Caption competition
Avoid imitations
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we have descended to an even worse level of schoolyard 'humour'.
Anyone coming here always run a certain risk of a leg pull. As does anyone else, there's no bias or prejudice. In fact that elephant was in need of a leg pull, to get him out of a bit of a fix.
But then - you already know that, don't you?
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OK, time to call it:
Runner up is...
Tashengurt with:
Ikea took chair testing VERY seriously.
...but this weeks worthy winner is...
Buster Hyman with:
Fwom now on, we no deriver to space station!
Well done Buster, over to you!
Runner up is...
Tashengurt with:
Ikea took chair testing VERY seriously.
...but this weeks worthy winner is...
Buster Hyman with:
Fwom now on, we no deriver to space station!
Well done Buster, over to you!
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"and furthermore"
We are not responsible for the distress of poor little Dumbo (although for one horrid moment I thought it might have been deliberately staged), and are very pleased that he was extracted unharmed, without a broken limb which, I suppose, would (as in the case of a horse) have meant 'curtains'.
But you've "got to see the funny side of it" - perhaps it's a generational thing again, After all, many of the "Caption photos" show aircraft accidents, in which (especially in the wood-and-string days) must have involved death or injury. But they don't show it - so that's all right, then.
All, I can say, as a War survivor, is that the photo didn't offend me. It was an accident, after all. Any revulsion I might feel might make me virtuous, but it didn't help Dumbo.
D.
We are not responsible for the distress of poor little Dumbo (although for one horrid moment I thought it might have been deliberately staged), and are very pleased that he was extracted unharmed, without a broken limb which, I suppose, would (as in the case of a horse) have meant 'curtains'.
But you've "got to see the funny side of it" - perhaps it's a generational thing again, After all, many of the "Caption photos" show aircraft accidents, in which (especially in the wood-and-string days) must have involved death or injury. But they don't show it - so that's all right, then.
All, I can say, as a War survivor, is that the photo didn't offend me. It was an accident, after all. Any revulsion I might feel might make me virtuous, but it didn't help Dumbo.
D.
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we have descended to an even worse level of schoolyard 'humour'.
we have descended to an even worse level of schoolyard 'humour'.
Well done
c
Avoid imitations
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Culvert if you please
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From: THE BLUEBIRD CAFE
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mumbling in the ranks awaiting the next one . .. . . whether or not exercising the anthropomorphic and xenophobic tendencies of caption writers
Arm .. . your last post .. . (a rousing blast from the bugle?) . .
reads faintly like a piece of tongue-in-cheekiness. . . . . . in any case you
are right to the point when you say let the humour of the flying forces
be the determinant.
(if you haven't looked at that priceless vid of Bill the Beefeater in The Tower of London in JB just now . . . he is the very exemplar of British (Irish?) military humour .. if ever there was. )
can anyone find that photo of a bull terrier sitting on the tailplane of a shot up Hurricane ? It was one that ' Roger Bacon' had on his page back in the 70s.
Think the caption read something like . . "Next time I'm put in one of these photos I shall eat my master's Hurricane in protest."
mumbling in the ranks awaiting the next one . .. . . whether or not exercising the anthropomorphic and xenophobic tendencies of caption writers
Arm .. . your last post .. . (a rousing blast from the bugle?) . .
reads faintly like a piece of tongue-in-cheekiness. . . . . . in any case you
are right to the point when you say let the humour of the flying forces
be the determinant.
(if you haven't looked at that priceless vid of Bill the Beefeater in The Tower of London in JB just now . . . he is the very exemplar of British (Irish?) military humour .. if ever there was. )
can anyone find that photo of a bull terrier sitting on the tailplane of a shot up Hurricane ? It was one that ' Roger Bacon' had on his page back in the 70s.
Think the caption read something like . . "Next time I'm put in one of these photos I shall eat my master's Hurricane in protest."
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From: #3117# Ppruner of the Year Nominee 2005
Why, thank you very much. I humbly accept the nod with just a quiet...IN YOUR FACE NUTTY...nod to my fellow competitors.
Hopefully, this image is ok. Whilst I am unaware of Sunscreen usage in the Baltic states, I unreservedly apologise in advance if anyone below has contracted any form of melanoma in the following years.
Hopefully, this image is ok. Whilst I am unaware of Sunscreen usage in the Baltic states, I unreservedly apologise in advance if anyone below has contracted any form of melanoma in the following years.
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From: THE BLUEBIRD CAFE
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Savoir faire . . . I think it's called Buster . . .. or panache . . .
. .. . . . whichever . . . the MC will not fail to place on record
the aplomb with which every flourish of the rapier is deftly . . .
swished? administered?
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Tannoy from sub - 'If you swim beyond the net you will be taken in custody. You will be made to regret your foolhardiness and you will . .. . . '
Savoir faire . . . I think it's called Buster . . .. or panache . . .
. .. . . . whichever . . . the MC will not fail to place on record
the aplomb with which every flourish of the rapier is deftly . . .
swished? administered?
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Tannoy from sub - 'If you swim beyond the net you will be taken in custody. You will be made to regret your foolhardiness and you will . .. . . '
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Arm .. . your last post .. . (a rousing blast from the bugle?) . .
reads faintly like a piece of tongue-in-cheekiness.
reads faintly like a piece of tongue-in-cheekiness.
Right, to the photo in question:
'Putin goes waterskiing.'
