Caption Competition
Winning entries for the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week it was performers promoting their show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to all who entered.
The standard this week was very good and for that we apologise.
The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. rogueslr
CSI, the musical
5. Filboid
Well, it's obvious we can't ALL go as the shroud of Turin
4. MightyGiddyUpGal
Toughest identity parade ever
3. Fi-Glos
The Crash-Test Dummy holiday snaps
2. SkarloeyLine
Discount Rushmore
1. Pigletine
X Factor hopefuls await facial autotuning
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Comment number 1.
At 26th Aug 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Wow! It's Michael Buble-wrap!
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Comment number 2.
At 26th Aug 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The stage version of 'Trainspotting' was mainly attended by anoraks
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Comment number 3.
At 26th Aug 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:They're clearly part of the Lunatic Fringe
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Comment number 4.
At 26th Aug 2010, Fi wrote:The Crash-Test Dummy holiday snaps...
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Comment number 5.
At 26th Aug 2010, Fi wrote:The Stig and family finally captured on camera
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Comment number 6.
At 26th Aug 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The plethora of "No Parking" signs at Edinburgh upset many parkas
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Comment number 7.
At 26th Aug 2010, Dragndrop wrote:Who dat up dere looking at us down here?
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Comment number 8.
At 26th Aug 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Many acts at the Fringe try to claim capacity audiences by the dexterous use of inflatable dolls
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Comment number 9.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:If Vivienne Westwood did Macbeth
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Comment number 10.
At 26th Aug 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:And tonight's performance is sponsored by Bacofoil
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Comment number 11.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:North Korea - the musical
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Comment number 12.
At 26th Aug 2010, Dragndrop wrote:I still think this is a better way to slim than two glasses of water.
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Comment number 13.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Well, it was billed as being 'hot, hot, hot' after all
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Comment number 14.
At 26th Aug 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Plaster cast
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Comment number 15.
At 26th Aug 2010, Flux Redux wrote:"Remember that Getty guy we sent to Coventry?"
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Comment number 16.
At 26th Aug 2010, Dragndrop wrote:"It's in the bag!"
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Comment number 17.
At 26th Aug 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The cast take precautions in case they get roasted by the critics
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Comment number 18.
At 26th Aug 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:After the Edinburgh Evening News describes them as "chubby," the entire cast begin to suffer from anoraksia
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Comment number 19.
At 26th Aug 2010, BeckySnow wrote:"We're stuck down here 'til Christmas guys, lets use this time to emerge as the best Christmas crooners since Bing, Frank and Dean".
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Comment number 20.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:BYOG - Bring your own Geiger (counter)
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Comment number 21.
At 26th Aug 2010, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Sorry about this, folks, but some prankster welded all our sleeping bag zips last night at the hostel
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Comment number 22.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:That's the last time we order space suits off eBay
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Comment number 23.
At 26th Aug 2010, Presto West End wrote:They hadn't seen sunlight for months and were weak from lack of vitamins. No, not Chilean miners, Scots in the British summertime
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Comment number 24.
At 26th Aug 2010, BeckySnow wrote:"We're stuck down here 'til Christmas guys, let’s use this time to emerge as the best Christmas crooners since Bing, Frank and Dean".
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Comment number 25.
At 26th Aug 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:That's the last time we order space suits off eBay
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Comment number 26.
At 26th Aug 2010, BeckySnow wrote:"We're stuck down here 'til Christmas guys - let's use this time to emerge as the best Christmas crooners since Bing, Frank and Dean"
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Comment number 27.
At 26th Aug 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Where else could aliens go unnoticed but at the Edinburgh Fringe?
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Comment number 28.
At 26th Aug 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Oh dear, we all seem to have worn the same outfit
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Comment number 29.
At 26th Aug 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Edinburgh Fringe, not Singe, dear.
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Comment number 30.
At 26th Aug 2010, Dragndrop wrote:We're all going to emerge as Madam Butterfly.
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Comment number 31.
At 26th Aug 2010, beachcred wrote:Don't blink Amy...
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Comment number 32.
At 26th Aug 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The sky IS falling actually
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Comment number 33.
