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Punorama results

15:14 UK time, Wednesday, 1 November 2006

elephant203.jpgWe take a story from the news, you write a punning headline. And now it's results time...

For this week's Punorama (which blames its tardiness today on the fact it's still operating on BST*), news that . Researchers in the US made the discovery by studying the behaviour of elephants in front of a tall mirror. Such self-awareness had only been known before in humans, great apes and bottlenose dolphins, scientists say.

Nice work people. You have risen to the challenge, and your influences were many and various.

Childhood favourites always prove a rich seam to mine, and this week’s efforts include Nellie the Elegant by Marty, Nellievision (Anne R and Pix6) and The Jungle Look (Peter Forrester).

Song and film titles too provide inspiration, with Effigy and ivory and A Merrick-an beauty (both from Helene Parry), Hannibal reflector from Simon Rooke, and Zoo are you? from Gareth Jones.

We also liked An elephant never reflects (Tom Steuart-Feilding and Stella Alvarez), Kenya see me now? by Stig, Oh...THAT's-me-perm! by Jon Bright and Elephant-'tis-I-I-sees by Candace.

But sometimes it is the seemingly simple ones that are the best, as Seen - but not herd by Christina demonstrates.

Thanks to all who entered. Click here for the losing entries.

(*British Columbia Summer Time)

Comments

  1. At 04:04 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Dave Taylor wrote:

    Sicentists discover not-so-Dumbo in a refective mood

  2. At 04:04 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Tom Steuart-Feilding wrote:

    An elephant never reflects

  3. At 04:04 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Fredrik wrote:

    does my bum look big in this?

  4. At 04:05 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Stella Alvarez wrote:

    an elephant never reflects.
    (although apparently, they do)

  5. At 04:06 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Dave Taylor wrote:

    Mammoth in the Mirror

  6. At 04:08 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Stella Alvarez wrote:

    not so Dumbo.

  7. At 04:11 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Neil Reading, Stafford wrote:

    The Pack Narcissus

  8. At 04:11 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Kieran Boyle wrote:

    Jumbo Ergo Sum

  9. At 04:18 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Rob Falconer wrote:

    Who's a pretty Elly then?

  10. At 04:21 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Steve Ferguson wrote:

    Ears looking at you kid

  11. At 04:28 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Laura Scowen wrote:

    I aint calf good lookin'!

  12. At 04:29 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Callused through the looking glass.

  13. At 04:31 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Optical delusion

  14. At 04:32 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Karen Kirton wrote:

    Does my trunk look big in this?

  15. At 04:34 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Kip wrote:

    Are you looking at my herd?

  16. At 04:37 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Andy wrote:

    Super Nellies recognise reflections, how stupendous!

  17. At 04:38 PM on 31 Oct 2006, TIM McMahon wrote:


    Stare at pleasure,repent at leisure !

  18. At 04:38 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Kip wrote:

    'oos he?

  19. At 04:44 PM on 31 Oct 2006, TIM McMahon wrote:


    Forget e-mails,give me a trunk call.

  20. At 04:47 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Pete wrote:

    Not so Dum-bo!

  21. At 04:49 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Adam G, Merstham wrote:

    An Elephant, Clever, Reflects

  22. At 04:51 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Kip wrote:

    Mammoth ego

  23. At 04:51 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    She's Nelly Good Looking

  24. At 04:54 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    An Elephant Nose Its Own Reflection

  25. At 04:55 PM on 31 Oct 2006, DrKazza wrote:

    "sEleph Aware"

    "You trumpin' at me?"

    can i defer this for the caption contest... "My bum DOES look big in this!!!"

  26. At 04:55 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Pat McGarry wrote:

    I'm so elephantastic.

  27. At 04:55 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Self-recognition is no easy tusk

  28. At 04:56 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Jack wrote:

    Looking Ele-fantastic

  29. At 04:57 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Helene Parry wrote:

    Vanity? Tusk, tusk.

  30. At 04:58 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Kip wrote:

    Does my bun look big in this?

  31. At 05:01 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    I reflect, therefore I'm an elephant.

  32. At 05:02 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Colin Nelson wrote:

    1) Elephant shows it's see-me-er side
    2) Elephants reflects action

  33. At 05:11 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    The Greyly Mirror

  34. At 05:12 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Neil Sebba wrote:

    Ivoryflection!

  35. At 05:18 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Derek Behan wrote:

    Elephantastic discovery

  36. At 05:25 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Rob Powell wrote:

    Mirrors - now pachydermatologically tested!

