“Betty Botter better buy bigger butter.”

(Winning caption: “Thirty million in grants and you couldn’t make it a four-slice?” – Elaine Sigalove, Los Osos, Calif.)

“Keep ’em guessing. Bury it pointed toward sunrise on the vernal equinox.”

(Winning caption: “Or we could move farther from the volcano.” – James Bogar, Missoula, Mont.)