Top Cutlines — 6/6/06

Illustration/Fly (“Best 2 Out of 3”)

I couldn’t find anything as good as this APhoto I published at closin’ time last night. So, I decided to use it for the cutline contest today. Here, two squirrels frolic on a sidewalk in Alexandria, Va., Monday. You write the cutline/Gerald Herbert, AP photo.

Top Cutlines

In A League of His Own: The squirrel messiah traveled the land, preaching, doing good works, and raising roadkill from the dead — Big Mac.

1. A seemingly uneventful June Sixth, 2006…until small signs of unnatural behavior began appearing on the streets. Here, two squirrels engage in a mystic Catholic Ritual …” — Bullitt

2. Pattycake, Pattycake, Baker’s Man/Bake me a cake as fast as you can/Roll it, pat it, mark it with a B,/Put it in the oven CRUNCH! Mom! You just ran over TWO squirrels! Hang on honey, I’ve got my nail tech on the line and I’m trying to get a 3:00 this afternoon…” — UBob.

3. The first of two rodents is bagged by a broke Kootenai County taxpayer, who must now rely on squirrel soup to feed his family — John Austin.

HM: A Token D

For the rest of the terrific cutlines — and a superb photoshopped replacement by Fly-on-the-Wall — today, click here .