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Published Date: 30 June 2009
What does Alex Salmond make of the backdrop as he addresses the crowds at Armed Forces Day?



Enter our caption competition at edinburghnews.com and tell us what you think.

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.

Yesterday's winner
"Thank goodness we both had the garlic Kievs!"
Blackley

Runners-up..
"And then, at that crucial moment, the photographer ran out of film."
EmzJ

"The spirit of revival is in the air as C & A are relaunched."
Douglas

"I can hold my stomach in more than you can, want a bet?"
Niddire View

"AYE ! That IS a threat."
Cookybaby

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.





The full article contains 190 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
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1

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:01:40
Thank God Alex Salmond's back in the caption competition - some of us thought he must be dead
2

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:02:25
And, as you can see, the Union Jack behind me has already started disintegrating
3

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:03:34
Aye, if we pull out, maybe there'll be a bit of space on the flag for a wee Welsh dragon at last
4

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:03:57
Gimme the moonlight ...
5

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:04:34
Alex's duck impressions could keep the audience enthralled for hours
6

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:09:56
Alex had only come to the Karaoke evening because he thought it was a Japanese buffet
7

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:11:53
Mr. Salmond clearly wants the United Kingdom to become the Untied Kingdom
8

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:25:38
But Alex just doesn't look the part. Go and get Mel Gibson again.
9

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:26:22
Sorry, Alex, but I think you'll find it's pronounced Braveheart, not Bravefart
10

EmzJ,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:28:27
And, as you can see, the blue bulbs keep popping ...
11

Francis Murphy,

balerno 30/06/2009 09:38:44
St Georges cross....I'm bloody furious.
12

Skip McClendon,

30/06/2009 09:47:14
Unredacted tapes of recent Britain's got Talent auditions emerge.
13

blackley,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 09:48:18
Let me start by saying I didn't support the war and I'm not in favour of the union. That's all folks!
14

Francis Murphy,

balerno 30/06/2009 09:53:46
I said to Vettriano "Union Jack " and look what he comes up with.
15

steviethehibby,

Broughton Street 30/06/2009 09:54:59
Alex wishes Geri Halliwell hadn't let Michelle McManus borrow her dress.
16

blackley,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 10:21:56
I told you quite clearly I was SNP not BNP.....
17

Francis Murphy,

balerno 30/06/2009 10:24:18
As you can see the union's on the slide.
18

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 10:26:54
Salmond does his party piece, a bugle playing the last post.
19

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 10:29:02
Three X's from the judges and Salmond fails to progress.
20

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 10:29:47
Weight gain worries for Leon Jackson.
21

JulesF,

Kirkliston 30/06/2009 10:30:34
I asked for a Saltire not satire !
22

JulesF,

Kirkliston 30/06/2009 10:32:44
Alex intimates there are holes appearing in the Union !
23

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 10:33:10
Pilot project for an Anglo-Chinese telephone directory aimed at recent arrivals with no English.
This page header will be for "Chin".
24

JulesF,

Kirkliston 30/06/2009 10:33:43
It's join the dots but ah cannae be bothered finishing it !
25

JulesF,

Kirkliston 30/06/2009 10:35:09
As you can see, the SNP take the break up of the Union very seriously !
26

JulesF,

Kirkliston 30/06/2009 10:38:42
Alex learns that it will take more than a National Conversation to finish the Union !
27

JulesF,

Kirkliston 30/06/2009 10:44:08
Well what do you expect when the maximum claim for a Plasma TV is £750 !!
28

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 10:44:27
Organisers apologise to First Minister. They were set up for Union Jack McConnell.
29

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 30/06/2009 10:46:49
Be very careful lads,just look how riddled with bullets the flag is.
30

Euan Gregor,

Watford 30/06/2009 11:33:48
Fools! I said to Mr Straw I'll stand for the Unions, Jack!
31

Euan Gregor,

Watford 30/06/2009 11:34:45
This years surprise entry for the Eurovision Song Contest!
32

Colin2409,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 11:58:55
As Sean would say, like the flag behind me, Brown's in a mesh.
33

Muriel Muirhead,

30/06/2009 12:12:53
going to the highest bidder, who'll make me an offer, this Union Jack is historical, where's me hammer.
34

roadragegeezer,

30/06/2009 12:36:20
Britain in lights
35

roadragegeezer,

30/06/2009 12:37:19
the picture behind me is a lot brighter than me .
36

alfonsa pedrosa,

embra 30/06/2009 12:41:38
I would bring all our lads home,its just that man in London who is keeping them there.
37

LustForLeith,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:21:08
Alex found his support to be flagging.
38

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:21:19
" Oh flower of Scotland, when will we see your likes again"
39

LustForLeith,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:22:13
Alex was worried he'd be found out for putting his electricity bill through his expenses.
40

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:22:19
"Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Susan Boyle"
41

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:23:15
"War, what war"
42

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:24:24
"That backdrop nearly goes with my tie"
43

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:26:50
"I will be king of Great Britain"
44

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:28:28
" Look at the electricity we are wasting with these lights"
45

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:29:38
" No i am not prince Charles"
46

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:30:52
"Welcome to the new naming of Britain, now it will be called Great SCOTLAND"
47

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:32:14
"FREEDOM"
48

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:34:21
" Do these lights make me look fat"
49

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:35:20
"Were are my sunglasses"
50

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:40:24
" God save our gracious queen"
51

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:44:45
" I would like to thank everyone who voted for me as the next person to represent Great Britain in the Eurovision song contest"
52

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:45:48
" Swing low, sweet chariot"
53

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:48:35
" DO you like my new telly, its massive"
54

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:49:56
"Do u like my new blinds for my windows"
55

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:52:33
" I asked for the saltire"
56

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:54:19
" Has anyone got some bulbs, we have some out"
57

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:56:03
" Lights camera action"
58

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 15:58:44
" I am not Susan Boyle"
59

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 16:02:39
" I am not Simon Cowell or Piers Morgan"
60

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 16:03:46
The new judge of Britains got talent
61

roscowoody,

Edinburgh 30/06/2009 16:05:17
" I am the real winner of Britains got talent"
62

superjovi,

edinburgh 30/06/2009 16:30:05
iam so happy to win this karaoke compition
63

superjovi,

edinburgh 30/06/2009 16:34:02
the other band coulodnt make it so you got me instead "bring me sunshine in your smile "
64

Fredster.,

30/06/2009 17:07:01
I can promise you i have not claimed this 100" plamsa screen on my expenses.
65

Fredster.,

30/06/2009 17:07:54
I can promise you i have not claimed this 100" plasma screen on my expenses.
66

geeksy,

clermiston 30/06/2009 18:06:23
I've dreamed a dream of days gone by
67

iansgutter,

edinburgh 30/06/2009 22:04:25
"I was never intae this kind of banter as a boy"
68

A Friend of Fernando Poo,

30/06/2009 22:28:23
First Minister falls victim to Powerpoint hijack.
69

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 23:27:12
Ladies and gentlemen, the headline act for the Blairgowrie Soft Fruit Festival, I give you The Strawbs with Part of the Union.
70

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 23:30:41
The Butcher's Apron works wonders for sales of family meat packs from Alex at the farmer's market.
71

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 23:32:53
The Union Flag: When flown upside-down a sign of distress.
When flown behind Salmond, a sign of disarray.
72

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 23:34:00
They think it's all over, it is now.
73

Douglas,

Bathgate 30/06/2009 23:35:22
With the aid of props, Alex recalls that long hot summer of 1966 when nothing of any importance happened.
74

EDIN LAD,

EDINBURGH8 01/07/2009 02:31:53
whats great about britain scotlands miles better

 

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