Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week it's Dame Helen Mirren looking on as her husband Taylor Hackford kisses a new wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds in London.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. SkarloeyLine
Taylor's dummy.
5. MightyGiddyUpGal
"Too right, it's the Royal We."
4. BeckySnow
"Total waste of Clubcard vouchers this has turned out to be."
3. jtotheglo
Dr Frankenstein had finally cracked it.
2. SimonRooke
That's always the problem with TV these days, too many repeats.
1. simon
If Carlsberg did Saga Holidays...
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Comment number 1.
At 13th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:And I suppose you think I'll just melt.
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Comment number 2.
At 13th May 2010, Pendragon wrote:Mirren, Mirren, on the wall ...
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Comment number 3.
At 13th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Remember what Mr Miyagi said, dear.
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Comment number 4.
At 13th May 2010, Pendragon wrote:Madame Tussauds produced two dummies of Helen Mirren - one of what she looks like on waking up, the other after two hours in a beauty salon
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Comment number 5.
At 13th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Menage a Tussaud
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Comment number 6.
At 13th May 2010, Pendragon wrote:How Taylor Hackford became stuck on Helen Mirren
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Comment number 7.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:She doesn't hold a candle to you darling.
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Comment number 8.
At 13th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Mind the tap
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Comment number 9.
At 13th May 2010, Pendragon wrote:Tussauds never throw out old waxworks of Helen Mirren - they just recycle them as The Queen
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Comment number 10.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:I prefer this one it doesn't answer back.
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Comment number 11.
At 13th May 2010, Pendragon wrote:Of the three waxworks of Miss Mirren, Tussauds decided to go with the one on the left
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Comment number 12.
At 13th May 2010, BeckySnow wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 13.
At 13th May 2010, Pendragon wrote:However, the waxwork of Prince Philip (centre) was not so good
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Comment number 14.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:She just gets on my wick.
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Comment number 15.
At 13th May 2010, Moose wrote:Kiss her again and this is the number of pounds you'll have left after the divorce.
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Comment number 16.
At 13th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:And I prefer this wax treatment to a Brasilian any day of the week.
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Comment number 17.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:This ones from silent witness
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Comment number 18.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Does she come with a DCI outfit, too?
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Comment number 19.
At 13th May 2010, Mersonwastheperson wrote:Helen Mirren's doppelgänger was less than impressed with Kris Kristofferson's.
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Comment number 20.
At 13th May 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Two Helen and back
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Comment number 21.
At 13th May 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:The last time Taylor tried this he was arrested for embarrassing a member of the Royal Family in public
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Comment number 22.
At 13th May 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Mad Dame Tussauds
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Comment number 23.
At 13th May 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Taylor often got his lips burnt like that
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Comment number 24.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Right! I've got the handcuffs out of my purse.
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Comment number 25.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Taylor whispers in her ear "my darling havent they made you look old"
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Comment number 26.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Kiss and yell
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Comment number 27.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Sterotyped
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Comment number 28.
At 13th May 2010, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:Taylor Hackford exchanged his wife for a newer model.
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Comment number 29.
At 13th May 2010, dizzeedisco wrote:Helen: "now don't think that we'll be forming any sort of coalition"
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Comment number 30.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Stereotyped
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Comment number 31.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Hot wax of course, my dear.
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Comment number 32.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Just need to take off a few errant hairs on the lip. Shouldn't be but a moment.
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Comment number 33.
At 13th May 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:"It's not very lifelike," said Taylor. "The real one never allows me to do this."
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Comment number 34.
At 13th May 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Fleetwood Mac reunion ends in tears.
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Comment number 35.
At 13th May 2010, Footpad wrote:Oy you are suppossed to be coalitioning with me.
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Comment number 36.
At 13th May 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:Helen was furious - she was almost at melting-point
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Comment number 37.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Waxing and reigning
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Comment number 38.
At 13th May 2010, rogueslr wrote:That's always the problem with TV these days, too many repeats.
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Comment number 39.
At 13th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Taylor liked reading the news, and always insisted on his Daily Mirren
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Comment number 40.
At 13th May 2010, TheSamePeopleAlwaysGetPicked wrote:I can't tell which one is real!
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Comment number 41.
At 13th May 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Taylor: "Sorry honey - but she'll be the ideal leading lady in my next biopic, The Amanda Holden Story."
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Comment number 42.
At 13th May 2010, Tony Doyle wrote:Don't you know who we are...
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Comment number 43.
At 13th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Objects in the Mirren appear closer than they actually are
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Comment number 44.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Helen: We are not amused.
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Comment number 45.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Into oblivion as he waxed lyrical
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Comment number 46.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Too right, it's the Royal We
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Comment number 47.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:ER, just a minute...
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Comment number 48.
At 13th May 2010, Ruaraidh Gillies wrote:Helen Mirren was not impressed when her husband traded her in for a newer model.
