problem when there’s lightning.”
- “I’m just happy there’s no lightening.”
- “At least the lightning stopped.”
Here are the week’s best puns;
- “The forecast did say isolated showers.”
- “Never seen an isolated thunderstorm?”
- “I’ve been under low pressure lately.”
- “Technically, you’re also under the weather.”
- “I’m just a little under the weather.”
- “I’m under the weather.”
And here’s a clever reference to an old proverb: “Don’t talk to me about silver linings.”
The next three captions all allude to the fact that, in cartoons, a personal raincloud represents bad luck or depression:
- “How do you remain so optimistic?”
- “I’m not optimistic.”
- “I’m fine. Why?”
The following entry suggests that the man under the raincloud is either surprisingly good natured or completely deluded: “I don’t take it personally.”
Like I did, a couple of you focused on the grocery bag:
- “I should have asked for plastic.”
- “I should have picked plastic.”
Finally, this entry suggests that a man who’s perpetually under a raincloud should be better-prepared: “You’d think I would remember my umbrella.”
This week’s winner is, ““Nice weather you’re having.”