Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week, the new 2012 Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville visit a school in London.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Gray Gable
If Pete Doherty did School Dinners...
5. Frankonline
Jedward were unimpressed with their latest gig.
4. jtotheglo
Nigel was definitely going to win Show and Tell this morning.
3. MightyGiddyUpGal
The new boys from Sellafield are here.
2. throbgusset
"E-numbers?? ...you want proof ...we got proof!"
1. MightyGiddyUpGal
Proof there is life after a failed Pixar audition.
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Comment number 1.
At 20th May 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Why do I keep thinking they're Wenlock and Mandelson?
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Comment number 2.
At 20th May 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:The 2012 Committee had saved thousands by buying an old job lot left over from the Lillehammer Opening Ceremony
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Comment number 3.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:One of the hazards of having blanc mange before bedtime.
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Comment number 4.
At 20th May 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:The Martian invasion had begun slowly at first ...
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Comment number 5.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:But vat does it mean, Dr Freud?
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Comment number 6.
At 20th May 2010, rogueslr wrote:So which one of you is Nick and which one Dave?
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Comment number 7.
At 20th May 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:Each mascot was had one eye for every Gold we're going to win
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Comment number 8.
At 20th May 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:The red mascot had already resigned ...
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Comment number 9.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:But you're supposed to be spotted...
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Comment number 10.
At 20th May 2010, Steele Hawker wrote:There were three 2012 mascots - two aliens and a little schoolboy
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Comment number 11.
At 20th May 2010, rogueslr wrote:When I designed them I wanted to capture the essence of the Further, Higher, Faster elements of the Olympics, that's why they look like speed cameras.
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Comment number 12.
At 20th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The mascots were called Seb & Co
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Comment number 13.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Billy tried to make his way calmly to his Spiderman lunchbox.
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Comment number 14.
At 20th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:The designer of the mascots had tried to humanise one by adding a man's arm
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Comment number 15.
At 20th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Welcome to the first Intergalactic Olympic Games
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Comment number 16.
At 20th May 2010, LaurenceLane wrote:Take me to your Leaders!
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Comment number 17.
At 20th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:In the popularity stakes, Wenlock clearly had the Edge
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Comment number 18.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:"Keep Calm and Carry On"
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Comment number 19.
At 20th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:Wenlock had put on so much weight he was now known as Much Wenlock
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Comment number 20.
At 20th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Who let the blobs out?
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Comment number 21.
At 20th May 2010, Raven Clare wrote:One mascot is clearly pregnant - maybe the other was born out of Wenlock
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Comment number 22.
At 20th May 2010, LaurenceLane wrote:And here we see a sneak preview of the final episode of Ashes to Ashes, at last it all begins to make sense.
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Comment number 23.
At 20th May 2010, JimmyG wrote:Polyphemus's nephews had finally returned for revenge.
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Comment number 24.
At 20th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:All male design team was it?
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Comment number 25.
At 20th May 2010, Smoo25 wrote:The latest Dr Who monsters didn't go down well with their target audience.
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Comment number 26.
At 20th May 2010, littleDickie wrote:"I've got my eye on you..."
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Comment number 27.
At 20th May 2010, DarrenFarr wrote:Doctor Who budget cuts start to bite.
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Comment number 28.
At 20th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:No, I did not say we needed a mascot for the Olympic cyclops team
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Comment number 29.
At 20th May 2010, Spraggy wrote:Young lad thinks....... Do you think he will see it coming if I slam the gate?
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Comment number 30.
At 20th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:We're almost in, Sacha, just keep moving...
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Comment number 31.
At 20th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Boris Johnson has to search even farther than before to find people willing to act as school crossing patrols
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Comment number 32.
At 20th May 2010, DarrenFarr wrote:Kang and Kodos' new plan to terrorise the Earth starts badly
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Comment number 33.
At 20th May 2010, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The eyes have it.
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Comment number 34.
At 20th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:At least it brings in a little much-needed money for Lembit Opik
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Comment number 35.
At 20th May 2010, Spraggy wrote:Asking kids to design the Team GB uniforms for the opening ceremony was always going to be a bad idea.
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Comment number 36.
At 20th May 2010, JimmyG wrote:Nigel was definitely going to win Show and Tell this morning.
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Comment number 37.
At 20th May 2010, Graham wrote:The Coalition seeks the youth vote
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Comment number 38.
At 20th May 2010, Ulstershaker wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 39.
At 20th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:The local JobCentre finds gainful employment for two ex-MPs
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Comment number 40.
At 20th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Sometimes I feel like...somebody's watching me...
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Comment number 41.
At 20th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Don't be silly, darling, there's no such thing as little green men.
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Comment number 42.
At 20th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:Drug pedlars find they have to be more ingenious these days to operate outside schools
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Comment number 43.
At 20th May 2010, ElzaHortensia wrote:The new Go-Go's were easy to trade but difficult to stick in an album.
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Comment number 44.
At 20th May 2010, Spraggy wrote:Mam, Dad I told you wait around the corner, you are embarassing me again!
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Comment number 45.
At 20th May 2010, Billynug wrote:A young Lewis Hamilton quickly decided on F1. No silly mascots just fast cars and fit birds
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Comment number 46.
At 20th May 2010, martin wrote:All I said was "take us to your leader" and he walked off laughing....
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Comment number 47.
At 20th May 2010, CaptainWilko wrote:The gates to the new Mandeville and Wenlock souvenir shop were opened at 9am this morning. At 15.45 they recieved their first customer.
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Comment number 48.
At 20th May 2010, Harry27 wrote:Which one's the mascot?
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Comment number 49.
At 20th May 2010, Rob Falconer wrote:You've got to be clever these days if you don't want motorists to spot the speed cameras
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Comment number 50.
