WINNING CAPTION:
"Hey! the water got warmer all of a sudden. Wait a minute....BAD DOG! BAD DOG!"
by jeff green


RUNNER-UP:
"By "lap dog", I though they meant you'd sit in my lap..."
by Wendell Wittler

HONORABLE MENTION:
"At one point, Alcatraz started a physical fitness program to keep the inmates in shape...it was cancelled after three days."
by Scott W.

HONORABLE MENTION:
"After becoming a spokesperson for Mcdonalds, Micheal Phelps has struggled to win any race since."
by Yill

HONORABLE MENTION:
"If the leash was longer -- I'd be WAY AHEAD of this guy!!!!"
by Cate

HONORABLE MENTION:
""Get Out of my way you stupid human, that's MY stick!""
by Laura Pelkey

HONORABLE MENTION:
"My master said he wanted to get away for an "escape weekend". I just didn't see it coming."
by Ralph Sayre

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Dog: "I'd better get one hell of a san francisco treat for THIS""
by john deporter

HONORABLE MENTION:
"I know he's built like a fire hydrant, but did you HAVE to pee on Mr. Capone?!?"
by Liz Lambert

HONORABLE MENTION:
"The photographer soon realized he may have gone too far in trying to come up with a new Pet and Pet Owner of the Week photo for the local paper."
by Tim N

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Al K Traz Swimming Club still allows blind swimmers, but guide dogs may have to go."
by Phil Wright

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!"
by Susi

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Goldie proved to be an incompetent prison guard dog."
by MaryBeth Isaac

HONORABLE MENTION:
"New guards always hated working the K-9 patrol at Alcatraz."
by Patrick Hardewig

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Tonight on FOX: Interspecies Prison Breaks Caught On Tape! Followed by World's Most Daring Animal Escapes."
by Mike W

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Big Earl and Daisy Mae were only barely away from shore when the morning dawned cold and gray, The Rock still looming behind them in its barren indifference."
by Ric Marshall

HONORABLE MENTION:
"John's fourth attempt to escape fat camp came to a horrible end when one of the guard dogs bit off his arm."
by Josh C.

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Yeah, well next time we bust outa here, I get to wear the goggles!"
by Ric Marshall

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Life was tough for the guide dog of the long distance swimmer."
by Peter Cartwright

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Exclusive: Jumpy the wonder-dog, the reason no man has ever broken out of Alcatraz."
by Eran Greenberg

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Due to budget constraints, Caltrans was unable to provide handicapped access to Alcatraz, but Bob's trusty seeing-eye dog Whizzo the wonder dog was able to lead the way."
by ponyhead

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Purina Puppy Chow: helps your puppy grow into a healthy dog capable of escaping prison."
by Mike W

HONORABLE MENTION:
""Can you tell which one of these gentlemen used an expensive salon brand shampoo?""
by MaryBeth Isaac

HONORABLE MENTION:
"A rare photo was found today of John Paul Scott, the first man to escape from Alcatraz, with his dog, Farfle, the first golden retriever to escape from Alcatraz."
by Tommy W.

HONORABLE MENTION:
"From the movie trailer: "Escape from Cat island.""
by lawrence

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Dog paddle? That's easy for you to say!"
by jeff green

HONORABLE MENTION:
""For THIS he'd better arrange a date for me with that French poodle...""
by mikerafone

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Moments before Dave realizes the water is only 4 feet deep, his dog scruffy is laughing hysterically inside."
by Julie at cci

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Well done Fido. With luck, my wife won't notice we are missing until tomorrow."
by Jonathan Thorn

HONORABLE MENTION:
"An elite Homeland Security/FBI canine unit has confirmed that Martha Stewart violated her house arrest to attend a local water aerobics class."
by Margaret

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Shark Week: starting Sunday on Discovery channel."
by tina v.

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Ha! They said there was sharks in the sea around Alcatraz... "
by Dc

HONORABLE MENTION:
"And the prince of goggle land rescued the golden haired maiden from the clutches of the evil Dr. Nuder!!"
by Gilbert RSA

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Being a Seeing Eye Dog really sucks during these escape attempts!"
by DJ

HONORABLE MENTION:
"you had to throw the stick out here, now we are both stuck!"
by Kristina Jones

HONORABLE MENTION:
"O.K., she *is* kinda homely, but check out her boyfriend!"
by dave

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Rusty the ever faithful dog decided to meet his master half way after his master had been stained red while escaping from the asylum. He was glad to see his master but could hardly control his smile after seeing his master looked like a lobster."
by pamela white

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Row row row your owner gently down the stream...."
by gabriele wood

HONORABLE MENTION:
""Hell with this man's best friend sh#*, let me use the board for a while!""
by r hughes

HONORABLE MENTION:
"what'a ya mean "I just let go of a floater!?""
by stephanie teague

HONORABLE MENTION:
"When Mickey "The Whale" Guillini left Alcatraz for good, he took his best goggles and his favorite food along."
by deus62

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Mans best friend!! I wanted to take the ferry boat back to the mainland until you bit off the captains finger!"
by Pete Vardakas

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Don't worry girl, that Frisbee is in here somewhere."
by Joe M.

HONORABLE MENTION:
"Rex recreates his famous escape from Alcatraz accompanied by his human Bob"
by Barry Baggott

THAT'S LIFE:
"I said to myself, "Hey, this isn't so bad! Man's best friend helping out the visually impared." Couldn't be happy with his cushy government job, could he? Just HAD TO rob that bank for some extra cash. I'm sure the gun went off by accident. How was he to know the security guard, may he rest in peace, was standing right in front of him?

So now we're living on our own little island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Moderate temperatures. A beutiful view of the city. 3 squares a day. No cats. But is he happy? Noooooooo.......he just CAN'T spend the next 280 years (well, 20 in human years) on The Rock.

Man's best friend my ass. Freakin' humans!"
by Paul W. Orvis IV

WELL BORROWED:
""Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams "
by JonG

SO WAS THIS:
"Man: "I can't swim it. It's too big."

Dog: "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; between you, me, the buoy, the codfish, everywhere. Yes, even between the land and the ship. Learn to dog paddle you will.""
by Sandi Nine

A VERY CAPTIONY CAPTION:
"43 years after the original escape from Alcatraz, a man attempts to rescue his dog from the Alcatraz Animal Penile Colony. The dog was convicted in 2003 for smuggling hemp-laced dog biscuits. The man and his dog were both apprehended by local authorities. The dog commented, 'roof roof roof'; which was translated to mean, 'Give us, us free'."
by Rattray

UMMMMM.....:
"Astronaut Lad, from the Canis star system, teaches his human how to use the green duck finder Lad had given him for his wrist. For the record, Lad isn't that fond of swimming."
by Dave Atkins

THERE WERE QUITE A FEW:
"Fred and Buster entered the Guiness Book of World Records for having the most Edgecurve captions about a blind man and his seeing eye dog escaping from Alcatraz."
by David Gerrold

AWWWW:
"This sure beats digging a tunnel like those guys in Brazil, right, Alex? Alex?"
by Birdman