  37. At 05:26 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Markoid wrote:

    Punorama:

    Un éléphant terrible!

    Caption:

    Can't wait to go to Madame Tussaud's!

  38. At 05:31 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Anne wrote:

    Howdah you do?
    or perhaps the inspiration for Debussy's 'Reflets dans jumbeau'?

  39. At 05:58 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Helene Parry wrote:

    Who is the Forest one of all?

  40. At 05:58 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Ronnie Smart wrote:

    Mirror, Mirror they recall
    "We are the fairest of them all"

  41. At 06:19 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Steven Gray wrote:

    Punorama:

    "Here's lookin' at zoo, kid."

  42. At 06:56 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Chris Jones wrote:

    Howdah impress people

  43. At 07:09 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Pix6 wrote:

    not a dumbo blonde

  44. At 07:12 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    T'anks for the memory

  45. At 07:13 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Grey matters.

  46. At 07:14 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Trunk re-call

  47. At 07:14 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Philip Chillag wrote:

    Does my trunk look big in this?

  48. At 07:14 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Returned reflections.

  49. At 07:21 PM on 31 Oct 2006, James Castle wrote:

    Look at the buns on that!

  50. At 07:32 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Violette Cameron wrote:

    Relephlections

  51. At 07:40 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Ian wrote:

    Mighty size me?

  52. At 08:08 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Theron Bigland wrote:

    you trumpetin' to me? you trumpetin' to me? then who the h*ll else you trumpetin' to? Well i'm the only one here.

  53. At 08:42 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Graven images

  54. At 08:45 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Graven images

  55. At 08:49 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Photographic memory

  56. At 08:49 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Andrew wrote:

    does my bum look big in this? - not on your nelly!

  57. At 08:50 PM on 31 Oct 2006, sarah trieste italy wrote:

    Photographic memory

  58. At 08:55 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Candace wrote:

    Recogito ergo packyderm

  59. At 08:56 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Candace wrote:

    Recogito ergo pachyderm

  60. At 09:22 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Candace wrote:

    Does my ummm look big in this?

  61. At 09:24 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Candace wrote:

    Witting image

  62. At 09:26 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Candace wrote:

    Mirror peer-er on the ball

  63. At 09:32 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Candace wrote:

    Right elephant

  64. At 09:45 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Sean Smith wrote:

    So near and yet safari

  65. At 09:48 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Sean Smith wrote:

    Multi-tusking

  66. At 09:49 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Sean Smith wrote:

    Dumbo and Dumbo..errr??

  67. At 10:54 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Stephen Corsham wrote:

    Looking-glass menagerie
    Trunk re-call

  68. At 11:20 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Stig wrote:

    A jumbo sighs..

  69. At 11:29 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Huwmanerror wrote:

    Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
    Not so Dumbo after all!

  70. At 11:39 PM on 31 Oct 2006, Susan wrote:

    Elephant's mirroraculous self-recognition

  71. At 11:41 PM on 31 Oct 2006, dsellars wrote:

    I'd better make a trunk call and tell my mum!

  72. At 12:32 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Hélène Dion wrote:

    Does my tusk look bigger in this?

  73. At 12:45 AM on 01 Nov 2006, sarah, Dartmouth ns wrote:

    A la recherche du tromps perdu

  74. At 01:01 AM on 01 Nov 2006, David Price Williams wrote:

    'Reflectselegy'

  75. At 01:20 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Jonathan Mumford wrote:

    Elephant's clever reflect!

  76. At 02:23 AM on 01 Nov 2006, wrote:

    What's born is the I in an elephant's eye

  77. At 02:24 AM on 01 Nov 2006, LH wrote:

    Nellie admires the trunk that she's packed.

  78. At 03:59 AM on 01 Nov 2006, O.G.Nash, Doha, Qatar wrote:

    Does my trunk look big in this?

    Ivory good looking.

    Ele-phantastic!

  79. At 04:55 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Murray Milne wrote:

    Jumbos not Dumbos!

  80. At 06:22 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Richard Peacock wrote:

    DUMB-NO.

  81. At 08:02 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Lynne wrote:

    Does my bum look big in this?

    or

    That anti-wrinkle cream's not working

  82. At 08:24 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Does my tum look big in this? (yes, yet another one).

  83. At 08:25 AM on 01 Nov 2006, wrote:

    Ivory boast

  84. At 08:27 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Nigel Macarthur wrote:

    Elephantastic achievement

  85. At 08:46 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Mrs Trellis wrote:

    Yes, I never forget a face...

