Eight-month-old Alaster "Gator" Thompson protectively puts his hand on a stack of free pancakes as his uncle Kevin Johnson, right, looks on during the IHOP National Pancake Day Celebration held at the Bryan, Texas, location Tuesday morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Bryan-College Station Eagle, Dave McDermand)

Top Cutlines:

• 1. All you can eat pancakes, huh? Yipppeee. Now, can I get some Tums for the heartburn later? Gator? -- Arch Druid.
• 2. When manager Jack Smith complained about the possesive young lad, his uncle said “Sorry about the flap, Jack” -- JohnA.
• 3. Gator knows better than to leave his pancakes unguarded when Uncle Kevin is around -- Moscow Minidoka.
• HM: Fat Lady Sings