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Comment number 49.
At 13th May 2010, OldHooker wrote:Taylor says he prefers Helen in a non-speaking role
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Comment number 50.
At 13th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:If Helen had had a truncheon, Taylor really would have kissed the whacks
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Comment number 51.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Sealed with a kiss
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Comment number 52.
At 13th May 2010, MAJM wrote:Actually, Helen, it was just your top lip that needing waxing.
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Comment number 53.
At 13th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Taylor was just about to have the first facial Brazilian
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Comment number 54.
At 13th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Standing between the two Mirrens like that, Taylor was reflected into infinity
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Comment number 55.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:It's just that they've filled in the cracks on this one.
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Comment number 56.
At 13th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:It was at that point that Taylor decided to inject Helen with concrete, and walk off with the wax model
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Comment number 57.
At 13th May 2010, bradmer wrote:Damn Helen Mirren
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Comment number 58.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:The roots of all evil were suddenly not an issue.
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Comment number 59.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Who needs anti wrinkle cream, a wipe over with a hot cloth and you are fine.
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Comment number 60.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:I'll be Dame'd, it does look like you.
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Comment number 61.
At 13th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:As a furious Helen attacked, and Taylor reeled back with concussion, he realised there really is nutting like a Dame
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Comment number 62.
At 13th May 2010, OldHooker wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 63.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:For the last time, it's depilatory not dilatory.
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Comment number 64.
At 13th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The new waxwork of Taylor Hackford was very realistic agreed the two Helens as they walked home
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Comment number 65.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Taylor decided to try out his latest jokes on her.
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Comment number 66.
At 13th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:For the first time in over a hundred years, the Madame Tussauds waxwork actually looks more lifelike than the original
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Comment number 67.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:And I do NOT want to be stood next to Aishwarya Rai.
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Comment number 68.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:I think you need your ears syringed pet.
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Comment number 69.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Just waxing my mustache, dear.
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Comment number 70.
At 13th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Yes, it is back to all Teeth 'n' Smiles.
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Comment number 71.
At 13th May 2010, rockhulley wrote:"Earwax removal enters new era."
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Comment number 72.
At 13th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:It's amazing how attractive Helen Mirren looks, considering she was made out of a melted-down Gordon Brown
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Comment number 73.
At 13th May 2010, lavaboarder wrote:Theater buffs try and work out how it's done as Helen Mirren proves that she is the best actress in the world by playing twins
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Comment number 74.
At 13th May 2010, Presto West End wrote:A Mirren image.
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Comment number 75.
At 13th May 2010, Catherine O wrote:Taylor spent many happy years pretending to have fallen for the twins' "pretending to be each other" game.
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Comment number 76.
At 13th May 2010, lavaboarder wrote:Helen Mirren is the first to try out the newly developed time machine at the science museum
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Comment number 77.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Bee my baby
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Comment number 78.
At 13th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:And to think i was just saying when they made you they broke the mould.
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Comment number 79.
At 13th May 2010, groundhog44 wrote:Should have gone to Specsavers!
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Comment number 80.
At 13th May 2010, Presto West End wrote:No need to get angry dear, here, have your dummy back.
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Comment number 81.
At 13th May 2010, groundhog44 wrote:She couldn't hold a candle to you dear.
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Comment number 82.
At 13th May 2010, Billynug wrote:I'm wax lyrical about it
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Comment number 83.
At 13th May 2010, Billynug wrote:You say she can cook and clean - I ll take 2
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Comment number 84.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Candle in the wind up
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Comment number 85.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Yes, this face looks familiar.
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Comment number 86.
At 13th May 2010, david regan wrote:The Real Helen: "Still holding a candle dear?
Taylor: "No, she gets on my wick !"
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Comment number 87.
At 13th May 2010, BeckySnow wrote:"They even got your Golden Globes in, honey!"
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Comment number 88.
At 13th May 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Even Her Majesty needed an almost identical sidekick to run Britain these days.
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Comment number 89.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Candle schtick
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Comment number 90.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Double breasted suit(or)
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Comment number 91.
At 13th May 2010, BeckySnow wrote:"Total waste of Clubcard vouchers this has turned out to be."
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Comment number 92.
At 13th May 2010, lavaboarder wrote:Helen Mirren shows that she likes a practical joke after putting super glue on the cheek
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Comment number 93.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Nun of your bee's wax, actually.
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Comment number 94.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The art of phwoar
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Comment number 95.
At 13th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:A bit of wax and polish was all you needed
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Comment number 96.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Chic to cheek
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Comment number 97.
At 13th May 2010, PurpleGladys wrote:She's Behind You!
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Comment number 98.
At 13th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Just the wax, ma'am.
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Comment number 99.
At 13th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:No David, that isn't how to thank Her Majesty when she asks you to form the next government
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Comment number 100.
At 13th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:Well that's Miss January and Miss February sorted, now where's the other 10?
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