Our readers rock! About 90 people submitted captions for last month's feature photo of a rocking chair in a barn, shot in Ronks by Sunday News photographer Vinny Tennis.

We can publish only a portion of those funny lines today; but look for samples — from every contributor who followed our guidelines — on our Web site, www.LancasterOnline.com.

This month's photo, shot by Jeff Ruppenthal, shows an otter at ZooAmerica in Hershey. Let's see what you've got!

Guidelines:
Send an original, amusing caption to LIVING@LNPNEWS.COM.

Please put this in the subject line of your e-mail: "Pass the Word" [Insert your last name].

You are also welcome to send a caption to us via the U.S. Postal Service: "Pass the Word" Living, Sunday News, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608-1328.

We must receive your submission no later than Monday, Nov. 17.
Be sure to include your full name and town of residence (as well as a daytime telephone number, which will not be published).

We reserve the right to edit your work.

Share your wit! Send us those captions!

"And here's the office of our chief designer ..."

— Wade Walburn, East Petersburg

Redneck skybox

— Audrey A. Poff, Columbia

Painting by J. Me Whyith

— Betty H. Shirk, Lancaster

"Try me."

— Donna Wise, Denver

Rock 'n' woe

— Barbara A. Whitcraft, Lititz

Open house today. Great open floor plan. Don't let this one pass you by. Views of farmland.

— Dianne Shepherd, Lancaster

"Our open-door policy really rocks."

— Bob Mellinger, Rohrerstown

Complaint Department straight ahead

— Steve Mueller, Downingtown

"Acrophobia: An Artistic Interpretation"

— Carol Schollins, Lancaster

This is what I call a real "high chair."

— Donald L. Grimm, Lancaster

"SOLD ... to Mr. Norman Bates for $350."

— Jeanne Muehleisen Klein, Williston Park, N.Y

The sun is warm and air is soft

Where sits the chair in the loft.

Sometimes you get a little waft

Of the spirits Grandpa quaffed.

— Gurley M. Manners, Lancaster


The following submitted captions similar to these:

"You're off your rocker!"

— Vicky Hensel, Denver; Ray Summy, Ephrata; Debbie Caso, Retta Kline, Jack Pyott and Terry Mentzer, all of Lancaster; Jean Stauffer, Lititz; Joyce Plasterer, Darlene Roehm and Glenda Strong, all of Manheim; Joan Alexander, New Providence; Nancy C. Brown and Jana Shreiner, both of Quarryville; Joan Dutt, Ronks; and Randy Barnes, Gene Simasek and Doris L. Wagner, all of Willow Street

Amish Country — Where Life is Lived on the Edge

— Nancy Rintz, Strasburg, and Velma Smucker, Leola

A Room With a View

— Henry Weaver, Lancaster; John Terlizzi, Lititz; and Vicki Goehring, New Holland

"Watch out for that first step ... It's a doozy."

— Regina M. Sherick, Columbia; Virginia Joline, Lancaster; Philip Lafferty, Mount Joy; and Carol Lueders, New Holland

"Do you really want to rock and roll?"

— Linda Bloom, Carrie Landes and Ken Munro, all of Lancaster; Martha Clark, Leola; and Dawn Smith, Manheim.

And there's more!

Here are some more captions submitted by Sunday News readers. (Although many sent multiple options, we are only posting one caption per contributor.)

"Nature calls — I'll be right back!"

— Carl A. Henne, Akron

"Grandpa enjoyed the view from up here, but he misjudged his rocking ability!"

— Brenda Hess, Conestoga

"Well, I can see how Gran-ma fell down; but how did she git up their in the first place?"

— Ashley Ovens, Elizabethtown

"Whatever happened to Mother Bates?"

— Alice Burns, Ephrata

"Has anyone seen Grandpa?"

— Don Kurtz, Ephrata

"This ride is going where??!!"

— Kay Kurtz, Ephrata

Rock around the clock!

— Jane Rhoads, Ephrata

Open-door (and windows-) policy

— Robert Rhoads, Ephrata

"Rock on ... in neck-breaking style"

— Maribelle Steffy, Ephrata

"I love my rocking chair. Please put my chair on the front porch."

— Betty J. Wise, Ephrata

"Once I jump, I'm gonna rock on away from here!"

— Marian Roten, Kirkwood

This barn ROCKS!

— Elizabeth Faye White, Kirkwood

Rock, Rock, 'Til You Drop

— Deb Gilgore, Lancaster

"Take a load off your feet!"

— Cynthia K. Grimm, Lancaster

"Come in and have a seat."

— Shannon M. Guzman, Lancaster

"Was Grandma bored and jumped out the door to go shopping?"

— Polly Kilheffer, Lancaster

I'm a chair.

Give me air.

— Julia A. Levis, Lancaster

"What do you mean we can't install steps using our home-equity loan?"

— Deborah McCartney, Lancaster

"My 'quiet time' and looking at the beautiful countryside!"

— Shirlee Mershon, Lancaster

My dear, when the HECK will you build that DECK?

— Edna H. Mullen, Lancaster

"What time was that pickup for Cracker Barrel?"

— Mickey Raber, Lancaster

"I'm ready to rock."

— Arlene L. Shipe, Lancaster

"But I saw Grandpa sitting there only a minute ago."

— Jane Strassle, Lancaster

"Please come rock with me so we can grow old together."

— Joan Heisy, Landisville

"Find the blueprints. Somebody goofed."

— Erica Hoffman, Landisville

"No! Please don't jump. The world needs good rockers like you."

— Tamara Weeks, Leola

Rocker aloft

— Keith Yoder, Leola

Who says rocking chairs are boring — oops!"

— Bob Hill, Lititz

"Everything looks shaky!"

— Don Zehr, Lititz

The farmer's tree stand

— Sue Barrett-Bullitt, Little Britain

"Where's the stairway to heaven?"

— Tracey Barshinger, Manheim

"Where did you go?"

— Joann Garvin, Manheim

"Looks like grandma escaped again."

— Miranda Ginder and Stephanie Ginder, both of Manheim

"Who kidnapped Wissler's mother?"

— Gloria Sweigart, Manheim

"You don't even want to know what happened to the old lady."

— Maddie Conley, Mount Joy

"Oops! Where did Mrs. Bates go?"

— Carolyn Nemec, New Holland

"Get me out of here and use me to rock, relax and reminisce."

— Barb Chervin, New Providence

"No, Grandpa. I said, 'DON'T jump!' "

— Barbara Long, Quarryville

"Just a few more inches and I'm outta here!"

— Stephanie Eshleman, Reamstown

Fall-out shelter

— Roy Weik, Stevens

"What happened to Grandpa?"

— Carol Henkel, Strasburg

"Life — It's a wild ride?"

— John H. Henkel, Strasburg

"Fall is just a few rocks away."

— Robert L. Bear, Willow Street

"The first step is a long one!"

— Carol M. Bumbaugh, Willow Street

"I am chair. See me rock."

— Norma Huss, Willow Street

"Rock-a-bye. Rock-a-bye. Call 911."

— Bev Musser, Willow Street

"Just waiting. Come on in."

— M. Louise Ross, Willow Street

"Excuse me ... I'll be right back!"

— David Sunden, Willow Street

"First, forced retirement. Then, the rocking chair. And then, out the back door!"

— Pam Haus, Pawleys Island, S.C.