Laugh Lines : Rich, Powerful . . . and Goofy

Laugh Lines’ second reader contest of 1995 invites you to send us your funniest captions for either of these pictures: 1) Bill Gates, rich guy and Microsoft CEO, with three animal characters at a Las Vegas consumer electronics show, or 2) Sen. Jesse Helms.

We asked LL regulars Bob Mills and Tony Peyser to plant a few seeds to help you get started, and their suggested captions appear next to each photo.

The LL Supreme Court will select the Top 10 captions for each picture, and we will print them March 20. Winners will receive an LL Humor Master T-shirt, and the top entry in each category will also get two tickets to the Comedy Store.

Entries must be received no later than 5 p.m. Friday. Fax us at (213) 237-0732--best times are afternoons and evenings. Or, if you dare, try to outwit the Postal Service by mailing your entries to Caption Contest, Life & Style, The Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, Calif. 90053--and see if we get them before Easter.

Either way, good luck!