At 20th May 2010, Mike wrote:new voter (underwatchful eye of U.N. election observers) queues up early for next general election to avoid disappointment!
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Comment number 51.
At 20th May 2010, Billynug wrote:If you had gone to school like I'm doing you probably would not need to wear those silly outfits now.
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Comment number 52.
At 20th May 2010, Mike wrote:New schools security patrol nicknamed i-PLOD!
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Comment number 53.
At 20th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:And so, children, extra credit for anyone who can show the modern influence of the cyclops from Greek and later Roman mythology...
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Comment number 54.
At 20th May 2010, Discombobulator wrote:Was there any ministerial influence in the selection of mascot... or is it just total coincidence that we have two mascots. One is blue, one is orange?
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Comment number 55.
At 20th May 2010, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The new boys from Sellafield are here
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Comment number 56.
At 20th May 2010, Stuart M wrote:The aliens presented the new mascot for the Intergalactic Games.
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Comment number 57.
At 20th May 2010, mikehaz wrote:"Take me to your leader....What? Oh I guess Nick Clegg will have to do then"
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Comment number 58.
At 20th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:Having revamped the daleks to general acclaim, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ try the same with the cybermen but with significantly less success.
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Comment number 59.
At 20th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Are you quite sure those were morrels in the soup?
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Comment number 60.
At 20th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:With the collapse of the NewLabour "experiment", Tony and Gordon found their normal revenue streams drying up
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Comment number 61.
At 20th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Hurry, before our batteries go flat.
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Comment number 62.
At 20th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:The new safe sex campaign was creating quite a stir.
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Comment number 63.
At 20th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:At last, the heads of the coaltion government's policy unit are identified
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Comment number 64.
At 20th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher were beginning to think that maybe Lewis Hamilton had been less than honest about the new safety clothing for F1 drivers.
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Comment number 65.
At 20th May 2010, Largeprop wrote:All but Frodo were fooled by Lord Sauron's new disguise.
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Comment number 66.
At 20th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:"maybe you've seen him? Small and blue and answers to the name of 'Stitch'. No? OK, thanks anyway"
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Comment number 67.
At 20th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Yes, but can we get them to Wimbledon...
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Comment number 68.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:"We come in peace!, We come in peace!". Zapp!
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Comment number 69.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:Nice disguise Elvis, not bad yourself Gordon!
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Comment number 70.
At 20th May 2010, MorningGlories wrote:Yes! The blancmange are leaving the school...
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Comment number 71.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:They were sent to keep an eye on the pupils
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Comment number 72.
At 20th May 2010, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:Having turned state's evidence over the parliamentary expenses scandal, two former MPs enter the witness protection program to ensure they are safe from irate voters
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Comment number 73.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:In the exams they just ran Olympic rings around the school head boy
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Comment number 74.
At 20th May 2010, nvm wrote:Schoolboy unveiled as mascot at the opening ceremony of the Neptune Olympics
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Comment number 75.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:New "safer sex" campaign in schools slated as too obscure.
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Comment number 76.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Mr Blobby - the new generation
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Comment number 77.
At 20th May 2010, Billynug wrote:What did you DO Ray??? - Im sorry, I could nt help it, it just popped in there.......The Stay Puff Marshmallow Man - Who ya gonna call!!!!
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Comment number 78.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:Spaceman Spiff makes another daring escape from the planet zorg!
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Comment number 79.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:So you were the father of Heather's baby...
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Comment number 80.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Winnie Mandela's coming to the Olympics shock horror, oh it's just a spelling mistake.
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Comment number 81.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:New Chav gear unveiled at London school, headmaster says anyone wearing it will be for the high jump.
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Comment number 82.
At 20th May 2010, Greg Lewis wrote:Take us to your leader, if you've decided who that is yet...
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At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:"Don't look back in anger"...
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Comment number 84.
At 20th May 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:Canteen staff concerned that children are still taking in useless fatty rubbish at lunchtimes.
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Comment number 85.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Royal Ascot shows off the futuristic racing silks that go with the digital horses, but they run so fast no ones been able to catch one so we can't show you one today.
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Comment number 86.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:But are they flame proof?
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Comment number 87.
At 20th May 2010, SkarloeyLine wrote:"Remember the gaze of the old schoolyard..."
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Comment number 88.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:Britains take on the Japanese "Dress to Vending Machine" stalker protection clothing
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Comment number 89.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Rumours got back to the mascot's that the ash cloud had grounded the Pole vault
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Comment number 90.
At 20th May 2010, ten gear bat bike wrote:Mandelson's drunk hemlock?
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Comment number 91.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Years later, the true fallout from Eyjafjallajokul would be realised.
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Comment number 92.
At 20th May 2010, ForeverGills - Loving Hessy as manager wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 93.
At 20th May 2010, Billynug wrote:Thats why Mum never buys the dream number on her lotto ticket
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Comment number 94.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:The Pope bans nuns from watching this years Olympics...asks Priests to avert their eyes and temptation from the orange one.
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Comment number 95.
At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:The slowest leg of the Olympic torch run.
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Comment number 96.
At 20th May 2010, PJ Clapp wrote:Big Brother's 2 evil Step-Sisters showed up at the wrong ball!
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Comment number 97.
At 20th May 2010, grazvalentine wrote:Yes he does look tasty, but remember, your eye's bigger than your stomach...
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Comment number 98.
At 20th May 2010, MJR wrote:I think the orange one is called Mandriblle
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Comment number 99.
At 20th May 2010, Tremorman wrote:Olympic athletes accused of misuse of steroids, say claims have been blown out of proprtion
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At 20th May 2010, Candace9839 wrote:Slow down! If we fall, it’s hell getting back up.
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