  86. At 09:06 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Danny Burke wrote:

    By the power of greyskull

  87. At 09:06 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Danny Burke wrote:

    Herd it all before

  88. At 09:07 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Danny Burke wrote:

    Nellie the relevant

  89. At 09:22 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Paul R wrote:

    ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s What not to wear reaches wider audience

  90. At 09:27 AM on 01 Nov 2006, PJ, West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk wrote:

    Tanya see who it is yet?

  91. At 09:32 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Super nelly cross denoted thought she was a walrus.

  92. At 09:41 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Peter (Cardiff) wrote:

    She, may be the face I can't forget!

  93. At 09:45 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Gareth Jones, Anglesey wrote:

    Nelly Fun-to-see-ya

  94. At 09:53 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Simon Rooke wrote:

    Mirror, symbol, moistener!

  95. At 09:56 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Bunny wrote:

    Top glass nelly vision

  96. At 09:57 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Fluffy Owl wrote:

    Does my trunk look big in this?

  97. At 10:03 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Martyn wrote:

    Is that another elephant or just my relephection?

  98. At 10:04 AM on 01 Nov 2006, One Eyed Owl wrote:

    Does my bun look big in this?

  99. At 10:07 AM on 01 Nov 2006, wrote:

    Tusk this make my bum look big?

  100. At 10:09 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Darren wrote:

    Reflects Reaction

  101. At 10:19 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Kip wrote:

    Silly? Smart? Search us.

  102. At 10:20 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Muhammad Isa wrote:

    Equal to the tusk

  103. At 10:24 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Mike (Newcastle upon Tyne) wrote:

    'Ears looking at you, kid!

  104. At 10:31 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Helen J wrote:

    Cogito Jumbo sum

  105. At 10:42 AM on 01 Nov 2006, PJ, West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk wrote:

    Long reflection...

  106. At 10:46 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Phil, Cardiff wrote:

    Not So Dumbo

  107. At 10:54 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Stig wrote:

    Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the heaviest of them all..

  108. At 11:08 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Kip wrote:

    India eye of the beholder.

  109. At 11:08 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Maggie wrote:

    Not such a mammoth tusk, on reflection.

  110. At 11:12 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Gareth Jones, Anglesey wrote:

    Cheers! Big Ears

  111. At 11:17 AM on 01 Nov 2006, wrote:

    Trooper Nelly's badge is lipstick, next the mail and snow-shoes.

  112. At 11:26 AM on 01 Nov 2006, wrote:

    Trooper Nelly's badge is lipstick, next the woolly snow-shoes.

    (2nd attempt, sorry)

  113. At 11:47 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Neal Berridge wrote:

    Trunky see, trunky do!

  114. At 11:47 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Gareth Jones, Anglesey wrote:

    Zoo are You?

  115. At 11:55 AM on 01 Nov 2006, Gareth Jones, Anglesey wrote:

    Ele-fun-time

  116. At 12:40 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Athos Athanasiou wrote:

    Does my trunk look big in this?

  117. At 12:45 PM on 01 Nov 2006, anne r wrote:

    Trunk of the day

  118. At 12:55 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Rob Falconer wrote:

    Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the largest of them all?

  119. At 01:03 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Andrew wrote:

    Re elephants

    Reality Nelly-vision

  120. At 01:23 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Adam wrote:

    "Does my Bun look big in this?"

  121. At 01:24 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Muhammad Isa wrote:

    The cornea says "Hi! It's an elephant, 'tis I."

  122. At 01:26 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Muhammad Isa wrote:

    Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the awarest of them all?

  123. At 01:52 PM on 01 Nov 2006, Niall Nugent wrote:


    Elephancy seeing you here!

  124. At 02:08 PM on 01 Nov 2006, starling wrote:

    My, that's a face I'll never forget.

  125. At 02:47 PM on 01 Nov 2006, rupert damerell wrote:

    "tusk Tusk, I never realised I needed an Extreme Makeover! "

  126. At 02:57 PM on 01 Nov 2006, wrote:

    A tusk-oriented approach

  127. At 10:32 AM on 03 Nov 2006, Col Ben wrote:

    "No knee caps and we can't jump but people should never forget we have something to reflect on!"

    or

    The elephant in the living room here is that we already knew this - we just havn't learnt to never forget..

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