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Evening News Caption Competition - Tuesday 16 June, 2009

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Published Date: 16 June 2009
We all know Alistair Darling's got his hands full but what's he saying here?



Enter the Evening News caption competition and tell us what you think. You'll need to register if you've not posted a comment on the website before but don't worry, it only takes a matter of seconds.

We'll be featuring a selection of our favourite suggestions for today's picture in tomorrow's paper.

At the end of the week, we'll also choose our favourite of the daily winners to receive a case of 24 bottles of Corona lager.

Yesterday's winner
Not exactly the Declaration of Arbroath but they did promise to feed me.
Douglas

Runners-up..
"Got any special accounts for stashing a 400 quid a month Westminster food allowance, then?"
Skip McClendon

Open an account here and we will give you a loan to shop with us. Hmmmm.....
A Clamper

This competition is open to readers aged 18 years and over. The weekly winner will be chosen by our judging panel. The editor's decision is final. Usual Evening News rules apply. Weekly winners must be free to collect their prize from the Evening News office. There is no cash/voucher equivalent prize.





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1

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 16/06/2009 08:41:24
I can see the future,in my hands.
2

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 16/06/2009 08:42:45
No blisters on these lovely hands.
3

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 16/06/2009 08:43:43
And this is how i hold my prayer book.
4

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 16/06/2009 08:45:41
Alistair sings,I got the whole world in my hands.
5

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:13:40
Well, at least the stigmata have finally healed
6

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:14:46
If they were this big would they qualify as moobs?
7

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:16:49
Alistair does British Ssign Language for "The UK's bust"
8

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:17:24
Alistair does British Sign Language for "The UK's bust"

(corrected spelling)
9

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:23:47
Mr Darling tries to decide whether to go with 'LOVE' or 'HATE'
10

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:27:35
Mr. Darling tries to remember what his shopping list was before he washed his hands
11

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 09:39:15
Since the MPs' expenses scandal, people have stopped greasing them
12

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:05:33
I hold in my hands the solution to the economic troubles of the world. Of course only the very intelligent and perceptive among you can actually see what the magic is so I expect to continue to be ridiculed by the gutter press.
13

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:08:01
Now Jordan's one thing but that Jodie Marsh, please.
14

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:10:21
See, there are still bargains to be found in charity shops.
15

steviethehibby,

Broughton Street 16/06/2009 10:14:35
Alistair Darling can't beleive that someone would pinch his copy of 'A Brief History of Time' especially as he is in Liverpool. Only to find out later that it had taken the place of a brick, when he returned to find his car had no wheels.
16

A Clamper,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 10:16:12
Look, I don't mind doing the Blair hand gestures, but I draw the line at wearing the ties.
17

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:17:38
Old man river, that old man river, he must know something but don't say nothing...............
18

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:19:40
Darling tries out for the position of door-to-door preacher.
19

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:21:12
We happen upon the chancellor just as he's about to demonstrate how he juggles the figures.
20

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 10:24:41
Speaking entirely off-the-cuff ... which is where I've written my notes
21

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 10:25:39
Do I know the British economy like the back of my hand? Heck, I don't even know the front of them.
22

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:25:47
In conclusion, I throw myself upon the mercy of the court and ask for my predecessor's fiscal adventures to be taken into account when sentencing me.
23

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 10:26:52
Alistair wonders whether he can afford to have a manicure, now he daren't put it on expenses
24

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 10:28:26
Alistair wears his special Labour/Tory/BNP/look-I-don't-ruddy-know tie
25

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 10:29:12
Mea culpa.
26

nom nom nom,

16/06/2009 11:05:14
let us pray
27

Fredster.,

16/06/2009 11:07:55
I once left my eyebrows to grow out this far!
28

Fredster.,

16/06/2009 11:08:23
Look for the last time i do not have hairy palms.
29

Fredster.,

16/06/2009 11:09:45
#27
Should read..

I once let my eyeborws grow out this far!
30

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

16/06/2009 12:11:22
One the one hand property prices have collapsed. On the other though, I've got three homes.
31

Mèths,

16/06/2009 12:40:11
Alistair wonders who stole his "Economics for Dummies" book.
32

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 16/06/2009 12:50:00
I hate to admit it but,my left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
33

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 16/06/2009 12:54:12
When i was at UNI, i use to read them for beer money.
34

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:14:04
Mr Darling practices for the labour party christmas party with his song. "money money money"
35

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:15:26
"do u like my tie, taxpayers paid for it"
36

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:16:46
Alistair warms up for his chance on X factor
37

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:19:33
"I can heal the world"
38

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:20:49
"its not my fault, honestly"
39

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:24:03
my next song is from sir Elton John "sorry seems to be the hardest word"
40

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:24:50
I pray for a miricle
41

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:27:16
I was this close to begging for my job
42

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:29:58
I believe in miricles, were u from u sexy thing" Mr Darling practises for the local choir
43

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:32:19
Mr Darling copies Tony Blair with his hands
44

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:34:49
"Expenses paid for this whole outfit"
45

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:36:13
"Who stole my saxophone"
46

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:37:56
"Look, I am proud to be grey haired"
47

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:39:45
"Who stole my Evening News"
48

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:40:19
"Who stole my paper"
49

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:42:26
Mr Darling sings in front of the X Factor judges " U raise me up, so i can stand on mountains"
50

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 13:43:41
Mr Darling is shocked at the election results
51

hubris,

16/06/2009 14:16:23
On the one hand I'm still in a job, on the other i am still unable to do it
52

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 14:18:27
Sometimes you wonder how the human race ever got to this point.
53

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/06/2009 14:21:03
I am NOT completely useless! When was the last time you saw me in a less than perfect shirt.
54

reincarnated,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 14:36:00
You will foreever be in my debt.
55

LustForLeith,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 15:28:29
I am not Steve Martin! At least he's meant to be funny!
56

Forthtag,

South Queensferry 16/06/2009 15:34:08
I've made how much on flipping my three properties?
57

hibbywul,

16/06/2009 15:44:00
And her knockers were this size.
58

tomias,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 15:47:18
ite missa est
59

tomias,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 15:48:23
Britain's got talent ( Part the tenth)
60

Annie Finley,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 15:54:11
S**t. I thought that Top Secret Budget report was safely in my hands!
61

True Jambo,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 16:21:16
In the end she went for this size so I put it through as an expense.
62

Euan Gregor,

Watford 16/06/2009 17:45:31
'I dreamed a dream in time gone by...!'
63

3 bears,

16/06/2009 18:41:03
At this point Darling was oblivious to the incoming laser guided Exocet.
64

Ross C,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 19:31:35
Now where am I supposed to get that money to make me like Jordan
65

portree kid,

Edinburgh 16/06/2009 22:00:24
Chappin'
66

Douglas,

Bathgate 17/06/2009 00:25:59
I'm sorry, if you're looking for Devine intervention you've come to the wrong place.

 

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