At 26th Aug 2010, Raven Clare wrote:What's the show? Actually, it's 'Pride and Prejudice,' but these were the only outfits they had left in the shop.
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Comment number 34.
At 26th Aug 2010, rogueslr wrote:This is just another example of the bland leading the bland.
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Comment number 35.
At 26th Aug 2010, Presto West End wrote:Without a hint of irony, Mary Bale and family choose to use recycled bin bags to disguise themselves from the baying public.
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Comment number 36.
At 26th Aug 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Don't iron while the strike is hot
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Comment number 37.
At 26th Aug 2010, Pendragon wrote:The cast had a novel way of protecting themselves from rotten tomatoes
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Comment number 38.
At 26th Aug 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Mummies vs Aliens
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Comment number 39.
At 26th Aug 2010, rogueslr wrote:Tonight's performance is 'The Mask of the Red Death' by Edgar Alan...d'oh!
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Comment number 40.
At 26th Aug 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The Unknown Choir
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Comment number 41.
At 26th Aug 2010, ktj4010 wrote:Hazardous Material Spill: The Musical
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Comment number 42.
At 26th Aug 2010, Pendragon wrote:Having the stage in total darkness was very effective, but unfortunately there were not enough infra-red opera glasses for the audience
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Comment number 43.
At 26th Aug 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Christine! Christine! Christine! Christine! Christine! Christine!
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Comment number 44.
At 26th Aug 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:The Foster's award winners were always kept under wraps until the last minute.
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Comment number 45.
At 26th Aug 2010, Presto West End wrote:Should I be worried that this is made out of a sheeps stomach?
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Comment number 46.
At 26th Aug 2010, Pendragon wrote:'Musical Statues on Stage' would have been a good idea had someone remembered to bring along a CD-player
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Comment number 47.
At 26th Aug 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:The cast of CATS had taken precautions after hearing that Mary Bale would be in the audience that night.
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Comment number 48.
At 26th Aug 2010, ktj4010 wrote:The innovative costumes had one disastrous design flaw: no eyeholes.
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Comment number 49.
At 26th Aug 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:"Christmas-time for Turkeys" was not a great success
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Comment number 50.
At 26th Aug 2010, rogueslr wrote:What I love about acting is my ability to express myself an an individual.
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Comment number 51.
At 26th Aug 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:The Fringe's "Scott of the Antarctic" allegedly featured an all-star Hollywood cast
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Comment number 52.
At 26th Aug 2010, BeckySnow wrote:Police station's entire SOCO team take up group discount offer at local Botox clinic.
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Comment number 53.
At 26th Aug 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Discount Rushmore
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Comment number 54.
At 26th Aug 2010, Yvonne wrote:Botox - The Movie.
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Comment number 55.
At 26th Aug 2010, Pendragon wrote:Och, when I said to dress the cast as aliens, I meant as Englishmen
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Comment number 56.
At 26th Aug 2010, Mersonwastheperson wrote:There were blank faces all around as everyone tried to figure out who was speaking at the National Scenes of Crime Officer's Convention.
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Comment number 57.
At 26th Aug 2010, rogueslr wrote:CSI, the musical.
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Comment number 58.
At 26th Aug 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:There were plenty of applicants at the auditions for Parka in the new production of Thunderbirds
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Comment number 59.
At 26th Aug 2010, Dyeb wrote:Look - No Fringe
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Comment number 60.
At 26th Aug 2010, penny-farthing wrote:Search for the fringe.....Act 1,scene 1.
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Comment number 61.
At 26th Aug 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:And in my new production. entitled "Statues," I've tried to encapsulate all the fun and excitement of Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth
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Comment number 62.
At 26th Aug 2010, Dyeb wrote:Will this catch on like the Glasgow Kiss?
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Comment number 63.
At 26th Aug 2010, MorningGlories wrote:How do you know the play's patrons were from Prague? Because they offered several blank Czechs.
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Comment number 64.
At 26th Aug 2010, MorningGlories wrote:The wardrobe director's credits include Phantom of the Opera, I'll have you know.
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Comment number 65.
At 26th Aug 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Ground Control to Major Tom? Oh never mind, I'm not getting any reception either.
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Comment number 66.
At 26th Aug 2010, BeckySnow wrote:Advertising for Welch's grape juice takes a sinister turn.
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Comment number 67.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Ground Control to Major Tom? Oh never mind, I'm not getting any reception either.
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Comment number 68.
At 26th Aug 2010, Neil Webber wrote:The annual Yeti shaving championships had been a great success.
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Comment number 69.
At 26th Aug 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Disco Inferno - the musical
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Comment number 70.
At 26th Aug 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:The new production of "Hair" suffers after a nudity ban by the local council
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Comment number 71.
At 26th Aug 2010, Green Mineral wrote:Rejected proposed compromise to the French niqab ban.
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Comment number 72.
At 26th Aug 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Disco Inferno - the musical
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Comment number 73.
At 26th Aug 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:That's what you get for hiring no frills protesters. Now pass the superglue.
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Comment number 74.
At 26th Aug 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Now for the accessories - black pearls perhaps?
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Comment number 75.
At 26th Aug 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The Story of Oh!
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Comment number 76.
At 26th Aug 2010, Valerie Ganne wrote:With so many national tabloid reporters present, the cast are given protection in case they get too close to The Sun
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Comment number 77.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:The Terracotta Army were taking Hallowe'en very seriously this year.
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Comment number 78.
At 26th Aug 2010, Pendragon wrote:Lily was beginning to suspect this identity parade might be rigged
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Comment number 79.
At 26th Aug 2010, Mersonwastheperson wrote:China's modern-day, cut-price version of the Terracotta Army - "The Polyester Brigade".
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Comment number 80.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:The Terracotta Army were taking Hallowe'en very seriously this year
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Comment number 81.
At 26th Aug 2010, Catherine O wrote:New pictures emerge of The X-Factor's early stages.
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Comment number 82.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:If Mike Myers joined the Terracotta Army...
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Comment number 83.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:If Mike Myers joined the Terracotta Army
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Comment number 84.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:If Mike Myers joined the Terracotta Army
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Comment number 85.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:You already said that in Comment 1
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Comment number 86.
At 26th Aug 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:The new production of 'Titanic' was not doing well, but, luckily, the backers managed to escape in a lifeboat
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Comment number 87.
At 26th Aug 2010, JimmyG wrote:Apologies for multiple postings. The "Post Comment" button was a bit glitchy.
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Comment number 88.
At 26th Aug 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:The entire cast go on a 'once-in-a-liftime' holiday ... but, never again
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Comment number 89.
At 26th Aug 2010, David wrote:Another Bank Holiday on the beach then mother.
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Comment number 90.
At 26th Aug 2010, Mersonwastheperson wrote:England's players arrive home from a dismal 3098 World Cup looking very sheepish.
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Comment number 91.
At 26th Aug 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:All the cast wore masks in case anyone recognised that they were all claiming disability allowance
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Comment number 92.
At 26th Aug 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:The entire cast go on a 'once-in-a-lifetime' holiday ... but, never again
(correction)
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Comment number 93.
At 26th Aug 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Say, why don't we put on a show right here in the ski lodge?
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Comment number 94.
At 26th Aug 2010, JoC wrote:The Police line-up didn't prove helpful
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Comment number 95.
At 26th Aug 2010, Mersonwastheperson wrote:I, Robot II - The Recession Years
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Comment number 96.
At 26th Aug 2010, penny-farthing wrote:"Okay.....now what?"
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Comment number 97.
At 26th Aug 2010, JoC wrote:English players show their usual passion for singing the National Anthem!
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Comment number 98.
At 26th Aug 2010, JoC wrote:Police accused of targeted stop and search
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Comment number 99.
At 26th Aug 2010, Mersonwastheperson wrote:Health & Safety Act (2159 AD), Regulation # 33: While waiting for a spacebus in acid rain, dress appropriately.
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Comment number 100.
At 26th Aug 2010, laendler_leonard wrote:There are no expressions on our faces this week and for this we apologise.
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