Last week I was working on some writing and was thinking about having a lawyer telling his cat client that they’d gotten a dog for the judge in the case. But I couldn’t quite figure out the right word, so I went to Twitter and asked:
Need some help with a caption…
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
When a lawyer and client find out what judge they’re getting, how is that phrased?
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
Did they “pull” a certain judge? “Get” one? Is there some jargon there?
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Not 100% certain – I believe it is “drew” – (sort of like ‘luck of the draw’)
— Karen Roussy (@karenroussy1) April 16, 2013
@andertoons I think on TV shows, they usually use “draw” or “pull” … but I’m not certain whether that’s accurate.
— brainwise (@brainwise) April 16, 2013
OK, so here’s the idea…Lawyer to cat criminal – “Bad news, we drew Judge Fido.”
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
But Fido didn’t sound quite right. Back to Twitter:
Sparky maybe? It needs to sound like a dog.
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
Rover?
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Bowser? Woofman? Trying to think of more…
— Justin S Barrett (@jsbarrett) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Judge Bones?
— Joe Simmons (@joescartoons) April 16, 2013
OK, so here’s the choices – Fideo, Rover, or Spot?
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Between those three, my vote is for Rover
— Justin S Barrett (@jsbarrett) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Fido is more of a dog name, I think, although I just searched and apparently they’re all named after one famous Fido dog.
— neokabuto (@neokabuto) April 16, 2013
OK, it’s between Rover and Fido.
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Rover
— Justin S Barrett (@jsbarrett) April 16, 2013
OK, it’s Rover. I liked Fido, but it seems like a dog name from the 50’s. Rover is old too, but less so.
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
You know what, that caption is 6 words, and I needed help on 2 of them! Sheesh!
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
@andertoons But what about Spot?
— Peter L Brown (@PLBthetoonist) April 16, 2013
@plbthetoonist I liked Spot, but thought it might infer a Dalmatian. But maybe if the case was arson…
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
Thanks so much you guys! You totally rocked it! WOO!
— Andertoons (@andertoons) April 16, 2013
@andertoons Siiigh. I guess Rover works too. #nooneeverusesmysuggestions LOL!
— Chris Flick (@capesnbabes) April 16, 2013
Isn’t that great?! I was totally stuck on a caption and a few Tweets later I’ve got it! To be fair you couldn’t do this all the time, but it’s something I’m definitely going to have to try more in the future.
Thanks again to everyone who helped (the above is just a bit of the total conversation) and here’s the final cartoon for you:
