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This week a performance artist at an event marking the launch of The Hobbit wears an alarming costume.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. abz
Blackpool resident denies "fracking" has affected drinking water.
5. penny-farthing
I hope no-one is in the loo.
4. Weary Pedant
Coffee runs out at the office.
3. Hobbitmorley
I told them to give me a ring if they couldn't work it out for thems elves.
2. JimmyG
Lapse in immigration policies from New Zealand.
1. SivAngel
Unidentified item in the Baggins area...
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Comment number 1.
At 13th Dec 2012, JimmyG wrote:Lapse in immigration policies from New Zealand
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At 13th Dec 2012, penny-farthing wrote:I hope no-one is in the loo.
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At 13th Dec 2012, bradmer wrote:Feeling Ork-ward!
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At 13th Dec 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Well, that sure frightened Prince Charles off
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At 13th Dec 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Hobbits v Aliens, the short and long of it
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:What do you mean, I'm walking at the wrong speed?
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:And what about the new contract I had to sign! It was three times longer than the original.
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At 13th Dec 2012, G0ng00zle wrote:Because I'm Worth it!
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At 13th Dec 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Of course I haven't any ID...
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At 13th Dec 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:I hear they're renaming the book, "There and back again ... and again ... and again"
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At 13th Dec 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:"Elvish has left the building..."
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At 13th Dec 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Actually, I'm Christopher Lee, and I'm not going to get cut out of this film
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At 13th Dec 2012, John_Sevenoaks wrote:So it's a short story about little people, turned in to an overlong trilogy. What's funny about that?
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:It's the fifth day of Christmas and Gollum has got an extra four rings to find
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At 13th Dec 2012, bradmer wrote:"One does not simply walk into Corridor..."
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At 13th Dec 2012, SivAngel wrote:"Unidentified item in the Baggins area..."
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At 13th Dec 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Are you sure you had the map the right way round?!
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At 13th Dec 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Alarming costume? Well, it was OK before it got caught in the shredder.
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At 13th Dec 2012, MorningGlories wrote:Lights out indeed
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At 13th Dec 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:Doctor Who extra finds it's longer to walk to the toilet in the TARDIS than he thought
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At 13th Dec 2012, JimmyG wrote:Botox 2: The Revenge
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At 13th Dec 2012, Lelystad wrote:Ordered to leave by Elf and Safety.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Candace9839 wrote:I am an artist, not just another pretty face.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:"Make-up?" said Joan Rivers. "No, I just use a little eye-liner."
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At 13th Dec 2012, CindyAccidentally wrote:"Right, I'm off to get Legolas at the after-show party."
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At 13th Dec 2012, bradmer wrote:Don't you just hate it when you're about to sneeze and it's caught on camera!
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At 13th Dec 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:"What do you mean, it's not SWORDS Personality of the Year?"
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At 13th Dec 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Start without me, I left my armour in my dressing room.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Pendragon wrote:If I wear this costume for much longer, you'll be reading about me in tomorrow's Hobbituaries
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At 13th Dec 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:George A. Romero releases his version of "Goodbye Mr. Chips"
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At 13th Dec 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The horse got frightened and ran off again...
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:I only signed up because I thought any film with Bilbo Baggins in has just got to be a porno film
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At 13th Dec 2012, Flatters wrote:"Fancy dress party, please do come along" Peter said. I'll kill him when I see him. The only one in fancy dress!
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At 13th Dec 2012, MorningGlories wrote:I'm headed to the Beeb, the gremlins need to pull their socks up.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Peter N wrote:Premier Leaguge reveals new mascot as the 'Face of English Football'
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At 13th Dec 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Strut softly and carry a big stick
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:"What do you mean, why the long face?"
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Of course I don't look very smart - when they said they wanted me for a Tolkien part, I thought they meant on the radio
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At 13th Dec 2012, Manisha wrote:Clegg slinks off after expressing his diapproval after seeing the official "Deputy PM" uniform.
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At 13th Dec 2012, rogueslr wrote:And as part of our new Academy status, I'd like you all to welcome the new headmaster.
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At 13th Dec 2012, beachcred wrote:Hmm. that was a bit orc-ward...
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At 13th Dec 2012, SivAngel wrote:Peter Jackson stomps off home, clearly grumpy that fans recognised him anyway.
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At 13th Dec 2012, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"No, I'm in Fifty Shades of Grunge."
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Robert de Niro was clearly upset : "You Tolkien to me?"
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At 13th Dec 2012, Lelystad wrote:"No, Nick," sighed the Lib Dems. "We said you had to WALK the WALK..."
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At 13th Dec 2012, John Ledbury wrote:Stuff it, I'm off.
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At 13th Dec 2012, abz wrote:The thoughts of sitting with the other Spice Girls made Posh a little angry.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:That's a nice New Zealand shell finish to these walls - Corridors of Paua, I suppose
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:I've got haemorrhoids - I'm Sore Ron
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At 13th Dec 2012, grazvalentine wrote:I'm putting on my top hat,
tying up my white tie, brushing off my tails.
I'm duding up my shirt front,
putting in shirt studs, polishing my nails...
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Comment number 51.
At 13th Dec 2012, Dyeb wrote:Following the results of the recent Census evidence was now emerging that Britain had many residents born outside the UK
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:The film's almost three hours long? I read the book in less than that!
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At 13th Dec 2012, Reeve Burgess wrote:After all that trouble on the Tube this morning, I'm definitely taking a cab tomorrow
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At 13th Dec 2012, Lin Vegas wrote:With half the competition pulling out, Finland were quietly confident of another Eurovision victory next year.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:All the other residents demanded The Hulk be moved to another retirement home
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At 13th Dec 2012, Dyeb wrote:Climate change was making its mark down under
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At 13th Dec 2012, Chimmy wrote:Beam me up snotty
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At 13th Dec 2012, abz wrote:"I swear when I said I liked hobnobs, I meant the biscuits"
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Jackson reckons he's going to make The Silmarillion into a sixteen-parter
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Jeremy Paxman goes home after another exhausting Newsnight programme
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At 13th Dec 2012, teazeldad wrote:The time in the jungle had clearly taken its toll on Nadine Dorries, now reduced to a stick instead of a whip
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At 13th Dec 2012, abz wrote:Peter Stringfellow's dark roots were beginning to show.
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At 13th Dec 2012, penny-farthing wrote:Nobody was sure who had vandalised and destroyed the office photocopier....but there were one or two suspects.
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At 13th Dec 2012, rogueslr wrote:The local Salford people were a friendly bunch.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Actually, as an ice-skater, I was hoping for a role in The Lord of the Rinks
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At 13th Dec 2012, handsomesteve wrote:at least i can take mine off
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At 13th Dec 2012, Dragndrop wrote:How did you know I was one of the godless from Norwich?
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:So, Jackson wants to direct an episode of Doctor Who? By the look of the budget here, it seems his dreams have come true.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Vic_in_Berlin wrote:Yes, this place looks like Gollum's cave. And the echo has a certain ring to it.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Weary Pedant wrote:Coffee runs out at the office.
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At 13th Dec 2012, BeckySnow wrote:Relief washed over her as the announcement came over the tannoy:
"We have a lost little dude in a natty sheepskin jacket who speaks little English. If you know who he is, please make your way to the kitchen department."
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At 13th Dec 2012, abz wrote:Burp! Sorry, I've just come from the lunch of the hobbit!
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At 13th Dec 2012, scriveyn wrote:Ah, so that's what Prequel looks like.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:I'm sure I left my moisturising cream around here somewhere
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At 13th Dec 2012, scriveyn wrote:Launch of The Hobbit they said. Well, I showed them. Wonder where he will come down.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Sierrajeff wrote:Oh, Mr. Jackson - I can write the theme tune, sing the theme tune...
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At 13th Dec 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Auditions for the new Scary Spice were not going well.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Dion wrote:"Pink slime again but we were was promised pizza!"
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At 13th Dec 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The years had not been kind to Gismo the Mogwai
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At 13th Dec 2012, johnc wrote:Jagger leaves the stage after blowing away another stadium full of Stones fans
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:This year, ITV are again showing the perennial Christmas favourite, "Nightmare on 34th. Street""
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At 13th Dec 2012, clint75 wrote:Janice Dickinson arrives at The One Show's studios.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Kipson wrote:My role in the film? I did the orc-chestration.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Hobbitmorley wrote:I told them to give me a ring if they couldn't work it out for thems elves
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At 13th Dec 2012, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:He was no monk but he had a very dirty hobbit
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At 13th Dec 2012, johnc wrote:Some like to nibble the ear or stroke the cheek but I am more of a neck romancer
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At 13th Dec 2012, johnc wrote:Jagger leaves the stage, another triumph for the Stones
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At 13th Dec 2012, johnc wrote:Late for the audition! Bah, stupid me for relying on a Hobbit Teasmaid.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Hobbitmorley wrote:I'm here to conduct the orcestra
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At 13th Dec 2012, Hobbitmorley wrote:I'm going to an audition for a wrinkle cream advert because I'm worth it
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:And, after the breast reduction operation, Sylvia knew she would be able to start her life as a new woman
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At 13th Dec 2012, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:Ricky Gervais stormed out of the studio after failing to sell his new sit-com The Orifice because there were too many holes in the plot
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Stella McCartney sure knows how to clear a catwalk
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At 13th Dec 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Alarming? It sure is. I've got to hide the batteries in my underpants.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:Goodness knows how many films Jackson would get out of "Fly Fishing" by J. R. R. Hartleykien
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At 13th Dec 2012, Gurney Nutting wrote:Stupid Fairy Godmother! It wasn't just the slippers that changed back at midnight, was it?
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At 13th Dec 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:I could kick myself! Ricky Gervais asked me if I wanted the part Martin Freeman got his big break in, but I said no, I didn't want an office job.
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At 13th Dec 2012, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Peter Jackson has, of course, been criticised for including characters who were not in the original Hobbit book, such as Frodo, Legolas, Galadriel, Saruman, Tauriel, and Jar Jar Binks
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At 13th Dec 2012, Martin Walter wrote:This is no good at all. I'm going back to caffeinated.
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At 13th Dec 2012, johnc wrote:Made in Mordor. Reality TV hits Middle Earth
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